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We know that some people left Southern Scadrial and settled in the Cognitive Realm. 

We also know the IRE was there. 

Hoid referred to an economy, and that implies industry. 

The Cognitive Realm was certainly lush enough for people to settle. And if there is room, people are good at settling in places, particularly if where they are fleeing from is not very hospitable, or if they can make a better living there. 

Once you put it that way, it is rather inevitable that people will settle it, if it wasn't already settled. 

That said, I would love to see a shard on a rouge planet, not attached to any star. 

I wonder if things will change (ie. his ability to hurt others), if Hoid gets some of Odium's investiture. 

He certainly didn't hold back on Kelsier in M:SH.

Just a comment on the name, ettmetal. 
When Mendeleev was first constructing his periodic table, and he knew he had spots for unknown elements, he called them ekasilicon, ekaaluminium and ekaboron. Eka and et just seemed very similar, and are both prefixes for unknown materials. Also, eka is 1 in sanskrit, which is why Mendeleev used it. 

If any one is interested, you can use the option in Amazon to read just a portion of White Sand, just a few pages here and there, really. But it is enough, for us to see what character was gender swapped. 

Sometimes those kind of swaps are rough on the actual characterization. But in this case, I am intrigued. 

It is a real shame we can't get a Liar of Partinel forum, in the Unpublished works forum. 

That is one I really want to discuss. 

I suspect that is overthinking it about the Dynastic border, especially as it seems a lot of people actually get through. Apparently a lot fewer make their way back. 

But why would we say that there is less investiture on the Darkside? It just seems that they have a different kind of magic. Apparently no know knows about SkyColors on the Bright side. 

The only thing that annoyed me about Dune, was that there was nothing for the Sand Worms to feed on. At least on this world, there is some kind of biological cycle, some kind of photosynthesis in the sand grains. 

In his visit to the Deep Sand, what he sees is a flourishing ecosystem of sandlings, presumably all living off the sand. 

Keep in mind, that all life on our planet (Earth) needs water. But there are plenty of other solvents out there. Other alien kinds of life may not need or want, water. For the early part of Earth's history, oxygen was toxic. It was only when some algae began to produce it, and killed off the anaerobic bacteria, that we started getting oxygen breathing. Water is useful for humans, but if that creatures we see are any clue, humans are as out of place here as humans on Roshar. 

It seems to me, that every shard has an aspect of the world that is fixates on. For this planet, that seems to be light. 

So the cognitive realm may simply be very bright. 

While White Sand was meant to be a trilogy, the current trilogy of graphic novels will only cover the prose version of White Sand. 

And they are going to come out at a pace of once a year. 

There has been some speculation that Bavadin resides in their sun. 

Both sunlight and aurora both come from the sun, so that gives a consistent source - investiture by sunlight/solar wind. Energy-wise, violet is higher energy than red. So the villain mentioned would have a more potent magic. 

But interestingly, Sazed (and Wax) saw that their planet was surrounded by a red haze, perhaps weakened by distance? The key advantage of a shard being in a star, is that he has some really long-distance reach for his magic. And he is really viewable (as a star) on just about any planet in the Cosmere. 

Just some suggestions. 

Isn't there a WoB that technically, all the shards have been on Roshar? 

Lift? 

that is fantastic. 

But where did you hear it would be Lift? 

I have really been wondering if the God Beyond, is just Adonalsium up in the Spiritual Realm. 

We know he is dead, but then, so is Kelsier.

If the CR is solely based on expectations, then why is land absent/water and water land?

My thought, was that one is places where people are and things are happening, and the other is not. 

So, if I am right, then if people spent as much time on the ocean, then it would appear as water as well, in the Cognitive Realm. 

That said, I am going to have to look closer at how the ship appeared to Jasnah when she Elsecalled. 

An argument against that, though, is the map of Shadesmar that we have in The Way of Kings. The Purelake appears as mountains. 

Fantastic. 

Let's see if Butcher returns the favor in Peace Talks. 

When I started the Dresden Files books, I started with book 6 (The building was on fire and it wasn't my fault....) because that is what the thrift store had. There were some reveals, but it wasn't the end of the world for the series, which I promptly devoured. 

You lost a few big reveals, but I think you will still really enjoy the build up to them. Sure you know how some things are going to end, but let's be honest. 99% of the time, the hero does not die in the story, so you really already knew that. 

If he gets Honor spren, he might have to be less responsibility-avoidant. If he gets an Odium spren, he might become capable of dishing out more punishment.

Do we know if "the God Beyond" and Adonalsium are two different people?

If we know that Sixth of Dusk had Herdazian food, then isn't vastly more likely that the Ones Above are Rosharan? 

That does beg the question, does Hoid just want to be a surgebinder (if indeed that is actually what he is doing) or does he want all 10 powers (a Surge-born)? And how exactly would he do that?

First time posting here,

I thought I remembered a WoB about Ashyn having a shard of Self-contradiction, when talking about The Silence Divine. I was unable to find it, but I did find this. 

If a Shard ruled Talents (Alcatraz), what would the Shard be? Betrayal, or inner self-contradiction, people contradicting themselves in some way.

That is not proof of such a shard, but it is highly suggestive. 

Then there is that something Hoid said, about spending a year being digested. I don't know about any shard that could correspond to. Perhaps, there is a shard of Consumption, or Hunger? 

I do like the idea of Honor+Odium = Justice

That would be a great end to the Stormlight Archive.