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Glad you liked the story. You may also find it interesting to read @Amiras take on WoK Reactions. She did post chapter-by-chapter, so the thread is a bit long, but you may enjoy her take and suppositions as she goes through the book.

There's a lot packed in that tiny chapter; but yes, you'll get more through the book. Shallan's flashbacks are more "YMMV" than Kaladin's*, and develop a bit slower. (Note*: Some love them, some hate them, and some are indifferent)

Welcome back But there is no Alcatraz 6 - he says so at the end of 5. . . You must mean Bastille 1?

Sounds similar to the Night Angel Trilogy (Brent Weeks). Spoiler:

He also does it once with a set of clothes that does wield a sword in Chapter 56 Keep in mind that part of the "secret sauce" is probably a command that makes the breaths irretrievable. Both the "Single Breath" Lifeless command and the command to make Nightblood are like this. To have the breaths retrievable, the closest you can probably get is the command referenced in the chapter above.

Here's that reference: I agree. It's a far stretch to claim he is responsible for Tien's death (even if he seems to blame himself - much as Kaladin does). There are many things of which Lirin is guilty, this just isn't one of them. Exactly. It also allows us to have discussions like this and learn about other sets of morals and values. I'm glad Lirin is in the book, I just don't like him.

It changes things because Yelig–Nar grants access to Surgebinding (all surges - with the possible exception of Adhesion) as mentioned in the OB Ch 95 Epigraph (possibly modified by the RoW discussion that Odium's forces don't have access to "Honor's Truest Surge"). Surgebinging =/= Voidbinding, but the Amethyst growing from Amaram in that scene is very reminiscent of the way the Magnified Ones use the Surge of Progression. Since a bonded human would not have a Carapace to use in this fashion, I think the crystal growth serves a similar function (but that's just a guess).

I concur. My take would be: In a Duel under the codes 60/40 Adolin (he's the better duelist, but Dalinar certainly has tricks he wouldn't be ready for) In all other circumstances 95/05 Dalinar - Adolin is a great duelist, and he's learning the rest; but he really would not be prepared for the back-alley brawl version Dalinar would bring to the fight

I doubt this is actually true. Wheel of Time Spoilers

You are not the only one to feel this way. (link may have spoilers for the end of RoW) Though, I think that it is important to note that while this type of character progression/regression seems annoying - it is quite realistic. For somebody like Kaladin struggling with depression; it is not only possible, but quite likely, that the progress made during WoR and OB (before going to Kholinar) would be set back by the events in Kholinar followed by a full year of almost non-stop combat. I consider Lirin as bad as Sadeas, but not quite as bad as Moash. We can only hope that Lirin starts to recognize the damage he is causing and begins to improve as well.

Since I haven't seen it mentioned yet, I'll add that my personal take, with the data available, is that Sadeas was the one backing Tanalan (though I doubt Gavilar's involvement) since the rift both 1) borders Sadeas lands - and - 2) Sadeas was the chief "negotiator" on behalf of His Majesty while Dalinar was making the shows of Force. Basically, Galivar sent Sadeas to the Rift, and Dalinar to the Border so each could do what they do best. Sadeas "backed" Tanalan (either for the reason described above, or because he was preparing for an eventual Coup of Elhokar - though that chance came decades sooner than expected). Conversely, I think the "ambush" was all Tanalan's doing, as a way to use the situation in an attempt at revenge. To Tanalan (who could not have foreseen The Blackthorn's Obvious Overkill Retribution TM) either Dalinar would be dead, or he would have succeeded in driving a wedge between Sadeas and Dalinar.

Here is the section from the WoK Prologue: This sounds like rumor based on the research into what eventually became the Half-Shards, to me.

Is there any data on what the Digital rewards will include? The Kickstarter page has very little information (other than STLs - which I am guessing by context is for a 3D printer?) and the FAQ has no information. Will they not have Art packs and/or Wallpapers? If these are the first "official depictions" of characters, some digital reward(s) would be nice.

Can't comment on the Kickstarter until you back - but I'm trying to find out if printer files are the only digital reward. No Art packs, wallpapers, etc?

Technically, there are a number of different American accents. But what I was discussing was the change in a second language when it is altered by the grammatical and phonetic influences of a non-related first language. Also notice I said "unnecessary" accents. A well cast actor, who happens to have an accent, is one thing - casting for specific accents or having actors use a specific accent is quite different. Even when they are great at the different accents (Nicole Kidman, James Marsters), asking them to portray an accent is an attempt to influence the work, and I don't think it would be appropriate for Scadrial. Here we have an Empire, formerly comprised of many nations (that likely had regional dialects, if not different languages altogether), a millenium after the unification. A hodge-podge of accents and dialects would be, in my opinion, more appropriate than any attempt at a unifying lingustic style. It represents the intermixing and cultural shift imposed by TLR over the course of the last 1000yrs.

Here's the WoB: Personally, I always thought it was Beldre, mostly because: The Founders were those alive during the Catacendre Tindwyl was not (and already had the Mother of Terris appellation) Beldre would have been the wife of the "Lord Mistborn," and we have no other appellation for her Truth and Allrianne seem to be antonyms to me The other possibility I considered was Mare, since she could be considered an Originator (if not a Founder) and her vision of returning Scadrial to blue skies, green foliage and flowers became truth. SoS Ch 19 BoM Ch 13:

Yes, both. The names of N. Scadrial have both Franco and Germanic Influences. Much like Earth, I would expect some people to "mispronounce" any given name that deviates from their perceived norm. Absolutely no unnecessary accents - just because some words in-world may have roots to real-world languages like French and German does not mean that an accent is appropriate for the whole of Scadrial. A lot more goes into an accent than a specific pronunciation of a few words - including, but not limited to, the grammar and phonetic structure first learned as a child (and when learning a language). Having some French inspired names where there is no other Franco or Latinic phonetics or grammar structure would just make the whole project come off more as a parody if they were to attempt to French accent the whole cast (or even some cast). Aside:

No worries. That yellow arrow on the lower right of a post is how you say Thank You. Also, when you read Warbreaker, I would recommend that you leave the annotations until after you finish the book (or for the first re-read of the novel). On Sanderson's website, the Warbreaker annotations have spoilers hidden when he's discussing things later in the book - but the eBook does not. Also, it can be a pain to back after finishing to uncover those spoilers, so it's just easier to save all of the annotations for the end (then it's almost like a review with extra goodies). Both the book and the annotations are available free on his website (linked above).

You might be able to delete a post if it has had no replies, or you can click on "report post" and in the description as a Mod to delete the post for you. Did you have any specific questions? Also, another technique (besides the Coppermind) is to go to the Arcanum to look at Words of Brandon (Compilations of essays, blogs, annotations, and answered questions/RAFOs) about a specific topic. For example, if you wanted to look up information on Dakhor you would search the Dakhor Tag. You can organize by oldest, newest or relevance (though that is more for keywords than Tags - more below) - and what I did when I was worried about spoilers was start at the bottom and scroll toward the top because the bottom of each post in Arcanum lists the tags that apply at the bottom. In this way, if a post had a tag I was avoiding spoilers for, I would not read it and continue to the next one up. If it is a tag with a lot of posts, like AonDor (62 posts) you can then further refine by adding a keyword (such as Chasm Line) to get the posts that deal specifically with that intersection of topics (2 posts with AonDor tags reference the Chasm Line)

Why would you think that? It states right in the beginning of M:SH Ch 6: Unless you mean the ash as it is falling? In which case, it's the same reason that distance is shortened in the CR - objects' CR aspect is a reflection of how they are thought about, and how they think of themselves. Before Ruin's release, ashfalls were far less frequent and ash was mostly thought of as how it piled up and had to be removed. Sure , people noticed ash flakes while they fell (and possibly those had a CR aspect, if you could even discern microscopic mist flakes against a misty background); but by the time Kelsier gets back and we see the massive ashfalls from his POV - many people are dead already (such as when he noticed the city that fell into the ocean) and those that remain are much more concerned about the mountains of ash (again reinforcing the "ash on ground" as a cognitive identity strong than "ash falling").

May I ask if you have read Stormlight Archive? It's not so much that there are mists in Scadrian Shadesmar - it's that things in the Cognitive realm of Scadrial appear to be made from Mist. If you have read Secret History, you'll recall that in Ch 1 the mists weren't in the air at all (that was a impression Kelsier had as he transitioned): Stormlight Archive:

Soulcasting the ship may not have been the best of ideas. As for Jasnah, you should enough information to reason it out - but it's also not very relevant until you RAFO (so I wouldn;t recommend spending too many brain cycles on it, unless you really want to do so). Yes. One of those

This is a key facet of leadership (at least in my experience and studies). Not everybody can be helped through expectation management and mentorship, but finding those who can, and nurturing them on a path to self improvement is one of the keys to good and effective leadership. However, I see the Spren version as more of a consensual reality situation, possibly best compared to Linguistics. (Note: the following example is just that - an example, with no intended emotional connotation - set in a spoiler tag so people that don't care can skip it easily ) So I view Spren as similar: those traits, ideas, and concepts that have the most "weight" (as a balance of time and number of minds contributing to the concept) are the ones that will be most strongly expressed.

We can't know the truth of this. All we really know for sure is: He attempted to escape a total of ten times He did not actually manage to escape all ten attempts He had at least six "owners" (including Tvalkv) The last time, he was the sole survivor Which is when Shash was added to his brand At least once, he was the sole escapee There is no data on the other 8 escape attempts other than that they happened.

This should probably be in Cosmere Discussion, since it is about a comparison with other series. Doubtful. (SA and Warbreaker spoilers)