Extesian

Yeah that's fair, it doesn't sound like is 3 up to the level of regrowing am entire body. I think radiants are stronger in healing damage to the soul than, say, bloodmakers but weaker in healing damage to the physical.

Hmmm @Calderis this indicates that healing is pretty storming strong but i guess it depends how you define a kill blow

Do you have a link or transcript for this? When was it? I'm sure I've seen this before but I'm wondering if there's anything more concrete or less paraphrased for officially documenting? Its an important one and good get Also And i have little doubt that she could feed allomancy with stormlight generated from metabolising food IF she can hack allomancy to allow it to accept that investiture. Here's one that goes the other way

Luckily upvotes can be used to counter downvotes when one feels they are unfair Brandon definitely has some aspects stemming from his religious convictions but I think he makes a concerted effort to be balanced and represent minorities of all sorts, and as noted he even writes superb anti-religion characters. Whatever his personal views are do not matter to me in the slightest. But he paints a positive view of humanity and he is quite innovative with being progressive, including using gay characters in settings that do not normally have them. But he's quite careful not to make a token effort by including diversity purely for the sake of it, but instead works diversity into his cast in subtle but understanding ways. So I don't think any of his own personal moral beliefs, conservative or progressive, are reflected in his books, with the possible minor exception of pre-marital sex. He writes with exceptional diversity to my mind. I think it was a reasonable question that seemed to come from the right place, I hope some of these explanations help. Or if you want it from the man himself...

WoBspren

Ha! My colleagues don't know of my obsession (when they see me on my phone they probably think I'm on Facebook rather than studying a not-for-credit degree in Cosmerology, majoring in realmatics). My partner though. Well she's just glad that, in her words, my mistress is a man

This doesn't answer but is relevant

As I indicated on discord, I like it. It's realmatically reasonable, a good plot device and doesn't contradict anything we're aware of. Props to blight and spool for reality checking it.

Gawx! I failed to realize he was dark skinned.

@Confused i just saw this, and likewise even though we've disagreed before and will no doubt continue to do so, I wanted to thank you for your pretty unique role here, I read all your theories and even if I don't have anything to say (and for a couple of months now I've barely ven on the forums due to pressures irl) they do make me think. Good on you mate Heh and HIF i sincerely hope that people argue with us, that's how theories get perfected i mean i only joined 10 months ago and needed people to reality check me to improve muy knowledge. If we are priests we are certainly no more than ardents, and slaves to the community

Nice post. To clarify, yes Akinah is surely the location of the oathgate (here's a map of the city) And Akinah is the large island in northern Aimia, just to make the location as accurate as possible

If a non-Nalthian is given Breath, then gives away that Breath, will they have the same amount of innate investiture as originally? Will they become a Drab? (Not sure if this is too convoluted but) Is there any way, other than hemaurgy, for a Returned to transfer a Divine Breath to another person or object? (Continuation) In Australia you indicated that you have not yet decided if normal Breath can be taken with hemalurgy as it sort of sits there in the Physical Realm. Have you decided yet?

Some WoB for thought

Touche sorry weltall, that's what i get for not reading carefully! Mea culpa

I have seen that idea before, but

Bridge 4 are radiant with kaladin 1000 miles away, I doubt that strength applies to other orders. I think its a remarkable resonance. And I have no doubt it works through Connection. No way other bridge crews would be connected enough to Kal. Bridge 4 though, they believe in him, they deify him, they bled for him and with him. That's strong connection. I wonder if family members for example could become squires or if the Connection needs to be based on recent shared experience.

This Word of Peter may help, care of the great Bota as always. @Botanica if this isn't supposed to be posted on the forum let me know and I'll hide it

A perfectly cut gem holds stormlight extremely well and we've seen big gems still have stormlight late in the weeping. I think he can easily last out the weeping. Just a note Weltall, a rosharan week is 5 days, not 7. As to how he gets Stormlight, we don't really know but

I think its simply that there's no soil in the east coz its blown away by Highstorms, so animals there have to get minerals and nutrients from crem, so have evolved to build that into shells. Whereas in shinovar there's no crem but lots of soil so animals evolved there as they would have in non-highstormy places.

The original prologue (from a reading Brandon did months ago) had Gavilar specifying he had more black spheres. That's the biggest reason i don't believe for a second that they hold unmade.

But... horses are prey animals. They normally have horizontal rectangular pupils don't they?

In a shattering of all decorum and common decency, I lapsed into unconsciousness immediately after reading "If Dalinar failed everywhere else, at least he would have King Taravangian at his...". Oh DK. So without further soliloquy, my post-sleep/pre-work first thinkies. As always, I have not read any of the comments or delicious lies by others, to leave my virginal thoughts unsullied and unspoiled, so my lazy apologies if you've seen it all before. Our first glimpses of using windrunner powers for general shenanigans rather than surgical assassinations, of conserving stormlight, and of Syl's sidekick developing some finesse. And of apparently believing he's an Edgedancer. Tasty! Hello. Farmed gemhearts. For those who may have wondered where they all come from. Stormfather or Honor, Syl. STORMFATHER OR HONOR? My lady doth speaketh elliptically. Eh? The Desolation will be...loud? Is this some ultrasonic "let's irritate American diplomats scenario? So clearly not all voidforms get pink-eye. Voidform may have more flexibility than we expected. Hmmmm. Beardin is back! Oh to spend cold nights nestled in your silky man-mane. There will be a quarter of a million posts on this exchange. I'll leave that to the shippers. Get your dirty, stinking paws off that Oathgate. Logistics win wars. Renarin doesn't get my motor running that much, but this was wonderful. You go boy! Oh and Truthwatchers clearly have a loose oath system yes? "Renarin is clearly a voidbinder because he hasn't healed Adolingo's hand", said this Extesian last week. Touche, Renarin, tou-storming-che. Oh and TRUTHWATCHER POWER. I was guessing the ability to change a spirit web. This is a bit more electrummy but delicious nonetheless. This will have uses. I hope Sadeas has a cognitive shadow so Hoid can waterboard it. Do...naturespren usually avoid the living? What is going on with your bond DK? Does Cultivation's investiture have an aversion to Honors investiture? Is the Stormsire Odiumish? Is Dalinar a voidspren? Stay tuned... There was definitely too much Thrill being cooked in the Kholin bathtubs. You stay strong DK. The seventh step is the most important. I admit, I expected the big reveal to be more disturbing. But still. Thrill addicts eh. Poor brave boy Brandon, you gotta quit trolling us bro. Either May is Adonalsium's cognitive shadow or she's NOTHING IMPORTANT WHATSOEVER. Or this is all leading to one terrible 'may' pun. Mediationform made for peace, it’s said. / Form of teaching and consolation. / When used by the gods, it became instead / Form of lies and desolation. I ship Fen and me. Is that you Vivenna? Did you grow your eyebrows long? I can dig it. That answers that. The people who follow One have Three? But any information on the Iriali pleases me. And Vstim is about to have some influence. Sweet. Elhokar, these words taste strange, but I love you. I actually teared up a bit at this. The spren directed? Taravangian is using Radiants? 10,000 Veden troops are about to arrive in Urithiru? A new Radiant order? Mrall is a Returned kandra with hemalurgy? Taravangian is a dragon? Vivenna is Jezrien's daughter? Any more questions?

The scout is...wait for it... ... VIVENNA

I think eye color changes when a spren is pulled into the physical realm (whether a 'live' or 'dead' one), not when investiture is used. I only struggle to reconcile soulcasting with that

For being welcoming, curious and enthusiastic!