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Or Shallan as Navani's apprentice. That way, the public can learn more about the fabrials, and we can infer even more .

But this is a lot of hindsight bias, to be sure. We suddenly grow much more confident in our behaviors when we have a confirmation behind them.

Honorspren (like Syl) were around before Honor died (and he may not have shattered- that's just an idea going around). Nohaden talks about them in one of Dalinar's flashbacks.

I have more information from his tour! Thank you WoT fan for giving me this information! WoT fan: I do remember some things, but the majority of the questions were about WoT. He said that all of his own books take place in the same universe, but not on the same world per se. The overall magic system was based on the principle of investing, i.e. people and things are invested by magic. So for example in Mistborn, the metals themselves aren't magical, but they become a vessel for the magic. Also he said that the ways of magic are different. In Mistborn it's genetic (or through ingesting atium, but he didn't talk about that). In Warbreaker it has to do with gathering other people's Breath, etc. Sorry, but he didn't elaborate about WoK either, because some people hadn't read it yet and he wanted to avoid spoilers. So I can't help you there... He didn't talk about Shards, but he did mention that it was very likely we wouldn't find out who Hoid was even in the tenth book of the Stormlight Archive. If anything, it would be in his thesis, of which at this moment only 8 copies were printed. He said he might publish it as a book at a certain point, but not right now. Hope that was enough for you, I can't really remember anything else right now! Best, WoT fan

Isn't Nightblood Invested? I seem to remember that term being used in that context before. And remember, the report was from memory, so they may be blending things together.

(cont mini debate started on Signings Forum) I think the reason why we don't ever hear the Shard's mortal names is that their shard name is the most important name they have. Just you aren't going to go around calling the Queen "Lizzy", Shards are more likely to use their title, which is the most important aspect of them to their followers. So rather than saying: Hello. Prepare for destruction for I am ATI!!!!, it's more likely to go like. Hello. Prepare for destruction for I am RUIN!!! It's not that they can't remember or don't want to remember who they were before. Just that it's not important. Their godly relations are much more important than their mortal ones.

The only one that comes to mind that was different was Elantris (Opelon and Sk-- something).

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It seems to be the case. It seems like there is only one continent on the planet (that we know of) and that this is all we need to worry about.

I have an explanation to why it is! (somewhat) Thanks to some WoTers in Amsterdam, we now have this quote: This means that the sDNA that provides for Allomancers isn't the same thing that determines whether an Elantrian is taken by the Shaod. Although the Shardic Sentinence may be true, that means that it is a lot less important to magic users than we thought. Also, I find it really interesting that in WoK, powers are determined by what you have done. This means that anyone could be a magic user if they are noble/curious/truthful enough. I think that we're going to spend a LOT of time debating what causes each one.

That's what I believe. That the Power of Creation is what powers many magics, but that it is seen as part of Preservation or Aona because they are accessing that power through them. Anyway, we also have some Amsterdam questions that got answered! Thanks to Terez for pointing this out to me! http://www.theoryland.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=5584 As Isabel already reported in the convention section, yesterday we had an unscheduled meeting with Brandon in Amsterdam. The WOT related information is in the other thread but Brandon also talked about his own books. Most of it are just bits and pieces and it's a bit chaotic. I'll try to post as much as I can remember: About the scheduling. He plans to start writing the next Stormlight Archive book right after he turns in AMOL. He hopes to write two books for the stormlight archive in a row. The first of those might (very early estimates) be released at the end of 2012, or early 2013. He talked about the link between his magic systems. One of the core principles is 'investing'. In l lot of his systems people are trough some mechanism invested with magic powers. In Elantris trough the Shaod, In mistborn it's genetic, in tWoK it depends on what some one has done. Object with almost sentient behavior like nightblood in Warbreaker share important links with the Spren from tWoK. If you understand the spren you will understand a lot about the connection between the books. Some movie company has got an option on the mistborn books. The mistborn series was sold as three trilogies. The first trilogy (the one we know) is set in medieval/16th century technoly and is fantasy. The second trilogy will be set in the current day, or at least with the same kind of technology. This makes it urban fantasy. The last trilogy will be science-fiction set somewhere in the future. Of-course all of them have the allomancy magic system to get things interesting. The short novel 'Alloy of Law' that will be released in the fall this year is set between the first two trilogies so the tech level is around 18th/19th century with steam power. Brandon said it was about some wild west character like character getting involved in a murder investigation in a city. So Clint Eastwood meets Sherlock Holmes in London. Ashley asked "Who is Hoid?". Brandon answered that we would have to wait and read it later. When asked in what book the answer would be, Brandon was vague. It would probably not even be revealed in Stormlight Archive book 10. In the end He gave Ashley a R.A.F.O. card and a WoT sticker. So that was all I remember. Hopefully some of the other can add some more info for you all.

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Even better- What if Kaladin fell for Jasnah? That would be a very interesting courtship.

Recently rediscovered Star Wars Battlefront 2 and started playing it in anticipation of the Mistborn mod that someone's making at TWG.

I think that list looks great. And I think that the order you have them in to is pretty good. And if you can't get an audio or visual recording, that's okay. It would just help us better fight over the words that were said . And it could even be a recording from a smartphone (or even from some normal phones). Thank you so much! I can't wait for the answers!

But if you are currently allomantically burning age, while feruchemically storing age, you will be younger than your actual age. You may look older than normal (think of TLR when Vin stumbles upon him in his Hut), but you still aren't your actual age (think of how much older he looked when Vin ripped out his Atium metalminds).

How about this: What if there is underlying power, left over from Adonalsium, and it is what powers most of the magic systems? It's where the power behind the Aons and the Dahkhor monks and Clayshan, and maybe even Allomancy comes from. It's a universal magic- perfect for a unifying theory of magic. So why is Allomancy "of Preservation?" Because Preservation acts like a gate to access the power. That's why Preservation is "hesitant" to directly fuel Allomancers- becuase they don't usually! They have their own connection to this underlying power, to this Power of Creation, and it's not unlimited. Why can't Fjordell people become Elantrians? Because they are actually seperate people who come from (assumably) different places. And perhaps it has to do with the (new) Arelish people spending several decades before changing. If someone has lived for several decades in Arelon, they probably won't consider themselves Fjordell anymore. So maybe the close association with Elantris changed their Spiritual genetic makeup. This is from Brandon's Store about the Aon Ehe:

This all leads me to ask an interesting question. Does it cost a Shard anything to have a magic user? So does Preservation grow a little more weak when a mistborn is born compared to a misting? Or does it not cost any power?

I have a request. If you can, get an audio or a video recording for when you ask the questions. Brandon phrases very carefully, and so the more accurate the words, the better. Also, you could ask him: In the sequel to Warbreaker, will we see Nightblood turn into Dayscab? Edit- A more serious question: Are Seons Splinters of Aona? Edit Edit- A deeper question: Is the godly power of Preservation the same thing as the Power of Creation that powers allomancy? (If he doesn't understand that question, then ask this one) Why does it cost shard-Vin more to directly fuel Elend with Allomancy rather than the usual way of burning metals?

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I made chain mail the other day. It went something like this. IF YOU DON"T SEND THIS EMAIL IN 5 SECNDS TO 50 PEOPLE YOUR HEAD WILL EXPLODE. TRUST ME IT HAPPENED TO ME. THAT'S HOW THIS EMAIL GOT FORWARDED. If you send it to one person, you will die slowly and alone. If you send it to ten people, you will die with someone holding your party. If you send it to 50000 people, you turn into Hoid. If you send it to 50,000 people, you die immeditely. You get a wish if you do it right NOW! Go do it! Spread it like Malaria! Make your wildest wish come true! I did this, and I got my kiss from my lifelong crush! And then magically added that detail to all the emails I forwarded! Yay! (send it now send it now send it now send it now send it now send it now send it now send it now send it now send it now send it now send it now send it now send it now send it now send it now send it now send it now send it nowsend it nowsend it nowsend it nowsend it nowsend it nowsend it nowsend it now)