Eagle of the Forest Path

That is probably correct. During Hero of Ages (chapter 75) one of the kandra first generation talked about the shadow of self. It's not directly confirmed to be the mist spirit, but I have a hard time thinking of what else it could be.

This is Miles we're talking about, he probably gold-plated the inside of his skull.

Granted. Your boon is to not be affected by the curse of the billy goat. Your curse is that you now attract other curses. I wish for a cool handlebar moustache.

You want to use guns to fight an inquisitor??? Steel yourself for the backlash...

Sorry, my mistake, I knew it was one or the other...

Isn't that what highstorms are?

For Lift, Weird Al Yankovic's version might be better: "Girls just wanna have lunch" . Another one for Vin (surprised no-one suggested it before): "Killer Queen", by Queen. Pattern gets "Little Lies", by Fleetwood Mac. And finally, I'll give Kelsier "Gangsta's Paradise", by Coolio.

In chapter 32 of Elantris there is mention of Dula runes on the altar Iadon is using for his sacrifice, Eondel explains they are supposed to be a spell targeting Sarene. Is that an indication of a possible Duladen way of accessing the Dor? (apart from the occasional Dula that gets taken by the Shaod) Are there Selish magic systems we haven't seen yet? Does every nation/people/country on Sel have the potential to have their own magic system?

I'm Jasnah feeling it anymore. I hope you Shallan -derstand if I don't continue. Hmm, seems I had some puns Lift over, and here I Vasher I was finished. You can't see it, but Ym Hoiding my face in shame right now.

Don't get your takama in a twist. I wasn't talking about copyright or anything, just saying that if you see the same pun you thought up in the post right above it, maybe wait a while before pulling it out, or it won't have any impact.

*snort*

Dude, I made that same exact joke two posts before you did, at least wait for a new page before copying it. Edit: Suddenly I'm forcefully reminded of Hoid's "Novelty speech" at the end of WoK

Brandon Sanderson debunked René Descartes: He writes, therefore everyone is.

Hoid can't either, he uses Lightweaving to make it seem like he does.

You've left me with puns Aon the mind and I'm left as a Shadow of mySelf. But don't be Shai and Keep them coming, it is of parAshmount importance. Let's Venture further into the Colorful Realm of punning. Edit: I'm trying to think up additional puns, I'll have 10 soon.

He might have used über-Tin to detect micro-expressions and detect changes in heart-rate etcetera. Edit: Voidus beat me to it.

Where the envisagers went wrong (most wrong, they were all obviously a bit bonkers IMO) is that they interpreted 'broken' purely physically, and not spiritually (or cognitively). I don't think spren are going to choose someone simply because they are broken either. But it does seem to be one of the prerequisites. The spren chooses someone who exhibits conviction, if you live an easy life without anything to test those convictions, you might as well not have them at all. Being beaten is (probably) not one of the conditions, but the way you handle being beaten might be. Neuroatypical might not have been the best choice of words, but you must admit that all Radiants and Proto-Radiants so far have exhibited some form of behaviour that in this world would most likely qualify you for therapy. As to Lift's proposed condition in the OP: ADHD, isn't it more likely she has abandonment issues?

How people seem to understand the WoB in the OP is that the atium bracers turn TLR's body 25 years old, but not his soul. And since investiture-based healing works by aligning the body with the soul, feruchemical gold should counteract the feruchemical atium. What I meant to say was that since feruchemical gold obviously still works on TLR, either atium also changes the soul's age (which snapped back when Vin happened to TLR, dragging his body with it) or there is something else at play here, allowing gold to work and not interfere with the atium, thereby causing TLR to have to send out inquisitors to go buy him adult diapers. Basically this: Atium doesn't change the soul's age, but TLR spent so long in his 25 year old body that's the way he sees himself, powerfully enough that his cognitive aspect takes over the part of the role his spiritual aspect should fulfil when tapping gold (specifically the age part, which doesn't match between the cognitive and the spiritual).

While I don't completely subscribe to the part about specific mental issues being linked to specific Radiant orders, the rest of this theory looks promising. In this light I think the Davar family deserves a closer look. From Nan Balat's first WoK interlude we know that all of the Davar children are in some way broken: Balat is a Sadist Jushu is a gambling addict Wikim suffers from depression Shallan has her issues which have already been discussed Helaran... well, he might be the exception, but I need to take a closer look at him The interesting thing is that all of these issues can be traced back to Lin Davar's treatment of his children. Lin being a Ghostblood, is it possible the Davar family was somehow a Ghostblood experiment in creating Radiants?

Wrong! Vibranium is obviously the god metal of the shard Freedom, currently held by someone named Vibran. Edit: Come to think of it, that doesn't mean it can't be invested as well.

10^10 is 10 billion, 10^10^10 is too large to be displayed by excel 16^16 is 18.446.744.073.709.600.000, that's nearly 18 and a half quintillion upvotes

So TLR actually died when that Thug stuck a spear in his chest near the end of TFE? He didn't just rip it out and use it on Kelsier? I must be remembering it wrong, then. Sarcasm aside, there must be some other factor that allows feruchemical gold to still work on 1000+ year olds.

I pity the fool who ignores the Diagram!

How about by involving the cognitive? From Shai's stained glass window in TES we know that the cognitive whatchamacallit contains the history of an object. If a person sustains a soul-wound and has the means to investiturically (investically?) heal that wound, I'd guess that the investiture goes through the cognitive to look up the most recent state of the soul before sustaining the wound, and restores the soul to that state. No proof, just spitballing.

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