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Pardon, but could you explain this? Is there a WoB I missed? I wonder if this is what Dalinar was referring to when he said, I am Unity. He was fitting into the roles left open by the missing Herald and by the missing role of Hono(u)r. If this is true, we can expect Kaladin to say he is Protection or Leadership. Jasnah might say she is Logic. Etc.

That is a detail I wondered about. So, for a few certain rich people it could make sense, but it doesn't make sense for the general public yet.

Yes, you would lose touch with everyone, and you would have to effectively become a savant. But you know there are some people who would make that choice, to get crazy rich. Imagine investing in Amazon or Apple before they became big.

If you can wait, one of the best ways to make money is investing in a interest bearing account. Of course, waiting is hard for most of us, because we need that money. But if you were a misting like Marasi, and you could speed time up, you could amass a fortune.

There is the issue of Koloss needing new spikes. Their supply of spikes is limited and that limits the size of their tribes. They may need to develop a donor system of some kind. I can see it being a sacred ritual at the end of a person's life.

As long as we have Heralds and their abandoned oaths, I expect we will see a super-charged member of each Order, occupying the role, if not the power, of each Herald. I can imagine Kaladin saying "I am PROTECTION!", the same way Dalinar said he was Unity.

Not entirely related, but I wonder if Sja-Anat could make a spren with two non-sequential Surges. Or give a spren 3 Surges, instead of just 2.

I just wanted to point out, that on Reddit, in addition to a brief update, Brandon put out a call for a music to write the next Stormlight book to. We can contribute!

I strongly suspect that Cultivation had been in contact with Sja-Anat, and has Cultivated her. This has resulted in a friendlier Sja-Anat, who may switch sides, and also made her able to work with higher spren.

@Lightblood First rule of research is to not overassume how much you know. Or why things, such as the possible failed attempt, happened. Did it fail because A. wanted to live, or because it would have made a sub-par Shattering? I don't know.

We do NOT know this. All we know is that he/she/it was shattered.

The Irali myth of the Seven lands, suggest we may see it restored, but it will be different and better than before.

I don't know about Roshar, but I have had suspicions about Aimia, and something there binding Odium.

Yes, and @harel55 about the Nightwatcher, I should have thought of those. Let's try a few more: Mind/emotion reading Sirens Love potions Transfiguration Disintegration Mind control Horcruxes

I have always thought Fantasy Football had a severe shortage of wizards and dragons.

You & @Kramerfarve are exactly correct. That was an instance I had forgotten. So Augury is now accounted for. Let me add in another form of magic to take its place: Curses. This is important in Tolkien and various folktales, so we need to include it. Any examples you guys can think of?

Kenzal [PENDING REVIEW] Would it make an Allomancer sick if they tried to burn pure silver? Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] As it stands right now, nothing would happen, because they would know if it did. Good question. Silver has some interesting properties, but on Scadrial they are largely undiscovered. Skyward Atlanta signing (Nov. 17, 2018) ---------------------------------- Questioner In Mistborn, silver doesn’t play a role. But then in Shadows for Silence, silver does play a role... Brandon Sanderson It does. I still wanted silver to be part of the Cosmere. Questioner But we’ll never see it in Scadrial? Brandon Sanderson It does not, as they understand currently, interact with Allomancy, with the three Metallurgic Arts. Silver does have a Cosmere role. Boskone 54 (Feb. 18, 2017) Emphasis added. Brandon makes it sound like there is some kind of effect silver has My own head canon, is that silver and aluminium are kinds of 'electrical grounds', for investiture to return, or cycle through the Spiritual realm. All we see is that investiture is going away.

That assumes Adonalsium didn't plan the entire thing, no matter what the 16 thought. The Irali story about The One, suggests it was intended. Of course, it is also possible that is a afterwards justification, but I don't think so.

Those are not exclusive possibilities.

I thought about that one. It is at least close in spirit.

There isn't much left here. And we have seen magic from about half the shards, there is plenty of room for the rest of it.

Invisibility is plausible, but I am not convinced on that one. That could easily be the one thing it can't do. We do have potions, and transmution, but no alchemy yet. Again, we have futuresight and fortune, but no reading signs Ley lines - that is a good call. I wondered about this one, but the more I think about it, you are right. I was going to argue the remote sensing, but you are right here. Should we let talking to Kelsier count? I am of two minds on this one. Maybe it should count. Can we get any benign non-hemalurgic ones? But this at least counts for "werewolves". That is exactly what Sixth of the Dusk did. Telepathically even. Good call! Unmade and Revels? They said it couldn't be done... good call. Yes, orgy at the revel, instigated by the Unmade certainly counts. It is sex and it is magic... and disgusting and horrifying. I like to imagine Dalinar helping to pull this Unmade away from Odium and having Sebrial bond him. "You call that indulgence? I call it weak. Now this is what indulgence is...." That would take some heavy work from our Bondsmith and the Unmade good at corrupting/changing things. Probably never happen... but I think it should.

I imagine, trying to get someone's allomatic ability, but also getting their hydrophobia, or propensity for violence. Or schizophrenia.

Hemalurgy can remove and transplant parts of people's spirit webs. Some people have distorted spirit webs, if only from being previously spiked. If a person had a defect in their spirit, could that defect be transmissible? Could we have a whole range of Hemalurgically transmitted diseases of the spirit web? This could lead to an additional level of horror when dealing with Hemalurgy.

My head-canon is still that aluminum (& maybe silver in some contexts) is the electrical ground of investiture.