Treamayne

Hope you had a great weekend and glad to see you back at it. Keep in mind that the Interludes are not necessarily lock-stepped chronologically when you read them. For example, back in TWoK - you read about Szeth's attack on the King of Jah Kaved in Interlude 9, but it happened concurrent with Ch 46 when Kaladin sees the start of the attack while riding the Storm in the dream. I'm not sure you really want that answer so I'll say first that there is information you do not have yet (but get in this book) that clarifies Kaladin/Szeth. If you really need a slight-spoiler peak/fft:

Most orders get their Blade with the Third Oath* - some orders gain access to their Surges at different times. For some Orders, it's because the Surge is dangerous if misused (Skybreakers don't have access to Division until the Third Oath) or requires a stronger Connection (Edgedancers have both Growth and Abrasion at the start, but the combination power - Regrowth - isn't available until the Second Oath) Not a spoiler, per say, but I'll tag this in case you are avoiding spoilers as it implies information from RoW: *Ref:

OP asked for no spoilers on Oathbringer and RoW - you may want to spoiler tag the rest of that comment, please. Yes, it was a Parshendi "thing" - you get minor details in Way of Kings and Words of Radiance. Prologue to Oathbringer gives more information, but you don't get the whole reason why until Rhythm of War Flashback sequences. RoW:

Actually, Kaladin was first nicknamed "Stormblessed" back in Amaram's army; long before his use of Stormlight. Not that it was based on luck; since he: Trained very hard after Tien's death Spent almost all of his time and money protecting his squad Developed the skills and tactics needed to "read" the battlefield and adjust his strategy However, all of that combined to confer the nickname since his squad always had the fewest casualties - hence "Kaladin was lucky". . .

You go to Arcanum (or the Coppermind page, which has links to relevant Arcanum posts), find the Word of Brandon then either copy the data, link or both into your post. My preferred technique is to search the major topic, click on the tag at the bottom of the first post so you are seeing everything for that tag, then use the filter to search within that tag. E. g. Type "Allomancy" in the search bar, click the #allomancy tag in the first post, then in the "search for text" field of advanced search at the top of the Tag Page, search "Savant" and the post below will be in the results. I tried finding what you referenced, but the closest I found was this: Anything less would not achieve lift (you are pulling against your own body and gravity), anything strong enough to achieve lift is likely to break the Lurcher.

BLUF: Likely not possible - Iron and Steel do not make you Magneto - you can't levitate something you are standing on because it moves in relation to yourself (not in parallel) so if you flared Iron, you would only crush your legs pulling it to your chest. Well, I would consider it a percentage change. If diluted Metallic Arts at the time of TFE are 100% (base=weight); then Lerasium Arts (before dilution) are likely about 150% (push has more oomph) - and 1000yrs ago it would still have come down to each Misting's relative size/weight. But during TFE, only Elend was an undiluted Mistborn - so the difference was more pronounced. I would also posit that a Misting + Hemalurgy is 180-200% (since Vin + bronze spike could pierce Copperclouds; but undiluted Elend likely could not). From a physics standpoint, even with flared Iron you are only pulling toward your chest (and your chest down toward the metal), so if you pull hard enough (especially without Pewter to reinforce your bones) then your legs are simply n the way of the moving metal. Either your pull or your bones would give way first. WIthout pulling on something above you, I don't see how it could resist gravity to get airborne (you would essentially have to pull with double your body weight to both move your weight and counteract gravity).

The thing about Fugu is that you have to get a small amount of the poison. The whole point is the get the tingle and numbing sensation - just in small enough quantities that the adverse effects are minimized. Kinda like spicy food: Capsaicin, the chemical responsible for the spicy heat of chilis is, technically, a poison. It's just that the small quantity found naturally in chili peppers is survivable (the tingles, sweating and heat is your body's response to the poison). If somebody was already Immune to poison, then they would not get any of these reactions. So, then, what would be the culinary benefit to eating them? Extreme snobbiness (I eat this because I can and you can't)?

I think most of your reasoning is sound; but I don't think it requires Bavadin to have had DID prior to becoming a vessel. Also, you seem to equate Autonomy with "Alone" a few times, but I don't think they impact each other at all. From Wiktionary "Alone" (at least to me) implies Solitude; whereas Autonomy (to me) implies independence. After all, this WoB Shows that avatars of Autonomy don't require Solitude: I think the nature of Autonomy would push that for any given representation of Autonomy that has enough Cognitive "presence", an Autonomous Avatar would develop to house that representation. For example, I think the Sand Lord is an Avatar - but I don't think that Bavadin, as vessel, was behind the development of that Avatar. As the Sand Lord grew in the hearts and minds of Dayside, I think an autonomous Sand Lord Avatar became almost Inevitable. I think that sometimes a new Avatar is a conscious decision (Obrodai) and sometimes it is how the Shard "needs" to manifest.

Well, to be fair - look at how most of them ended up in Bridge Four. Many do have their own reasons to distrust the Lighteyes. Though all involved need to learn the lesson that stereotypes are an average - while each person is unique and should be judged for themselves (not the average).

Interesting theory You will get more information here. . . If you don't have a writer's group, or just want an expanded circle, you could try here on the Forums. The Reading Excuses section summary: A writing support group where you can trade critiques with other writers who intend their work for publication. All genres and skill levels welcome. Beginners encouraged. I have used Fanstory (external link) for a number of years for my short fiction. I know they accept novels (usually chapter-by-chapter) and you can trade giving reviews to make member dollars instead of it being an all-paid service.

Well, many of these were pre-publication (Elantris, the first published, was his 6th novel written, but he had finished more than 10 before Elantris sold and was published). Here's a WoB with the list: As for Mythwalker:

I think the point was simply that we were curious which, if any, of the suggestions you employed and if they worked well. Would you suggest others employ the same suggestions?

Why would we need to assume that? All we really know is: Mraize's trophy room had a chunk of (probable) Amberite that did not decay and he cannot use Mraize, at some point, came in contact with some Aether that decays into a liquid, which stained his pants.

We don't have a definitive answer to this, but the best description we have comes from Oathbringer Ch 105: Huge, in this instance, is a useless description since we don't know if the books are handwritten or not; and what size a "normal" book may be. However, the fact that the entire book could be read aloud in only 8 Hours at least shows that the content is on-par with shorter modern novels (compare with other audiobooks that are 8 hours long) regardless of the binding and text size.

I think the closest we have is the Nalthian system symbol (Tears of Edgli). Possibly the Nalthian "Breath" from the Starchart. WoI

Kaladin and Szeth have some similarities; but are not quite the same in what is happening with them. You will get more about that over the course of this book. The symbols for Jasnah and Shallan are not same. If you count the Windrunner Glyph as 1, and follow the larger circles clockwise; their symbols would be 6 and 7 (lower left corner). I'll let you discover similarities, differences, and which-is-which as the story progresses. Words of Radiance has many of these answers. In the non-spoiler food-for-thought category I will say (if you want to peak): You were As well you should be

The "Sel" things mentioned above are from Elantris - so that might not make sense until you have read that as well. I'll skip those topics for now. To clarify a bit about what Quantus was saying, the metal used in the metallic arts are not, themselves, invested (with the exception of Godmetals like Atium, Lerasium, etc.). Instead, the metal acts as a "key" to access the investiture; so without the spiritual makeup to use the "key" a Radiant could not get any benefit from "eating a metal." Conversely, it may be possible to use Stormlight as the investiture source to fuel Allomancy - but that would take an unknown process to achieve. WoB: You wll see a similar "Key" principal in the Selish works - Elantris and Emporer's Soul.

First, can you please verify what works you have read, in case we need to avoid spoilers Here's a WoB about Vasher So, it doesn't seem like he "makes" breaths out of Stormlight - he just consumes Stormlight instead of Breath to maintain his returned nature.

Possibly, but that makes some assumptions:

I don't know that a braided metal rope would be feasible (or just extremely difficult), I found the relevant Words of Brandon: It's also possible that the range and versatility are tied to the number of oaths the Radiant has sworn.

If you mean two normal Shardblades, then we see Amaram do this in Oathbriinger. If you mean one Radiant Spren becoming two different items at the same time, then I would say it is doubtful. I don't know if any conclusive references for or against; but I feel that Kaladin, fighting Szath at the end of WoR, would have done a Shield and Spear if Syl could have managed it (since that is his preferred style) but she becomes the shield or spear as-needed, but not both at once.

Welcome to book two - and the needlepoint looks great. Am I correct that, so far, it's pine trees near a lake? There will be plenty of Kaladin. As far as the prologue is concerned, you are noticing important things. As for Ash - if you want a reminder from Way of Kings: Well, part of that would be terms and definitions. For example, if by "magic system" you mean Kaladin's abilities - then yes, you find out a whole bunch more in this book. Are you reading the hardcover? Have you seen the "endpapers?" TWoK Chart:

There is some discussion about this topic here. . .I'll summarize my thought from that post: What we really know is: - The perpedicularity at the Pits helped facilitate off-world trade - Felt was involved to some extent and became Cosmere aware (and a Worldhopper) through that exposure - At least some Worldhoppers knew the Pits could be used to access the Physical Realm on Scadrial - Scadrian Canned foods have been seen off-world (Oathbringer) However, we also know: - Off-world trade on Roshar happens in Shadesmar - but without being anywhere near a perpendicularity - Travel in Scadrial's Cognitive realm is . . . difficult for physical beings (especially if they have no means of applying investiture to cognitive aspects to make them solid enough to manipulate - like "Spanky" and the oar) - Drifter said "mercantile ecosystem" (which does not imply actual trade on Scadrial's CR - just that some "goods" from Scadrial were important to Cosmere-aware merchants and off-worlders) From this, I would guess that the pits were used to move "goods" from PR to CR (likely by Felt and a few other intermediaries); but the "market," if there was one, was probably on the solid part of Lake Luthadel (or similar location - more friendly to trade). Since we expect that Scadrian Metalurgy is more advanced than most of the Cosmere, I would not be surprised if refined ores and ingots were exported along with canned foods (and possibly other goods). I'm not entirely sure TLR would have known about any trading through the Pits (it's possible of course, but just as possible that he would have killed the people involved if it was happening without his permission. . . if just to "keep secrets"). I find it unlikely that more than a few WHs (like Hoid/Khriss) would have actually traveled all the way to the pits to access the perpendicularity themselves. This also implies that while knowledge of the perpendicularity might be fairly well-known off-Scadrial; there was not likely to be many with that knowledge on-world that could connect Perpendicularity = Pits = Atium (assuming they even knew enough about the metallic arts to know/care what Atium was or why it was important).

Congrats on the read-through, glad you enjoyed it. We all feel that way, and you will learn more in every book.

These? They seem the most relevant that I could find quickly.