Treamayne

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. You mean this passage? SoS Ch 9: There was never meant to be any Atium in there. the only known atium to survive the Catecendre was in Marsh's possession - the ZoBell penthouse just used displays of Metals as conversation gambits - and the Atium pedestal was honorary (likely because Atium has become legendary in the centuries since the Final Empire ended). WoB: Hope that helps.

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. Q&A is generally for discrete questions with (hopefully) definitive answers, so that it is easy for new readers to look up answers they are searching. this kind of discussion is generally better suited to Cosmere Discussion. From the Forum Main Synopses: That said, this very much depends on the definition of Scholar being used. Hoid probably knows the most of any non-Shard Vessel, by sheer breadth of time and experience (Though Frost and Xisis/Foil would be in the same category - age-wise). Foil is actually a Cosmere scholar - and may be above Hoid in theis respect. Khrissalla writes the in-world Ars Arcanums for each series/book and also knows quite a bit. We don't have names for many of the Ire Scholars from Sel, but in M:SH they "know things" they refuse to share with Khriss at that time. We also have Vasher, one of the Nalthian Five Scholars on the lower end of the curve in age and experience (but still well above non-worldhopping scholars). The trouble with comparisons is that many of these in the list are not directly comparable to each other - and many likely know at least something that the others do not. Hope that helps.

There was after the initial campaign ended, but I don't think it is still available because it has already moved into Fulfillment. You can sign into Backerkit and search up the campaign to check for yourself, but I think late-orders also closed (at least for physical objects - eBook and Audiobook may differ) last year when they had to finalize product numbers for the production facilties.

We don't know her reasons (if she has them). TLM Ep4: That said, the in-world examples we have from White Sand (spoilers):

Keep in mind that Odium is not Passion. Rayse wanted to be perceived that way, but that is not the Shard's Intent. WoB: No emotion exists in a vacuum so there are small bits of other things, but even Taravangian calls this out when he first ascends. RoW Ch 114:

Have you read the Order Summaries? or the Hoid's Apprentice Synopses? Truthwatchers: Elsecallers: Hope that helps

I think it was the combination of bright and movement. Though, movement like that might have been a problem regardless of colors (especially when trying to scroll with movement on every entry). Thank you for trying. Still unusable, but not quite as bad - and everything else can wait a day.

If you click the link in my previous post, I discuss the myriad ways to read White Sand (Prose, Graphic Novel, Omnibus, Graphic Audio, Summary, Threads). No, she's very interested in technology - enough to give Taldain help with physics and tech advancement. It's part of why she's afraid of Scadrial - their tech level is starting to rival Taldain's (especially because Taldain stagnated when she cut off Worldhoppers from visiting or leaving).

An interesting take - but the points of that WoB were how Odium wanted to destroy rivals and Autonomy want's be herself - last shard standing (not combined - though I have a separate odd theory about this). We get a partial explanation of Bavadin's Goals in TLM Ch 20 (though this is Shai talking - so unreliable narrator may apply): Have you read White Sand (any version)? I have problems finding any altruism in Bavadin/Autonomy seeing what she has done to her own world and peoples. And that's in a place where there are no other Shardic influences. . .

I get it, April fools, ha-ha. Can we please cut short the seizure-inducing spinning icons on the Arcanum? Bright colors and multiple fast spinning icons are not funny, they are a health hazard.

Autonomy and Odium had the same goal, but with different methodologies. Odium wants to be the Only Diety - but splintering all rivals. Autonomy wants to be the only diety, by replacing other shards with Avatars of herself. WoBs: Hope that helps

Everybody has answered well for the most part, I would just like to add the supporting WoBs: Not entirely correct. Hemalurgic Bindbpoints were based on Acupuncture - discussed with WoBs and example images in this post (and my next post after that one). Flowing blood is a requirement, but the points themselves do not seem to be based on the circulatory system.

I would not agree with that definition. Sometimes you are expressing something in or of yourself for yourself. Sometimes you are the only audience. The result may be about better understanding, but it may also be about just needing an outlet for some thought/feeling/aspect that you feel the desire to express. It may be about experimentation, testing boundaries, extrapolating learned concepts to other areas to verify personal understanding. I'm sure there are other reasons for creating art that do not fit in any of those categories. Example: If I make a lamb risotto stuffed bell pepper with sage tomato sauce, and I eat the dish - is that any less of a culinary art because I was the only "audience" and the art (dish) was simply to see if it could be done successfully without overcooking the risotto into mush? That would be art to me. That would depend on why they wrote the ode/poem/song. Only they could answer that.

A method of self-expression in a chosen medium that may or may not be shared with an audience (self, family, friends, public, etc.).

If only people at work felt the same way. . .

It's a bit more complex than that, but yes. Mostly the name is a simplified synonym of the Shard's intent - and that Intent can be "nudged" by the Vessel just as the Intent will eventually overtake the Vessel's will. WoBs: Sazed stated his Intent in HoA (Note that it did not involve merging the two Shards, and deliberately keeping them separate - though they have since mingled together over the years). Hope that helps

Hope you enjoy Rithmatist, just be warned (minor spoiler):

Well, there's always the Wind and Truth Summary (not quite done yet, but up to Ch 94 as of this post) Are any of those first readings, or all re-reads? Nice selections. . .

Allomancy is used (Stormlight Archive Spoilers) WoBs:

Related, in that they are both extrapolations of divergent ecologies (megafauna on Roshar, because of the low gravity, high oxygen environment - on Taldain because the Sand supports their lifecycle, growth and movement). WoB: Greatshell Sapience is likely tied to their Nahel Bonds (like Chiri-Chiri in Row after the bond in Dawnshard) I think this may be the WoB to which you are referring: But please note that it is from 2011, and only paraphrased because it was not recorded. So, it's not entirely correct. Scadrial was confirmed to have been created by Ruin and Preservatino working together. Roshar was created by Adonalsium. Taldain was at least modified by Autonomy, but may have also been created that way. Nalthis is still a questionmark, because we know it's not old enough for a Fossil record to exist, but we don't know if Endowment created it, or terraformed it and brough people from somewhere else. WoBs: Hope that helps

I thought we had that answer from Era 1 - it's the warm/hot feeling of releasing investiture into the body. Burning metals feels warm - flaring feels hot. From the Coppermind: Example: TFE Ch 7: The question then becomes "are those WoBs referring to the current Era 3, or is it old enough to possibly be referencing "Mistborn in Space" - former Era 3, and now Era 4?"

Wait, that's not right? Is it really L-aid-ree-ann? I always though it was L-add-ree-ann. We don't have an official pronunciation for Breeze's real name (or if that stayed consistant or changed by the time Wax inherits the name). What we do know is that Final Empire Names were either French or Germanic inspired (based on region) - but since Ladrian is fiction and not really either, we don;t know if it should inherit French Pronunciation patterns, or Germanic. WoBs: Personally, I have always used <Læ dree an> (Like Rocky yelling "Adrian" - but with an L in front)

Glys was onscreen as a Shardblade in OB Ch 10: Towerlight is not more efficient - it is simply omnipresent while in the Tower. It's less efficient and drains from Radiants faster than Stormlight. Which is part of the Warlight Theory - that since it's only partly connected (Enlightened Radiants possibly excepted) to their Spen, Radiants should be able to use Warlight, but it will be less efficient and drain more quickly.

I'm curious to see if Bounty Hunting and Skip Tracing become important to Scadrial law enforcement.

Doubtful, but possible. Last known put Era 3 around 1980s tech and the start of the computer age; which would be well before automated camera systems and facial recognition software.