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Godmetals and their alloys are something very different from base allomancy. See the Ultimate Metal Count thread for how this spins out of control (from the perspective of Preservation's Sign). Annotations to HoA: @Trusk'our already posted the WoB on how the temporal metals were swapped to trap part of Ruin's essence in the physical realm and enable to Sign to work despite Atium not being a true base 16 metal. Hope that helps

It's theorized that this is what is happening between Adolin and Maya. It is unlikely that it would make Maya Radiant (or accessing Surges, at least) but it does seem to be a form of nahel Bond very similar to what you describe. Explained in more detail here. WoB:

While I would not say this is impossible, I'm also not sure how he would have gotten a Bendalloy Spike to steal Spiritual Quadrant Feruchemy before the fall of The Lord Ruler. I guess it's possible that could have happened afterward, but that would not explain your portion of the theory about Elend. I also do not think that he is so much "a Ghostblood," as that the Rosharan Ghostbloods drafted him for the Lasting Integrity mission, and he complied out of respect for Kelsier (he doesn't really try to hide his disdain for Iyatil and Mraize). However, as you pointed out, he has been a trained spy for around 300 years, and he was very skilled even before worldhopping. We also know, via WoB, that he was part of the House Venture Shadesmar Economy before the fall of TLR (which means he was at least a bit Realmatically aware before Harmony ascended) and we know that he (likely) moved to Roshar for normal reason (not secret-society reason) which is part of why he continued to use his real name. We know he's smart and resourceful by how he discovers the broken grate in WoA, So, it's also possible he's just an affable person, skilled actor, etc. WoBs: I'll admit, the Felt reveal in Interlude 1 was one of the parts of the book I hated. After the "moved to Texas" WoB, I felt that we had been lied to about Felt with this reveal, until I got to Ch 25 when it seems more apparent he was working with Mraize at-least grudgingly, if not coerced or forced somehow. Now I'm hoping for clarification (preferably by WoB, sooner than SA6) WaT

Copy all, I'll try to update this post tonight after work. Updated WaT and RoW - Extracted header images (background changed to make spacing visible) Note the extra white (gray) space above the arch in WaT WaT - as displayed RoW - as displayed WaT After editing CSS as above: So, many (most?) devices may have no problems in Landscape, but some may. I cannot say for sure if the extra margin was the only factor, but I thought it was likely to be a factor and I just wanted to let you know. As I said above, adding max-height with the max-width in the image class allows it to provide enough area below the image to turn the page by-touch. My Forma has the buttons that also work when touch does not, but not all eInk readers have buttons - and because the entire image is a hyperlink to the ToC, when touch is the only option, there is no way to change pages without changing to portrait first because the whole screen becomes a hyperlink. Thank you for your time and consideration. Have a great day

Venli-Demid was touched-upon in WoR, and Eshonai discusses a few times how once-mates will stay together and, in Warform, create a WarPair (Thude and Bila, for example). However, I think the main reason this has not come up much (so far) is the relative dearth of Listener/Singer viewpoints in the first arc. Eshonai, Venli, Rlain - all non-standard in some way with only Eshonai getting interlude viewpoints in WoR, Oathbringer had Venli Viewpoints in the interludes, and one Rlain Viewpoint (Ch 55). Rlain's viewpoints in WaT seem to imply that malen and femalen Forms tend to be asexual (to some extent) but not necessarily aromantic; but mostly we just have to wait for a wider selection of viewpoints and/or more information in the second arc.

Not so much a "Typo" as a formatting issue, but the ePub seems to have a 170px top margin (average? did not check all of them) built into the top of each chapter header image. This was not the case in prior SA books (just checked RoW and the top margin there is, on average, 20px). Unfortunately the result is that in landscape mode, it makes the image fill the screen (sometimes 1 line of text appears at the bottom, depending that chapter's epigraph) which means you cannot turn the page by-touch. Because each header image is linked to the table of contents, it wil jump there instead of going to the next page unless you change to portrait, click next page, then change back to landscape (or if you are lucky enough to "click" the small line below the image at the very bottom-right). Tested with Nook Simple Touch, Kobo Forma, Kobo Sage, and Kobo Libra. I was able to "fix" my copy by giving the chapter header images the following CSS class: This allows the landscape mode to keep the image from filling the vertical space to allow page turns to work correctly. I only mention it here because the image top seemed non-standard for the series, so it might be something Dragonsteel wants to address.

Welcome to the Shard. Please consider an Intro Post and include this list there so it can be referenced in case we need to consider Spoilers. Also, please consider checking out the Sharder FAQ for some useful forum info and tips. Sunlit Man is the only one I can think of that I would recommend waiting until after WaT to read. It should not matter for YAP or TES if you read them first, or wait for later to read them (they are often recommended anytime after Oathbringer). I would recommend choosing the one that appeals most first. I would ask, when you say "everything" does that include White Sand (the most commonly skipped Cosmere work)? Because White Sand has a number of references in WaT. Hope that helps

I don't know if you noticed this in the reference above: But, you are not alone. Which is why I asked the OP what they think of as the "standard definition" of the term. It is difficult to discuss a controversial term without a common starting definition.

So far, Brandon has not clarified, but referencing the WoB you mentioned: I think "difficult" here is "not simple" (as opposed to "not easy"). It's a choice to either leave behind part of yourself, or rip it out and hurt or kill all you have previously worked toward. But we do not have that clarifiation yet. That's partly why my post was about why I thought Cultivation's real plan was to escape Roshar - she left so quickly, she was likely ready for this action as soon as an opportunity presented itself. She had already accomplished whatever was required to leave behind what needed to remain and take the rest with her somewhere else.

Which is why I said "sidestepped" not broken. "Oh, Thaylenah, sure I promised you unfettered access to the southern ports. I did not promise you a fleet. I need those boats, you can't have them" (or something similar).

Also, it is very likely that Taravangian-as-Odium made these deals fully intending to sidestep them, but Taravangian-as-Retribution will now be stuck with them thanks to Honor's participation.

No Worries, that first link is the collection of all the other links. So, for example, Brandon has said that Kelsier would be UB or UBR (Blue, Black, Red) - the first two sets of articles are single colors (and the updated version), after that are articles about how the colors work together or affect each other - so the relevant articles in this case would be: Dimir ("Pretty Sneaky Sis") and Grixis ("Looking Out for Number One") WoB: Nicknames for Color Combinations:

To answer this, you would have to say what you consider to be the standard definition of Grimdark to be. Wikipedia says: So, there is no one standard definition that has been agreed-upon - but the lack of (or ineffectual application of) hope as a setting seems to be a common theme. Mistborn Era 1 hit many of these traits (flawed heroes, crapsack world, dystopian, amoral, and violent) but I, personally, would still not call it GrimDark because it does not subvert or avrert the power of hope in that setting. WoK may have some dark elements, but is even further from GrimDark as a whole work. Would you consider something like Dungeon Crawler Carl to be GrimDark? What about Hunger Games? That said, what you read in the Coppermind is directly based on what Brandon has said. WoBs: So, if the fan theory on the Evil is correct (an Avatar or Splinter created by the combination of the ripped off power of Odium and Ambition combining after their clash on Threnody) then it certainly has potential to be darker than any other Sanderson we have seen so far. Technically, Brandon did not say her deck would be Black, he said her Card would be Black Color Identity. From the Magic the Gathering Color Theory Article for Black: Hope that helps

WoBs: Hope that helps

I'm not sure I agree here. More than 50% Honor, maybe. However the flashback showed that the surges themselves were independent of both; so, looking at the Radiants, we have Oaths as the mechanism for Growth.. Seems nearly 50/50 to me (not including Heralds). Though, keep in mind that Shards don't create MoIs - they can affect how they are expressed (such as Honor placing limits on Surgebinding) but the Manifestations of Investiture themselves are a result of Realmatic Interactions between the intent(s) present and the planet and the people located there. Scadrian Magic is tied to metal, not because Ruin or Preservation (or both) decided "lets use metal" - rather the Realmatic result of a whole planet created by Shardic essense (which is metallic in physical solid form) and people created the same way interacted to make a Metal Focused environment that was then expressed through Preservation's Intent (allomancy), Ruin's Intent (Hemalurgy) and both (Feruchemy). So, Rosharan system expressed MoI through Light and Gems (likely due to how Adonalsium created it) and Surgebinging resulted due to the Old Gods + Tanner + Kor all mixing with that system (until Rayse showed up to mess with it all).

I think Void light is rioting the person holding the light, just as we've seen at least two unmade use Rioting in their abilities - which leads me to think you might more effectively disrupt things with Soothing over Rioting (maybe dependant on the desired effect).

Does that theory still persist in light of WaT? The flashbacks showed no indications that Kor sponsored a version of the Surges.

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. This post probably does not belong in a thread about Easter Egg references to other IPs in the Cytoverse stories, so I've reported it to Admins to see if they can separate this into it's own thread (unless they want to merge it to a necro'd old thread on hyperdrive theory) It sounds like this is your first read-through of Skyward, Hope you are enjoying the story. Unfortunately, this is a RAFO (Read-and-Find-Out), but you are theorizing is an interesting direction. If you really cannot wait - try the Coppermind page with TimeMachine turned on From the Coppermind go to the Time Machine on the left-hand sidebar Select the book for which you want to stop seeing spoilers in this case, Before Starsight (book 2) or Before Cytonic (book 3) Click Go to date Then search for the Cytoverse reference of choice to see the wiki information from that point in the story. To which other stories might you be referring? Sorry for the loss of Bim and Morningtide. Hopefully the remainder of the story makes up for that loss. Hope that helps

Well, considering all Radiant Spren are a combination of Honor and Cultivation (even if Honor and Cultivation Spren are 95+%/5-% mixes), and all the them were still around - it sounds like most of the things Invested by Cultivation remain. She took the Shardpool (probably no choice there, as they are created by a Shard being "in residence"). We have no indications that I can recall on the fate of Nightwatcher - but I would guess that she remained on Roshar. Not sure what else would be on the list for taking or leaving.

He probably will tell us. . . After Era 4 (maybe)

Possible? yes. Likely? No. Generally, a Shard leaving a planet/system they have Invested is very difficult and results in: Leaving behind a chunk of their power Destroying the planet to not leave behind a chunk of their power That's part of why Ruin needed to destroy Scadrial - so he could move on without leaving parts of himself behind. WoBs:

I'm sorry I marginalized your opinion. That was not my intent - I was just trying to say "no direct evidence."

Well, my first question would be: Do you mean actual soft-magic, or soft-for-Sanderson magic? I can agree with the latter - what little we know of resonances is definitely softer than any Cosmere magic we have seen so far. If the former, then I doubt it's a true soft-magic in that I am sure Brandon has rules and guidelines for himself which is one reason why so little has been revealed so far (until his planned Era 3 reveals) That said, we have two solid examples from which to extrapolate - and each gives a "different" method for a Resonance to occur based on constructive and/or destructive interference models. Windrunners have more squires - this Resonance indicates that, sometimes, a resonance is based upon Perception. Why would Gravitation+Adhesion lead to this resonance? It would not. However, Perception of "Windrunning" and that order of Knight Radiant absolutely leads to the perception of "Military organization - which, by necessity, requires a larger number of lower-ranked people from which new members are promoted." Here, perception of the combination influences expression of the combination Lightweavers influence others through their perception/intent - Lightweaving: influencing others throughthe surge of Illumination combines with Soulcasting: changing something through the Surge of Transformation. Together, they seem to unconsciously influence those around them with their perception (Shallan influencing Kaladinin the Chasms) or with their desire to incite change (Shallan influencing Vathah's team in WoR). Basically an uncontrolled expression of transformation through illumination. (Brandon has also cited Mnemonic abilities, but specifically calls out that is "not all lightweavers" - and RoW shows it to be an uncommon talent in the Unseen Court). Here, perception of the parts, influeces the expression of the sum of the parts WoBs Just my nickel-thoughts

Understood. I'm not saying you should change your headcanon - I'm only saying that your interpretation was not supported by the text. While I would not say Adolin (or Renarin) were the most devout of Vorins presented in WoK - to me, the way they reacted to Navani trying to be alone with Dalinar, and the way we actually see Adolin interact with his ex-girlfriends does not indicate a typical "sex first" young adult persona. His story about the "sword" makes it seem to me that he was mostly just oblivious to body language (and conversational subtext) - both the "messages" he was sending with his behaviour and the ones he received.

@Red Blue The Night of Sorrows is mentioned in WoK in the epigraph to chapter 5, but there it is a death rattle. But also in connection to Dalinar's visions in chapters 18, 52, 61 and 75. "Unite them. The sun approaches the horizon. The Everstorm comes. The True Desolation. The Night of Sorrows". @Isilel already gave the references - two of which are Dalinar just remembering the phrase from the visions. The Vision scenes themselves are: <snip> Hope that helps