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So I'm going to collect all the questions suggested in the thread and my thoughts on them (if I have any) as well as the addition of some of my own. Ones I think are worth asking will have a "+" +Can AonDor heal chronic conditions like poor eyesight? If so, does it strictly require the drawing of specialized Aons, or will enough Aon Iens get the job done eventually? +Why did Nohadon make a distinction between Soulcasters and Surgebinders? more info for the Surgebinding Table I'd say no for the same reasons brought up before. He has likely said all he is willing to at this point. name for a full Feruchemist Mistborn combination Why does the Shaod tend to take people during nighttime? Does Sazed automatically get to have a god metal now that he is a Shard? If so, what's its name? I'd probably be pushing my luck here, but what does it do? I'm really sceptical of the idea that Sazed/Harmony would get their own god metal. By rights it would be an alloy of atium/lerasium, after all Harmony isn't really a "new" shard just an alloy of Ruin/Preservation. Is inhaling Stormlight a process reserved for Windrunners, or can more / all orders do it? +Brandon has said that he originally planned Rithmatist to be a cosmere novel. Hypothetically, if there were a Shard on this world, what would its name be? In other words, what's the overarching intent behind the magic system? Are people turning into Epics everywhere in the world? I want to say that it was mentioned in the book that they are showing up everywhere. Was Endowment's Shardholder male or female? This has not been answered, it might be worth it though? Brandon has said that he doesn't know what the ending of AMoL really means and signifies. What does he think it means, though? Does Hoid know how each Shard's magic system works, or does he have to learn them every time he hops to a new world? It's been a while since we learned the name of a Shard. Can we get a new one, a hint of one, or some interesting information about the ones we already know about? I'd recommend against this. I remember a quote with someone asking Brandon for a new hint for a new shardworld/shard and Brandon saying no. Anyway we already have 2 maybe 3 shards without confirmed intents we can theorize about. If he could choose an Intent / Shard, not necessarily one of the sixteen, what would he choose? Do Inquisitors have to constantly burn Iron/Steel to see? Is it possible, by repeatedly granting cats sentience with spikes and then breeding them, to create a race of naturally sentient (Mistborn) cats? Any new info on Dakhor? Do living beings regenerate color if it is drained from them? Does sphere charge only at a single moment during Highstorm? I believe this has been confirmed "yes" Is it possible for an Augor to Compound a goldmind if it's proper owner messed around with his Identity in the right way? What is the Realmatic composition of Investiture? Is is primarily Spiritual, an even mix of Spiritual and Cognitive, or something else? Do Surgebinders have gemhearts? In the sense of having them exist within their bodies naturally, rather than asking if they happen to carry around the gemheart from another creature's body. +How, exactly, does Hemalurgic decay work for Feruchemy? Do Inquisitors have a cap on how much they can store at a time, or do they "waste Health when they store (so they'd be lying around at 80% health but only storing 10%, for instance), or do they draw it out less efficiently than real Feruchemists? Why does Feruchemical Gold sometimes leave scars and sometimes not? So, as background, we have from Brandon that Inquisitors are capable of burning their own eyespikes, but at the expense of excruciating pain and/or weird soul-splicing. Either way, this tells us that Hemalurgic spikes (and potentially any piercing) are available as Allomantic reserves. If that is the case, then why didn't Vin lose her earring? It was Bronze, as it turns out, and she burned Duralumin and Bronze at the same time at least once, so shouldn't she have burned the earring away too? I think that she might have had the earring in when she burned Aluminum in the first book, but I can't recall if the Inquisitors might have taken it. So I'll just go with the Duralumin instance. We also have Marsh the Steel Inquisitor burning Steel and Duralumin and not dying. On that note, why don't spikes seem to show up as reserves, given that they are accessible? Also, do normal piercings follow the same burn rules as spikes, whatever they may be? "How do the surfaces of time bubbles behave when you poke them with sticks? When someone touches one and is immediately 'affected by it'? Does the bubble "distend" or something?" Do Feruchemists store their attributes in the physical metal itself, or in that metal's Spiritual Aspect? +If Dalinar were a Feruchemist, would he be able to tap a metalmind (in either world) while experiencing one of his visions? +How is a Feruchemist storing, say, 10% weight for ten hours different from him storing 100% weight for one hour? So what's up with frame of reference for time bubbles? Would an embedded Brass metalmind melt at high temperatures? What about one that's completely buried in the skin? My questions What is up with Aon Ien meaning Wisdom but being used for Healing? Shai is a follower of the Unknown God/God Beyond. Is she peculiar in this regard or is it a common belief among the people of MaiPon? Two of Shallan's brothers, Helaran and Balat, have been referred to with the "Nan" honorific (which presumably means eldest son?). Her other brothers also have what appear to be honorifics as well, "Tet" Wikim and "Asha" Jushu. Are those actually honorifics or are they just parts of their name? +++The bloodsealer that aids in confining Shai in The Emperor's Soul is never given a name in the text, what is his name? It would be really helpful to get this answered.

It does make sense that crem would be partially destructive. After all part of cultivation is weeding out the weak and unnecessary and Brandon has said that Cultivation/Ruin would be fairly compatible. Then again, I'm not sold on crem=shardbody, I find it more likely it is a "natural" part of the plan for Highstorms .

Okay, actual explanation time. Basically Brandon describes Ruin as the embodiment of entropy and change while Preservation is the embodiment of stasis. Those are opposites. He has only ever referred to Ruin and Preservation as opposites, I've found nothing to suggest that they are not so. (So... That was not as long as I expected it to be.)

According to the Ars Arcanum Basic/Reverse Lashings are based on Gravity and Full Lashing is based on pressure.

Actually, Brandon has said they are opposites. Links: http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=622#108 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=691#9 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=618#55 a more coherent reply is on the way, I just wanted to get this posted because I have to leave like five minutes ago.

Yes but the only thing being discussed in the thread so far was the fact he died. They didn't spoil who killed him, just that he died, if they had you would be right but they didn't so i think my point still stands. "XXX killed Asmosdean" would be covered under the Statue of Secrecy, "Asmodean is killed" is not.

Personally, and this post might be an unpopular one, I don't think it is out of line for people to have been discussing Asmodean's death, it was a parallel that Brandon himself brought up. It is only natural for us to mention it. I'm sorry Ethrien that you are only now getting into the Wheel of Time because with all the books out you have the greatest potential of being spoiled. But, the specific book that contains the event in question came out over 20 years ago, the statute of secrecy is kind of over. Even still though, people in this thread didn't mention any of the circumstances of the event (the who/what/when/where/why/how of it all) and even still the event isn't a particularly important one. It was a minor mystery, and because it wasn't particularly spoilery it became one of the most theorized, of the series. I'm actually shocked you hadn't heard of it.

The thread in question. Basically, we ask Brandon a lot of questions at signings. Another source that isn't mentioned in that thread are the Annotations he has done for Elantris, Warbreaker, and the Mistborn trilogy that are on Brandon's site.

Technically, yes, that is the "correct" definition of immortal and we shouldn't use "immortality" to describe people who are in reality "ageless". However, we do it anyway. This is one of those weird things in the english language, where everyone knows that we are using the wrong word, but we don't care because people understand we are trying to say. Basically immortal when used colloquially, like we are using it here, does not differentiate between true immortality, like you describe, and agelessness because if a person is ageless they are effectively immortal.

On Ruin and Preservation Brandon has indicated that they settled together because they are such perfect opposites. They were drawn together like the two poles of a magnet. I don't think they really had much of a choice in the matter. On the Greater Roshar Shards Honor and Cultivation probably settled together because they were in a romantic relationship. I doubt that Odium and Honor are fighting for her love, because that is super against Odium's Intent. (Also I think it is important to point out that although Odum is invested in Roshar it isn't his homeworld, he "lives" on a different planet) Also, remember that there is probably at least one more shard in this system on Ashyn.

I did this a while ago but I think Rithmatics is Exemplary.

Space works differently in the Cognitive Realm. Areas expand/contract based on how much cognitive activity is present in their Physical analogues, i.e. areas with a lot of life are expanded, empty wastelands are contracted. An empty void (like the one between planets) in the Physical Realm results in very little distance in the Cognitive Realm.

No, spren act as "release valves" for that energy so it doesn't build up to dangerous amounts like on Sel. Oh, and yes, people can move freely once they arrive in Shadesmar but, as far as I know, they have to travel the distance. This is the main mode of worldhopping we are currently aware of. The impression I got from your last post was "people can disappear from Kharbranth and appear in the analogue of the Shattered Plains", mea culpa.

The portion of the Cognitive Realm corresponding to Roshar, i.e. Shadesmar, is pretty safe I would say. There is no indication that Odium has "tainted" it in anyway. It has worked like it always had, presumably. The portion of the Cognitive Realm corresponding to Sel, is the unsafe region as a result of large amounts of uncontrolled shardic energy. That energy results from the splintering of Devotion and Dominion and the killing of their holders. What do you mean by "people can access Shadesmar in some way and choose where they can go"? When people travel to the Cognitive Realm they appear in the analogue of where-ever they left, i.e. if they enter while in Kharbranth they will appear in the analogue of Kharbranth and not, for example, the analogue of the Shattered plains

The discussion is not about "Red Carpet, Once White" but rather a drawing Shallan did. When she is doing all of the drawings of the night Jasnah used soulcasting on the muggers she gets distracted and starts to draw a man, face down, on a carpet with blood pooling beneath him. I'm of the opinion it depicts her father shortly after death.

There isn't one, which is why I said we don't know anything about that process.

Um... I don't ever remember reading something that said that. Brandon has said that Harmony cannot be separated into Ruin and Preservation by splintering, it would break into smaller pieces. We do not know the process of how "unmingling" occurs. It is entirely possible that Sazed could do it without dying. If there is WoB of what you say, I would like to see it.

minor nitpick, its actually "atium alloys have expanded mental and temporal abilities" but that is reference on the allomancy chart. I'm not sure it applies to feruchemy especially since that is sorted realmatically instead of the way allomancy is.

I'd just like to point out that we don't actually know the gender of Endowment's Shardholder. (For those people who might get confused by the people referring to Endowment as "her" -- I personally think he is a guy...)

Well strictly speaking Hoid isn't "in" TES. He is the Imperial Fool who, while he is mentioned a number of times, never actually appears on screen. In the deleted original prologue he met with Shai while she was in prison. Hopefully Brandon will release it at some point.

Was Honor able to speak into and/or read people's minds? Preservation can only read minds and Ruin can only speak into them, are all Shards similarly limited? Edit: Does the well that Raoden and Karata use to escape Elantris correspond to the dot in the center of Aon Rao? Edit 2: Looking though Elantris and found that last one can't be true, the exact center is the Palace.

Wait, are you sure Liar is part of the main seven Dragonsteel books? This and this at least seem to differentiate between the two. But then again you probably know more about this than I do...

Direct link for Gloom's quote This is really tricky since Harmony can be thought of as two shards or one shard so it can't really be definitively said to be one or the other. (i.e. it acts as one shard in terms of holder-death and splintering, but it is still two shards stuck together as evidenced by the two kinds of mists in the Alloy era among other things... sorry this is a pet peeve of mine) On the rebuilding of Adonalsium, I think the nature of Harmony (two shards melded together rather than one homogenous entity) indicates that Adonalsium cannot be remade as it was. I actually have a theory about this which is linked in my signature.

Oh... have you any idea how true that statement is, if not exactly how you meant it...

If you add the third Elantris book (it's supposed to be a trilogy I think) and Liar of Partinel and its sequel (I'm pretty sure it is supposed to have a sequel, I want to say it is supposed to be called Lightweaver of Rens?) That adds up to 36. Of course that isn't counting The Silence Divine... For the OP, have you any idea what questions you are planning on asking?