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Do you mean the boon is "Choose my curse" (effectively a curse without a boon) or "Boon and choose my curse?" WoB:

Concur. Are you at least enjoying the glimpse of "what might have been?" Please let us know when you start encountering extracts that were better used elsewere.

I did not claim a lack of responsibility or interaction - just that you specifically called out organizational structure, and Tanavast had nothing to do with Organizational structure.

Right, that's what I was trying to explain - we have seen Transportation do what you are talking about (In Elantris, Oathgates, and with the Pursuer) but we do not yet know how an Elscaller like Jasnah, or a Willshaper like Venli could accomplish the same thing. The surge should be capable of such - but the methods all differ and we do not yet have enough information on what their method would be or how they could accompish such use of the Surge.

Keep in mind that Honor did not form the Knights Radiant - Spren mimicked the Honorblades, creating the Raditant form of a Nahel Bond to grant Surgebinding, and it was Herald Ishar that organized the Radiant orders. Coppermind with references: Then, of course, between Desolations the Heralds were absent, so much of the Structure of the Orders in Urithiru was self-made by the Radiants themselves. Hope that helps

However, we do not know if the events of TLM and TotES are within the confines of how we saw AonDor in Elantris. It is implied that something has changed in the hundreds of years between Elantris and Mistborn Era 2 (and even more time between those events and Tress). So, the events we saw could be a work-around for AonDor as shown in Elantris, or could be something that came about due to events in the soon-to-be Elantris Sequels. We just do not have enough data yet.

Welcome to the Shard. Please consider letting us know what you have read (or have not read - whichever list is shorter) in an Intro Post or in your profile, so that we can avoid spoilers, if necessary. Also, please consider checking out the Sharder FAQ for some tips and info on use of this forum (as each is a bit different). Short answer, we do not yet know for certain. (WoBs at the end) The WoR Jasnah deleted scene provides some additional information, such as referencing the Junction that indicates a Radiant is peeking into Shadesmar (and possibly SR) without fully leaving the Physical Realm. Spoilers for Oathbringer and RoW Spoilers for Elantris and M:SH Hope that helps WoBs:

Depends on what you mean by "liked" I'd guess: If you mean "thought she was a wall-written villian," then I "liked" Raboniel If you mean "thought she was a good research partner for Navani" then no There is the barest edge of sympathy in seeing what drove her to the position she is in, but like all Extremists she has gone way too far to be a truly sympathetic villain, IMO

There's a WoB for that: Hope that helps

Not a mental health professional, but I thought I might mention Altered Perceptions, in case you are not aware of it. Discussed more in-depth (with excepts) in this post (and a few other posts on the forum). It was a for-charity release in support of Mental Health Awareness that allowed contributing authors to submit both essays on how Mental Health affects their lives (and lives of family, friends, etc.) along with content either original to the Anthology or showing drafts/versions of work where known characters made difference choices from the published material. Personally, I find the essays more important and useful than the submissions.

Or the Chimerae in Shadows of Self

Concur, I don't think 1 spike is enough to establish control, but I also doubt that removing only 1 spike will break Control that has already been established - especially in Constructs like Koloss with 4 (or more) spikes to start with. And, if you are already under control - how would you get the chance to remove the spike anyway (as seen by Marsh). As I recall, Bleeder was briefly spikeless each time she changed the Spike (pulling it out and falling onto the new one), which is presumably how she avoided Harmony's control the first time (taking out both normal Blessing spikes to fall onto the Trellium Spike). Yes, those are what I meant - Human does not recall having been Vershad and does not seemto have any sense of self from before being Spiked (except that he "is human"). But the Obligator Shade that Kelsier talks to in SH immediately recalls how and why he was spiked (with as much Noble snootiness as possible) before moving Beyond. However, Kar and Marsh both seem to have full recollection of their pre-Inquisitor lives - so it seems a side-effect of the massive changes wrought when spiking with Human attributes, rather than Manifestations of Investiture.

@Bacon, you may want to spoiler that, since there are a lot of younglings and others who don't want to be surprised by that here on the site. It also needs an explicit language warning outside of the spoiler.

If you go to the Coppermind and search <Title>/Summary (e.g. The Way of Kings/Summary) it will take you to a chapter-by-chapter recap of each book (Stormlight or other - some summaries are more detail-dense than others). Note: You can also view recaps of ancillary things as well, such as /interior art, /epigraphs, etc. Another tool I like to use at times is TVTropes. The Cosmere - The Way of Kings. It's not necessarily chronological, but it separates events by function (Awesome, Tearjerker, Heartwarming, Nightmare Fuel, etc.) so you can be reminded of important events through these vignettes. Example Kaladin Awesome Moment: Hope that helps

Spook only had 1 spike, and was not under control at all - he was being manipulated and shown phantasms that were not real; which he could not longer perceive with the spike removed (same with the Citizen). That's very different than being Controlled by a Bond that has been formed. The cracks remain, because we see that Vin feels TLR's soothing more strongly due to her Spike (when Kelsier claims it cannot be sensed through the Coppercloud, but she still does - Copper or not) - and that did not change when her Earring was removed. Did you not read the Annotation WoB about who Human was before being changed? The weakened and reused spikes allowed some E1Koloss some level of higher thinking they did not normally have, but their Identity was gone (likely supressed?) until killed when their normal Cognitive Identity (free of the physical shell) reasserted in Shadesmar before going to the Beyond (as seen in Secret History). Not really - E1Kandra had to remove both spikes to prevent Ruin's Control. Bleeder was something different, allowing her to "function" with a Single Trellium spike (the essence of Autonomy likely prevented control).

Or, you could not be a murderhobo sporting the stolen souls of people you have murdered. That's an option too. . . On a less sarcastic note (WoBs at the end) - I would guess that the Bond is actually affecting Connection not Identity. We already have firm evidence that while Hemalurgy can strip Identity (Constructs with spikes using traits, not Powers - e. g. Koloss - Era 1) and already has the side effect of making emotional self-control more difficult. We also know that outside influence is lessened through extreme emotion - it cannot be that Connection or Identity are replaced - more like smothered by the external overlay - which is slackened by other emotions. Since we see Marsh retain his Identity - even while controlled it seems more like the Connection between the Spiritual/Cognitive self and the Physical shell is being overridden - and in stronger forms (like Ruin), they even think the way he wants when his focus is entirely on controlling their thoughts and minds. Notably, Vin senses Human's internal thoughts through the Control - but can only influence his physical actions. I doubt removing a spike in-scene would help mitigate somebody taking control - placing the spike creates the extra cracks that facilitate this effect, but that crack does not go away with the removal of the spike. You just have an empty hole - which may even make Control easier rather than harder. Hope that helps

Have you read Hero of Ages? Spoilers As the WoB above shows, Emotional Allomancy likely functions by pushing/pulling at the Cognitive Self (manipulating it) - and, when you have enough spikes, those "large pathways directing investiture directly to the spiritweb" (because Spikes pierce all three realms) allow that means of manipulation to pass through into the SR - hence the Bond, hence Control. Very similar to the Emotional influence seen by Nightblood (sickness when opposed - suicidal bloodthirst when influencing "evil"). Also very similar to the Manipulation seen in SP3. Please see linked and referenced thread above for more detailed discussion. Hope that helps

We do not yet have much information on how the Koloss bond works (Different Bond theories discussed here) - but based on available data, it would seem that a group working together would exert pressure on the Cognitive Identity to "break through" into the Soul - which implies whichever of those allomancers got through would be the one to have the Koloss Bond and control of the being. WoB: Hope that helps

Speaking of, you can do what a few people I know have done - read the Wiki summaries (wikipedia and/or tarvalon.net) of the middle slog and skip to the Sanderson books when they become readable again. Note:

No, they are two different, related skills. Wax views an object by it's component parts by Cognitively recognizing that the whole is assembled, and changing his perception thereby Kelsier and Zane are also influencing perception, but rather than the whole/part thing - they are skilled enough to change the "you can only push on center mass" perception - and so they use two different metals (iron and steel) to each push off-center (Bar ends for Kelsier, Coin for Zane - but not using his center mass he's directing the force head and feet). In Kel's case, the push/pull on a light object mid-air causes the bar to spin in place as the equal-force push/pulls on opposite sides In Zane's case, the equal force push/pull on a coin against the battlement means the coin cannot move, but he rotates slowly, pulling down his feet and pushing up his head (until upright) Three skills, all related but not identical - all meant to foreshadow that what Kelsier first taught Vin was "not quite the whole story" since all in-world explanations are bounded by the understanding of the characters, not the true limits of the magic.

TFE: WoA: BoM: WoB : Hope that helps

I think that whatever you are referencing had their story a bit. . . off. The Book of Endless Pages was the Working Title for Words of Radiance. The original Working Title for the Szeth-focused book was Stones Unhallowed (back when it should have been book 3). Neither of them were changed "because it didn't make sense to name the book that". I could describe why they changed, but since we have Words of Brandon stating the reasons, I will let those answer "why." Hope that helps Ditto. Once the plan became to abandon the title "ketek" I wish Brandon would have reverted to Stoned Unhallowed (since the conflict issue is past) rather than a truncated half-title that will always feel like a half-measure. Unfortunately, what made the title fit when Szeth's book was book 3, Brandon feels no longer applies at book 5.

Agreed. Though, for me it wasn't so much just when they turned to go back - it was after Kaladin expended too much Stormlight protecting them from the arrows and became nearly catatonic, and they proceeded to change the chasm without him. WoK Ch 67: That, to me, showed the start of their Radiant journey.

Welcome to the Shard. Please consider checking out the Sharder FAQ for tips on how this forum works and links to resources. I did find some old topics (see eblow) and have started a new one so that you have a good place to discuss your topic - here. Older topics I linked in the new thread: Recreance Plot Was the Sibling a Deadeye? Melishi's Biography Hope that helps

Bringing together a few old topics to rediscuss what we know and suspect about Melishi (without SA5 Spoilers). Recreance Plot Was the Sibling a Deadeye? Melishi's Biography Sibling's Bondsmith Prompted by a Q&A, since no recent topics were duscussing this idea: Cause my question was about if breaking the oath of Unite would have broken that Bondsmith's oaths, since they basically genocided the singers instead of uniting them in a common cause. I had a thought on how that might have damaged the bond with the Sibling, since that's clearly not uniting .. @LadyCallista - welcome to the Shard. This is the preferred method for returning to old Topics without actually necroing a thread. Please see the Sharder FAQ for more tips on this forum (since all forums are slightly different). Please feel free to expand on your theory and ideas here. I agree it is possible that either Melishi broke an Oath by capturing BAM (or planning to do so), but it also might be possible that Sibling broke the bond (or tried to do so) because of the plan - in order to protect themselves from the consequences should Melishi's action break their Oath and Bond.