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. . . when you manually edit each early Cosmere* epub to include the Annotations, just so you can also read those on your eInk device.

How do you get that only Scadrian systems are hereditary? You cannot be born with innate Biochromatic Breath if you do not have Nalthian heritage. You cannot be born with Royal Locks without direct descent from a Returned. Possibly more we have not yet learned about. WoB: From the author-writing perspective, it's because Brandon wants diversity in how Investiture may be accessed across the Cosmere - Annotations: Hope that helps

Deconstruction and methods of decryption were primaily in this thread (to include Glyph basics): SA Translation Technically, all of Navani's Journal is handwritten Women's Script (just by Isaac, and done with paint brushes, so more of a calligraphic style) Evolution of the Steel Alphabet will make characters dependant upon the era from which the text originates - with things like Alendi's Logbook likely to be an entirely separate alphabet system (based on how Sazed needed to go about translation - and Isaac's comments on Evolution of Scadrian Glyphs) Hope that helps.

@Qianweilian is correct. Hoid is hired for the job shortly after the (Staged) death of Edwarn and Telsin (spoilers - WaT Epilogue), and his first appearance as Wax's Coachman is SoS Ch 7: That said: Is unlikely to be true because Wayne "got" his lucky hat in the roughs and brought it with him to Elendel (where it was stolen by Tarson - AoL Ch 5). It could still have come from Hoid - just not when he was posing as Wax's Coachman (we do not know if/when Hoid was on Scadrial between the Catscendre and the events of AoL). Hope that Helps

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I take it you did not read the linked thread? There is a lot more nuance than that, with little clarification.

Verdant was shown to definitely use a version of the Luhel Bond - and it was implied that an accomplished Sprouter can do similar with any Spore. Tress Ch 44: Hope that helps

We don't have enough information yet - but the implication from the Omnibus is that the microflora is symbiotic to the sand (it could grow and spread on darksider sand, but not on other rock materials). Also, Aether Spores use a Luhel Bond as well, so I would expect that trying to bond both silumtaneously would create interference patters, or even just block each other (much like sand ribbons cancelling each other). Hope that helps.

That is not a confirmed fact. Lerasium is burnable by anybody, because it has a side effect of making the person a Mistborn. Please see discussions - Certain Godmetal (and many other threads easily searched)

Correction - The only person with access to Feruchemy during the Catacendre was Marsh. The Terris Refugees nearly all made it hidden in the Kandra Homeland, so full Feruchemists would have continued to be born (to two Terris parents) post-Catacendre until the Allomantic and Ferchemical heredity lines mixed enough to create Ferrings instead of Full Feruchemists.

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Welcome to the Shard. Please consider an Intro Post to let us know what you have or have-not read (whichever list is shorter). Also, please consider checking out the Sharder FAQ for some useful forum info and tips. What is confirmed (Power confered by spike, not spike metal): Linchpin Allomantic Steel Allomantic Iron Allomantic Pewter Allomantic Tin Allomantic Brass Allomantic Zinc Allomantic Copper Allomantic Bronze Allomantic Atium Feruchemical Gold What we do not know is if the linchpin is also one of those confirmed power-bearing spikes, or if the Linchpin only held the Spiritweb together or had some other ability. The only WoB on the Subject implies that a Linchpin spike may contain a power - but Sanderson is a master at not correcting errors in the question asked and allowing false assumptions to change the meaning of his response. WoB: So taking comments like this at face value is a gamble - It could be that a Linchpin spike may also have a power-bearing charge and only it's location makes it function as a Linchpin - or it could be that a Linchpin spike has a different kind of charge other than Allomantic or Feruchemical powers, and there are multiple types of metal from which a Linchpin spike may be crafted. Hope that helps.

Almost all magic is soft compared to the Cosmere - but there are many things in the Rithmatist-Reckoners range.

We have a one-stop-shop for giving and checking out Recommended Reads - Sorted by Genre (MG/YA at the bottom). Feel free to post if you want to add a rec - but Page 1 (posts 2 and 3) will always have the current list so you do not have to search the thread for ideas. Hard and Semi-hard Systems: Neither of those are Hard Fantasy. . . But probably already read them. Hope that helps

Feedback appreciated: Across 1 - Alethi Royalty (former) 5 - Helaran Victim 6 - Gum source 8 - Focus Aon 10 - Shade Enforced 12 - Cosmere Genre 14 - Canteen Squire 15 - Partinel Title 16 - Skathan's Language Down 1 - Hrathen's Blesser 2 - Brandon's rough Cameo 3 - Citizen Advisor 4 - Hallandren's most honorable 7 - Sword Mother 8 - Nilto's home 9 - Dalinar's Aon 11 - Valette's station 13 - Riots

Endowment with Warbreaker (Print copy wasn't published until 2009, but the free book was published chapter-by chapter as he wrote it starting Jan 2008. It's likely that it's ~98% on those and the mingling is a factor in how they made the world together - and how MoIs develop in the first place (which is a natural consequence of World + Shard + Intent - not generally a concious decision by one or more shards). WoB: Not based on known data - but it's inconclusive, not a definitive no.

I was talking about the swap in response to the "why are Cadmium and Bendalloy not on Era 1 charts" - they were not Allomantic metals during the final Empire because they had been swapped out. There's a WoB for that as well - at least a heavy implication that Ruin's investiture can power Allomancy, and Preservation's can power Hemalurgy - just not well. Hope that helps.

It's confusing because you are trying to parse one line out of context. Here's the scene (HoA Ch 81): It was changed because "the strange power" could reference Atium or Vin's intervention - so changing pronouns clears up that "Elend has metals, and they cannot be coming from Atium" - but he doesn't know where until he looks up and glimpses Vin. He clarifies in the first paragraph of the response that "you've just got to make an alloy", which implies atium-electrum works as it always has. Yes, the WoP - that was my point: So, Electrum Mistings have, as part of their sDNA/Spiritweb "Electrum Allomancer." Unkeyed Dor allows a person to use it to fuel aspects of their Spiritweb. Seers, burning Atium were gaining a Temporal Effect from the "Ruin investiture" in the Alloy (while the Electrum in the alloy is what allowed them to burn it at all) - so the Temporal Effect of Atium is not part of the Spiritweb, and therefore unlikely to be powered by unkeyed Dor. So, in theory, If Pure Atium were created by Wax's Expereiment; and if somebody knew the correct Alloy percentages fo Atium and Electrum to create E1Atium - then that would work for both Marsh and Demoux even if it were lab created. But, I think it is unlikely that a random non-Ruin unkeyed investiture could mimic the effect of raw or alloy Ruin Investiture. There may be a way to convert it, but I think this is one of the corner cases where having raw unkeyed investiture cannot be used to power a specific effect. They could get all of the Electrum shadows they wanted this way - but not Atium Shadows. Hope that helps.

E1Atium works like E1Atium for Marsh and Demoux Atium recovered from Wax's Experiment had to be changed by Harmony to make it work for Marsh (and, presumably, Demoux). WoB: Anything is possible, since we still have a missing bag of E1Atium. We know Marsh ended up with the pouch KanPaar tried to sell - but we still do not know what happened to Zane's bag of Atium he recovered from the tree right before his fatal fight with Vin. Hope that helps

WoBs: That is a factor, but not the only factor aroudn those two specific metals. To retain the "16" Preservation could not simply add two more metals, he needed to replace the Temporal Metals - which was also beleived to be part of how he hid a portion of Ruin's power in the unique investiture cycle of the Pits of Hathsin - by tying physical atium to the Metal Tables, used Atium returned to the Pits to create new Geodes, rather than returnign to Ruin in the Spiritual Realm.

Unlikely. Atium had the properties it did in Era 1 because Leras had removed the Temporal Metals (Bendally and Cadmium) from Allomancy and replaced them with E1Atium and Malatium. The Atium Shadows were caused by Atium's Investiture (which normally peaks into the Spiritual Realm) and Harmony undid those changes to Allomancy. Unkeyed Dor powers abilities found in the Spiritweb of the person using it, but the temporal side of Atium wasn't part of the spiritweb - it was part of the nature of Ruin's Investiture. . .

Please see the Sharder FAQ What are known books they like? Techniques I have used: Loan a book to try Gift one for Christmas/Birthday Print a few sample chapters I created a Cosmere Intro epub to give away to help people make informed decisions Start by recommending a Sanderson book that best matches something you know they already love Cosmere Informed Decision Reading Theory Hope that helps

Fan theory - unconfirmed Fan Theory - unconfirmed (actually confirmed different than how medallions work - but may be similar) Depends on what you are trying to do. Bondsmithing can be strong for what it does - but there are obvious holes in what it can accomplish. What magic from each world would win in a fight Does your response mean you agree with Celloist's definition. Was that the OP intent? Since you didn't answer that part of the question. . .

There are a ton of Vs threads debating that question, and nobody ever agrees. Small Sample: Cosmere Power Rankings Fullborn vs Radiant Who Would Win Radiant vs Fullborn Godking vs Fullborn etc. (including cross IP - Cosmere vs earth, vs Jedi, vs Aes Sedai, etc.) (also including specific characters - Kaladin vs Kelsier Vs Rand, Vs Batman, etc.) The SHARDER FAQ has tips on how to search the forums effectively. As an aside, I think if the situation has devolved into a fight, neither side is Powerful, because a Powerful magic system could have prevented the fighting before it began. Hope that helps

Impossible to answer because you have not defined "powerful" or given any other measures or parameters. I disagree with most of the items in your list, for example - and have no idea how you decided they were indicative of being "powerful."