WeiryWriter

I agree with Windy on the whole innate investiture, people no matter where they are have innate investiture. So does everything that is alive, Preservation and Ruin gave animals innate investiture as well as humans.

Brandon just posted all of the illustrations on his website. http://brandonsanderson.com/book/The-Rithmatist/page/69/The-Rithmatist-Interior-Illustrations

You mean the one I linked to in my post?

I'm looking for the quote at the moment, but I believe we have WoB that Shard's are not grouped like the allomantic metals. Edit: Here is a quote concerning this, basically it says that the classifications of the allomantic are something that scholars in world created. Which to me means they aren't "inherent" characteristics. (http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=618#59) Edit Again: I just wanted to say that I do like this theory, it would have been cool if it was like this but alas.

It is not mistaken, Commands are the focus for Awakening. "The Command is a focus..." (http://www.brandonsanderson.com/annotation/398/Warbreaker-Chapter-Twenty-One) Well, Brandon told me that Commands are indeed the focus, actually - Chaos (http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/2679-shardic-focus-theory/?p=51297) Edit: Ninja'd by Phantom...

The focus for Awakening is the Commands not BioChromatic Aura. Foci can be Cognitive, and presumably Spiritual, in nature as well as Physical. (http://coppermind.net/wiki/Awakening)

The panel is fully transcribed (except for the parts where he was giving away t-shirts and stuff). It is rough, and probably need a couple goings over to get what I missed/messed up but I don't really feel like doing that at the moment. Maybe in a couple days. Here is a link to the google doc again (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_sTZkZ0Irdf3haauT5PnX94yYQSyQGlCqUAcOBafTMs/edit?usp=sharing)

Here is a link to the hemalurgy being around during Classical Scadrial times (http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=727#30) and the HoA Annotation for chapter 62 confirmed Alendi was an allomancer, he was snapped by the mists.

The three metallic arts all came into existence at the same time. (whether or not people knew about them or could use them is another matter). Metal piercings were a big part of the culture of Classical Scadrial, it is not known whether Hemalurgy was well known but it is possible. Allomancy did exist during this period as well but it was very rare and there were only mistings. Alendi was a Seeker after all. I think it is also important that the shards don't "make" the magic systems. They come about from the interaction of the shards and the shardworlds but it is not like they consciously design the system.

Yes, I am totally using that now.

I'll try to do as much as I can today and post the link to the Doc tonight.

Ooh... I was hoping someone would record this, I can't wait to listen. I'll probably work on transcribing it as well, though it might take me a little while.

This was discussed in this thread and I argued that Leras could only do something that would ultimately by preservative in nature while Vin wasn't yet attuned to the Intent of the shard. I like what Windy just posted though.

Wow, thanks for sharing that. It answers the question I brought up about what would happen if you alloyed a metalmind. Now that's one less question I have to ask Brandon.

Well, the "lord" part of the meaning is already known (http://coppermind.net/wiki/Adonalsium#Trivia). About the rest, I think if you look hard enough you can find connections anywhere, whether or not the author actually intended them. BTW where did you see Kronus being the ruler of the Fields of Elysium? I've never heard that before. Personally I like the "ad nauseum" idea the best.

While I do think there is at least one Shard on Yolen, that quote could be interpreted in number of ways. One being that Yolen doesn't have an extant Shard. It is location of the Shattering, and is the birthplace of all the Shards, which I think counts as "significant shardic influence." It probably does have a Shard though.

Yes, but the illustration next to it changes the frequency, not the amplitude, of the line.

Does the strength of a Line of Vigor depend on its frequency or its amplitude?

This theory has already been proposed (sort of). http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/2588-theory-all-mistings-can-also-burn-the-god-metal-alloys-of-their-metal/

He did, they used it against the inquisitors multiple times over the course of the book. Its formula was found in one of the first caches.

Is it the Taravangian Interlude? If so its already been transcribed (http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/3496-rithmatist-pa-qa-and-readings/?p=56021 in the second spoiler tag) Even if it is I would still check to see if anything was changed or added. I just don't want you wasting time on something that's already been done.

Sorry about that, I didn't notice you had already linked to that. The way I understand it, when people die they pass through the cognitive realm on the way to the "afterlife" which is outside the Three Realms (I know there is a quote for this somewhere). Kelsier just hasn't moved on like Vin and Elend have. I think the belief in him makes a cognitive "handhold" that aid in him staying, rather than being swept into the afterlife proper. (I'm doing a poor job explaining this) Also him talking with Spook had a lot to do with the fact that he was holding Preservation at the time I think. It is similar to Elend and Vin after she ascends. Edit: I found this, which, in my opinion points to the final resting place not being the Cognitive Realm.

I would say this thread does a better job of explaining it than I could. Basically all that belief in him as a god is a tether that allows him to stick around in limbo.

I would say no, for the same reason gold feruchemy wouldn't "un-eunuch" him. Being a eunuch is part of his cognitive aspect. Even if he could I don't think he would because one, it doesn't really matter at this point, and two, being a eunuch had a significant effect on the person he was and I don't think Sazed would want to change something so fundamental about himself.

Blushweaver didn't Return because of her beauty, that wasn't even her original title. She was originally Blushweaver the Honest. She was a merchant who reported a group of dye merchants that were doing nefarious deeds. They then killed her but not before the authorities were altered to their actions. So it isn't just Lightsong that Returned for "heroics." That said, I don't really agree with the theory. I think Kelsier sticking around has more to do with the Church of the Survivor than anything else.