A Windspren

Sizgil said that if someone strayed too far from the hot springs, they would freeze to death. The Horneaters probably had help from spren in getting to the mountains.

I doubt that they started at the top of a mountain while slowly freezing to death. I would assume that he meant the city, because of the situation in the Basin. The border issues were caused because the highprinces' armies in Alethkar were constantly trying to take land from each other, forcing them to build up more armies there. Amaram's force alone contained several thousand soldiers, and that's just one section in Sadeas's princedom.

Even if the cold didn't kill them, they know literally nothing about the Horneater Peaks, and would likely get lost and die. Rock has also stated that swimming in the Emerald Pools is lethal, although this could be because the Horneaters execute everyone that touches them, which poses a threat to scouts.

We don't know that you can control where you pop out at, but I agree that they would prefer the Purelake However, the one on the Horneater Peaks is the only confirmed Shardpool, so anything beyond that is speculation, which you have criticized me a lot for. I recall that there was also a theory that Honor's Shardpool was under Urithiru because a quote said that Urithiru was build at the closest place to Honor, but that just gives you the mountain problem again.

Hey, I'm not pointing out what Scadrial could do, I'm on Roshar's side! Yeah, and because Worldhopping is so difficult, how does Scadrial plan to transport a million people to Roshar and fit them on the top of a mountain? Mainly the second question, because Worldhopping ability is assumed to make this situation feasible.

I don't think that anyone answered this objection. They just gave a vague answer involving Medallions, which Elendel currently has no knowledge of.

Lol, I just had a really vivid image in my head of Kaladin tying several Shardbearers and Shallan together with rope and then Lashing them towards Elendel. It probably wouldn't work, but it would be hilarious to see the expressions of watchmen as they saw that... thing flying towards them.

Scadrial would have to Worldhop them all , and they would emerge at the Horneater Peaks. There's not much room there, and it's an excellent chokepoint. Rosharan archers could just sit at the edge of the Emerald Pools and pick the Scadrians off one by one, and even if they didn't do that, the Scadrians would be stuck at the top of a mountain. Once they leave the bubble of heat, they would likely freeze. Also, they would have no knowledge about the surrounding terrain. Any scouts they would send would likely not make it back to base, as they would get lost. It would be like being at the top of K2 and not knowing anything about trails, passes or ways to get down, while your soldiers are all freezing to death.

They wouldn't need Highstorms for Stormlight, they could just bring bags of spheres. Although we don't know where Sazed's Shardpool is, so they might have to walk/fly a while.

Having more soldiers helped a lot. I doubt that the Scadrians have an army of 100k, which was relatively small for the Alethi and doesn't count the troops back in Alethkar, not to mention that Jah Keved would probably help defeat an extremely powerful enemy that suddenly appears out of nowhere. Since Scadrial has the ability to worldhop, what prevents a team of Shardbearers and Radiants from taking Scadrial's generals and leaders hostage? Metalborn could probably do the same thing to Roshar's leaders, but there are 10 Highprinces that would probably take command if Elhokar was killed/captured, and they're all trained Shardbearers anyway.

Sometimes weapons are produced by carving them out of wood and then Soulcasting them (as we see in Rysn's interlude), but I admit that that's a long way from a gun. Soulcasters already make food for 100k people on a daily basis. That is a good point, and the Scadrian's guns would get absolutely wrecked by Highstorms.

The U.S Army still lost a few battles to Native Americans, and they had guns too. With the right combination of fabrials to repel bullets, the Rosharan army could win. It wouldn't be an easy war, but they could do it, especially because they could take apart captured guns to see how they worked and make more.

Without Duralumin/Nicrosil, they couldn't Push on the Blade at all. The Leecher would have to get close enough to touch him, and a Shardbearer would easily be able to slice him in half. This is also assuming that Leeching works on Shardplate. Metal repelling fabrials could be attached to the inside of Shardplate, and I can't imagine that they would need more Stormlight than Plate. Roshar has scouts too, and if Scadrial can Worldhop that many troops over, then let's assume that Roshar knows that they are coming to invade. They would have plenty of time to prepare and gather armies, especially with Soulcasters. The Pewterarms' dodging ability is a good point, as I assume that it is about equal to that of Kaladin's when using Stormlight. We don't see people in SA commenting about the ability of swordsman, because the speed that they are swinging their swords is relative to what they normally see. We also don't see many fights where normal swords are used; we mostly see fights involving Shardblades and/or spears. I think that the Stormfather was just really scared at that moment. Syl said that he just wanted to hide because he knew that he couldn't overpower Odium. He clearly couldn't think clearly (haha punny). He definitely has the ability to control Highstorms, because he sent one in the middle of the Weeping.

The people of Scadrial seem like pretty peaceful people, so it would be more likely that they would end slavery through diplomacy. Anyway, at the end of WoR there seems to be a revolution going on in Kholinar, so we don't know that slavery will still exist during Era 2.

Yeah, there's a WoB out there about the Stormlight thing. I'll see if I can find it, but it was in reference to why people on Roshar rarely contract diseases. The WoB said that everyone on Roshar had a small amount of Stormlight in their bodies, which made them slightly stronger than normal humans, along with the disease resistance.

Yep, and right after that he bonded Dalinar, giving him Surgebinding abilities. If you're going to bring in the willingness of those on each side to fight, you would be hard-pressed to convince a bunch of Scadrians to invade Roshar for no reason. You seem to have ignored basically everything we've discussed so far about the Coinshot vs Shardbearer situation. Unless the Conshot also had Feruchemic Iron, they would go flying back and likely die. As for the strength of Scadrians, we have no info about Scadrial's gravity, so you can't really say anything about that. Also, Rosharans have a small amount of Stormlight in their systems, which grants strength. They are also much taller than Scadrians, which also helps counteract whatever weakness lower gravity causes.

On the battlefield, how is the Leecher supposed to get behind the Shardbearer? What happens is: The Coinshot tries to push on Blade, then goes flying backward and dies. The Leecher either goes straight for the Shardbearer and dies from a Blade through the chest, or tries to sneak behind the Shardbearer and is killed by the Rosharan army, because Shardbearers fight at the front of an entire army, and they have a personal guard. The Pewterarm tries to approach the Shardbearer and either dies from the Blade or gets punched 30 feet. He might survive, but a second punch or the Blade changes that when he tries to attack again. We know that warform Parshendi are very dense because even the floods in the chasms during a Highstorm have a hard time moving them. I don't understand the comment about swords being weightless on Earth, because that makes absolutely no sense. Now, even with the current Roshar situation, we've seen that the Stormfather can control Highstorms. As soon as the Scadrian army all Worldhop in, a perpetual Highstorm centered over their location kills them all off.

A Steelrunner going faster than that would tear themself apart.

If you mean the weight of Shardblades, it's because most people think of them as weightless. They're not actually featherlight. Additionally, we don't see Vasher have strength twice that of ordinary people, and he has the Returned thing going for him too. With what the speed that Shardbearers swing their Blades, and the fact that a Steelrunner can only move at 140% their normal speed without hurting themselves, it would still be very difficult to avoid being hit. Emotional Allomancy would be swept away by the Thrill, as the Unmade are way more Invested than a Misting. In Jah Keved, Nergaoul (the Unmade that causes the Thrill) was very close to Jah Keved, but it just caused the soldiers to fight their enemies with more ferocity. It wouldn't cause them to turn on themselves.

Even if gravity on Roshar is weaker, it doesn't mean that Rosharans are weaker than Scadrians. People on Roshar have the inherent ability to absorb small amounts of Stormlight, and they are much taller (the average height is 6 ft) than Scadrians. Being on a planet with weaker gravity does not necessarily mean that you are weak, especially since we don't know Scadrial's gravity. It could be 0.5 Gs for all we know. As for Steelrunners, all a Shardbearer has to do is swing his Blade in a circle. And emotional Allomancy is easily countered by the Thrill, which also lends strength. I'm assuming that it will only affect Rosharan troops, because you need a Connection to Odium (which is why Radiants lose the ability to feel it).

According to the proof we've managed to find (you should really read the previous posts), Pewter makes you 2-3 times as strong, while Plate makes you 4-5 times as strong. As for Steelrunners, they would have to store constantly to get more than a few seconds of speed, and even then, they would have a hard time killing a Shardbearer.

Yes, but the warhammer feels like nothing to him, and he's using only one hand to wield it. Plus, we don't know that humans on Roshar are weaker than Scadrians, as even normal people get a bit of Stormlight in their systems. You're also forgetting that Adolin punched through a solid stone wall in the Battle of Narak, which I doubt that Vin could do. Roshar is also smaller than Scadrial, so the atmosphere is thinner. Scadrial's troops would not be used to the oxygen level on Roshar, giving Rosharans an advantage. Also, people on Roshar are significantly taller. The average height for Alethi is around 6 ft.

Oops, my mistake. It would take a lot of weight though, since Shardbearers weigh something like 1000 stoneweights.

If it was a Crasher, they would be pulled into the Shardblade, which doesn't sound very enjoyable to me.