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Great infos, thanks. Southern Scadrial books: I'm partly glad and in the same time partly worried by hearing this. I'm glad, because it would be great to explore those regions. But I'm also worried how these side projects slow the progress of the 'main Cosmere plotline' down. There are many series that are in progress, and even some side projects such as the Mistborn Adventures or Steelheart will have sequels, and they require time even from Brandon.

Dear Brandon, First of all: I love your books and the original magic systems.. Your worldbuilding is something I prefer in my campaigns as a Dungeon Master: complex, which turns the traditional themes of the genre upside down. And the questions: 1.A few years ago you posted a long post about your future plans on your website: Do you plan a post like this again or could you perhaps describe the current version of your plans right here? 2. According to the Second law of Sanderson your characters have flaws, weaknesses. What is the reason, that in a lot of them (Vin, Elend, Kaladin, Dalinar, Spook, etc) the most significant weakness is the lack of self-confidence? 3. And related to this last question: most of your heroes are true traditional "heroes", because they want to be useful for the family/society/other, and they often lack selfish, "dirtier" motivations. Will we sometimes see characters, who are not villains but are rather egocentric? 4. Do you plan a magic system which enables the character to manipulate the four elements with their will? I mean not so bounded, like Allomancy with Pushing or Pulling but shaping/summoning the elements according to the wishes of the person. I ask this, because in the whole fantasy genre I rarely find something like this (except: Arc Magica RPG), so I had to develop it myself at home . But from the authors I know you are the person who has the creativity to do this without doubt. 5. Are the intelligent sprens like Syl the “seons of Roshar”? 6. As Dalinar gave his Shardblade to Highprince Sadeas, was his motivation only to free the Brigdemen as “Thank you” for the help? Or did he already plan to build a team from soldiers who are loyal only to him? 7. When will be see the whole Cosmere-concept (Shards, the plans of Hoid) at the level of the books? In the third Mistborn trilogy or earlier? In which books do you plan to finish the “hidden story” which connects all your earlier books? 8. A bit RAFO but: Is Szeth bounded to the Oathstone (master) with magic/force or just with his honour? As I can remember, in the end of WoK he nearly killed Taravangian. At last, I want to say thank you for your work, for your wonderful books. Balázs, a Hungarian fan of yours

Thank you for this wonderful article. Now I (at last, through the examples) understand what the Cognitive and Spiritual aspects are. Just one comment: As for me the Stormlight itself is a kind of physical aspect, natural energy, which is "burned" during the process like the metals. Spiritual aspect: maybe the sprens?

Hi! In my opinion, the Oathstone is just a stone, only the word and honor of Szeth binds him. I prefer the theory about losing the Surgebinding-abilities so that the honor (or Honor ) is required for his magic to work. Something different: In TWoK page 29 Szeth is thinking about Shardplates: My question is: if it's truth, why can be Surgebinding (Lashings) the magic of the Knight Radiants (in this case of the Windrunners)? Their plates should have interfered with their magic....

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Actually, I'm glad to read about the plans of Brandon. But it's a big risk to plan for 20 years, and the end of the Cosmere-cycle is sooo far away. I hope I will read all the novels you wrote about.

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