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That appears to be mostly correct. Tacenda (and, most likely, Willia) had a latent spark, and the influx of mana from the full Bog Entity likely ignited Tacenda's. However, the spark is intrinsic to sapient souls, e.g. Tacenda, and most beings formed of magic, e.g. the Bog Entity, don't have souls compatible with spark generation.
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Well. That's... suggestive. Although it's still slightly ambiguous, given that the only thing she stole was a power that was first stolen from her. Something else to add to the litany of questions for Brandon, I suppose. Thank you for posting the quote.
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I don't believe so. Remember that Davriel's stolen abilities have a shelf-life to begin with, and that they return to their owner after a while (e.g. telling the prioress that her "tap all Geist creatures, they don't untap during their controller's next untap stap" spell would return in a day or two). I would need to reread the scene to get a better understanding of what all happened (I probably need to do that anyway w/r/t the angel), but I suspect that:
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If you have any other questions I will do my best to provide the context neccessary to clarify them. However, some questions baffle me as well, e.g. the angel soul.
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I would suspect not, if only because there is an RL chemical also called "aether" - which is clear when dry, leading me to believe that the stain Mraize so quickly awarded a 3-firemark bonus for removing was a convenient excuse to get the washerwoman out of the room. EDIT: the suspiciously delicate crystal in Mraize's trophy room is indeed an Aether (note the capital letter). On that note, I seem to recall that the Aethers require a bond with a human to live, after harvesting (it's been a while and I don't recall where they got the Aethers in the first place). So even if Mraize had what it takes, the one he has is probably long dead.
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I can totally see Hoid doing this, too. Especially when bored.
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On Threnody, silver can repel the shades and counteract their burning touch. Elsewhere, we don't know.
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Where will we see new Shards?
Landis963 replied to Toaster Retribution's topic in Cosmere Discussion
To clarify, the list of 10 core worlds is probably: Yolen Taldain Sel Nalthis Scadrial Roshar Ashyn Braize Threnody Vax -
Do we know's Siri's actual age at the start of Warbreaker?
Landis963 replied to a topic in Warbreaker
If I'm remembering that scene correctly, she's flustered and angry at the sudden removal of her privacy, which neatly explains why her hair blushes with the rest of her. As for how the transition occurs, I was always under the impression that the whole strand changed color at once, but going from root to tip is a more interesting image. -
Allomantic bronze requires that the allomancer have ingested bronze, and I didn't see any opportunities for that to have happened. Or rather, I don't see any such opportunities which would allow Vathi to still have bronze in her system by the time she drew the ability from any hypothetical jailbroken medallions.
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Do we know's Siri's actual age at the start of Warbreaker?
Landis963 replied to a topic in Warbreaker
Yellow-blonde hair is connected to feelings of happiness, while platinum-blonde/grey-white is fear. -
The Nahel bond (which Timbre, among other spren, use) does not require the use of a gemheart. That gives Timbre a bit of wiggle room in that regard, I suspect.
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Koloss-blooded metalborn. (Part of the new and improved Koloss life cycle, post-Catacendre) Human, but with koloss parents.
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The Stick. There, I said it.
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I liked it better than Vol. 1, in that the sense of disappointment was much vaguer and less palpable this time. EDIT: Credit where it's due, however, I did like the second artist. I hope they keep him going forward.
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Nicrosil Compounding - Why the Lord Ruler was such a powerful mistborn
Landis963 replied to Solomonster's question in Cosmere Q&A
They didn't have the ability to produce nicrosil in the Final Empire, and even if TLR knew about it (which he probably did, Ascension's convenient like that) there's no way in hell that he would have allowed it to spread into everyday Allomantic use. Because hello Leecher Inquisitors. -
True, but you wouldn't need to gain speed if there was no time pressure or if all you needed to do at the moment was tread water. Or you could do the oscillating maneuver I mentioned above - swapping between slick and sticky to get the most out of every stroke.
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Keep in mind that things like the Allomancy chart and the Double Eye are in-world creations, from sources that are, in some ways, less reliable than Khriss. (On the flip side, they may be more reliable than Khriss' account in other ways, if only because they have different assumptions than Khriss which have not been majorly contradicted for as long as those resources have been around)
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[OB] Full Book Reactions / Full Spoilers Thread
Landis963 replied to Chaos's topic in Stormlight Archive
Quite the bait-and-switch, isn't it? -
Here it is:
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We don't know, but I suspect not until Khriss has a chance to write it in-story.
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I thought that particular Truthwatcher gem was implying that it was an anomaly, one that the Radiant in question felt they needed to hide (for whatever reason).
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Because Dalinar wasn't in a good place for Odium to capitalize on his newly acquired mole. (Persuasion wouldn't be a problem, because this is long before Dalinar remembered Rathalas, and if Odium had committed to poaching Dalinar prematurely, he would just have returned all of Dalinar's real memories right then and there) However, they were in an Honor-vision at the time, and Dalinar's body was in Urithiru, miles away from any handy regiment of Fused. (I seem to recall that Odium wasn't in a position where he could take advantage of an Oathgate at the time, so there's that) In the meantime, Odium would need to micro-manage Dalinar so that he could keep his cover, or have him kill everyone in the tower (also, no Thrill in miles).
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Because Dalinar wasn't in a position to be efficacious if turned. They were in an Honor-vision at the time, if memory serves, and Dalinar's body was still in Urithiru, miles away from any Fused battalion he could have used as shock troops. (Whether it would have actually worked is a question for Brandon at another time, the point is that Odium considered it not worth the trouble)
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You don't talk about the fightclub - the battle thread
Landis963 replied to Krios's topic in Cosmere Discussion
Ooh, tricky. Assuming they have identical Investiture reserves (One vial of their respective metals calibrated to provide an equal amount of burn time, plus one relevant full metalmind apiece), and that this is an arena situation, I would give the edge to the Electrum/Zinc Twinborn, if only because they can predict and react to more of the Tin/Chromium's potential actions. Next scenario: One regiment of Kandra, vs. one chasmfiend, on the Shattered Plains.