Stormgate

There is actually a beggar that isn't Hoid. In Elantris, there was a beggar that asked the priest guy (forgot the name) for some money or food. He wasn't Hoid. Cloning is only possible with some clever Hemalurgy, and Hoid doesn't like Hemalurgy.

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Here's my question: from your point of view, is Hoid old or young?

It is sometimes more interesting than an actual answer.

Where do you spike the body to grant the attribute?

Actually, since she likely doesn't have a weakness anymore, she has risen from the ashes of Calamity and his darkness, renewed.

It is on mine. Edit: the Twitter feed is freaking out, scrolling for no particular reason.

On the other hand, nice theory for a new Sharder!

Perhaps Hoid is trying to get people who remember what the world is like, so that they can pick up the pieces and rebuild when/if Shards wreak havoc. Also, he may be trying to form groups over the Cosmere like that as part of his Master Plan that involves traveling to worlds around the Cosmere and gaining their powers through legitimate means, as well as "moving the plot along" as he does in... every book. The Heritage Clan on Sel, trying to preserve the past. Hoid helped them survive by giving them the most skilled Forger in the world, who can put together a soul from interviews and a journal. Hoid may have been trying to keep the Worldbringers of Scadrial around when he went to Terris. The storytelling on Nalthis is another example of this. Hoid collects three things: objects (The flute, the bead of Lerasium, and the Dark Sphere--not sure about the third for sure--) information and Investment from different Shardworlds. I wonder: which is more dangerous and important?

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I think they do. After all, other shell beasts have them. Theirs are probably smaller, like maybe a broam or two per beast. Also, isn't it awesome that most of Sanderson's in-book currency is useful for the resident Invested? (Invested is the term for anyone who can use a magic system. Please, make it a thing.)

Likely. I mean, most Surgebinders (except maybe the Transportation and Transformation Surges) could easily take down a Shardbearer, probably even an inexperienced Windrunner. Not Kaladin though. Kaladin's too awesome to be taken down by Surgebinding Shin.

The Oathgates were sealed. That means they would be leaking Stormlight. The Oathgates simply have dead batteries.

It also depends on what you turn to once you break. Kaladin realized early on that his life isn't fair because of terrible lighteyes. His life falls apart, his father stealing spheres to send him to school. Then, he has a chance to do something honorable, to enlist in the army to save his brother's life. At this point, he was fractured a bit. That fracture grew when Tien died, and when Amaram stole his Shards. He came to regard lighteyes as dishonorable, as indeed many are, and so tried to be honorable himself, since someone had to. Dalinar took his brother's wish of a unified Alethkar and used that as his motivation to continue, even after losing his wife. Shallan, I can only imagine how her life fell apart, and she turns to the truth about people and the world to keep her purpose in life. The Knights turn to the Ideals not for power, but because they are afraid of who they would become otherwise. Kaladin would become as cruel as the lighteyes who made his life like Braize, Dalinar would be the drunken nobleman he was when Gavilar died, and Shallan would refuse to see what was in front of her, making her unable to fix the problems.

Because he knows that having two arms is normal. The real question is: Why don't Kaladin's brands heal? My answer: because he believes that it's because of the world that he has the brands, and that unless the world has honor, he should be branded for his. I'm not thinking clearly right now, sorry if it doesn't make sense.

They are similar enough that I thought they were the same thing. Also, I have no desktop, so links are a pain.

What if it was Lutha, Rashek's daughter? (Or am I just delusional and he had no daughter and didn't name Luthadel after her?)

If you put that much power into a system, it will naturally pool in places. The Well still exists. It just has a different purpose.

This is a true story. When I was in junior high, we were doing an "experiment" so we could learn about proper graphing, measuring, and reporting techniques before we started the actual experiments. We made paper airplanes and flew them and measured how far they flew. Now, this was on the second floor. In probably aesthetic spots, there were random openings so that things could, in theory, be dropped onto the first floor. Now, we had to do ten "trials," and on my last one, the airplane went into the gap and fell to the first floor. So I went downstairs and got the airplane. Then, I threw it again. Like before, it was looking like it was going to go through the gap. I was thinking, "don't go through, don't go through" because I really didn't want to go back down the stairs. The plane slowed, wobbled a bit over the space, then turned around and landed on the second floor. That was the first and so far last time I have used telekinesis.

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I have the occasional power of spoiling books for myself. Once, I was reading an Agatha Christie book, and I was thinking, "What would be interesting to read is a mystery book where the Watson-character is the criminal. Lo and behold, I finish the book to find that, in that book, the Watson character was indeed the killer. And I'm not telling which one it is.

He could break friendships. He could break relationships. He could break the Fourth Wall. I realize that he makes fun of the fact it is a book, but if someone in that situation broke the Fourth Wall... Wow. What if he breaks a dawn? Or breaks silence? Or breaks bad?

Perhaps it sensed the touch of a Forgotten, and decided to investigate or something.

On the theory: Sanderson spends a lot of time working on and likely thinking about the Cosmere, so some elements are bound to slip through. For example, I believe that a Rithmatist is created when a Shadowblaze, who are unable to make chalklings, bond with someone who can draw. Perhaps Forgotten bond in a similar fashion, but with unknown benefits. Communication probably, but unknown beyond that.

You pound him with nukes until his forcefields weaken to the point of uselessness, then pound him some more. Really, I can't think of another way without figuring out his weakness. Although, with all those bombs, he'd probably go to the source and blow them up on us or something. Or just take out communications to the nukes.