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Spoilering for other readers who may not want this much info: Slight Spoilers for everything (term definition only + WoBs further spoiler tagged). No Comment. RAFO Glad you seem to be enjoying the story so far.

All I have been able to find is not conclusive, but implies that weakened breath is less able to follow Commands as well (which only matters if all the breath used inthe awakening is weak, or the awakening uses few enough breaths that 1-2 weak ones is a significant percentage of the Awakening). Most references were the lifeless squirrel chapters and annotations to those chapters (I'll update later, if needed).

Those are not about Plate or Identity - that is simple Investiture blocks Investiture. Plate, being Spren in Physical Form, is highly invested, and therefore resistant to Lashings. Dead Plate, as shown in RoW, is content as-it-is and does not require Connection to use (but does form a small Connection during use, which is how it molds to size and allows the face plate to be 1-way translucent). Make one wonder if the Deadeye Blades would be in so much pain if that stupid bonding gem were removed and they were not constantly going back-and-forth. Szeth, not being able to use Plate in teh WoK Prologue was part of teh foreshadowing that he was using an Honorblade, and not Radiant Surges. A Radiant's Plate would not block them; but plate can (and does) block Honorblades and HB Surges (which is likely why Heralds never used Plate).

Technically speaking, Oaths are required for the Radiant Bond, which is a version of a Nahel bond, but not the only version. I doubt it, because the point of the Gem Bond is to pull through something that is part of you (same identity), not a Null object (no Identity). If you could somehow Tap a copy of their identity. . . maybe. Also, Shardplate may be possible, because that does not have any Identity associated with it (I can add references if you need, but it's stated a lot that anybody can use a set of Plate; and, after the Tower (WoK), they even mention that capturing a large enough piece would allow you to "steal" it by regrowing it from your piece. Dalinar was happy that his helm had been destroyed and the only captured piece was his gauntlet, which was not large enough for the Parshendi to use this way) .

True, but I'd also be surprised if there were a dozen people besides me that actually had an ICQ account. . .

I think that, in the near future (SA5), it is much more likely to be a "cold war" (of the type Jasnah already has going with them). It will focus on "who can find BAM's gem first." If paths cross, something small-scale may occur, but by-and-large it will be more of a race than combat (for now).

Korean Pronouns FTW.

Faster than Light (FTL:AE) - it's not only Flying (in space) but protecting the Galaxy and all those alien races from the Rebels. . .

Tanavast is definitevly dead, and merged his Cognitive Shadow into The Stormfather: I expect you'll find this theory devisive. As for me: (unfiltered opinion warning)

While it seems possible, there are other factors. WoBs Below. Note - another Dustbringer was introduced in the Dawnshard Novella (see below).

All we really have so far is a bunch of RAFOs - because Sanderson does not what to make anything Canon until he writes a story using a combination so he is not boxed-in when he gets to those stories. The Mistborn RPG (Alloy of Law Supplement) has a bunch of Twinborn names combos and some Resonances (IIRC), but those are not canon. We don't even know for sure what Wax or Wayne's Resonances were - since Wax's intended resonance was backpedaled (not a retcon because it was never in the books specifically as such, but the direction he planned after Alloy of Law turned out not to be feasible, so he changed directions) and Wayne's has not yet been revealed. Hope that helps. Also, please see this thread by @Koloss17 dedicated to theorizing Twinborn combinations.

Do you mean a dead blade? Unlikely, because that is not just Connection: The Bonding Process for a dead blade gemstone (the reason you have to carry it around to bond it) is because you are storing part of your own Innate Investiture into the gem to create the bond to the dead blade (so really, it's connection to a bit of yourself). For a Radiant, Connection is how Squire Bonds form - but that's not a bond between the Squire and their Radiant's Spren - just the Knight and their Squire (as far as we know so far).

You cannot because each stamp must be "complete." TES: So each fragment stamp is "set" with the setting mark so it can stamp the plate, then the linking stamp is "set" to link the plate to the subject. Each section is completed with the Setting mark that allows no further carving. And, if using Soulstone, that has been hardened to prevent damage (and changes - or somebody would mess with your Forgery by scratching an extra line. . . )

Very probable. . . I knew I had seen it somewhere (since I actually didn't realize there had been a change until after OB released) but I could not find it again.

I cannot speak for @hwiles, but my interpretation of that comment is (basically): In Era 1 we specifically see that Vin drawing on P-Mist acts much like a Duralumin Burn of the metal Since we know that Wax has burned Mist And it was implied this was on of those times (but without any of the known Duralumin like effects) Therefore, it may be possible that it was Ruin's mist - and (unlike Era 1 Atium) instead of seeing actual Atium Shadows, he simply "knew" where and how to shoot to hit Tarson (due to Pure-Atium Foreknowledge) I'm not sure if I buy into that, but we do know that Pure Atium is similar to Elend's Duralumin-Atium in HoA; and we know that when Elend burned them together, he no longer saw Atium Shadows, he instead had a peak into the Spiritual Realm. So we cannot confirm or deny the possibility with current data.

It can be found here, on the Dragonsteel store, rather than the primary website Free Fiction section like WoK Prime.

WoBs:

There are two answers to this, one in-world and one author-based. ^This is the in-world. When he says "unrelated" he means unrelated to the Curse. He knows the visions cannot be his Curse (because he knows his curse is forgetting his wife and being unable to hear her name). That means the visions can only be his Boon (and therefore trustworthy) or unrelated entirely (and therefore suspect, but possibly good). As for the author-reason. WoB: So, for Dalinar to be the character he needed to be, the Strong Leader that Beleived in himself - these worries had to be external. There is even a quote in WoKs explaining this very concept directly reflecting the change from WoK Prime: WoK Ch 22: He specifically offloads worrying about the visions to his son, because part of Honor's visions is the feel that they are an important message.

Yes. Technically. Also depends on dead blades vs live blades. WoBs: Hope that helps

Interesting. However. . . I'm not sure leeching Aluminum actually does anything, as soo n as it is Kinetic, it vanishes. Leeching means as soon as something else goes Kinetic, it vanishes. So to vanish, it needs to be burned - but being burned means it's gone before it can be leeched (at least that's my current understanding). Seems needlessly complex, when you can just have an F-Gold/A-Aluminum Medallion. Hand it to the person shot, and they can burn away thier aluminum, then tap their gold to heal.

But do you recall the reference? (even people who have read the series tend to not remember this one, for some reason) Spoilers:

I was all excited about the cookie. Then I'm warned about the cookie. I am sorely vexed. From another thread: They have hemalurgic spikes. You can eat it if you want, but you will get spiked. I beleive it is a Role-Play/Guild thing, but I'm not sure. . .

Unfortunately, we do not know for sure (and likely will not know until the sequels are released: That said, I would imagine that it may work either way, and simply be more effective/efficient for whichever one would actually be "best." PS: Your Thread title is already a spoiler (by naming the Chasm Line) so I am not sure why you put a spoiler warning. . .

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Here's to hoping I can bond my imaginary friend - then maybe they would be pulled into the Physical Realm and I can get powers. . .