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Hey I'm in North Royalton! If he comes to Columbus I'd probably head down as well

An epigraph is an apposite quotation at the beginning of a book, chapter, etc. According to dictionary.com. It could be a prediction or a summary as well. The first sentence I think of Ch.1 in mistborn is the epigraph that predicts the ending... Could be wrong it's been a little while since I've read it.

I could see that as the ending of book 5, idk about the whole SA though, but thank you for pointing me in the right direction!

So Lift's powers wouldn't change because of how she's invested. Did I read that correctly? Lol

Ohhh now that is interesting! That would confirm Iyatil isn't the kandra but still is a worldhopper.

Wayne would make a spectacular Worldhopper! He's already a master of disguise and I can only imagine the mischief he would cause "trading" with people all throughout the Cosmere

I'm reading through the WoB for the first time and came across something that I have no idea what it is. If you guys could point me in the right direction to explain it that would be great! Q: The ending of Mistborn was hidden in the first chapter epigraphs. Is there something similar to that in The Way of Kings A: There is, but they are hidden in different places. The last chapter of the Stormlight Archive is somewhere in these two books.

It would make sense that she could transform food into some type of investiture on another planet. But would it have the same effect as on Roshar, or would it give get a new type of power based on the investiture of the planet she's on?

So MeLaan is somewhere in a non-mistborn book then. I think we're back to square one... *sighs* Iyatil was such a good suspect too. MeLaan would be much, MUCH harder to spot because her behavior (at least in SoS) is rather erratic for a kandra.

That is a very good theory,I never thought about autonomy in my theory of odium influencing Paalm. It does make sense though as Paalm really is following autonomy's intent, with a little anger and hatred mixed in with odium's help. Interesting

I'm pretty sure there's been some description on what Amians can do, and it fits with Axies. However Iyatil seems like the best candidate still. Has anyone been able to determine which world/book this kandra has been in?

I did not know that, was that in a WoB?

That could very well be it. Although he's trapped in Roshar in the SA timeline, not necessarily the SoS timeline. I think that's important to keep in mind as well.

It is I guess, thought it'd be worth a try though.

Everything points to Odium in my opinion, and now the fact that we know Odium isn't trapped in the Roshar system I feel it strengthens my theory even more.

Thanks moogle, didn't even think of the title being a spoiler!

Not sure if this is the right place for this thread so feel free to move it if needed! I've been dying to play the Mistborn Adventure RPG, but don't know of anyone in my area that plays or is willing to give it a shot. Anyone on here in the Northeast Ohio, Cleveland/Akron area that has a group? I'd love to give the RPG a shot. Let me know! Thanks, Chris

The exact question and answer went like this: @BrandSanderson is it possible the unknown metal at the end is related to odium? It seemed to cause a lot of hatred in the people it mutated @Me(removed my twitter handle for privacy) It is possible. I think that it's more Odium's Will or Investiture that he would send, not necessarily creating a Godmetal on purpose, but that would be the form that his Will would take on Scadrial, since metals are so important there?

Okay, so I've mainly been a lurker on here so if I'm doing something wrong with my theories format let me know! So here is my short version of the theory: The metal found by Wax at the end of SoS is sent to Scadrial from Odium. How I came to this conclusion: 1. Harmony doesn't know what the metal is, or what it does. This is unusual considering that when Sazed became Harmony he gained a vast amount of knowledge. He would know of every possible alloy and what it does to the person using it on Scadrial. 2. Harmony did not understand how Paalm was able to hide from him. He stated that even with only one Hemalurgic spike, he should still be able to locate her. This tells us that at the very least the metal is not of this world. 3. The mutated (for lack of a better term) humans that attack OreSeur and Wax in the Kandra Homeland. They are not like Koloss, they aren't like anything we have seen on Scadrial. The key thing about these creatures is their behavior. They seem angry, angry beyond any reason. This could be because of many reasons, most likely because anger is what Paalm is making them feel through however she is controlling them, if she is controlling them. Which leads to my next point. 4. Paalm's behavior. Paalm, throughout the entire book shows a vast amount of anger and hatred towards the people of Scadrial. It goes far beyond trying to overthrow the government and "free" the people. It is through this anger that I feel we get our best clue as to what this metal is. Anger is the most common personification of Hatred. This is why I feel that the metal that Paalm uses to spike herself is from Odium. 5. My last reason isn't necessarily a reason, but I tweeted Brandon the question of whether or not it is possible that the metal was sent by Odium and he responded by simply saying, "Yes, it is possible." So whether or not it is true, I think it's a pretty good possibility. I don't know if it will play out as a sliver of Odium in this trilogy or it will remain a mystery for some time. Anyway, this is my first real big post, so hopefully I didn't embarrass myself. As for the theory itself, what do you guys think?

That's when he gets into the carriage and Hoid is the driver right? Then has the long conversation with Harmony?

Does he actually say that? I remember him being disguised as a beggar and speaking with wax almost in passing. It's been a while though I could be wrong

Well keep in mind that he is only held to Roshar in the SA timeline. SoS takes place centuries later, who knows if he is still confined or not? At least to my knowledge, I haven't read all the WoB to know for sure

Ugouka I think is on the right track. We don't know where the metal came from, but judging from the kandra's erratic behavior and sorry apparent anger, I don't think it's a stretch to think it could be a sliver of odium. Harmony doesn't even know what the metal is, and Odium is plenty strong enough to send a bit of his will to another planet. Just a thought.

It would make sense that Hoid at least partly uses stored luck to determine where to go. But your luck doesn't always work. For instance when Hoid appears in AoL right before the wedding shoot out, he claims nothing important is happening, and leaves. Also, in tWoK doesn't he say something along the lines of he's running from the same person he's looking for? Because that could lead to some interesting questions of what he intends to do, and why he is where he is as well. Thoughts?

I don't think we can assume Hoid's feruchemy originated anywhere but Scadrial. He obtained his alomancy we assume from the lerasium bead he took from the well of ascension. I'd say the only power we can be sure came from Yolen is his lightweaving(?) and world hopping, right? Sorry forgot a sentence, I assume his feruchemy was obtained on Scadrial as well in some way, maybe similar to the lerasium beads?