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Granted, people have the ability to use these cures but not the knowledge of which ones are the right ones. I wish for a tuna sandwich, with cheese, on whatever kind of bread seems most suitable.

I did indeed say it happened post-Ascension, because I want the setting to seem at least surface similar at first. If there were any major changes like some of the ones suggested - although, I might say, you guys are on fire and under other circumstances I'd go right for a lot of these - then the reveal would be blown early.

I was thinking on that - Atium and Lerasium would be Splinters now, so they work somewhat differently. I was thinking that Atium would have the same value simply because of it's utility, and Lerasium would be completely suppressed for obvious reasons. I like the idea of them appearing more like natural metals though - I'll keep the Pits for the purposes of Kelsier's backstory. Wow, now THIS is a hook. I'm still not 100% if anyone knows about the Splintering specifically yet, but one way or another the Kandra will find out.

Another idea for the Splinters of Ruin I've been mulling over is a sort of 'sentient idea' that comes with having hemalurgy used on you. Kind of like a miniature version of the voice or Ruin in the main series - hemalurgic spikes put a Splinter of Ruin in you, which warps your personality closer to that of Ruin. I still have no clue as to what Preservation Splinters might be - perhaps similar to the Mist Spirit of the books, but with an ability close to the Nahel bond?

I might have lied by omission here - I don't own the Emperor's Soul. But my favourite so far has to be Words of Radiance. I'm a sucker for worldbuilding, so Roshar has got it's claws into me real good by this point. Can neither confirm nor deny.

In my mind, Odium's already been before going to Roshar - I'm thinking a similar situation to Sel, were Odium came, he saw, he Splintered. Your point about TLR is great though - he'd be considerably saner, if no more lenient. I'll make sure I keep that in mind. As to the Spren/Seon, I had an idea about the skaa urban legends about Mistwraiths. I'd have to reread, but making the things they were scared existed real would be a good start on Splinters of Ruin. No idea for Preservation yet though.

Stats on LGBT population percentage. Presented without further comment. As to the original point of this thread, other than changing the gender of Elend, I don't feel like it would have changed the plot a great deal nor the genders of the other characters. I can't think of anything about any of the other characters is predicated on Vin's being female.

I'm going to be running the Mistborn RPG soon, and I wanted an interesting twist for the part of the party that has read the novels. So I've decided to run with the "Kelsier hires the PCs rather than the heroes of the Mistborn Trilogy" conceit for the first part of the campaign, and then in a fit of sleep-deprivation-induced creativity, hit upon the reveal in the title. Ruin and Preservation have been Splintered. I've got a few basics that should logically be in place to support the campaign - first of all, the setting needs to be essentially the same on the surface. Lord Ruler still rules, ash still falls, mists still at night, so on and so forth. These likely wouldn't be true if Ruin and Preservation had both been splintered, sure, but the game will be better with those things in place. The fact that the Final Empire and the Lord Ruler are both around means that the Splintering would have happened post-Ascension. The culprit, for simplicity's sake, is the only person we know to have Splintered a Shard. Other than that, I'd like some suggestions for possible implications of this - what form would the Splinters of the two Shards take? Would the culprit have left his mark? (Actually, that's a damnation good question - does a new Shard coming to a place change the magic systems there? Temporarily? Permanently? Food for thought.)

Hi all! I bought "Way of Kings" a while back for something to read on public transport. After reading it and enjoying it thoroughly, I bought Words of Radiance this year. And also all the rest of the Cosmere works. I have low self control in that way. Anyway, I've lurked here for long enough, so why not join now? Look forward to interacting with everyone!