Kingsdaughter613

Again: Scadrial doesn’t do open battle. Ever, if they can help it. Tin eyes are amazing spies. Thugs aren’t just strong; they’re fast and dexterous: great for infiltration. Coinshots and lurchers are saboteurs. The point isn’t too win; the point is to make winning so costly Roshar gives up and goes home.

He won’t use the North as an army though. He’ll use them for supply and industry - including open metalmind supply lines. Certain Alomancer he’ll have trained as spies, assassins and saboteurs. The South, which seemingly has fought wars, will provide the major military force.

Eryn smiled. “Learned from best. Sovereign make many joke.” She leaned over patting Ladashwi’s arm gently. “Get used to. Is common when work for Sovereign.”

Eryn shrugged. “Not my problem. If can answer question, all good.”

Kelsier doesn’t care much for governments. It’s the people he’ll call on - and by and large they’ll answer. Just look at how much power people using his name can gather! That’s NOTHING compared to the man himself. Governments will play along to avoid being overthrown. And that’s the North. Kelsier is the government in the South; it’s his throne to reclaim.

Kelsier could probably prove himself fairly easily and raise an army. He intended to return to the South, so he likely left some ways of proving who he is. And he likely has retained connections to the upper ranks of priests who could vouch for him. It’s only been 300 years, after all and Kell has always been persuasive. Marasi never questioned Marsh’s identity, and Wax never considered that the person in the metalmind was only pretending to be the Survivor, which are fairly good indicators for how his claim would be accepted. Assuming he doesn’t have other pieces in place for when he chooses to return openly, which would be a really, really bad assumption.

No, but to declare war on a king is to declare war on his nation. Kelsier is king of South Scadrial. To declare war on a god is to declare war on his people. Kelsier is the primary deity of the North. So Shallan, by declaring war on Thaidakar, ALSO declared war on ALL of his subjects and his followers. Or: The Ghostbloods, South Scadrial and all the Survivorists. So, like, 90% of the planet. If you’re at war with 90% of a planet you are at war with that planet. It would be more accurate to say the 50’s CIA declared war on a mob boss who was actually Jesus. Because that’s essentially what she did.

A process that was lost, which I already noted: “More accurately, the Fused were unaware of the process that had been invented as that process has seemingly been lost. Navani reinvented the process, leading to the Fused gaining access to anti-light.”

Because Mraize was in the tower when those tones were invented AND the GBs has their eyes on Gavilar. They know. Spying is what they do, and Shallan is not the only one near Dalinar. We don’t know their reach, but all indications are that it is far more extensive than we’ve seen. And yes, Shallan just declared war on an entire planet. Great going there girl! Why not finish ONE war before starting another? Declaring war on Scadrial is a great way to push them into making a bargain with Odium - which they currently have no wish to do. Oh, but wait! Shallan doesn’t even realize she declared war on a foreign planet. How... foolish of her... Here’s a suggestion: make sure you know who you’re declaring war on before doing it!

Considering their boss is a scammer, thief and murderer - and so was EVERYONE ELSE on the original Mistborn crew - that doesn’t tell us much except that Kelsier is still Kelsier; ie. a thief and a conman. Killing non-members was always fine, especially when said non-member killed an ally. We don’t actually know they killed the driver. The timing on it is odd, we don’t see the crime, and it doesn’t fit the MO (quiet, minimal casualties) we’ve seen from every actual GB. Only when they’ve contracted out have we seen large scale messes.

Which is why none of the Rosharan generals are surviving long enough to get to Scadrial. The Ghostbloods will be causing political tension, assassinating people left and right, poisoning entire battalions, etc. They’ll be harrying the Rosharan forces constantly while encouraging desertion. Not to mention murdering Spren and wiping/shattering gemstones. Scadrians and Ghostbloods are assassins and guerillas. The long trek through Shadesmar isn’t a place for generals - it’s a place for rebel guerillas. The Scadrians and Ghostbloods will make the Radiants’ lives HELL all the way from Roshar to Scadrial. And you still can’t get the Bondsmiths off Roshar. Their Spren need to stay on the planet to maintain it. Only Ishar’s blade and, possibly, the Sibling could leave. Oh, and let’s not forget that there is no easy current method for the Rosharans to kill Kelsier. Anti-Preservation will do it, but Preservation no longer exists and the Rosharans don’t know the tone. The GBs DO know the anti-Honor and anti-Odium tones though. The Nahel bond and, really, all Connection bonds are external things spliced on to the soul. The bond to Preservation is intrinsic in all Scadrians. Removing it wouldn’t remove their allomancy - it would remove their SAPIENCE. That’s a bit more than what we’ve seen Bondsmiths do, though I agree that they could. Ishar’s blade could probably bind Kelsier. But if Kelsier kills the person with the blade first - and he can move faster than the Bondsmith - then Kelsier has the Bondsmith blade. Which means the LAST thing any Rosharan with any sense wants is allowing ANY of the Honorblades anywhere near someone who has a 90% chance of stealing it.

Nope! Long and wavy. Except that one time I donated my ponytail and got a shoulder length bob. (Subsequent donations left me with longer hair.) TPBM has donated their hair to charity.

Nope! It’s an arch in Arches National Park. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicate_Arch I have seen it, but not up close. TPBM prefers Mistborn to Stormlight.

Allik calls the Sovereign their king, but notes that he was the Northerners god. Not the South’s. I got much more of a Once and Future King vibe than the sense that he’s ‘worshipped’ much more than the average metalborn. I agree that they revere him, but I’m not certain it’s as a god. We really need to see more of the South.

Eryn smiled, stowing the spike away. “Good. Keep tap. I take others.” She quickly pulled out the two other spikes, leaving the one that allowed Raven to tap gold. Then she removed her bracelet. “Will take gold one now, so use this. Will let use gold without spike.” So saying, she put the bracelet in Raven’s other hand.

That’s a completely different discussion. But there is a distinct possibility that he is.

We really do need to know. Because right now it’s WAY too much power.

Considering the levels of Allomancy the Bands gave... and there’s really nothing stopping from Kell from creating as many as he wants. Fullborn are so beyond broken. Also, this is terrifying. I don’t think it hit me until now that you can use 1 Fullborn to make more Fullborn who can them make more Fullborn...

Eryn nodded. “Thank you.” She reaches out to her aluminum mind and began storing her Identity. It was an odd feeling, leaving her feeling strangely adrift. Then she tapped Marie’s goldmind. The Health moved into her, then into the bracelet on her wrist. Eryn waited until the goldmind was empty, then sent the Health from from her bracelet back into the goldmind. Now anyone could use it - assuming they could tap gold, of course. “Done.” Eryn moved toward Raven, putting the metalmind in his hand. “Will change spike. Then can tap.” Fortunately, one of the three spikes was in the correct place allowing her to make the swap. Which she did with two quick, efficient motions. “Can tap gold now. Tell if work?”

With all the talk of Kelsier: He can effectively create other Fullborn by making more Bands of Mourning. He’s done it once that we know of. He can stick himself in a time bubble, make a bunch of Bands, and leave with only ten minutes having passed. Fullborn are ridiculous. Even full Radiants can’t just create more Radiants with all their powers.

Ah, but that requires a Scadrial that can fight back instead of being swiftly crushed.

Ah, but pasta typically requires ingredients unfamiliar to most Rosharans. They won’t have the know how to make them.

Eryn nodded thoughtfully. “Have Gold spike now. Will swap one, give him gold. Goldminds blank? If not, I can switch to blank.”

I assumed Hoid was doing this anyway, because Jasnah. Hoid likes Saze though, and he REALLY wants instant noodles. If Roshar conquers Scadrial he’s unlikely to get those...

“For him,” Eryn pointed at Raven, “so can remove spikes.”