Borio Singaldi

Hey, everybody. This is Firerust. I joined the Shard on October 22nd of 2016. It was done as a kind of afterthought because I had recently gotten super into the Cosmere, and it wasn't until a few months later that I actually decided to use this account, look around the site, and make my first post. But my first post, a thoery about the Evil on Threnody, made on March 12th of 2017, wasn't an intro post. I never made one, and for a long time, I figured it was too late to create one. But then I saw another Sharder finally make an intro post despite being a long-time member, and I figured; "Well, then if that's okay, I might as well do mine too!" Though I decided to wait until my one-year anniversary. So here it is, a year after joining. Sorry I'm late. So I was first introduced to Brandon Sanderson books by my dad when I was young. He would constantly recommend his books to me and I'd just be annoyed at his suggestions, thinking I wouldn't like them. He read the first couple chapters of Elantris to me, and though they caught my interest, I didn't get into reading the book myself. Another time, he gave me a rough explanation of the backstory of the Stormlight Archive, which I found way too complicated to be worth my time reading. And then one day, he checked out a copy of The Rithmatist to get me to read it, so I decided I would. I barely got a few pages into it before I decided I didn't like it and didn't want to read it. So my dad gave up on recommending books to me for a while. Years later, he finally convinced me to read Steelheart, and I really liked it. My dad and I then waited eagerly together for the releases of Firefight and Calamity so we could both read them when they came out. That's exactly what we did, and I finished the series before him, haha. After that, I was at a point in my life where I was seriously thinking up story ideas for writing books of my own, namely metal-based magic systems for a fantasy series I'm writing. But when I explained them to my dad, he told me that they weren't original and that someone else had already done them. When I asked what made them unoriginal, he told me to read Mistborn and Elantris. So I started reading Mistborn to find out more about the magic systems. I did not expect that I would fall so much in love with the series and become obsessed with it on a level almost as great as my Harry Potter fandomness. Honestly, the first book is my favorite Sanderson novel to this day. Mistborn became my new favorite series and I just kept on reading the series after the first trilogy (which had me reeling just a bit). But there were a few things about it I didn't feel like I understood. Who was this Hoid guy who got little to no description? Who was the red-haired guy who'd held Ruin's power? What other metals hadn't been found yet? What did Adonalsium mean? Then there were a few people in my neighborhood talking about this connected universe of stories Brandon's books took place in who explained Hoid to me. So I did a bit more research (which led to me finding a few big Stormlight spoilers on accident, oopsie), but then I decided to read the rest of Brandon's books. So I then read The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, and Elantris (in that order, I think). I have since fallen in love with the Stormlight Archive and it's vying with Mistborn for being my favorite Sanderson series. Anyway, I researched the Coppermind Wiki and many Words of Brandon to become more Cosmere-aware, and eventually became the super-hardcore Sanderfan I am today. I later read all the Cosmere and short stories novellas in and out of Arcanum Unbounded, and finally found a way to read Warbreaker, one of the few Cosmere books my family doesn't own. And now I am slowly reading Oathbringer as the chapters come out. Suffice it to say that my love for Brandon Sanderson's books has far surpassed that of my dad's to the point that I am constantly annoying him with Cosmere-geekery and recommending Sanderson stories to him he hasn't read yet. And thus has the learner become the master. I still haven't read The Rithmatist, and I don't really plan to. Same with the Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians series. I also haven't read White Sand yet, but I'm not so sure I want to. I have also kind of been forcing the books on other people I know, and it's been working. Just recently, I finally got my younger brother, who's only read The Reckoners so far, to start reading Mistborn (he isn't very far yet). Also, I have a friend who's a Sanderfan but has only read Warbreaker and the first Mistborn trilogy, and she's finally started reading Alloy of Law. I can't wait for her to read Secret History. I've been encouraging my dad to read Arcanum Unbounded, but he hasn't gotten around to it yet. Instead, he's just rereading Words of Radiance, which I guess is also alright. Anyway, more about me. I passionately love music in the form of listening to music, playing the piano, and composing soundtrack-style songs, and I want to be a professional composer as one of my careers when I grow up. I'm also a deep creative thinker and a writer who aspires to be an author of numerous fantasy and sci-fi stories. Like, I'm the kind of person who thinks up the basic storyline of an entire book series in a matter of an hour. I'm also an actor, but only in school and not professionally, though I do want to make another career out of it. I am a major fanboy of a lot of fandoms, but not so much to the point where they dominate my life (not anymore, at least). I feel inclined to mention I am also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I am kind of an introvert, but I love being social anyway. Sorry for the huge ranting and all. But I just want to say how glad I am to be on this site. I want to thank all those who have taken the time to read and respond to my topics, the Surgefinders for inviting me to join their ranks, and most importantly Brandon Sanderson for creating this wonderful world of books we all love. Hi, everybody!

Amen to that. The same could also be done with the Legion novellas, except it would have to be named something like Leeds for copyright's sake. (I know Legion's not cosmere, but I want to mention it anyway) I think the first Mistborn trilogy could go the way of Lord of the Rings, where we'd have one live-action movie per book, but extended to about 3-4 hours long. I mean, LotR made it work. The same goes for the Wax and Wayne series. Though I believe Secret History would be better as an animated movie than live-action like the rest. I honestly think Warbreaker would do best as an animated movie (though I don't want to go so far as anime, since I really dislike anime). But something close to that. White Sand, too. The Stormlight Archive really would do best as a TV series, no doubt about it. But one with a huge budget and a ton of CGI. Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell would do perfectly as a standalone movie. Sixth of the Dusk, too. The Reckoners could very easily be a movie trilogy, and Snapshot would make just fine a spinoff. (Again, I know it's not cosmere, but I think it's the best movie material.)

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So, my thoughts on everything in order of reading: Chapter 22 Chicken, huh? I did not expect that, and I laughed a bit when reading it. Also, my theory behind the nature of the chicken is... With all these spelling errors I see... let's just hope they're diff rent by the time the book comes out. So Ialai isn't a Ghostblood -- bye-bye, theories. That point on morality Mraize made was really cool in a philosophical way. Helaran... I think Mraize just clickbaited Shallan. What does he know? Amaram's back. The realness just got more legit. Also, I looked at the epigraph after reading the chapter, and I think it's safe to assume the author isn't Jasnah -- bye-bye, theories. Chapter 23 The author's not a poet, huh? Not sure who this excludes. This Kaladin chapter felt kind of uneventful and ordinary to me, with nothing of much note. Until the voidspren appeared and spoke to Kaladin. She intrigues me greatly. Okay, so we don't know her name. Since she seems to be Syl's opposite so far, I am hereby calling her... Anerphlys. Chapter 24 Nothing all that much on Evi. I expected more time to be set apart for thinking about her. But I guess for now she'll just be brushed aside in this chapter like Elhokar. Seriously, where is he? I'd also completely forgotten about him until I read this thread. So Dalinar's bond with the Stormfather is not what caused the memories to return -- bye-bye, theories. I know all the rest of you are worried about Taravangian being at Urithiru and all, but honestly, my greatest worry is something I haven't noticed anyone else mention: HE'S CLEAN-SHAVEN NOW! HE GOT RID OF HIS MAJESTIC DUMBLEDORIAN BEARD! That was one of the things I liked about him. I can't imagine our dear, dastardly Mr. T without a beard. Anyway, I'm really not sure what to think of this new Dustbringer, other than that I think she's the real deal when it comes to being a Radiant. Her allegiances, though... This Tezim guy is bold and intimidating on a very high WOW level. The theory of him being a Herald (specifically Ishar) is one I won't exactly agree with, but won't deny either. Honestly, I am really really really hoping Taravangian will change his ways and that he and Dalinar can become a dream team of world-savers. I don't want to see him as the villain who will ruin everything for the Knights Radiant. I hunger greatly for the next few chapters...

I like the Star Wars prequels more than the originals and Attack of the Clones is one of my all-time favorite movies. I tried reading Rithmatist and I did not like it. I'm also actually not too fond of Warbreaker. I generally dislike pineapples, tomatoes, and avocados, though I can make exceptions. For the most part, Hamilton annoys me and I'm sick of it, though I love a few of its songs. Coraline is the scariest movie I've ever seen. I think a few of the changes made in the Harry Potter movies are better than the original books (like when Dumbledore asks Harry about the Goblet of Fire ). I hate anime and I think it's stupid. (That's just my opinion, don't hate me too much.) I hope this doesn't taint your vision of me too much.

I wrote this for a writing class when we were assigned to write a "fractured fairy tale", so I chose to write a story based off Hans Christian Anderson's "The Princess and the Pea". It's not that great, but I felt like sharing it on here since it's Mistborn-related. The Mistborn and the Coin Once upon a time, there lived in the Final Empire a young nobleman of great renown and influence. He was the heir to his noble house and when the time came, he sought a wife. But he wouldn't just marry any noblewoman or worthy rank or age. He wanted to be wed to what he considered the only true noblewoman and the only one worthy of marrying him… an Allomancer. But the nobleman’s ambition didn't stop there. Instead of a simple Misting, he sought the hand of a Mistborn, the most powerful type of Allomancer, to be his wife. Nothing would dissuade the stubborn noble from pursuing that goal, especially since his mother encouraged it, and he sought out all across the Eastern Dominance where he lived. He found many young noble ladies worthy of affection, but only a few of them were Allomancers and none of them seemed to be Mistborn. If they were, they wouldn't say. Unable to be satisfied, the noble returned to his home and demanded that any young lady in his city who was a Mistborn come forth and make herself known unto him. Many ladies came to him, claiming to be such, so the nobleman’s mother devised a way in which she could discern who the fakes were, who the Mistings were and who the full Mistborn were. Night after night, the ladies would be invited one by one to have dinner and spend the night at the nobleman's home. Their food would be laced with a few different types of metals to test on the noblewomen. Then the mother ordered for a most peculiar bed for the ladies to sleep upon, one which comprised of twenty mattresses laid under twenty down beds. Beneath all of that was placed a single, solitary coin. If the lady who slept on the bed could sense that small source of metal beneath her, then her claim of being an Allomancer would have to be true. But that wasn’t a guarantee she was a Mistborn. What if she sensed the metal because she could only Ironpull or Steelpush? So because of this, a brass Misting was discreetly hidden in the lady’s room to Soothe her emotions away. If she could burn copper and prevent her emotions from being touched, then she would be an Allomancer. But that again did not guarantee she would be a Mistborn. Another test was put into place, where a minstrel would play a rousing song in a nearby room. If the lady could burn tin, she would be unable to sleep because of how loud the song would seem to her. As a last resort, traces of atium, the rarest and most powerful Allomantic metal, would be slipped in their food as well. a steel Misting in the room below where the lady slept would Push up on the coin at a random point in the night, letting it tear through the mattresses and down beds right to the lady and kill her. If she could anticipate the danger and move aside in time, then that meant she could burn atium, a metal that only a Mistborn could burn. All of this would be done without the nobleman knowing the results until morning. As time passed, each young noblewoman of the city would come in to have dinner and sleep at the nobleman’s manner, being asked to burn any metal reserves they had all night without question or complaint. Many of them were confirmed to be pretenders, having no Allomantic abilities at all. A few of them only knew the coin was beneath their beds, meaning they were iron or steel Mistings. A few of them reported keeping their emotions from being affected, meaning they were copper Mistings. A few of them reported being kept awake by the music, meaning they were tin Mistings. But none of them reported more than one of those events happening to them. Except one. There was one lady who came to them looking very ragged, homely, and poor, so much so that she could have been outed as a skaa beggar. But she claimed to be a noblewoman, as well as a Mistborn. Just a very poor one. The nobleman’s mother doubted this, but was curious, so she let the young lady proceed rather than execute her, as one could easily do to a simple skaa. After a eating plentiful dinner with all the metals unknowingly laced within it, the lady laid to rest on the highly unusual bed, following the same instructions as those who came before her. The mother was given input on the state of the lady throughout the night and eventually the mother became bored and decided to commence with the last resort of attempting to kill the girl. But as the Misting in the room below Pushed the coin up through the mattresses and beds, the lady, who was still fully awake, threw herself out of the way of the impending danger a second before the coin would have pierced her. She then took the coin and Pushed it into the ground below her bed. That morning, when asked how she slept, she explained how it was the worst night sleep she had ever known. She said that she had scarcely closed her eyes once and slept very badly, due to the stress of knowing a source of metal was right underneath her bed, the loudness of the music playing nearby, and the fact that she was too stressed throughout the night, meaning the Misting who had been trying to Soothe her had not affected her. She was able to burn iron, steel, tin, copper, and atium, which meant she could burn all the other metals, which meant she had to be a Mistborn. Because of this, she was married to the young nobleman and they were both finally able to enjoy the prospect of a happily ever after. Of course, that didn’t mean it would actually happen…

I think this is a really good idea that had never occurred to me before. Lift being the KR champion would be awesome and logical. Kudos to you for coming up with that.

No, this is just Edgedancer spoilers. If I were to start memefying Oathbringer just off the sample chapters... well, I think that would be rude and unfair.

Okay, Oathvember's coming up (one month from today) and I've gotta get cracking! I'm gonna try to speed the release of these up, sorry yet again for the delay! Here goes Chapter 4: More to come soon (I hope)!

A kid says to his mom, "When I grow up, I want to be a musician!" She replies, "Well, pick one, 'cause you can't do both!" Why are harps like elderly parents? Both are unforgiving and hard to get in and out of cars. Why are organs the instruments of worship? Because we feel the majesty of God when they start... and the grace of God when they end. Small wonder we have so much air pollution in the world when so much of it has passed through saxophones. What's the range of a tuba? Twenty yards if you have a good arm! Sheet music for the Dunkirk soundtrack.

There aren't enough piano jokes here. Q: Why is an eleven-foot concert grand better than a studio upright? A: It makes a bigger kaboom when pushed off a cliff. Q: What's the difference between an accompanist and a terrorist? A: You can negotiate with a terrorist. Q: Why is playing the piano so dangerous? A: You're always getting into treble. Q: What do you call a city-dwelling dwarf? A: A metronome.

Ha! #isaacstew@rt

This post seriously needs more upvotes. Clickbaiting is at its greatest here. It's the best intro post I've seen in quite a while. Welcome to the Shard! Remember to avoid the cookies! PS: I like your username.

*realizes he should be in character and inwardly facepalms Welcome to our ranks, fellow "Knight". Hope you can survive the experience. *slowly reaches up to shake hands

(Wow, way to make me feel socially accepted. ) I'm one of the Knights of the Cosmere. I'm new too, so you might not know me.

Yay, a new member! Welcome to the Surgefinders, @Darkness Ascendant! PS: Sorry I still haven't joined RP, everyone else. I really want to, but I just don't have the time for it these days. (And once I do, I'll have a lot of catching up to do.) PPS: Wow, I hadn't noticed the date those recent posts were posted until now. I'm very late to this! Sorry 'bout that.

Yeah, it helps if you have access to Gravitation or Adhesion. Then they stick to things better.

Vasher. He's a Returned, he can handle it. What's more likely to start an opportunistic window company, a koloss or a greatshell?

Oh hey, that was one of my threads! Glad to have played a part in your fantastic and hilarious username's fruition. Anyway, @Stark ... Um... welcome to the Shard? Yeah, that sounds awkward, seeing as you seem to be one of the longer-existing members of this site. But I applaud you (and upvote you) for finally making your intro post. It's better than some of us have done.

When I can upvote this, I will. This. Is. Glorious!

When Oathbringer is only 1,240 pages long.

Actually, I think it's only 1,240 pages. But great countdown! I oughta check in on it.

Precisely! Now we know who they bond with. Existence of alespren confirmed. (And suddenly, all fledgeling fanfic eroticas relating to Syl cheering on Kaladin in bed were suddenly halted by Pattern poking into all of them and shouting "NO MATING!") Seriously, the way I feel about what the parshmen have become instead of monstrous Voidbringers is like (Mistborn BoM Spoilers) I feel like I so shallowly judged them and that I should be ready next time this happens not to be so judgemental about characters. ...By the way, do we know for sure that the yellow streak of light was a spren? I mean, it probably is, but I'm just saying...