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I think the wording on that WoB Question is awkward: And, honestly, I can't find the passage they may be referencing. The closest I came to Kaladin seeing "Selay" in the storm-visions is this sentance in WoR Ch 32: The Selay peoples are descendants of the Sela Tales Silver Kingdom - what is currently the Pure Lake/Marabethia region. In the first Vision he saw Sesamalex Dar, but in neither vision did he focus on people (other than Szeth in the Tower) like Dalinar did in the RoW Storm Vision.

I'm not sure that a splinter group with few to no living members would count as a separate group I'm also not sure that merchants in Shadesmar would count as a secret society on Roshar's Physical Realm. It doesn't disprove it either, but there is still no evidence of them in the PR as yet, so i hesitate to classify it as one of the nine. What makes you think they were founded on Roshar (Mistborn Spoilers) Wasn't that the Sons of Honor trying to return the Desolations (via the Terriswoman working with Galavar on his journies to the Listeners).

You mean this quote (RoW Ch 17)? As far as I can tell, there haven;t been any WoBs on that tidbit; it seems to be foreshadowing for book 5.

Aren't they related to the Sons of Honor? WoB: Would they be counted separately then?

For those that may be unaware, you might find the Altered Perceptions (Coppermind and Sanderson.com links) Anthology interesting. I posted about it in this post and included excerpts from the Forward, ToC, Introduction and Brandon's Essay. The contribution from Sanderson was chapters from Way of Kings Prime (years before the Kickstarter that released the full version), but the real gems of this anthology are the personal essays from each contributor (and the fact that proceeds go to mental health charities). Excerpt of an excerpt (so you know if you want to follow any of those links to learn more): Personal note:

It's a skill called Cold Reading (wiki article) that now-a-days uses all kinds of modern psychology terms like "micro-expressions;" but has been used by people for centuries or millennia. If you watch the Leverage Episode season 2 episode 13 "The Future Job," Hutton's character Nate does a great job of explaining how it works when reviewing a video of Parker (Beth Riesgraf's character). Which is also why Breeze said it takes considerable practice and skill beyond the Allomancy itself.

Have you finished The Final Empire? (Spoilers for TFE):

Sleepless?

Probably. The Heightening is described as resistance to poisons, bacteria, etc. I doubt it would do anything to protect against starvation or dehydration. From the Ars Arcanum:

Also note that Bronze pulses do have an apparant source, so a skilled Seeker will be able to determine direction (or if two people are in sight, determine which pulse comes from which person). Demonstrated in Ch 20 of TFE:

Short answer - yes. If you have read the first book of the first series (Mistborn: The Final Empire - a.k.a. TFE) the best explanation comes from Breeze in Ch 10: Though you will get more insight as the trilogy progresses. Hope that helps.

Not that I have found, and Scadrial wasn't the only Shard created planet (or, at least, it's been implied that Autonomy created Taldain). Malata was at Urithiru. Oathbringer Ch 120: Of course, she was probably working with the Honorblade thief to let the Singers in to attack from Kholinar. And they didn't expect Teft to earn his blade and ride to the rescue.

You mean this quote? (Oathbringer Ch 121) I think the key is the bolded section. Were there humans following Odium in the refugees? Probably. Was Odium, as a Shard, invested in Ashyn? Doubtful. Rayse's MO was to Splinter his rivals and move on without investing anywhere - and he didn't invest in the Roshar system until Honor trapped him there and he had no choice. It's more likely he manipulated in secret to cause the devastation on Ashyn, followed to Roshar, got trapped, then made the deal with the Singers to create the Fused for their battles (investing in Braize to do so). It's also likely that his appearance after following the refugees into what is now Shinovar, would have had the Singers make "the logical connection" to call him Humanity's (former) God - even if he had never invested in Ashyn or the humans there. There is no mention of them needing a Dawnshard in any of the WoBs about them creating Scadrial and the Humans on it (to mimic the humans from Yolen)

Also, when was the last time any society completely abided by the decisions of its leaders? This assumes that all Singers agreed to allowing the humans to occupy the space West of the mountains (without skirmishing over "lost land") or that all human refugees followed the "agreement" to stay west of the mountains. Even just looking at the last century, if Israel, South Sudan, Kashmir, etc. are any indications, it takes only years or decades for fighting to erupt over any "agreement" made by leaders in territorial matters. I always thought that the first generation born on Roshar would have started expanding past the mountains once they came of age - "no matter what our leaders and elders say." So, 20ish years. . .

Welcome to the Forums, please take a moment to get acquainted. Do you mean the Cymatics (as explained by Kabsal in WoK to Shallan about the Dawn Cities)? Also please let us know what you have (or have not) read in case spoilers become a factor later in the thread. All he has said about the Shattered Plains can be found in the WoBs found here.

We don't know the origins of the humans on Ashyn, all we have so far is (WoB): So, they may have been created there by Adonalsium when the system was created, they may have migrated there pre-Shattering, or they may have migrated there post-Shattering. Personally, I agree with @Frustration in that I think they migrated from Yolen; but I think they migrated from Yolen to Ashyn pre-Shattering.

I think it's possible that Kelsier told Spook of the Ire (people from other lands existing between worlds and coming to Scadrial) but I doubt he would have said anything about Hoid for two reasons: Back then he only knew Hoid as "Drifter," and as far as he knew Drifter was still in Fadrex when it fell and died there or during the remaking of the world. If Hoid had become known through the Words of Founding, we should have seem some of that in the interactions between Hoid and Wax/Wayne.

Yeah. I posted a new theory there in March, and it's had a few views, but no replies in the six weeks it's been posted. Keep in mind that is also about Mistwraiths in Era 1, we still don't know what exactly (if anything) Sazed did to/with them during the Catacendre; just like we still don't know exactly how Blessing spikes differ from normal Hemalurgic spikes.

There are two possible assumptions in that spoilered synopsis It doesn't answer everything, but it does help identify questions to be considered and pursued.

But also remember that in the annotation to the epilogue, Sanderson says: Which makes me think it's less of a "Vo's descendant" thing and more of a "mortal born with Divine Breath (fragment)" thing. Throughout the story it also seems clear that the Returned in the Court of the Gods could change their appearance much more than the unconscious changes they currently experience if they ever realized it was possible and started working at the ability.

Here's the WoB: For this one, at least, it is linked from the Coppermind Entry:

I'm doing something similar, in that the official Warbreaker eBook has the annotations already. Inspired by that, it's my goal to have a version of Era 1, Elantris, and Emperor's Soul with the annotations and deleted scene's added (Elantris Glossary and Deleted Scenes complete). I also remove most of the Chaff, and I created my own "Also by Author" Cosmere list that I exported and import into each Cosmere book (so they all match and are all up-to-date). May I ask if you did this with in-line code or by altering the CSS for the class used on the text? I'm not sure what you mean by "cover picture linear;" but if you mean setting it to not overflow and always show the full image in both portrait and landscape modes, then I also make that change.

I get the feeling that @Argenti is trying to distill one application of the Shard's Intent; however, Shard's intent affects all aspects of how they interact with Spiritual, Cognitive and Physical Realms. Examples (Endowment):

Don't forget that these WoBs and annotations are both before Sanderson disclosed sDNA; he may have been talking around concepts we didn't know at the time.

This section? Warbreaker Ch 22: