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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.

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.