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Oh, my bad then.

Adonalsium say whaa? Everything I've read about Urithiru has been RAFO'ed in regards to construction and origin, so I'm assuming I missed one lol.

I started Elantris a year after it came out but I went on deployment and forgot to bring it with me. First full book I read was Way of Kings then WoR right after.

I think Kaladin's natural progression as a character is to die protecting someone or a group of people. I hope that it being so obvious means it won't actually happen. I don't like Adolin will die, but I do think Dalinar or Renarin will or maybe both.

For sure picking Lopen. I have one armed Herdazian jokes for days. Plus, next to sociopath Kelsier and slightly insane Hoid, Lopen seems to have the most fun despite the world falling apart around him. A lot of characters in a lot of books usually put on the confident facade in the face of sadness or chaos, but it's just an act to cover up what ever insecurities they may have. Not the case for The Lopen.

I've seen a few topics like this in the past, so I thought I'd try to get your guys help. I finally finished my sleeve on my right arm and I'm starting my left arm sleeve next week. The top half of the sleeve is going to be a collage of my favorite parts from my favorite books. Wards from the Demon Cycle, The Chandrian from KKC, the eagle of Ravenclaw, etc. The entire bottom half is going to be dedicated to the Cosmere. I have a few ideas in mind. Syl flying around a spear, Vin dropping down with her mist cloak flaring, the Stormfather, a Shardspear, Sazed with the black mass of Ruin flowing around his left hand and the white mass of Preservation flowing around his right hand. I'd love to get some suggestions from you guys, see stuff that I may have forgotten. Ideally I'd like to get a piece from each cosmere series/book, a piece that best represents it's series as a whole. Thanks in advance! I'll post the progress on here as is it goes. It'll most likely be done in a few weeks.

Elsecallers: Transporting someone to Shadesmar is not an effective way to win an argument. It took six weeks for Susie to get back to the tower. Windrunners: Lashing stones to the bottom of Shin Radiant's is strictly prohibited. Seriously, Lopen, Mandatory lecture about keeping oaths is being held by Honor after dinner. And yes, we understand it's the 35th time this week.

Oh, I meant re-take not conquer. One of my pet theories is that Kaladin is going to use his land as kind of a refuge center for all the Listeners that don't want to fight and just want live a free life. While I expect some fighting with the actual ancient singers, I don't think a full on invasion is going to be needed.

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Development of the land that Kaladin is now lord over. It'd be nice that after the year gap Kaladin is actively transferring them to safety or retaking the actual land from the Singers. I think the Kaladin being a landed lord is going to be one of my favorite sub-plots in book 4 IF Brandon gives it enough spotlight.

I should have gone back and edited that to "I was terrible at spotting Hoid. Then I discovered 17th Shard and Coppermind".

The "Besides, I've heard of a place...." bit has been driving me nuts. A lot of implication there and not near enough info to extrapolate anything significant. Only shot-in-the-dark answer I've come up with is the place being the theory of there being a realm between the Beyond and the 3 realms we know of.

Had this discussion with my writing group today in regards to coming up with skin-crawling creepy characters. We talked about the creepiest characters in the fantasy genre and what made them resonate that way. Sometimes it's just tiny, unnerving mannerisms, other times it just the character in totality. I thought I'd share some of the more interesting ones here and see what other ones people can come up with. SPOILERS FOR VARIOUS FANTASY SERIES First is Murder Sharp from the Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks. This guy is at the top of my list for sure. The way he changes and licks his different sets of teeth compounded with the way he gives pointers on dental hygiene creep me out to no end. For the some reason when ever Weeks mentions how his breath constantly smells like mint leaf when ever he changes sets just makes me cringe. On top of all that Murder Sharp has excellent evil dialogue that just shows he's just an insane killer that wears the teeth of his victims. SA character next, Nale. This one is kinda tricky cus I don't think Nale is constantly creepy, only in scenes that show is insanity by lack of mercy. With the image we had in our heads of the people on Roshar thinking the Heralds are beyond reproach and beings of benevolent, the stark reality of the situation is kind of sketch. I think the creepiest thing about Nale is when is utterly expressionless face is described, makes me think of him as just dead inside and his only emotion is some primal instinct to seek justice with out a mercy. When a character as powerful as Nale heads in that direction the results are always bad. Elva from the Inheritance Cycle. Simply said, everything about her is creepy. Her fully developed woman voice with the appearance of a child, the scary and troubling things she says as a result of her power and the way that she always seems to be in the background. Nahadon from the Inheritance Trilogy. I've said so before on here that the Inheritance Cycle, in my opinion, has the best written "Gods" in any fantasy series ever. N.K does a perfect job of describing their power, nature and mystery. She has awesome scenes where the gods show just how powerful they are. She did it so well that I think that if the fantasy style gods did exist in our world, they would be like The Three. Out of all of them Nahadon, god of Chaos and night, is by far the most disturbing. I can't do it justice by explaining it, as any words I could come up with would dramatically undersell it. Just read it. Almost every encounter with Nahadon you get the sense of a true god of chaos. What's creepier is that it doesn't come off as the proto "evil chaos god guy" it comes of as the world can't exist without chaos. Naha is neither good or evil, he is simply a primal force that needs to be in order to maintain existence. If you do read the book, or already have, I think his scene in book 1 with his fight with that army and in book 3 when he's looking down on the Maelstrom are the best scenes that describe his character.

I've never really found these kind of topics interesting but after a conversation with my finace, I thought this might lead to some fun rabbit holes. If you had to choose one piece of worldbuilding or lore from another series to be put into the cosmere, what would you choose? I know that most of the time what makes pieces of good worldbuilding special is that they are unique and help fuels it's respective story. After having like an hour discussion about how LoTR would have went with Surgebinders, I figured I'd post this on the Shard and see what cool and funny stuff you guys could come up with. Sorry if this has done before, I did a little searching and all I could find is swap characters or plots topics. My choices: Moving the Fae realm from the King Killer Chronicle into the cosmere and existing as a fourth realm. I know the mechanics are at odds with some portions of Realmatic Theory but if you ignore the obvious logic issues, the Fae Realm would fit nicely with the dynamic of the other realms. In particular, I think Shallan exploring the Fae realm would be awesome. Also, a conversation between Wit and the Cthaeh would probably be one of the best conversations in fantasy. Swapping out the Breath magic system with the drafting magic system of Brent Weeks Lightbringer series. Or maybe just breath to another world and have drafting in Warbreaker. I would think that Brandon could create some cool scenes with battle drafters. This next one isn't really from a book but since I'm an Elder Scrolls lore nerd, I couldn't resist. Having Sheogorath in any cosmere story would be epic and I think he and Wit would become BFF's. I can just pictures scenes with Sheogorath trolling Taln or Odium. As I think about this more, as unlikely as it may seem, a Madness or Insanity shard would make for a good bad boss shard. Can you imagine the protagonists sitting there trying to figure out why Sheogorath turned Roshar into a planet made of cheese? Legendary. P.S. When I typed the "if you ignore the obvious logic issues" I thought to myself "Well. That's not something you want to say on the Shard".

Fanboying aside, I would have to agree. If I had to choose one of them as the overall villain for the saga, I'd choose Kylo. While Vader pretty much defined the villain trope for movies, he's not as dynamic as Kylo. Kylo Ren has a lot more layers to his character and his struggle is more intense and dramatic than Vader's. I also think knowing a majority Kylo's backstory makes him more interesting, defines his conflict more than the mystery'esque of Vader.

Adding this bit also. Nerd alert, btw. Sorry if you haven't because this won't make much sense, but for the people that have seen Naruto Shippuden, I think a scene in one of later episodes perfectly represents what a Fullborn could do to a army. The scene I'm talking about is when Madara unleashes himself against the army of shinobi. This is the scene I'm talking about. Minor Shippuden spoilers, but totally worth watching.

I think this is referring to Kaladin's beef with Elhokar throwing him in prison. Being, even minutely, involved in an assassination plot is kind of a big deal. If Kaladin did tell Dalinar about his involvement, I think it would have had more detailed screen time.

Haha, I was actually going back to edit Destruction to Annihilation, but I like Devastation better.

While war is often bloody and devastating, it can be done for virtuous or noble reasons. Basically, not all war is waged through hatred alone. I think a better combo for Odium and Ruin would either be Chaos or Destruction.

Praise be Zizoz.

A single Fullborn would beat every Surgbinder in SA, even if they all came at the Fullborn at once.

I highly recommend that you read the first trilogy of Mistborn, then read Arcanum Unbounded. The first novella you should read in AU is Secret History. Not just for the important info you get about the overall Mistborn series, but also because so far Secret History has given the most in way of cosmere wide knowledge and mechanics. A sizable chunk of the fandom's general understanding of the cosmere came from that novella. Then read Elantris. followed by Emperor's Soul. After that, you should have a decent understanding of the "hidden" epic side of the cosmere. Non Brandon Sanderson recommendations Inheritance Trilogy by NK Jemisin. Arguably the best representation of gods and their power in any fantasy series. The first book is very good, the second kind of falls back a little bit, but the third book is by far the best one in the series. Also, NK Jemisin's rhythm of writing is very unique and gripping. Lightbringer Series by Brent Weeks. 4 books of 5 are out. Solid epic fantasy that has a great humor element, one of my top favorite magic systems, and awesome character development. Broken Earth Trilogy also by NK Jemisin. The books in this series have won literally almost every award out their for the fantasy genre, including a Hugo. The first book Fifth Season has a style of writing not seen before. The overall plot of the story is unique and very dynamic. Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames. First book in a trilogy and it is for sure the most hilarious fantasy book I've read. It has all kinds of humor, but it does a good job of balancing with the actual story of the book. It's about a retired merc band that was once seen as heroic and the bravest band to ever live. About 20 years pass on the members of the band are old but are dragged into one last mission. Hilarity ensues because of them being rusty and just stumbling through problems and dangers. Really great book, also decently short. Shattered Series by Joe Ambercormbie. A grimdark series set in a world of common fanatasy world in medieval era with kings, knights, swords, etc. Until you learn that it's actually a world that is thousands of years removed from a nuclear apocalypse, which was so severe that it sent the world back to the stone age. Now the people of the world know the ruins of the old world as Elves and Elvin magic. Kind of a brutal series but has many great fighting scenes. Shadow of the Raven trilogy by Anthony Ryan. A very, very brutal and dark fantasy series, more brutal than aSoIaF or the First Law trilogy. But also very good in it's storytelling and world building. Hoped that helped!

My question idea is a slight alteration of a question already posted. Did Rayse willing change his intent from hatred to passion? Or did people just identify him wrong?

As was already said, The King Killer Chronicle by Pat Rothfuss. Wise Man's Fear(number 2 in the series) is my favorite fantasy book of all time. Lightbringer Series by Brent Weeks. Hilarious, mature, in-depth and dynamic series. The characters are awesome and the magic system is one of my favorites. Inheritance Trilogy by NK Jemisin. The rhythm of her writing, in my opinion, is the best in the biz. Plus, in this series I think she has written the best depiction of gods in any fantasy series. First book an awesome 8/10, second book is a decent 6/10, third book is a solid 10/10. The Broken Earth series, also by NK Jemisin, has won almost literally every fantasy fiction award possible. Amazing series overall. If you want to step away from fantasy, and jump into a good apocalyptic thriller, you could check out The Passage by Justin Cronin. A good ole' fashion page turner. Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames is a newer book that is probably the funniest fantasy book I've ever read. Seriously. It's about a retired heroic merc band that, spoiler alert, come out of retirement. And it is hilarious in the fact that these old men come to grips with their age and kind of just stumble through dangers with a combination of rusty skill and pure luck. If you want to go grimdark, I would go for the Raven Shadow Trilogy by Anthony Ryan and the Unhewn Throne Trilogy by Brian Stavely. Raven's Shadow is really dark and brutal, but not excessively so. Unhewn Throne is also pretty dark but is some lighter parts to balance it out. If you've played the Witcher games, the books are also really good. The Shattered Sea series by Joe Abercrombie is also grimdark and very could. They're also on the small side. Each book is roughly the size of a Brandon Sanderson novella. The Initiate Brother Duology is pretty good, but takes some time to get started.

I'd also guess Lift.