josmarrob

Is it ridiculous to think that maybe Hemalurgy is merely the process of ripping off a piece of spirit web with a spike, and that there is a grafting mechanic intrinsic to the cosmere which is what we are seeing used to add something to people with Hemalurgy spikes, soulstamps, and the new gemstone spikes? I don't think what we are seeing with Moash is Hemalurgy because there is no indication that someone else's spiritweb is being used in these gemstone spikes. I think there must be something intrinsic to the cosmere where investiture can be grafted to bind points on a person to do specific things. If I am right, that would make it look like any investiture grafted to the eye sockets would give some sort of sight. It is very interesting to see where this could go by capturing spren in the gemstones and grafting those to a person. Perhaps could a human with a gemstone in the chest get a form of power if the stone has the right spren?

Going back to people talking about another attack on the tower,there might be a way for an attack to happen other than Skybreakers. Do we know if the Sibling's defenses are all or nothing or can they make exceptions? What if Odium found a way to get his investiture into someone who Dalinar would have trouble fighting such as Gavinor, AND that because of this the defenses would trigger on Gavinor. Would the Sibling be able to make an expection for Gavinor or would the defenses have to be turned off completely? If the defenses had to be turned off completely and Dalinar could not bring himself to kill Gavinor then the fused would be free to attack the rest of the tower because the peace treaty doesn't kick in until after the duel.

Does it seem to anyone else like the way Odium has configured his forces for these 3 attacks is strange and hints at a deeper strategy? In my mind, it seems like the attack on Azir should be the hardest battle for Odium to win because his troops have to attack through a very limited choke point. In all the other battles they do not have this disadvantage, Yet it seems Odium has deployed the weakest of the 3 armies to Azir. Could this be an attempt to trick team radiant into deploying their troops wrong? hear me out... We know Odium has some control over the speed of the Everstorm and can get it around the planet as quickly as five days, and can cause it to pause over a location. What if Odium were to time his attacks with the Everstorm to make it so he could use the same fused in EVERY battle. He attacks the Shattered Plains first. The 1000 fused in this army attack very aggressively and the Everstorm provides them with support. The fused are free to attack very recklessly because any of them who die will be able to join the battle in Azir when the Everstorm reaches there. If team radiant's army in the shatter plains is strong enough to win they will still have massive casualties because they are facing a huge army of fused + the Everstorm. Even a win here for team radiant could be devastating. If the Fused win the battle they would likely be able to hold the oathgate with a much smaller number than the whole 1000 of them and would be able to have some of their army will themselves to die in Order to join the battle in Azir. After the battle at the Shattered Plains, Odium speed the Everstorm around the world to Azir. Odium has specifically made this battle look very winnable for team radiant because he wants them to put a smaller force in Azir. With this plan Azir will be unable to hold out when the Everstorm arrives during the attack and the fused who already fought at the shattered plains start taking over the bodies of the singers comming through the oathgate. The Fused will again attack very aggressively making sure to make a breakthrough of Adolin's lines so that the conventional troops can take the city. Once again the fused do not care if they get killed because they still have one more battle to fight. Then lastly the Everstorm gets to Thaylenah. The conventional troops in the ships start becoming fused as the fused from the first 2 battles start taking over singers here. Team radiant has to face a large army + skybreakers + more fused than they expected. Does something like this seem likely? Is there a mechanic to how the Everstorm or fused work that I am missing prevent this? Thanks!