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Considering Nightblood would vaporize them, and he's chock full of Investiture already, I think it's safe to say you couldn't use him as a spike. jW

She is working towards the potential of realistic, talking and walking, and with help of soulcasting, potentially solid illusions (that last part is pure conjecture, but I'm not the only one to suspect it's possible). She could conceivably end up being able to actually make out with Veil. Only as practice for a con, though, I'm sure. jW

That's my guess, but I don't know if that's been confirmed. Since spikes can be reused, though with power loss, the Investiture they ripped from the original victim's spiritweb must remain in the spike, or something tying it to that, so I'd have to assume Nightblood would use that before the wielder's spiritweb. jW

Quintus Tribellius will join. I'll see if I can read at least the first book of the source material, but I don't know it yet, so I could use a character prompt too. jW

You can see in the quote that he's saying that they developed Westerns instead of Superheroes; I would expect once there's a less homogenous culture (which seems likely by Era 3, but not guaranteed), there'll be more styles that might include one similar to anime. jW

Hemalurgy isn't Investiture. The Investiture (part of the spirit-web of a person) that's been stapled on by Hemalurgy would be just as easily drained by Nightblood as your regular spirit-web. jW

Just ran across this gem from Reddit (apologies if it showed up elsewhere on the forums already): Sounds amazing to me, very much looking forward to both the code monkey and Scadrial nerd culture, as well as the comics! jW

I guess I'm not particularly familiar with that one. Was that poster created by Brandon and team, or was it from somewhere else, then? jW

Oh, the irony. Please, let's be sure we're being kind in doing this, but as @Spoolofwhool said, @marianmi, "Splinters" are by definition sentient, with the only possible exception being Divine Breaths, where we don't really know what's going on. Not all spren are Sapient, but they're all Sentient, just like all other Splinters. jW

I've assumed it's emotional, or some sort of dissonance between cognitive and spiritual. Perhaps one causes the other. jW

Taln being the only victim appeared to be rare, though maybe not unheard of, but considering the numbers and the fact that there may have been additional horrors and enemies we haven't seen yet, I don't think it's all that crazy that in most Desolations, half or more of the 10 Heralds, meant to be the only opposition to Odium's forces, would die. Remember, no matter how effective the healing is, completely crushing their skull and/or decapitating them would likely not be healable (per WoB, unless I'm misremembering). Thunderclasts would have plenty of strength to do that, and while it might be a lucky blow to manage it, there appears to be huge waves of Voidbringers and related enemies in the battles, based on the battlefield we see in the prelude alone. The Knights Radiant would have helped swing the battles much more into the Heralds favor, but I wouldn't be surprised if in the first Desolations before the Knights Radiant appeared (we don't know how long that was, but I have to assume there was at least one, if not more, before the Spren figured out how to copy the surges), most or all of the Heralds died in the process of fighting off Odium's forces, and that gradually improved as their methods and numbers swelled with each successive Desolation (most likely, perhaps with some exceptions when they came closer together). EDIT: Some relevant quotes that I think back up my thoughts (emphasis added by me): Admittedly, some of what I said is only speculation, but I don't think it's crazy for most of the Heralds to have been killed in each Desolation, considering what they were up against, even with the healing granted by Stormlight and/or Honor's direct source of Investiture. jW

That's not necessarily true. What is "double" your normal sight? It's not zoom, since that's how Feruchemical tin works with sight, but we're told it's different. It's not light sensitivity alone, though that's obviously part of it. I don't think his extra sensitivity to light is given in enough detail to know how much more it is. I mean, if the sunlight outside became 30% brighter than its normal maximum, I'd probably be near blind, especially since I'm already sensitive to bright light. jW

Technically, unless I'm thinking of the wrong one, it's written by Khriss most likely, and therefore can be subject to in-world mistakes and misinformation. I don't know if that would explain it, but there have been other instances of in-text information, including in the Ars Arcanum, being wrong on purpose. jW

No, the Nalthian Biochroma definitely isn't just a matter of being Invested. It's a unique magic fueled by the part of the soul that Endowment made able to be detached and given away. I'm pretty sure that there's a WoB that people from other worlds do not have a Biochromatic Aura at all, though they would gain one if they get Breaths (but that Awakening requires Nalthian sDNA, or a hack, though that part I'm less confident in). jW

Hmm, it's true that a Kandra could pretty easily fake being Returned. I can't think of any particular area in which they couldn't imitate that, up until the part where they're supposed to give their breath away and heal someone, except I have no idea about the Biochromatic Aura. Do Kandra have one at all, and if so, would they be able to make it match a Returned (by getting Breaths or changing anything in particular)? In fact, does the Biochromatic Aura of a Returned simply look like someone of the 5th Heightening, or does it have it's own unique look too? jW

True, I did have that. jW

I would expect in the Reshi Isles at least, it'd be a non-issue. jW

Just asked on Twitter, I'll report back if I get an answer (first time asking on Twitter, and I tagged Brandon, Isaac, and Peter just in case ). Edit: got RAFO'd. I'm guessing this will be more relevant in the space-faring trilogy. jW

The regular Kindle with the e-Ink screen is far poorer with images like that (I have one myself). The Fire is basically just an Android tablet like any other, while the basic Kindle is very different. Great for text, not so much for images. jW

Adolin and Sadeas have a duel scheduled for one year from the date of the 4-on-1 duel. Adolin challenged Sadeas as his boon, remember. He just didn't nail down the "right now" part, and Sadeas later accepted the challenge, but set the date for a year later. As such, if he provokes Adolin into attacking him, he would have grounds to back out of the duel without losing face; killing him would probably reflect very badly on Adolin under those same rules. jW

Considering the way the Husband/Wife pair works for Lighteyes, a same-sex relationship would likely be severely handicapped in some critical ways. I can't see it being fully accepted and normal in Alethi culture, at least for lighteyes, due to that factor alone (otherwise we'd see more of that being worked around). jW

Nope, give me the axe to the neck or death by drowning. Anything but that!!! jW

I just saw Shardbearer. Without Plate, yeah, they'd be vulnerable from a distance (since we're not talking Radiants, just people with dead Shardblades). Not sure how relevant sneaking away is. Shardbearers don't usually try to be sneaky. jW

I'm pretty sure their mass doesn't change, so density wouldn't either. It's the interaction of their mass with the planet that changes; i.e. their weight. It's done in a more scientific and technical way in some ways, with some admitted hand-waving by Brandon to smooth over some of the resulting problems that could occur. jW

I hadn't seen the idea that the Heralds may not have required a nearby source of Stormlight, but instead just draw from Honor directly, but I love it. Honor directly granted the Heralds at least some of their abilities, and in particular the Honorblades; it makes sense that he would have designed them to be powered directly by his Investiture. The Spren copied those, but they wouldn't have the ability to draw power directly from Honor, so Stormlight was their available source of Investiture to power the Surges. A non-Herald wielding an Honorblade would gain access to the Surges as we see, but they wouldn't have the ability granted to the Heralds themselves of drawing from Honor's Investiture directly, so they also have to turn to Stormlight for their Investiture, and since it's a sort of hack, a source that wasn't the intention, there's a power loss involved, leading them to burn through their Stormlight at a significantly accelerated rate. jW