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I never thought about Chromium compounders before... I mean, obviously TLR was a gold compounder, but between having basically infinite healing and infinite luck, how did he manage to get himself assassinated?

Yeah, weight Feruchemy would be a pain, at least while storing it (when he releases it, the effects are usually rather dramatic, so sinking into the ground would probably make it self-evident). My only guess is that you'd have to adjust the way Wax's hair flaps in the breeze, but that's... iffy...

Well, they're the ones that are going to have the science fiction-y novel, presumably because of the fun they can have with mass reduction. Your rocket would still have to match the velocity of the target celestial body, but the actual travel time would be incredibly low since you could accelerate yourself to near lightspeed with (relative) ease through mass reduction. In the end, I suspect the Scadrians will be the primary protagonists as a result, the people leading the fight against whatever threat it is that they're fighting at that time. Since they're probably going to have to fight some gods, if they're not super OP, they'd get crushed in a heartbeat.

Given his mysterious relationship with the 16, I'd guess that somehow he owns Scadrial, at least by Yolish law, not that it really applies anymore. If he owns Scadrial though, does that mean he might own Roshar? Nalthis? Sel? How many planets does Hoid own?

Oh, I'm not trying to say it's the most likely by any stretch. Just that it's a possibility. To my eyes, it seems to weirdly fit a lot of things, but maybe that's just me. I also confess I haven't read the Liar sample chapters yet.

Let's say you bring an airplane (an actual one, not the flying machines the Southern Scadrialites use) into Shadesmar and fly really really high up. How would the worlds be connected? What would they look like? I disagree with your points about Sazed being uninformed. Just because he doesn't recognize the metal doesn't mean that he's ignorant of it being the God-metal of another Shard. Besides, after what Kelsier experienced with the Elantrians and Demoux becoming a Worldhopper, surely Sazed is well-informed by the time of the Wax and Wayne books on the present political affairs of the Cosmere.

Not necessarily. Let's say the plan was for Adonalsium/Hoid to hand over his power because {he was tired of the responsibility/he kept accidentally hurting people as God/other reason} and in so doing let the 16 rule in his stead. They then did so, stripping him of his powers and locking him down so he couldn't hurt people any longer and then proceeded to be a really crummy pantheon, leading to him rejecting the original plan and trying to shatter them all or possibly unshatter himself.

I'm honestly not sure what to think of Hoid's motives. I suspect that he somehow abandoned the others of the 16. Leras does call him an old friend after all. If he'd tried betraying them, I suspect we would have heard Leras grow angry when talking about him, yet he didn't. That said, the fact that the Shards have somehow locked down his ability to harm people suggests something very interesting, but I wish I knew what it was. Rebuilding Adonalsium doesn't strike me as possible. The way it's talked about, Shattering seems to be a pretty permanent act. I doubt anyone could ever reassemble Devotion, Dominion, and Honor, no matter how hard they tried. Another idea I had was that Hoid might actually be trying to shatter all the Shards to make the Cosmere completely devoid of gods, believing the idea of higher beings to be intrinsically wrong or something. That would explain why he would help shatter Adonalsium yet would be on the bad side of several people at this point. Unlike the 17th Shard, he seems to utterly ignore the prime directive. From Secret History, we know there are dozens of inhabited worlds, not just the dozen Shardworlds. Most of those are probably very technologically advanced so the political situation in the Cosmere is probably far more complicated than we realize. I'm still not totally convinced that Adonalsium wasn't just an Artificial Super Intelligence the people of Yolen built. I do have one weird theory about Hoid though... I saw earlier that someone had once seen a WoB saying that Hoid was his favorite character for spoilery reasons. What if Hoid is Adonalsium, or rather its former Vessel? Being God incarnate would explain the absurd difficulty of killing him and would provide justification for the Shards to lock down his power as well as reason for the Worldhoppers to chase him around the Cosmere, preventing him from meddling in things. On top of that, as God, it makes sense that he would be a meddler. Perhaps he wanted to escape the responsibility of being Adonalsium and contracted them to shatter his power so he could go relax only to find that they sucked at the job. Maybe it wasn't so much that he was ever actually shattered as he just delegated all his powers away. Sanderson did say Hoid was terrible at avoiding things that were bad for him...

While I can understand wanting a dead character to stay dead, what gave you the impression that he'd be anything but a good character? Yeah, Sazed doesn't like Hemalurgy, but the Wax and Wayne books makes it clear that Spook didn't mind. Combine that with the fact that after resurrecting, Kelsier went and used his power to rebuild a civilization that Sazed had inadvertently crushed, I don't think you could ever justifiably call him a bad guy. With the Marsh stuff, I think you're misunderstanding. Kelsier could never touch Marsh. Ati got in his way every time he tried so the only thing Kelsier ever did was accidentally tell his brother how to save Vin. It was up to Marsh to actually do the saving. If Marsh hadn't been playing "good little Inquisitor" the whole time, Ruin would have focused more on him and would have maintained control when Kelsier surprise attacked him. Kelsier knew his brother was trying to resist Ruin and thanks to reading the plate, he knew how to save Vin. All Kelsier did was give his brother a single moment of total freedom. If Marsh hadn't been resisting and keeping his sanity all that time, he wouldn't have yanked out the earring. Honestly, I feel like this side of things added a lot to the story for me because I always wondered why Ruin wouldn't take full control in such a critical moment. As for the epilogue, I can see that, but I think what we saw was that Spook had crawled out from under Kelsier's shadow to discover that he was now on-par with Kelsier. That's how I took it at least. Spook had gone from understudy to equal and friend. I'd call that more powerful, but I admit that's a personal preference.

I honestly don't know what the red haze could be. If it were a Shard, Sazed would recognize it. The powers he holds have memories inside them, so they'd remember coming to invest Scadrial. On top of that, by the time of BoM, he should be well aware of the present politics of the Cosmere, so if another Shard up and left its world, he would have heard about it. It's conceivable that several Shards are ganging up on him to prevent him from assimilating more Shards, but again, he'd recognize that. The fact that he doesn't makes me suspect we're about to find a whole new type of entity in the Cosmere, one on the power level of Shards. Perhaps it's what was used to shatter Adonalsium in the first place?

I suspect that it's probably possible to do as you say, for a Scadrialite, for instance, to use a medallion, go to Sel, get picked by the Shaod, and then learn AonDor. That said, you'd probably have to be sucking down a lot of Connection if you actually wanted any reasonable chance of success. In the end, I suppose it could work though. I'm not sure what good it would do you though since you'd then effectively be stuck in Arelon if you wanted to actually keep using your magic.

Personally, my guess is that Ettmetal is either Harmonium or metallic Hydrogen. I'll knock out the possible options as I see them. The first thing that came to mind was an alkali metal as they're known to explode on contact with water. That said, burning a small cube of the stuff wouldn't give off enough energy to keep an airship aloft. They're also not so good in the city-destroying department as other options, at least not with real-world technology. If Sodium somehow granted Allomantic replication, then a Sodium bomb would probably just replicate a really really really strong steelpush or something. Largely due to the fact that they can destroy cities, Uranium and Plutonium are next on the list of metals to consider. Both could conceivably be tapped into somehow Allomantically to allow that energy to be siphoned off for use by an airship. That said, they've been flying planes powered by these things for a minimum of ten years based on what the captain said. They'd know about radiation sickness by now if it were enriched Uranium or Plutonium and would have stopped using it. Being a pilot of an airship is a prestigious job. Dying of radiation sickness would tend to make a job very much not prestigious. That said, the blue lighting in the castle does seem an awful lot like Cherynkov radiation to me. Another major flaw with this idea is that the Southerners don't seem to be terribly advanced. Their airships have gas lamps, not electric ones, plus they haven't already explored and conquered the planet which they would have if they were well into the nuclear age. I highly doubt a civilization at their tech level would have the technology to enrich Uranium or breed Plutonium. Fortunately, there might be an explanation without having to resort to God-metals: Metallic Hydrogen. Assume you manage to pack in the Hydrogen tightly enough that it becomes metallic and that somehow the nature of it being such prevents it from instantly exploding. You now possess a very dense hunk of matter that can be used as an energy source with relative ease without being radioactive, probably behaves a lot like an alkali metal (maybe exposure to water could cause the outer layer to sublimate, creating a very large, very hot bubble of Hydrogen gas that will probably make a nice fireball upon contact with the air), and could be turned into a city-destroying bomb using real-world technology. On top of that, while I have no idea how dense metallic Hydrogen would be, it could literally be burned for fuel. The airships were noted to have gas lamps, not electric ones. Perhaps they're burning sublimated Hydrogen rather than methane as one might otherwise assume. The only real question here is how to make the stuff since Scadrial isn't a gas giant, but it's conceivable that a bunch of Coinshots or Lurchers working together might be able to create some. There's also the possibility that it's Harmonium. First, we know that the last book in Era 1.5 will be called the lost metal, presumably a reference to Atium. That said, Atium doesn't glow and neither does Lerasium. The combination of two opposing God-metals, though? Think about what happens when you mix Florine and Cesium. An alloy of two opposing God-metals sounds like the sort of thing to me that could constantly glow while not actually being radioactive. On top of that, we know that their ships burn the fuel and God-metals burn Allomantically, if not chemically. Since burning Lerasium gives one Allomancy, the idea that an alloy of it could be used to create remote Allomancy isn't too far-fetched. On top of that, the recent midnight release passes had images of the insignia for Harmonium on them. The issue with this though is that the Southerners never thought to try purifying it into Lerasium to make themselves Mistborn. Surely someone would have gotten some trace Lerasium on their fingers and ingested it by now. That said, since Sazed took up both shards, perhaps Atium and Lerasium don't exist anymore, leaving only Harmonium. That still doesn't fix all the problems though. Supposedly, ingesting Harmonium would turn one into a full Feruchemist which the Southerners don't seem to be. That makes me really wonder what causes a God-metal to possess the Allomantic attributes that it does. Why does Lerasium grant Allomancy? Why does Atium grant future-sight? Why does Harmonium copy Allomancy? What would Raysium do? Aonium? Tanavastium? In the end, I think the answer will be Harmonium, but I really want it to be metallic Hydrogen instead. It just seems to fit better, IMO.

Cool in short bursts and make interesting pictures, but extended exposure can dramatically reduce productivity. Lifeless are like squirrels.

Both have rather particular ideas of "innocence." The Heirocracy is like China.

Both float aimlessly by, oblivious to the wider world. Godhood is like prison.

Pleasing, but you can't help but worry what caused it. Ceiling fans are like glitter.

I thought the book said Hearthstone was basically on the way to Kholinar anyways? He probably figured he'd burn out of stormlight along the way anyways, so a pit stop to rest and "refuel" would be necessary anyways.

Both are followed by imminent pain at best. Water bottles are like phones.

Why would the guard even think of him as a threat? More than likely, the guard has been having a crash course in field medicine over the past day due to all the wounded. If you someone shows up unarmed at the only place where people are likely to be, you don't treat them as a threat. You think of them either as another victim to be cared for or as an extra pair of hands to help with the wounded. The guard probably just thought Kaladin was someone who had been out in the middle of nowhere during the storm and was just stumbling in or something. Maybe a messenger from a neighboring village. But not a threat. On top of that, Kaladin isn't being all that excessively mopy. He's depressed and the fact that he didn't get there in time is really going to knock him down. I suspect he'll be better off once with the survivors. He'll still be feeling pretty darn bad about not getting there sooner, but he seems more functional now than he once was. He didn't give up when the Everstorm beat him there. He slowed down to a steady, sustainable pace and got depressed, but he didn't just plop down and give up. As for why he didn't have his shardblade out, I feel like it's self-evident... You've got a bunch of people freaked out already. They don't need to see a supernatural sword to amplify things. Also, him showing up in his hometown with a shardblade is going to raise a lot of questions quickly and it's probably best to hold off on that reveal until you're talking to the person in charge. Given that society's structure would likely largely collapse following such a disaster, getting a meeting with the person in charge shouldn't be difficult since society's stratification will have flattened substantially. After a disaster, information of the outside world is very hard to come by and can be lifesaving. All he has to do is say "I have information from the outside world. I need to speak with whoever's in charge here." He'll get an audience. Quickly. Further, since the person in charge is quite possibly his father (even if Roshone is healthy, Lirin's being a surgeon is likely to catapult him in status in a disaster), assuming Lirin is still alive, he'll have a base to go from. Heck, once Kaladin got inside, the guard may well have recognized him. We'll have to see. Regarding Dalinar's trusting of a hoard of spheres to Kaladin, how else was anyone going to get to Kholinar in a timely manner? Dalinar can spanreed spam as much as he wants, but a flying Radiant with a transforming sword that Dalinar's scribes have been saying is on the way? That means a lot more and gives him instant credibility upon arriving, allowing him to take control of the situation and act as the regent for both Dalinar and Elhokar until the Oathgate is up and running again. As for why he didn't leave earlier, I don't know. I can only guess that spanreed networks collapsed due to so many dead leading to miscommunications and missed messages.

It would. If those were the only things about Kaladin that defied the odds. Yet once you factor in everything he did with the bridge crews (which Dalinar basically adopted, so his camp is going to be buzzing with talk of Bridge 4 and Kaladin's exploits and survival of a highstorm which itself implies divine intervention), you start wondering what took Dalinar so long to question him. Dalinar himself had been to the Nightwatcher. He was a full shardbearer. He had visions. He fought an assassin that could walk on walls and stuck Adolin to the ceiling. The supernatural was not exactly outside his purview. What I don't get is what took him so damnation long to figure out there was an overarching theme. He would have heard of Kaladin's exploits from his guards who were direct witnesses. True, they'd have covered up the parts of the stories where Kaladin glowed, but he would have been famous beyond reckoning in the camps. The men of the other bridges would hail him as a hero for getting them out from under Sadeas's thumb. Survive impossible odds once (survive a highstorm), you're lucky. Twice (the deathpoint repeatedly), you're damnation lucky and you at least comment on it to the person. Three (hold off the Parshendi hoard), you start seriously questioning how the hell the person is living through all this. In a world with the supernatural, you'd likely ask if they had visited the Nightwatcher. Four (survive the duel against full shardbearers), you're entering into the realm of the truly impossible without some outside force or the most absurd luck of all time. Five (surviving Szeth), and it should be a foregone conclusion to anyone around you that's even slightly religious that there's divine intervention involved. It wasn't until the sixth (the chasms) that Dalinar even considered it. Think about what would happen in our world if someone won the lottery twice. Their life would be ripped apart as people looked for proof of rigging it. Three times? Four times? FIVE times?! Or think about what would happen if someone from Salem during the witch trials got struck repeatedly by lightning. Once? Maybe a freak accident, but probably a witch. Twice? God is angry. Three times? God is doing something. Four? Five? You see the point? Vorinism is the dominant religion there. To be perfectly honest, now that I think about it, I'm surprised the Ardents didn't start treating Kaladin as some kind of saint since the first impossible act he did is directly linked to their god choosing him as worthy of life.

While the idea of Kaladin being a radiant didn't occur to Dalinar doesn't really seem that unrealistic, the fact that he just kinda went along with it without questioning is very strange. Kaladin survives the death point. Repeatedly. Survives being strung up in a Highstorm. Drops his bridge's casualty rate to the lowest in the army. Holds off the Parshendi hoard at the Tower Survives a duel against full shard bearers. Even if no one saw him kick apart shard plate, he still survived. Instinctively knows about an imminent supernatural assassin attack. Knocks a supernatural assassin out the window, surviving a hundred foot drop, missing only a sleeve, and somehow scaring them off. I kinda get the stuff before Szeth. But after he is one of three people who fought off the deadliest person on the planet who is supernatural? A reevaluation is in order. At absolute minimum, you ask if he's been to see the Night watcher.

"Kaladin is out of useable Pokemon..." I lost it here, doubled over, tears from eyes, full nine yards. Well played, good sir! Discovering this thread has made my day.

Interesting idea. It strikes me as likely that certain harmonics could attract or repel different types of spren. This might also be related to why Pattern says that his name involves numbers. Presumably those numbers are just the equations that make up his fractal appearance, but what would happen if you played music like that or got a fractal antenna and started broadcasting? Would he vibrate? Be attracted? Enlarge?

​I vote we would devour its soul. Yes.

Turn your spren into a pill shaped shard blade and break your oaths. Now you should have a safe to burn hunk of tanavastium. If Shardplate is of cultivation, just break off a small chunk of it.