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Added I check this thread at least once per day This hurts my heart (both the comparison and the fact that you have not read the books - Chronology post)

@Theory I felt that Armada was: For Lightbringer fans - recently found these: Ending Article - Shawarma Extra postlude The Real Ending (not really)

To be clear, when I say "refelxes" - compare to Warbreaker Ch 55: With awakening, the Awakened Type III Biochromatic Entity has a form of LifeSense to interpret the world around it and react. Shardplate does not. The reflexes being expressed must come from the Shardbearer, who (in dead plate) with limited visibility is still reacting in preternatural ways to the environment. The plate must be enhancing the Bearer's body somehow to attain this affect. Of course, if you see a rock thrown and the only LimFac is the speed to move your hand enough to intercept - that is (to me) enhanced speed, not enhanced reflexes. It's like the difference between F-Steel and F-Zinc - Sazed needed both to react to Marsh in the basement of Kredik Shaw. Is the Plate enhancing the bearer as much as, or in the same way as Pewter? No. Could the two effects stack? Unlikely (investiture interferes with investiture, just like Szeth (AIW) could not Lash somebody if either of them were wearing plate). Is the whole effect of investiture only in the Plate? Unlikely - there are too many effects that don't make sense with the known data - unless - the plate has Lifesense and reacts on it's own | or the bearer is at least partially being augmented as well.

That cannot be the case, otherwise a Shardbearer could not have enhanced reflexes - the plate is not moving itself. For a Shardbearer (dead/Unoathed) in plate to possibly have increased reflexes means that the plate itself is sharing investiture with the wearer (hence their feeling of energy) to allow the mind and muscles to react. In fact, the shared investiture has to also make their muscles stronger, or they could not even take a step in tonnes of metal (there are no gears or pistons moving the greaves and boots - the magic of the plate is making them strong enough to move the armor and function inside of it). Pewter is a metal whose molecular sctructure opens a tiny gate to the Spiritual Realm, allowing Preservation's investiture to suffuse the Misting. The shape of that molecular structure defines the effect the investiture creates upon entering the Physical Realm - in this case it increases strength, agility, poise, reflexes, durability, etc. Shardplate is investiture infused armour that suffuses the wearer in Light. The plate itself is the filter causing the light's effect to increase the wearer's strength, agility, poise, reflexes, durability, etc. Compare also that an Elantrian (non-Reod) has increased strength, agility, poise, reflexes, durability, etc. because their body is suffused with the Dor. These are Cosmere Constants that have slight changes in application based on source investiture and method of access - but are none-the-less working on the same base principals (like how [fabrial spoilers] the metals used in a fabrial cage work from the same principals as their allomantic effect). WoBs: Hope that helps

Well, Plate makes the wearer faster, stronger, more agile and more durable. Pewter does the same to a Misting. We cannot know for certain until/unless Brandon gives a direct WoB or writes the interaction into a book; but yes, Nicrobursted Plate and Duralumin+Pewter should be very similar effects - with Stormlight being consumed until either all of the light or all of the Nicrosil is depleted. The Investiture density of Light versus metal implies that a Nicroburst would need a lot of metal to force plate to consume all available light in the gems powering it. We have no indication that Unoathed plate is able to access investiture from any source other than gems - since living Plate feeds off of their Radiant's light, not the Spiritual Realm.

You are wrong here - The gemstones (not Spheres) must have Stormlight for the plate to even size to the wearer or be wearable. It certainly drains much faster when damaged, but the Stormlight drains constantly just by being worn. Just one in-story example - Dawnshard Ch 16:

Well, we know that AoL takes place during the end of WaT - Hoid is shown interviewing for the Coachman position and it is specifically mentioned that the previous coachman drove off a cliff "killing" Edwarn and Telsin (which were the events that brought Wax back from the Roughs). We also know that the Coachman for AoL was from the country estates and was last seen outside the Ladrian Mansion when it was burning down. Hoid's first appearance as Wax's Coachman was SoS Ch 7. So, Mistborn Era 2 takes about 8 years, starting at the end of WaT. The Timeline on Roshar will be about 10ish years passing; while outside of Roshar about 80 years will pass. What we do not yet know if how much time has passed from the end of Era 2 to the beginning of Era 3. There have been a few hints, but nothing concrete. Hope that helps.

As @Schizoposting said - there are many countries/regions in the list never mentioned directly (Sumi, for example) - but the end (spoilers) Which does not prevent a Sanderson sleight of hand in Book 6, of course.

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Countries: SurgeBinding Hope that helps

Which I took as stereotyping - peoples of the East (especially East of the Horneater Peaks) so rarely see a Shin (if ever) and propegate the "Pale-Round-eye" Stereotype so heavily, that I doubt many would recognize the variety there actually is. If you look at the Fitzpatrick and Von Luschan Scales - based on current evidence, I would roughly place: Shin = Types 1-3 | Scale 1-18 Horneater = Types 2-3 | Scale 9-18 Veden = Types 2-4 | Scale 5-23 Reshi/Purelakers = Types 3-4 | Scale 15-25 Alethi = Types 3-5 | Scale 15-30 Makabaki = Types 4-6 | Scale 25-35 Edit: This? WoR Ch 41:

Skin color is not a Shin trait (unlike the eyes, and a shorter average height) - WaT Ch 36: Alethi often call them pale/light-skinned, but say the same about Vedens. Notably, in WoK I4, Vstim does not say that Thresh-son-Esan is pale or light skinned (though that could be he was focused on the clothes). Also, WoBs: Hope that helps

OB Ch 114: The other common situation is comparing a person to an ethnic group, and pointing out the differences. WoK Interlude 1: Hope that helps

Also, please note that simple questions are better asked in The Cosmere Q&A - where the whole point is a simple question with a simple answer that can be marked as the answer - making it easy for new Sharders to search for common questions (this one was not there). Please see the Sharder FAQ for more tips on searching forums, Coppermind and Arcanum. Hope that helps

I bought mine direct from Dynamite's website. Three copies - Special edition and hardcover for me, Trade edition for loaning out to friends and coworkers.

Copy all, thank you. Sorry for the misinformation.

This link leads to this current thread, not the essay. Form and the Fantastic - copy/paste error, fixed. Also, if you go to his website in the books sections, the links are there for each book (the annotations' links are slightly broken - just take a few extra clicks to get to the start of annotations for each book):

There is a lot of supplementary material for Elantris. I recommend the Annotations for anybody who likes books' behind-the-scenes. The Glossary is interesting in that you can learn some things that did not make it into the novel itself. The language and pronunciation essays are interesting if you enjoy linguistics. The best essay is probably "Form and the Fantastic" where Brandon did a college level analysis of his own writing. The Deleted scenes were not bad, but not compelling unless you want insight into the origins of Tarachin on Warbreaker (loosely based on these deleted scenes with the Mad Prince). There is a reason I titled by ePub "Elantris (Complete Edition)" - because I added all of this contect to my ePub so I could read it offline. I love White Sand - and made a primer (What are all those White Sand versions?) so people could make an informed decision on how they want to experience the story. To me, the Omnibus is totally worth it - as long as you don't mind Graphic Novel format (and still may be worth it just to have the visual Ars Arcanum); while the original three-volume graphic novel is too expensive and has too many errors to be worth the cost for me (I read them, but gave them away when the Omnibus was announced). The only version I have not "read" is the Graphic Audio (because I do not enjoy audiobooks). I get mine on sale or as part of a bundle (like Omnibus of Mistborn Era 1 has all three books and often has sales - or my kickstarter Secret Projects all came with both the physical and ePub editions).

That was what I meant - Harmony releasing the Kandra was "fairly recent" in Tress- which takes place in the Cosmere's fourth Era. So it could happen during Era 3, but that is still far after SA First Arc, which is late Era 1 for Roshar, early Era 2 for Scadrial. We do not know what it means - other than the implication "Harmony did not give this kandra a reason to leave Scadrial or visit Roshar" - which could mean Harmony does not know, or Harmony knows but the kandra is not working for Harmony (at least not directly). But, we also know that as of WoR, Scadrians like Iyatil were born off-world (she is from Silverlight, even though she is of Malwish descent), so some Scadrians have been living off-planet for at least 1 generation (likely centuries, at least).

I know I have mentioned Calibre - but there may have been others as well. Calibre is great because of the flexibility in how you can search (keyword/phrase; words near each other in any order (set a character count for how close); RegEx searches and wildcards, etc.). I do also have all of the physical books (and some special editions) but it is totally worth it, to me, to have the ePub for each book as well - since I also make personal edits.

This also happened after WaT - Likely way after Stormlight Archive 10, since it was in Era 4. We don't know what Trell's "faceless immortals" are - but they are not likely to be Kandra (the race). Most likely, Since off-Scadrial Trade was happening before the events of The Final Empire - like Axindweth, it is somebody who (presumably) left Scadrial before Rashek was even killed.

Correct, while we know there is a Kandra on Roshar somewhere in WoK/WoR - we know it is not MeLaan because her first departure from Scadrial is after the events of WaT.

TLM: SPs: I don't think I would call it a spoiler - there's no detail. I would say it is certainly foreshadowing, and likely intended by Brandon to imply uncertaintly in Roshar's future. Hope that helps.

From the Site Upgrade tech thread - FAQ Summary Note: useing a Browser's Dark Mode setting can break some site features - Bug report / Reply Not certain of the status, but it was a planned future addition. The caveat being that every change the Admins make from the Baseline Invision means that all future updates risk breaking those features and/or making the update process significantly longer/more complicated. Would be better if Invision could be talked into making it a setting in the baseline so it has full integration and support. (Jossed) Hope that helps

TES Ch 11: It likely is an author shout-out to his other work; but from Hoid's point of view there are likely no shortage of strange librarians he could be referencing - like (SA Spoilers) The herald masquerading as a Librarian in the Palanaeum in Kharbranth. That said, the only non-Cosmere work that was originally in the Cosmere was Rithmatist - so Hoid making an in-Cosmere Earth reference is not likely. WoB: Hope that helps.