Kingsdaughter613

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The T may not be needed. However: Knights of Words Taken, as an idea.

Knights of Words. Knights, Oaths, Words.

I think he intended it to be the Reshi King, but he got moved to Dawnshard.

To be fair ‘explosive’ is a very accurate descriptor of Ettmetal.

Hoid is from Yolen, which was at least partly Earthlike, as Ati and Leras copied extensively when creating Scadrial. Mraize’s reference likely comes from Scadrial, the most Earth-analogue type planet. Scadrial is around mid/late 1800s right now. At least the North is.

Definition of avatar 1: the incarnation of a Hindu deity (such as Vishnu) 2a: an incarnation in human form b: an embodiment (as of a concept or philosophy) often in a person She was regarded as an avatar of charity and concern for the poor. 3: a variant phase or version of a continuing basic entity the latest avatar of the conservative movement 4: an electronic image that represents and may be manipulated by a computer user (as in a game) So by this explanation Heralds, Returned and Kell, and possibly Spren, can count as long as you consider them divinities. But I think definition four is actually closer to what’s intended, ie. a body operated remotely as opposed to a physical manifestation of a deity.

Ten year gap, I believe. In world. Out of world I’m not certain. Actually, I think Kell’s new body is similar to the Heralds’. Think about what Ishar does; he Connects Spren to the physical realm and then transitions them to the physical where they manifest bodies (albeit non-functional ones). I think Kell’s spike contains a Connection to the Physical realm. With that he just transitions to the physical realm and manifests a body. Not an avatar at all. I think his avatar is actually a Kandra using his bones. Between Kell’s powerful alomancy and his Connection to his bones, it allows him to control the (willing) Kandra at significant distances, although it’s not so easy as to be a regular thing.

Avatar? And Shallan may end the book by learning to Worldhop - or Thaidakar may end up free. Yes, I know we have a WoB, but I think he changed when Thaidakar’s identity was going to be revealed/heavily implied. This changes other plot elements.

Silver seems to effect Cognitive entities, especially Shadows. Scadrial only has one CS, and he’s fairly young. So it makes sense they haven’t figured it out. Roshar has lots of cognitive entities, but most of its Shadows are embodied. That may prevent Silver’s effects from being evident. Raboniel may have known something though.

Kelsier’s crew has a decent chance of being involved, depending on which iteration we’re talking about.

Shallan will not be a major POV in the back 5. As such, her GB plot needs to wrapped up before the time skip. MB era 3 will also be written between SA5&6, so the ramifications of that plot are going to be dealt with. Which means the GB plot needs to be finished beforehand, although the GBs won’t be.

I can tell you such people exist... because my maternal grandfather was one of them. He was a teenager when his family was deported by the Nazis from Czechoslovakia. He survived the entire beside his brother, only for his brother to die of diabetic shock when the Well-meaning soldiers shared their rations. He carried his brother’s body from the Russian side to the American side, so he could live free. He discovered his father survived, but was trapped behind the Iron Curtain. We’ve never found out what happened to him. He got his two sisters married off before getting married himself. He built himself up from nothing to become wealthy. He struggled for 20 years to have a child. And everyone I’ve ever met who knew says he was the kindest, gentlest, joyous, most giving person they knew. So people like this? They exist.

Well, he disobeyed on Iyatil’s orders so he’s covered there. And GBs don’t kill/betray GBs. However, I do see him being in big trouble and being sent off to the the far edge of the Cosmere as a punishment if he doesn’t fix this mess. I think Mraize in the next book will be desperately trying to find BAM so as to make up for the mess he made with Shallan. If he can get the answers Thaidakar wants, he’ll be okay. So he’ll be very intent on getting those answers - fast.

Go look through my posts; I’ve brought it up. I think he’s still too young to be losing himself, but that he can feel the difference when he switches between sides of the planet and feels disoriented during the transition. So he’s very aware of the issue and it’s fueling his desperation.

It depends on whether or not Thaidakar is a Scadrian term and what Felt’s purpose on Roshar was. For all we know he is/was a part of the GBs or was an agent for Kell outside the society. With the latest revelation ALL Scadrians are suspect.

The overall actions of the GBs are Kell’s. Did I say I didn’t think he was ruthless? I pointed out that Mraize did something Kell would consider idiotic. Kell would have been just as quick to recruit Shallan (though note that Mraize was NOT supposed to recruit Shallan; Iyatil and Mraize decided to do it anyway. Proof the GBs do NOT always listen.) Only Kell would have gone about it differently and ended up with an ally. Kell would never have trapped Lift because she would remind us too much of Vin. Plus WoB about him wanting to ‘preserve’ such people. I don’t think he’s be too bothered by the GBs doing it though. Not thrilled, but not bothered. And he couldn’t care less about the coachman. We don’t know how Kell returned. My theory is that spike just holds Connection to the physical realm and Kell transitioned through the Shard pool and was then able to manifest a body in the same/similar manner as the Heralds. Removing the Spike would basically leave him a deadeye in this theory. But the body would be his own and not an avatar at all.

SA will have its own Endgame - two, actually. Mistborn will have one in each Era (but possibly not Era 2, as Era 2 is really the lead in to Era 3). Also, many of the books have their own endgames, as do every series. MB4 just so happens to be the endgame for Mistborn AND the Cosmere. No one was really saying otherwise. I wouldn’t be surprised if SA5 had a warning for MB spoilers though. Thaidakar’s identity is probably the single biggest secret of Era 1, and that was a series with a LOT of secrets. We can theorize a little on Era 4. We knew Hoid would be a major character there. We know it’s possible for Kell to be. And we just learned that Scadrial and Roshar are in a Cold War around that time, focusing on trying to control worlds and resources around the Cosmere. Aethers and the Sleepless will also be important in part four. Oh, and the Radiants may be using Warlight, not Stormlight. We also know the major elements of the Cosmere plan. Dragonsteel/Liar of Partinel, Stormlight Archive, and Mistborn Eras 1,3, &4. The beginning, middle and end. The Elantris trilogy, White Sand, the Aether story, and a Threnody novel are also quite important somehow. So we do know quite a bit.

Yes, but usually I’d be prepping. Today I had to be my daughter’s nurse, so I stayed up all night to prep instead. And Fridays are getting shorter. The bigger issue is that I won’t have time to create a rap if the 48 hours overlaps both Friday and Shabbos.

Read the WoB. He’s specifically stated that this is NOT the case. Mistborn Era 4 is going to be the sequel to all the Cosmere series, and those who only read Mistborn will have to ‘brush up’ on their greater Cosmere knowledge. If the author is saying: no, this will not be a self-contained series, just what is there to argue? TL;DR Brandon has said that A: Era 4 will NOT be self contained and B: “Era Four is the same as the final cosmere books.” I think by denying the author’s own statements you are doing a great disservice to the book’s creator.

Just to note: I won’t really be able to post Friday or most of Saturday. Hope that’s okay!

Kell will be involved in Mistborn 3. I don’t think we’ve been told if he’ll be around in Era 4. Questioner And will we find out more in the next Wax and Wayne book or do we need to wait and find out more later? Brandon Sanderson You will find out more in the Wax and Wayne book, really that that's going on there is foreshadowing for era 3, and for future Secret History stories if I do them. So the Wax and Wayne books are not about the return of Kelsier, but the return of Kelsier is very important for later things in the series. Are we gonna possibly get another Mistborn: Secret [History]... Brandon Sanderson So, depends on my time. Like, Mistborn: Secret History, I started writing in 2006, and I released it in... 2016. So, it took, like, 10 years to get that, because it was a side-project of a side-project. It's, like, so self-indulging, Mistborn: Secret History is... So, Secret History 2, will I ever have time to do that? Well, it depends on if I can do it in a way I don't feel is interfering with the main Cosmere timeline. Because we would all like to see Secret History 2. But not if it means we don't get Stormlight 9, if that makes sense. It's gonna depend on my writing time, on how I'm feeling about various things. You are more likely to get it the more I work on Era 3, because Kelsier is a part of Era 3. Kelsier - definitely part of Era 3. Era 4 (5?) is unknown. Mistborn Era 4 is slated to be the end of the overarching Cosmere story. So yes, it is the endgame. But it won’t be an Avengers style team-up; it’ll be more like Star Trek, with the story being about different cultures meeting and interacting. Sequel of the Dusk hints that Roshar and Scadrial will be involved in a Cold War across the Cosmere by Era 4. Brandon Sanderson You've got this mostly right, though we've just gone ahead and renamed the 1980s one "Era Three" because of confusion, and Wax and Wayne Era Two. (People didn't really take to my Era 1.5 philosophy on that one, so we are just going with the easiest method of discussing it instead.) Era Three will be a little more Tom Clancy spy thriller than cyberpunk. And Era Four is the same as the final cosmere books. (But you forgot Dragonsteel, which will happen right before it--Hoid's origin story.) V_Spaceman I hope you don’t mind me asking, how do you think you’ll approach balancing out knowledge self-contained to the Mistborn series with the audience’s need to know about the larger Cosmere? Do people who only read Mistborn have to brush up on Roshar stuff beforehand? Brandon Sanderson For the final Mistborn trilogy, they will have to. That will be the cosmere equivalent of Endgame or something--the series that won't really work for you unless you've followed most everything up to that point. Dragonsteel, Era Three, etc should still work as stand-alones. Is_Meta This sentence alone gives me shivers. I can't wait for all of it. And I hope that everything comes together as you plan and hope. Brandon Sanderson I'm always hesitant to make Avengers comparisons, as the cosmere endgame is less about individuals coming together (though there will be some of that) and more about the clash between philosophies and cultures. But who knows? That is several decades away. Right now, I just need to keep working on Stormlight Four. V_Spaceman How thick do you think you’ll go for the Era 4 books? Stormlight level word count or keeping with Mistborn’s general length? Brandon Sanderson I would anticipate Era Four going Stormlight length. (Though Era Three should be regular Mistborn length, I think.) Mistborn Era 4 = Cosmere finale

Whimsy could also embody curiosity and wonder. I honestly see Whimsy as being very child-like. The Kite Magic would fit it well.

We actually don’t know much about the GBs hierarchy. Mraize’s babsk is Iyatil. We don’t know who Iyatil reports to. Shallan assumes it was Thaidakar... but the last time someone made that kind of assumption it turned out the Sovereign was not the Lord Ruler. The two scenes are actually pretty similar... and ironically both resulted in the revelation that Kell has been up to things.

Space Age Mistborn is the Cosmere Endgame. It’s been stated multiple times, mostly when Brandon discusses the Mistborn’trilogy of trilogies.’ Which is now three trilogies, a quartet, and possible trilogy (which may end up a trilogy of novellas.)