The Sovereign

Close, but I was actually looking for R1, R1, Circle, R2, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Down, Left.

This makes sense, good call. They only thing I wonder is if Sazed changed it at all when he changed the Snapping mechanics. Indeed! Thank you, I apparently missed this WOB. I have added a note referencing it.

For the last couple of years I have been maintaining a list of questions for Brandon. I tend to do a full re-read of the Cosmere each time a new book comes out. I have been updating it every couple of months with new questions, answers from WOB, etc. I have a post somewhere in the middle of Ultimate list of questions, but as it is buried somewhere in the middles of the 160+ page thread it can be a pain to find and maintain. I figured a separate thread would be easier for me to find and manage and shed some light on a few questions that I haven't seen raised anywhere else. Anyways... 1.) Are the Shodel hoardings or some type of legion/hivemind entities, and is Bavadin a Shodel? (A question pertaining to Bavadin being a Dragon was recently RAFO'd, Uli Da (Ambition) has been confirmed to be a Shodel in a recent WOB, The Shodel are not a Hivemind per my signed copy of Mistborn TFE 10th Aniversary 3/26/2018, Bavadin was confirmed to not be a Hivemind At Tel Aviv Signing on 10/18/2019. When combined with my Signed Mistborn this could be some circumstantial evidence to indicate Bavadin may be a Shodel (or it at least leaves the door open...) 2.) Is Aslydin a Feruchemist? (This has been RAFO'd when @Argent asked and when I did in the past.) 3.) Is the chain Kaladin sees in the shop in Shadesmar made of Dragonsteel? No, the chain is from Threnody and made of Silver. (RAFO'd in my signed WOA 3/29/2018, Silver Chain per Brandon's Reddit 8/23 ) 4.) Was Tien a proto-Lightweaver? (Yes, he was per a WOB from MisCon 2018) 5.) Would other Spren consider Cusicesh to be a Deadeye? 6.) Which ability does Mraize's Aviar have? (This was RAFO'd at the Oathbringer Release Party on 11/4/2017) 7.) Was Iyatil expelled from the 17th Shard or did she leave for her own reasons? 8.) Is "The Sibling" the Spren of Urithiru? (Yes, confirmed by ROW) 9.) Is Was Felt a member of the 17th Shard? Did he recruit Aslydin and/or Demoux? (With RoW I now suspect that Felt is actually a Ghostblood, Due to a couple of WOBs mentioned in the comments I now revert to thinking he may have been a member of the 17th Shard but isn't currently, he also very likely wasn't a member of the Ghostbloods due to a lack of secrecy from him regarding who he is.) 10.) When Hoid says he thinks he technically owns the place at Kelesina's mansion, is he referring to Scadrial as a whole? (Hoid is talking about the Mansion per WOB at the Barnes & Noble, Orem, UT signing 12/21/17) 11.) Are the Lightspren the Spren of the Stonewards? (Nope, context definitely makes them the Willshaper Spren, confirmed VIA WOB at JordanCon '18) 12.) Is the coachman Cobb in Shadows of Self the same Cobb from the Epilogue of Oathbringer? (VIA WOB at JordonCon '18 they are not the same). 13.) Is the tube device [gun] in the Ghastly Gondala story in the BOM broadsheet a Fabrial using a trapped Threnody Shade in a similar way to a Trapped Spren Fabrial on Roshar? 14.) If someone were to Ascend on Sel or somehow push the majority of Dominion and Devotions' investiture back into the Spiritual Realm would the assorted Dor related magics stop being location dependent? 15.) Red in the Cosmere shows co-opted Investiture. I suspect that some amount of Odium and Ambitions' investiture is dormant on Threnody. This brings up some very interesting questions with the Shades. When the rules are broken, the eyes turn from green to red. Something is triggering the foreign investiture (presumably Odium's) to affect the Shades. What is really interesting though is that after some time the eyes turn back to green and then shut. What is actually going on here? 16.) Does pre-Ascension [Rashek's Ascension] Allomancy (like Alendi's Seeking) still exist in the Southern Scadrian's bloodlines? 17.) When we see someone's Breath pulse as they die, are they getting a glimpse into the Spiritual Realm? 18.) Are the Spiritual Realm paintings from the Court of Gods painted with Tears of Edgli dye based paints? 19.) Are the glimpses into the Spiritual realm via prophetic dreams a product of a Return's Divine Breath or a result of being of the 5th heightening. Could a non-Returned of the 5th Heightening or higher have similar dreams? 20.) Is the flirty, non-Thaylen woman that is wearing a Thaylen dress in Urithiru that Veil remarks on Tarah? (To be answered in a SA5 interlude per WOB) 21.) If someone burns Malatium and looks at someone who is burning Gold do they see the same thing or would they see different possibilities? 22.) Is Durn from HoA a Worldhopper? Does he have perfect pitch? (Durn being a worldhopper was RAFO'd at the Chicago Skyward 11/16/2018) 23.) When Shallan is reading the book "Shadows Remembered" in the Palinaeum she reads a story with a whittled man that is used to distract a Voidbringer. Is this an offhanded Awakening reference? 24.) In the death rattle "He watches! The Black piper in the night. He holds us in his palm... playing a tune that no man can hear!" is the tune no man can hear a literal tune? Is it something that can be heard by someone attuned to the Rhythms? 25.) Were the Cryptics interested in Sadeas? There is a scene in WoR where Sadeas is reflecting about Dalinar and admits deep down that he doesn't want the Blackthorn back he wants Dalinar dead. This self awareness seems to be the exact type of thing that would attract a Cryptic. Especially when contrasted with the outward lie he says about wanting the old Dalinar back and what he did at the tower being a mercy out of respect to the Dalinar of old. 26.) Gavilar says to Eshonai "My people where Radiant once and your people were Vibrant" Are/were there for lack of a better term "Vibrant Knight" Singers? The 9 types of Fused Brands are the Singer "Radiants". 27.) When Wax visits his grandmother in the Village during Shadows of Self she makes a cup of tea; The smell causes Wax to have vivid memories flare up of things from his past. Is the tea invested? 28.) Are the Truthwatchers' Spren the Keenspren? (Mistspren per ROW) 29.) Would Spren describe the Reod damaged Seons as Deadeyes? 30.) Who is the Gyorn that is seen in Ashravan's palace? 31.) When we see Kelsier flare his Malatium he sees LTR ascending. Does the flaring of Malatium show you the specific choice/event/etc. that made you become one of the possibility shadows and not the other? I.E. "this is what made you become this possibility and not this one..." In Rashek's case, Ascension. Or was it just a generic look into the Spiritual Realm? (I've more or less talked myself into thinking it is a simple as he is just getting a look into the Spriritual Realm. As @cometaryorbit pointed out the Transition between Realms with his death likely affected it as well as Preservation indicated.) 32.) Is the IRE fortress in the shape of an Aon? If so, which one? 33.) Did Llarimar become the God King's new head priest after the events of Warbreaker? 34.) Who painted "The Battle Of Twilight Falls"? (At the Starsight Release on 11/26/19 R'Shara asked about the painting in Celebrant, they are done by the same artist) 35.) Does Susebron have a returned name [title]? 36.) Is Mrall a Kandra? (Skyward release on 11/6/2018 acknowledged something is going on with him) 37.) This isn't really a question so much as a prediction; Will Balat Davar end up as a Dustbringer? 38.) Was Gavilar a closeted gay man? (Seems very unlikely now with the context of RoW) 39.) We know that different orders access the surges in different ways (I.E. Windrunner and Skybreaker Gravitation are slightly different). Are the Bondsmith Surges similarly different based on which Spren is bonded? (For example would Stormfather Spiritual Adhesion and Nightwatcher Spiritual Adhesion be slightly different?) 40.) Has Relis Ruthar attracted and/or bonded a Spren? 41.) Would Nightblood consume himself if he were drawn for too long and ran out of investiture to consume similar to a Returned who has nothing to consume after a week? Vasher tells Vivenna that Nightblood only needs Breaths when he is drawn. 42.) Would using emotional Allomancy on a Spren affect how strongly it manifests? (Rioting causing it to Manifest stronger, Soothing to cause it to fade back into the Cognitive Realm). (At "Out Of Excuses" in 2016 Brandon confirmed that emotionally Allomancy does affect Spren and can be observed. The Epigraph from RoW Chapter 7 hints at how they are affected.) 43.) Did Mercy finish off Amibition? 44.) Are there any Sleepless in the deep sands on Taldain? 45.) Are Dragons attuned to the Rhythms? 46.) Assuming the Tones of Shards can be used as a template, can we assume that War and Science would be likely results of the combinations of the Shards Odium & Honor and Cultivation & Honor respectively? 47.) Tumi refers to Rlain as "Bridger of Minds"; In Oathbringer Rlain makes a comment that the members of Bridge Four seem to almost be able to hear the Rythyms. Is a strong connection to Rlain causing people to be attune to the Rhythms over time? 48.) Was the Diagram specifically warning against allowing Rlain to form his bond? ["TherehastobeananswerWhatistheanswerStopTheParshendiOneofthemYestheyarethemissingpiecePushfortheAlethitodestroythemoutrightbeforethisoneobtainstheirpowerItwillformabridge"] 49.) With her bond to the Sibling can Navani hear the Rhythms? 50.) Assuming Cultivation's Boon/Curse are still in affect; Does Odium [The Power] have more control while Mr.T is having a compassionate day and Mr.T have more control while having an intelligent day? 51.) Is the Evil that has corrupted the Homeland on Threnody related to the Fainlife? 52.) Was the Set's torture room in Dulsing simply an interrogation room or were they also using it for Hemalurgic experimentation? 53.) Denth says that Vasher's use of the name 'Vasher' is a joke on his part. What is the joke? (Per this WOB provided by @Wandering Shade Vasher appropriated the name from someone him and Denth both knew.) 54.) Is Sixth Of The Dusk the audience in "Tress Of The Emerald Sea"? 55.) Is "Foil" an alias for Xisis the Dragon? (Yes) 56.) When Shallan lets her mind wander while drawing she sometimes draws things that are actually happening; Yalb and other survivors of "The Wind's Pleasure" helping each other out of the water after the shipwreck, Shallash destroying a statue, etc. Is she getting a minor glimpse into the Spiritual realm? Or is she possibly tapping into her connection to the things she is drawing? 57.) Renarin seems to have normal Radiant Regrowth and Enlightened (Corrupted) Lightweaving. What is to say that Rlain will be the same? Could he not have normal Radiant Lightweaving and Enlightened (Corrupted) Regrowth? Tumi refers to him as "Bridger Of Minds" and there is a part of the Diagram that almost certainly was warning about allowing Rlain to form a bond. Is the ability to "Bridge Minds" the form Enlightened Regrowth will take? (For Reference: "There has to be an answer. What is the answer? Stop. The Parshendi. One of them. Yes they are the missing piece. Push for the Alethi to destroy them outright before this one obtains their power. It will form a bridge.") 58.) Was Ialai Sadaes' "Shin Wine" actually from off world rather than Shinovar? How Cosmere aware was Ialai (and the Sons of Honor)? 59.) Does Vasher know the Pure Tone Of Nalthis? If so, is it related to how he uses Stormlight to feed his Returned nature? 60.) How did Balat's sword strike actually damage Lin Davar's Soulcaster? It is a manifested Spren, shouldn't the metal be Tanavastium and resistant to physical damage? Was his Soulcaster a fake as well like Jasnah's? 61.) Are The Mink and The Lopen cousins? 62.) We know there were at least two migrations of humans to Roshar (From Ashen and wherever the Iriali originally came from) but between "The Girl Who Looked Up" and "The Dog And The Dragon" I am not starting to thing there were (at least) 3 major migrations. Was the origins of "The Girl Who Looked Up" a human migration from Braize to Roshar? My guess is the humans who ended up in Shinovar are the Humans from Ashen while the Non-Iriali humans on Roshar with epicanthic folds in their eyes are descendants of people from Braize. It should be noted that biologically Epicanthic folds developed in people who lived in very cold areas. 63.) Did the vision Moash saw when he looked into Renarin's light in Hearthstone show him a vision parallel to one he would see if he had Allomantically burned Gold? Does this happen because Renarin masks those close to him from Odium in the same way Ruin and Preservation can't see metal? 64.) Was "Vyre, He Who Quiets" El's Title prior to it being stripped away from him? (Yes, confirmed by El and Lesian in RoW, I'm not sure how I missed that the first time around) 65.) Is there anyone in the Cosmere who knows "The Rythym Of Adolnalsium?" 66.) Were the Tukari that attacked Notum in Shadesmar going to take him to be used in Ishar's Physical Realm Spren experiments? 67.) After Tanavast's death did the Stormfather inherit (become) the Dawnshard "Unite"? 68.) Since we know the Era 1 Atium was actually an Atium-Electrum alloy does that mean that the "Seers" in Hero Of Ages were actually Oracles? Hypothetically anyone could burn actual Atium, but I suspect you would need to be able to burn Electrum to burn the Alloy. 69.) Does the Southern Scadrian method for creating Medallions require Hemalurgy? 70.) Was the false Charlie reptile creature a Sho-Del? MeLaan descripes her Sho-Del guide in Shademar as Reptilian.

I believe he was specifically referring to this which explains that trapping a Spren in a gemstone is how Fabrials work:

First there is the early relationship where Flash is bullying Peter but obsessed with Spiderman and then in the airport at the end there is the comment about Flash's mother not being able to make it that is reminiscent of Norman's neglectful relationship with Harry. Both more closely resemble Harry Osborne than any iteration of Flash Thompson that I remember.

@Truthwatcher_17.5 I think the issue is one of definition. You are equating Fortune to Luck. Think of it more like a Fortuneteller (clairvoyance and whatnot).

A few thoughts: The movie was enjoyable. Good not great. My biggest gripe with it had more to do with the theater than the movie itself, it was way too loud. JK Simmons back as J Jonas Jameson; STORMS YES! The trilogy from the early 2000's had 11 million problems, but that was a perfect casting, I'm really glad Marvel realized that. It was honestly my favorite thing In Far From Home. It seems they are mixing Flash Thompson/Harry Osbourne. One the one hand, awesome, give me that Agent Venom. And I'm glad they aren't just rebooting Harry Osbourne/Peter friendship into Hobgoblin/Spiderman again but it is a little... weird.

It is implied in Calamity that Mizzy's powers manifested as early as when they were in Sharp Tower. Abraham makes an offhand reference to it. So I would say her powers came from Calamity. As for future epics, who knows? Do we know how old Tavi is? Was she born after Invocation left in the alternate reality?

Fair enough, maybe I'm grasping at straws.

It has less to do with in book culture and more to do with Brandon's writing style; similar patterns and nods to things we don't have sufficient information at the time can be found throughout his works. It absolutely could be nothing, then again... Another thing to consider regarding Keenspren is a matter of definition. One of the definitions of Keen is eager, enthusiastic, and animated. What we have seen of Glys seems to fit this definition. We also saw similar traits in Ym's Truthwatcher Spren.

Yes, you're right, we do not know the Stoneward's spren, we just have a reasonable guess that they are the cracked stone Spren seen in Celebrant . As far as non-radiant Spren that are Sapient, I never said there weren't types, simply that Wyndle names several Spren; Keenspren and a bunch of Spren that we do know are Radiantspren.

There is a context clue from Wyndle that they might be the "Keenspren" While describing his life as a gardener, Wyndle lists off various types of Spren that had came to him to have gardens grown. Every type that he mentions we know to be a Radiantspren, less the Keenspren. Assuming they follow suit, then there are your Truthwatcher Spren (Or Stoneward Spren as we know every other order's Spren).

It is going to be Prudence.

Not necessarily, Brandon actually adopted RAFO from Robert Jordan. Robert Jordan always explained RAFO with the caveat that sometimes you simply will not get all the answers.

I probably enjoyed this a bit too much...

Just a few predictions for the last two episodes for timestamp purposes:

Here is essentially all of the info we know about Dysian Aimians

Saw it last night...

Cal, what part of this is supposed to be the unpopular opinion? Also, please get out of my head... it is unsettling to read someone lay out essentially my exact thoughts on something.

Hmmmm....

The rushed ending in Calamity was my largest criticism of the series. I would highly recommend re-reading Calamity. The 2nd time around I found the pacing to flow a lot better and enjoyed the book as a whole quite a bit more.

Just remembered this again... Anyone got any other questions?

Tonight!

Random speculation: Venli will meet up with the Listeners who refused Stormform and then escaped. They will be the other Willshapers (and possibly Rlain).