Kingsdaughter613

DatS 16 Sorry for the delay; I forgot to add this here.

Amaram?

Wax

Pailiah

VaraTreledees?

Ishar

Kelsier

Kenton

Yes!! TPBM is exited for Ace Attorney Chronicles Localization.

I agree. TPBM plays Mass Effect

Kelsier

Lol. I like guessing more than I like coming up with clues.

... Oops. Someone else go please.

Nikki?

Isaac confirmed for me that Scadrial doesn’t have a C. He also said the dot is above the tin symbol for I and below for E. The article should probably be edited to reflect this.

Marsh

Uh........ Someone else go?

Tien

Clubs

Spren are Investiture that has achieved sapience. So, for all we know, Nightblood has become more sapient over time. To use Mass Effect terms: He may have started out as much more of a ‘VI’, and over time progressed to become more of an ‘AI.’ Brandon does call him a ‘robot Spren’ after all. Cognitive Shadow, stapled to a body that involves his original skeleton somehow.

There are indications that something more went into Nightblood’s creation though. And Nightblood has since become more Invested. Either way, it’s pretty clear from the answer I got that CS are not the same as Spren in certain fundamental ways. I was actually surprised; I’d assumed the rules would be the same with little functional difference except in how they came about. Turns out that isn’t the case at all...

1000 Breaths idea?

Kingsdaughter613 If a Cognitive Shadow or a Splinter gained Connection to the Physical Realm, could they just transition through a perpendicularity to manifest a physical form, or is something else required? Brandon Sanderson Something else would be required, because you're... But that would take you a long way. It's going to depend on the situation, right? Questioner Because Ishar was doing something where like he was Connecting spren... Brandon Sanderson Yes, Ishar was doing something, and so for instance, spren are gonna be played a little differently than a Cognitive Shadow would be played. Like, Cognitive Shadows, that's just not gonna be enough. But spren is much closer. This has to do with how much Investiture's involved and how they're Connected and things like this, but it's not quite enough. In most cases. Questioner So Ishar was doing something in addition to just Connecting the spren to the Physical Realm? Brandon Sanderson Yes. He was indeed doing something more. So based on this, CS are not Spren. The indication to me was that Spren had greater innate Investiture and that’s why they’d have an easier time manifesting a body.

Indeed I was. It’s part of the ‘how South Scadrial acquired Feruchemy theory.’ 340, to be exact. Dox indicates that Kell was something of a womanizer before Mare (or, at least, was known for attracting female trouble). However, the above theory would have him fathering a child/children out of duty, not desire. My current headcannon is that Kell has a crush on Khriss, much to everyone’s amusement (except Kell, who dislikes being teased, and Khriss, who is unaware). If I’d asked more specifically I would have received a RAFO. Note that Brandon usually clarifies if he’s using the word ‘child’ in a non-standard fashion and he wasn’t even slightly cagey about this, so I’m fairly certain this is a straight yes. (In both of your examples he adds an asterisk, while he gave me a simple yes - no caveats.) Returned cannot have children in the normal manner either, btw. Certain things need to be done. And CS’ are definitively NOT Spren, thanks to an earlier question I’d asked. They don’t have as much innate Investiture, so likely could not procreate the way Spren do.