Faceless Mist-Wraith

ReLuur suffered because he was missing half of his Blessing. What I am suggesting is having a Kandra with an extra Blessing (like KenSoon in Era 1) be the one who is cut in half, that way they would suffer minimal, if any, mental damage since they still have their base Blessing.

Kandra only require one blessing to remain sentient, so if the original Kandra had 2 blessings and was bisected, they would still have enough to remain mentally aware. It has also been shown in BoM that the Kandra have learned how to turn off their pain receptors, so this is no longer a problem.

If you were to cut a Kandra with two blessings perfectly in half in such a way that the other half had the other blessing, could the other half retain sentience and become its own Kandra? The only thing I could find that was similar to this line of thought was this WOB: However this was with respect to Miles, who didn't have an inherent ability to heal like a kandra does. He uses f-gold, which heals a person based on their spiritual template, unlike Kandra who just stitch themselves back together. There is also the Cognitive aspect, in that while a person's aspect seems to be linked to their brain, a Kandra's aspect seems to be linked to their spikes. This could explain why when a Kandra is cut, the severed tissue doesn't suddenly become a mist wraith. Since the piece is away from the main body, and by extension the Cognitive aspect, it simply dies off due to lack of mind and sufficient mass. If this is true then a Kandra-half may be able to retain sentience if it were to have a pair of spikes. Thoughts? I was thinking about this mostly since there doesn't appear to be a way for the Kandra to increase in numbers other than Harmony making more, and this method would allow them to double almost overnight.

Granted, but no matter how many steps you take you never actually move. I wish for the power to summon perfectly cooked waffles.

I appear to have double posted, how do I get rid of this?

1. What is your position on the ethical controversy of utilizing luminescent vegetation in the place of streetlights? 2. If you had to broker peace between two warring nations of mole-people, how would you satisfy both the Deep-downer's wish for more caving rights and the Under-Cruster's desire for lucrative minerals? 3. What is your favorite magic system?

Marsh vs literally anyone. Harmony vs Odium.

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I was mostly thinking that they might not want to expend effort to heal themselves, or reduce damage from a surprise attack. ReLuur for example was caught off guard and as a result lost one of his spikes.

There may have been a mention in BoM of MeLaan keeping a container for hair and nails, but I am unsure. I was mostly thinking about whether they could alter the thickness/durability of their skin in order to form a hide or armor-like skin. It would likely be easier if they kept ready-made materials within themselves, I was just curious if they could improvise if needed.

Could a Kandra mold their body in such a way to create a shell or armor-like skin? They seem to have a better control of their own physiology in later time periods, (BoM Spoilers) If so, what are the exact limits of the types of tissue they can produce?

They are fairly resistant to allomancy, though if duralumin is used it should be possible.

Sixth of the Dusk

I don't think so. The way I see it, soul casting seems to tell an object "you are now this" and as a result it forgets its previous existence. We never see other objects return to their "original" state after soul casting, so I don't think it's a function of time. If we go by my theory from before, when you soul cast a bead you change its cognitive aspect, which causes a change in the physical realm. If you were to then destroy the bead (the cognitive portion), it would use its remaining aspects (the physical and spiritual) to rebuild itself. Since the physical and spiritual aspects don't have memory or thought, the object would only know of its present existence and use this as a template for its new cognitive bead. This is just my best guess though, so it's possible it might have some other affect.

I imagine that the bead since the bead identified as smoke before being broken, that it would return as a smoke bead. I don't think that it would return as a rock bead since the soul caster managed to override its original cognitive template.

I'm not sure what you mean?

Way Of Kings

I would go with twinborn for the interesting power combinations, and TLR because then I would just get to enjoy the full benefits of both systems.

Sorry about that. I thought I should notify someone first, and was unsure if there was a specific process.

Dr. Strange

Those two are from his Discworld series, which is really funny. I would definitely recommend it.

Wouldn't this be shadows of self?

SoS BoM Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett Hog-father by Terry Pratchett