Kingsdaughter613

“I am an exile; doomed to walk these lands ‘til the coming of Dagor Dagorath. There is no ship to bear me hence; but though I fade from memory, I shall not fade; such mercy, too, is lost to me; I had none for they who held my father’s gem, and so none may be had for me.” Another sketch, same artist as before. I do envision him wearing Feanor’s star though.

“I have walked these lands from before the first rising of Rana and Vasa; long before the awakening of Men. ”As for how I came to join thee; I made my camp near this place and the sound of fighting woke me. But it was hardly a battle; I have seen such, and they are far more terrible than this small quarrel.” This is a picture of Maglor by Jenny Dolfen, also known as Gold-Seven. She’s an awesome artist and has a blog on What’s App. I recommend visiting.

Macalaure laughed then, long and loud. ‘Mad? Perhaps I am. Certainly, many of my kin would call me so, when they do not name me worse. But I believe it easier for them to think me thus; far more difficult to name us sane, when speaking of all we wrought. And perhaps they are not wrong; mayhap we were mad. Maddened, certainly. “But for myself, I would claim sanity. My deeds are my own, and I do not excuse them.”

I kind of did actually... glad it was okay! I’ll repost the actual story part, as it may have gotten lost amidst the notes: Macalaure watched from the shadows. The sounds of battle had woken him, merging with the greater one of his dreams. Sighing, he drew his father’s blade. Bandits. Fools, wasting their short lives seeking to gain what was not theirs. But then, he was a son of Feanaro and they had never been fond of thieves. Swift, he moved, dancing twixt the clumsy, oafish fools. In out of the shadows; to their eyes he seemed to be one, for such was the power of Luthien’s cloak. His sword - the first forged- struck true, once, twice, thrice. His enemies fell and his voice, greatest of those left in Endor; greatest of all his kin, perhaps; rose as he fought, weaving in and out of the Great Music of which Eru created all. When at last he paused, his song still, all those who fought lay dead before him. Macalaure raised his head, and his eyes shone with a light more pure than the sun and the moon at their first rising, which, indeed, those eyes had seen.

@Ookla the very snazzy Eldarion survives to become king according to Tolkien’s later writings. He actually started a book but didn’t finish. Arwen and Elessar had only the one son, though they had many daughters. Their children were counted among Men. This is all cannon. Eldarion would later deal with a cult dedicated to the worship of Morgoth and his servant Sauron. Not that you need to follow any of that, but it’s good to know. ...So I may seriously adore Tolkien’s legendarium. May I join? Macalaure watched from the shadows. The sounds of battle had woken him, merging with the greater one of his dreams. Sighing, he drew his father’s blade. Bandits. Fools, wasting their short lives seeking to gain what was not theirs. But then, he was a son of Feanaro and they had never been fond of thieves. Swift, he moved, dancing twixt the clumsy, oafish fools. In out of the shadows; to their eyes he seemed to be one, for such was the power of Luthien’s cloak. His sword - the first forged- struck true, once, twice, thrice. His enemies fell and his voice, greatest of those left in Endor; greatest of all his kin, perhaps; rose as he fought, weaving in and out of the Great Music of which Eru created all. When at last he paused, his song still, all those who fought lay dead before him. Macalaure raised his head, and his eyes shone with a light more pure than the sun and the moon at their first rising, which, indeed, those eyes had seen. Note: this is a real Tolkien character. He was born before the sun and moon and has survived fighting Morgoth’s forces! You know, the guy who Sauron serves? This, by the way, included multiple dragons. A bunch of bandits are a joke to him. He also raised Elrond and Elros. After, essentially, orphaning them, of course. His full name is Canofinwe Macalaure Feanarion. Also known as (Gonfin) Maglor Feanorion. One is Noldorin Quenya, the other is Sindarin. He is sometimes called Cano or Laure. Also Melehta, or Melehtalindo. He also pronounces several S sounds as Th, due to the Shibboleth of Feanor. Also, Magic in Tolkien’s world is linked to song. Literally. (See: Finrod and Sauron’s epic sing off.) Maglor is one of the three greatest elven singers of all time. Which basically equates to being a powerful magic user because Tolkien’s magic actually has rules and isn’t as soft as many think. (NONE of those rules are mentioned anywhere in LOTR, which is why everyone gets confused. The Silmarillion is a bit better. HOME has more.) Also: if anyone is playing Gandalf, be aware that Cano knows him from Aman. He will ask questions about it.

No, I’m saying that in war the other side is your enemy. Someone helping the war effort is no longer a civilian; they are a collaborator and, thus, an enemy. That doesn’t mean that they all need to be killed; generally the idea is to force a surrender. I said that I understand Kell’s anger. I also said that when you are fighting for survival you don’t have time to figure out if THIS person was sympathetic to your cause. To put it another way: if someone had Kell’s powers during WW2, the obvious thing to do would be to kill the enemy leaders and generals. Funny thing - several of them were trying to kill Hitler. And Rommel, apparently, missed the memo entirely, if his suggestion in 1942! to reinstate the Jewish soldiers is any indication. Did they all deserve to die? Most of them did, but some individuals didn’t. But that isn’t something you can know, or even consider, when fighting a war. Kell is fighting a war. The Nobles are ALL subjugating the Skaa. None of them, except the youngest, are truly innocent. Many are sympathetic. Many more are products of their environment. Most don’t deserve to die. But war isn't about deserving. War is about surviving and defeating your enemies. Kell wasn’t planning to kill all the Nobles. He didn’t CARE if all the people subjugating him ended up dead (so long as TLR did, and the Nobles were overthrown), and he felt that collaborators were enemies and should be killed - which I don’t entirely disagree with, though I don’t think they all deserved to die. But that doesn’t make them less of an enemy. The Nobles and Skaa were at war. It’s just that most of them didn’t notice. And from the perspective of the Skaa, there were no good Nobles. Better ones, but not good ones. And the Nobles, for the most part, considered the Skaa as little better than animals. So yes, I understand Kell’s anger. That doesn’t mean I would be okay with him killing Nobles out of hand once the war is over. Once the war is over, you try the criminals. While the war is going on, it is perfectly reasonable to kill your enemies. It’s not like he was murdering children, who had no say in anything; the people Kell killed were all adults, passively following their society’s orders and beliefs. And that, in the context of the Skaa uprising, made them enemies, actively aiding and abetting the Skaa oppression.

Yes... except that most of them did actually believe in said leaders ideology. Go look at the statistics regarding anti-Semitism in modern Germany. It was even worse before and during the Holocaust. And when you are trying to survive, you don’t have the time to figure out which ones are just going along. If you are helping a war effort and your country is committing genocide, then you are partly responsible for those atrocities. At the very least, you are the enemy, even if you aren’t completely willing in your participation. When it comes to war, it becomes irrelevant. Wars are not nice, or clean. And when you are fighting a culture, it’s even harder. Every noble, intentional or not, played a role in subjugating the Skaa. They had a vested interest in keeping the status quo. And that did make them enemies of those who sought to overturn it. So I can understand Kell’s anger and hatred. I can understand why he did what he did. That doesn’t mean I necessarily agree; just that I can understand.

Edgedancer? Mayalaran is a Cultivation Spren. It’s not like bonding her would make him anything else...

That’s essentially how I read that scene. Otherwise Kal should have pulled some of his armor into the shield, which obviously didn’t happen. (The armor was attached to him, not the ground, and was right next to the gravity source.) There is definitely an element of connection.

I kind of want to split the difference. He slowly awakens her over the course of the next two books (giving him plenty of time to angst over not having a bond), before finally reviving and bonding Maya shortly before the end of Book Five. In the second half of the series he is a Radiant but, since it takes place years after, Adolin’s role would have been a very different one anyway. He may not even be a viewpoint characters at that point!

I’d guess that Kal is a VERY distant descendant of Tanavast’s from before he ascended. After the Ascension, Tanavast was Honor. So Kaladin would be distantly descended from Yolish humans.

That’s what I meant. Would the effect of a reverse lashing work on aluminum? I think we need to know more... including on how the surge works. We really haven’t seen it enough. Assuming the lashing does pull at the spike, that doesn’t preclude a mistborn from manipulating it; they fight gravity all the time. The spike would be hidden among coins, which would all be drawn to the lashing. Only at the last moment would the spike be manipulated to go elsewhere, so Kal wouldn’t know to increase the force of the surge. Spiking Syl would probably be faster though. Without her, Kal loses very quickly. Actually, going after the Spren is exactly the sort of thing I’d expect Kell to do...

So the question becomes, does a reverse lashing work on aluminum... It’s technically irrelevant though, as Kell only receives this knowledge post-mortem. If he’s able to use a spike, then he’s also Fullborn (probably). But I do think a Mistborn could use a spike to defeat a Windrunner, if only by spiking the Spren. Which would be a very cruel and nasty trick...

The question is whether it’s considered part of the aluminum spike. Since Kal is doing the lashing, the lashing should be bound to his perspective, ie. one aluminum object. Kell can see the different parts of a metal object as different pieces, so he can push on the nub. It depends on how much the perspective of the lasher is reflected in what happens. Perspective does play an important role in how things work in the Cosmere. It may also depend on how the SPIKE sees itself - if it sees itself as a single object that is basically aluminum, then the lashing shouldn’t effect it. Since Kell can see the separate parts of a single object, he should still be able to push it.

True, but for some reason that stereotype isn’t viewed as negatively as the grandma one. More importantly, it doesn’t add anything to the story if the gender is switched, so there isn’t a good reason for it. Spook can’t be switched, btw, because it causes issues with W&W era culture.

Yeah... got to say that as member of a group that suffered nearly 2000 years of persecution... Kell’s anger and hatred against everyone involved in the subjugation is perfectly normal. My family still won’t buy German products. Admittedly, I’m not going to go around killing people because their ancestors murdered mine - repeatedly. But if I had Kell’s power during any of the aforementioned massacres (including, but not limited to, the Holocaust) I doubt I’d care very much whether someone was Wermacht or SS or just a civilian playing their role in the war effort; intentionally or not, you are helping in the subjugation of my people. And that makes you my enemy.

I don’t like Clubs as a woman, because there has been a tendency of late in literature to have women be artists. And, at his heart, that is what Clubs is. Also, he would feel too much like the crotchety old grandma if he was switched.

Provided Kell has the knowledge of what he’s facing, he can create an aluminum spike, then weld a piece of steel to the wide top. It can even be a tiny spike. Kal will see the spike as a whole object. Since most of that object is aluminum, his lashings won’t effect it. (If he lashed the tiny nub it would, but he wouldn’t know it’s there.) Kell throws a bunch of coins + the tiny spike. Kal uses his lashings to redirect; the spike flies true and pierces Kal’s heart. Kell pulls out the hemalurgically charged spike. Unless Stormlight can heal the stolen part of Kal’s soul, this will probably kill him. If not, it will use a ton of Stormlight to heal, which will make him much easier to kill permanently thereafter.

But is that because your brother is male, or because your brother and sister have different natures and personalities? I have two sisters, and I have two very different relationships with them. You can change Marsh’s gender without: changing the name, changing the personality, changing the relationships (mostly), and without altering the storyline or role at all. What you could get is a fun reveal, with the reader (and, possibly, Vin) thinking Marsh has is male until she shows up. What you definitely get, is nice parallel - and a bit of a deconstruction- with Vin. So the gender swap would add an extra layer of nuance to the story - which is the only reason for such a swap.

Betray his friends. Give up on those he cares for. Sacrifice those he cares for. Let his world die.

Chaotic neutral, but ultimately, usually, ends up siding with good. (Though he, himself, is not good.) What really gets me about Kell, is that he KNOWS he’s not good. But, on some level, he wants to be. That’s unusually honest for such a character. That also means that he’s unwilling to do certain things, and will usually end up doing something beneficial, ie. Good. It should be noted that he is capable of selflessness; when he gave up Preservation he had every expectation of dying permanently. He is also capable of feeling guilt, so he’s actually much lower on the sliding scale of psychopathy than most people realize. He actually misses the PCLR cut off, though he’s very close to the European one. As a neurological psychopath, it is very hard for him to recognize other people as people, especially those he has little connection with. That doesn’t mean he has no empathy for others. Compounding connection could actually help with that... hmm, interesting thought. So Kell isn’t good, though he’d like to be. That desire, to be good and do good, prevents him from being evil in the long run. Which leaves him neutral... and I doubt anyone will argue that he’s Chaos incarnate.

But their relationship wouldn’t have to change. Marsh would be able to remain exactly the same even if gender swapped. They’re siblings; the relationship doesn’t change because Marsh is an older sister. But at the same time, it would challenge gender norms in a way even Vin can’t. In fact, that’s what makes Marsh perfect. Alriane and Tyndwyl contrast to Vin by showing other interpretations of what it means to be female; Marsh would serve as another perspective- and one that sticks around in the modern day. For a side character, I’d have picked Demoux to be female as well.

Your welcome! Please post when you get your tattoo; I’d love to see what your final design looks like.

True, but regular hard thinking will burn an extra 20-50 calories a day. Zinc multiples that exponentially, so you would use a lot more energy when you use it. So you’d be hungry after. Most of the brain does not actually take care of life functions. Only the brain stem; that’s why there can be a total cessation of consciousness but the body can keep living. The more focused a task, the less energy is expended. The brain stem is very focused on certain functions, so it needs less energy to work. The cerebral cortex is where most of the conscious processing takes place, so is probably the part of the brain that uses the most calories. https://www.google.com/amp/s/time.com/5400025/does-thinking-burn-calories/%3famp=true This link has a fairly simple explanation of it. It’s not that you are thinking faster; its that you are processing input at an increased rate. The processing of sensory/situational input is what is actually burning calories.

Note that this a rough sketch to illustrate the concept. So it’s not the cleanest. I also decided to eliminate the Cosmere symbol, since it didn’t end up working.