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Please try to avoid double-posting. I added some tool tips for you in this post. That was spoilers for the Dawnshard Novella, which takes place between Oathbringer and Rhythm of War. Also referenced in my first answer post:

Purified Dor can usually be used to fuel Kinetic Investiture. Marsh needs physical Era 1 Atium to turn into metal minds for storage. Since Compounding is, itself, a trick of the system I would guess even if there is a way to use Dor for that, it would be very difficult to accomplish.

Emperor's Soul is a great novella and has a lot fo good information on basic Realmatics (the theories of the Spiritual, Cognitive and Physical realms) - it is also available in Arcanum Unbounded. Mistborn: Secret History has information (and raises even more questions) as well and explains much about Shards and their Vessels. It has spoilers for Bands of Mourning (which you indicate you have already read) Both of those should probably be read before The Lost Metal. Warbreaker will give you some insight into characters seen in Stormlight Archive (it's the origin story for characters you met in Words of Radiance and Oathbringer) and has some information on Cognitive Shadows (though not called such in-novel). White Sand and Tress of the Emerald Sea will have some info on a form of bond that is different from the Nahel Bond found in Stormlight Archive. Arcanum Unbounded has a lot of stories and the essays for each Shard World (except Nalthis) and may be a great help to understanding many of your questions. Contents include: Selish System Hope of Elantris (Short story filling in gaps from the Climax of the Elantris Novel) Emperor's Soul (discussed above) Scadrian System Eleventh Metal (Prequel short story to Mistborn Era 1) Allomancer Jak (similar to the Era 2 broadsheets) Mistborn Secret History (Discussed above) Taldain System Previews of White Sand (origin story for the person that writes teh Ars Arcanum for each series) Threnodite System Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell (short story on a world afflicted poorly by damage done in one of Odium's battles before he was trapped in the Rosharan System) Drominad System Sixth of the Dusk (short story that is currently the furthest in the future from SA and Era 2) Introduces things seen in Rhythm of War Rosharan System Edgedancer Novella Hope that helps. Edit: here are some tools that may help you on the forums:

This is likely, since we know that any use of Fortune can interfere with other uses of Fortune. For reference, see how Renarin's abilities impact Odium's future sight in Oathbringer Ch 122.

Welcome to the forums. Do you mind sharing which books you have or have-not read? Have you found all of the free stuff on Brandon's website (such as the entire Warbreaker Novel is free online)? Also, many libraries will have Cosmere books you can check out to read. Are you familiar with the Arcanum and Coppermind? This may help: Here are some minimal spoiler answers with links to the appropriate Words of Brandon: No We only know one current Vessel. Revealed in the novella Dawnshard. We don't know. We don't know. This is what the future series Dragonsteel will cover. Expected to be released after Mistborn Era 3. We don't know. Depends on which Shard and which world you are discussing. For example, the Seons on Elantris are Splinters of Devotion. And the Spren on Roshar are splinters (but mostly a combination of Honor and Cultivation - though Honorspren and the Honorblades are Splinters of Honor). We do not yet know of any Splinters with a Vessel - Stormfather's Bond with Dalinar is the closest we know of (but Stormfather is not just a Splinter of Honor, either) Not sure what you mean. I think you are asking about Splinters - which may be pieces of a Shard's investiture wether or not that shard has been Splintered (such as the Nightwatcher is a Splinter of Cultivation - even though she has not been Splintered). If you mean "even" in the mathematic sense - there there are/were 16 Shards. God Metal is the Scadrian term for the investiture of one or more shards in the Physical Realm and in Physicial form. When a Bonded Spren takes shardblade form - the metal they become is a God Metal (alloy of Honor and Cultivation in the same percentage that the Spren is part of each). Lerasium in Mistborn Era 1 was the God Metal of Preservation (Vessel names usually make the God Metal name - e. g. Leras was the vessel so it was called Leras ium). Solid Investiture in the PR is metallic - hence why Ruin could not see through dense quantities of metal in Era 1. See above. As far as we know so far, the Honorblades are Tanavastium and composed of Honor's condensed investiture in physical form. We do not know the conditions of Odium's confinement, other than he expected to be free by Splintering Honor (and wasn't), then thought that Dalinar could free him as Honor's representative. We do not know. Hope that helps and gives you some tools to look up some additional answers. But feel free to ask here as well. If you post the list of books you have or have-not read we can also just let you know which book(s) may contain your answer or more information on your question(s).

Bernard - Codex Alera book three:

Sure, I guess you could look at it that way. However: I don't think that would apply. You would would be applying the same nickname for dissimilar reasons. Maybe it's just be, but I see almost no similarity between Vin and Shallan, except their abusive childhoods (and even then, abusive in very different ways). I will admit that I am biased. I really like Vin and her character arc. I cannot say the same for Shallan.

Thanks for the hard work. some comments/ideas: Did you not list "Ruin released from the Well" for a reason? Are you basing his release as 1024 or 1023? Do we have a confirmed orbital period for FE Scadrial, since TLR maintained the old calandar and seasons (in theory) no longer matched up? I ask because there are at least two "winters" after Kelsier dies and before the Vin went to the Well, then another year passes before the start of HoA. I have all of the seasonal references listed in this post, but it's hard to map to "years" until we have that orbital period. Shouldn't 94PC be another option for the Signing of the Allomantic Agreement of '94. I realize the theory that the apostrophe is believed by some to to indicate 194 or 294 - but AFAIK that's still conjecture, not confirmed. I'm in the camp that this feels like a Lord Mistborn law and 094 would be nearing the end of Spook's "reign" as he was working to institute a constitutional government. Thanks again for the hard work.

I would suggest a stealth entry like: KNK LEK That is Korean for Dragonsteel in SKATS, which will look random but have hidden meaning (everything else about Yolen is hidden afterall). Seems like it may be more likely to be unclaimed. For those that don't want to click the link to the other wiki, SKATS summary: The SKATS translates as: 용강 (Trans: yeong gang - where 'yeo' would be like a Brooklyn "Yo" and the 'ga' is like a cartoon goof - "gah")

That seems to directly conflict with the number of WoBs that all call them hurricanes - including the one you quoted about it being based on Jupiter's Storm. Odd that the one time the physics matches the story - the WoB says the opposite. . .

I can't find any WoBs on it (yet) but I don't think they've all been indexed until the Specret Projects are all out of spoiler period - so there are no tags to use. I would guess that any question would get a RAFO anyway. I took Fake Charlie to be a Lumar native she had cursed and pressed into service - mostly because Hoid didn't give more data on that individual.

No, that's what I was trying to convey on wind vectors (check windy.com for live examples - use the slider on the right to change altitudes to see how motions and bands affect wind speed and direction): Bascially, at the leading edge you have the cross winds tripled+ on themselves as the forward motion collapses what would normally be separate bands of wind into one massive push. On the trailing edge, the same forward motion dispurses the winds and causes the riddens. I don't think the eye is the only thing that can renew spheres - it's the heavies concentration and allows the time dilation but Kaladin showed that Stormlight is throughout since he can access it even at the Stormwall. Also, the bands near the eyes would be almost as concentrated. My conjecture is that absorb through exposure but even a dun sphere set out near the center would fill in that over-concentrated bands.

Welcome to the forums. Here are some tools you may not yet know and may help: Highstorm is, essentially, a Continent-sized Invested Super-Typhoon (Hurricane, etc.). In WoK Ch 35 you see Kaladin experience the storm's "eye" (which is one big indication that it is hurricane-shaped, in addition to the shape of the continent itself). On Roshar, they call this the "Centerbeat." Kaladin's visions occur near the centerbeat, because the large amounts of investiture (stormlight) can cause time dilation for those experiencing the centerbeat. As a Typhoon-based storm, it has copious rain and crosswinds that are also "adjusted" for the speed with which it crosses land (it's primary difference with Hurricanes, which slow significantly after "landfall") which is what causes the Stormwall, as an amalgum of forward motion winds and storm-created crosswinds. Electrical activity in this type of storm is minimal to none. From the other wiki: We also know that Roshar was created by Adonalsium to be as it is, and the storms have always been an integral part of the ecology of the planet. ( @alder24 covered much of this) ##### However, the Everstorm is an Invested Continent-Sized Thunderstorm, which are characterized as moving in straight or arcing bands, rather than the rotational configuration typical of tropical depressions (hurricanes, typhoons, etc). As an invested Supercell, it is characterized by bands of little-to-no-rain alternating with bands of heavy rain - but all bands experience a higher incidence of invested electrostatic discharge. Fan theories beleive that Stormspren (a type of voidspren) can influence where and how some lightning strikes, but I don't think that has been confirmed. Odium has been shown to manipulate it directly, when the purpose suits him (OB-Climax). The reported feelings of maliciousness in the storm is likely bleed-over from Odium's investiture in the storm and may not specifically apply to what is damaged by the winds and lightning. Hope that helps. Edit: Where do you get that? We see the center of the storm in WoK. The perceived stright-line winds are a function of the band being continent sized (a large enough circle can make any given small arc appear straight) coupled with the windshear of it's movement causing the leading edge stormwall winds to vector in two directions.

Interesting theory. However, two of your premises are incorrect (not that they necessarily invalidate the theory) Most God Kings do not actually heal anybody. The Stories were just that - stories meant to obfuscate the transition from one God King to the next: So, once a GK has passed on Peacegiver's Wealth, they are retired to an island to live out their lives and a story of why they "disappeared" is fabricated to preserve the religion. The recipient of the healing does not receive the Divine Breath, because it is a Splinter of Endowment. It is expended in the healing process: The Theory is still interesting though.

I understand what you mean since I have worked as a translator. However, to be fair, using Connection for local languages is kinda huge to the Cosmere, and has been in nearly every story published (all the way back to before "Hoid the Informant" used that technique to talk to Kelsier in The Final Empire). We know that it is magical, not mechanical - since you continue to think and "speak" in your native tongue and the words just come out in the Connected langauge (and you hear the Connected language, but "receive" it in your native tongue). We also know that it is not perfect, which is why we have the occasional malaproprisms show up and serve as one of the indicators of a Worldhopper. I agree that, generally speaking, the amount of study and practice needed to be functional in a given new language* is horribly misrepresented in nearly all fiction (possibly except those stories about that task); but I don't think the Cosmere is a place to expect that kind of story. Brandon made this part of the system because without it there is no way to tell the stories he wants to tell. SA Spoilers: *Note: Example

Two points: We do not know that Azure's blade was a Yesteel creation or using his method(s) - it could easily be something that she and Vasher worked on together when preparing to confront Yesteel We do not know what aspects are different or which portion(s) of those changes resulted in a difference. After all, we have a WoB stating that Nightblood's nature is not just because of Shashara's intent, visualization, and command. WoBs So, every factor matters. Nightblood is as he is not because of any one factor - but because the type of materials (blade and handle), shape (and the cognitive perception of that shape), number of breaths, color drained to awaken him, visualization used, and Command all came together into that result. Change any one component and you do not get Nightblood - you get something different.

I guess you could look at it like that; though I always took Mraize's "nickname" as a diminutive because he "met" Veil as "Tyn's Apprentice" - so "little" because she was new to the "game" and "knife" for skulduggery. Whereas Vin may be small in stature; but I would defy anybody to claim anything she did as "little" (except maybe in the thieving crews, but even there she was more capable than the others, just trying to remain unnoticed).

This has some merit, if only because we know Miles could possibly survive. WoBs:

I don't think he was "in captivity" a long time when we meet him in WoK - he had been a Slave for a significant amount of time (and been through many "masters" in that time, too) but even in the slave wagons it was less "captivity" and more "slave movement." In prison you know you are there and will be stuck there for a long time. No movement, no freedom, nothing. In the Slave wagons he certainly wasn't free - but he also wasn't in one 8x8 barred cell with no movement and no activity and no other huuman interaction (except rare visitors in prison) - and I think that was the crux of the difference. In the wagons he was a slave, and currently moved in a wagon with bars; but not a "captive." When jailed in WoR he not only had more freedom to lose (due to his duties at the time) but he was very much "captive" and isolated. Concur

Shortly after the events of Elantris. Here's the known Cosmere Timeline and here is the WoB: If you have read the 10th anniversary edition of Elantris, and the new "Postscript" at the end then, presumably, it had to happen either right before or after those events. (Spoilers and speculation) Hope that helps.

Doesn't mention the entire cabinet - just that the door was silver lined - but not the threshold, which was why she could exit when the door was opened.

I would have to work for that which makes the river want to flow. That which teaches bird chicks to fly, that which sustained the Reod Elantrians. I would have to work to restore The Dor to its rightful place in the Spiritual Realm.

Unfortunately, so do dull minds. For evidence, please see Reality TV. . .

Welcome back Does the review have a text-only format? Is it possible to please encase the video link in a spoiler tag? (the image flickers significantly; and, if it bothers me, I know it's enough to trigger a seizure in some epileptics like my sister) Have a great day.

It seems more likely that as Scadrians come to understand Intent and Connection that a Twinborn could push/pull their own metalminds, but have stored enough investiture in them to make them difficult-to-impossible for others to push or pull.