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I also didn't notice it. I also can't believe I didn't notice it. But it is so obvious I reckon half of Sharddom is thinking "I can't believe those two didn't notice it". Nonetheless, you made me notice it so I applaud you.

It is the official Discord server for this 17th Shard site, which of course is this official Sanderson fandom. A lot of us on this site use it, you'll be most welcome to join in the discussions! https://discord.gg/V9kWcYQ (I hope I linked that right)

It is not random who got which Shard Personally I think that as with so many things it was about Connection. The Vessel most strongly connected to each Shard got that Shard. At least I'd like that to be the case.

Endless lols. Updated. And a couple are yours. More are mine but most are Wire's :') I'm most proud of my "Peter won't tell him" and "unfortunately, the Hero of Ages" (and one I didn't put up, black sphere is how jebus pronounces adonalsium). But Wire's invested black hole is magic.

So this was the key outtakes from a conversation on Discord about the Black Spheres. I put it on reddit coz its so storming funny but realizes sharders who don't do discord deserve to see it. Enjoy and feel free to add to the madness. Firstly Brandon recently continued the trolling. R'Shara Brandon, you said we'd know by the end of OB what Gavilar's black spheres were, but we still don't know what they are. What are they? Brandon Sanderson People have guessed very correctly about this, so I think I am justified in saying that Voidlight will become an increasingly important part of the story as things progress. I think there are two main theories on what Gavilar's spheres are, and I think they are both very valid theories supported by the books. I'm not pulling something very sneaky. It is along the lines that you are theorizing. https://wob.coppermind.net/events/357/#e10582 Then a few people on Discord discussed which of the valid theories supported by books is right. "WHAT HAPPENED TO "WE WOULD KNOW AT THE END OF OB"? This is "the man who calls himself Taln" all over again Brandon is enjoying this what if the real taln is in the black spheres Adonalsium is in the black sphere. The spheres are how you seal the bore each black sphere is a dragon ball nonono, the Creator is the Weapon which was used to Shatter Adonalsium and Vax is made of aluminum, which is how the Creator did it it also turns out that aluminum guns are a Scandium-Aluminum-Cuendillar alloy each black sphere contains its very own cosmere. who ever holds the sphere is the "adonalsium" of that cosmere The black sphere contains the real Dalinar and it was Autonomy's avatar that refused to give his pain the black sphere contains the paint or material that anish kapoor uses for his art The black sphere is actually the fourth Silmaril The back sphere contains all failed arranged marriages in the cosmere, so is completely empty Brandon isn't trolling. Peter is just refusing to tell Brandon what's in the black sphere. The black sphere has the Reckoners multiverse in it the black sphere is where all chalklings originate from the Black Sphere is actually an Atiummind at mistpoint The Black Sphere have psionic powers stored in them The black sphere is a feruchemical mind where all of the sons of honor stored their planning ability The black sphere is where Brandon stored all of his writing speed. It's turning black because of how much he's been tapping it. The Black Sphere is actually just a rock Gavilar likes The black spheres are Tiens soul split into horcruxes The Black Spheres contain trelllight Maybe its just a black sphere The Black Spheres are actually just really sneaky inkspren, really good at holding their shape The black sphere is eshonai hiding out while she becomes a very much alive willshaper The black sphere is what really happened to Asmodean The black sphere is Kelsier because he wants us to theorize and through that start a cult The Black Spheres are actually made of the same glass as Warrior's Lenses The sphere is Gaz's eye The Black Spheres are actually chasmfiend poop The black sphere is a really dumb Kandra The Black Sphere is actually just a mass hallucination The black sphere is instant noodles tightly packed The Black Sphere is Vivenna, an Invested Black Hole The Black Sphere is actually just a metaphor for human existence the black sphere is actually just a dark blue sphere seen in bad light The black sphere is the higgs boson particle of the cosmere it turns out everyone in that room just happened to be colourblind and its actually a pink sphere The black sphere is what aluminum was before the shattering yeah, i see a white and gold sphere. You see black and blue??? The black sphere is actually a red sphere, but the room was dark so it looked black. Because red looks black fastest in low lights. The black sphere is a cube but people on Roshar can't see straight lines The black sphere is actually the thrice-locked chest someone stole from Kvothe. The Black Sphere is actually a Black Centahedron The black sphere is Unity The Black Sphere is Discord The black sphere is, unfortunately, the Hero of Ages The Black Sphere is actually an idea generator for possibilities as to what the Black Sphere is The black sphere is really Kelsier's spiked out eye the black sphere is the cosmere version of a pokeball The Black Sphere is actually the secret ingredient for functional aluminum guns The Black Sphere is the source of all the extra energy that shows up when iron feruchemists find a stick The black sphere is Stick now, the Black Sphere is Stick's Shadesmar bead The sphere is a dalek? The sphere is Ba-Ado-Mishram it doesn't contain her that's just what she looks like The black sphere is the something extra in Nightblood The Black Sphere is Aonic pronounciations The black sphere is yo momma.

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I've theorized before that adonalsium was a bowl of noodles and the shattering was when the 16 knocked the bowl off the table. I like yours better

My unsupported head canon - Edgli is actually Ed Gli

Yes

There's a paraphrased WoB from a sharder reporting Brandon saying they will discover lasers

"It's not a meme, it's a legitimate theory...you wound me".

The easier explanation is that she is wearing a floral scent to make Dalinar frisky even though she doesn't love it. (How you spot this stuff jof is completely beyond me)

I've wondered for a while if part of Autonomy's game is to make people more autonomous, therefore more connected to her, which makes it easier to get a foothold in places and then directly influence that autonomous investiture. And since OB I've thought that even more with her making avatars, with the idea that once enough people are becoming more connected to her it enables her to 'access' that investiture and create a sapient being out of it. And of course since OB I've wondered the same thing with passion. I've never had enough behind it to post a theory and I have some reservations around the extent to which investiture can either change flavor or be more easily manipulated by a Shard based on people exhibiting that behavior. But I'm glad you've prompted discussion down a similar (if not identical) path

We know it's a novella he can't discuss for contractual reasons but we should know by late this year, it's not the Dark One or Infinity Blade, nor is it as exciting to Peter Ahlstrom as Dark One, and most importantly we know it's not Cosmere

Soulcasting savants aren't actually physically transforming, their spirit is drifting and i think because of the closeness of the realms people see that in the PR. But their flesh isn't becoming dead meat, it just looks like it. The main consequence for them seems to be a pull into the CR that's hard to resist. But sure having someone look like their body is becoming flesh without skin has got to be creepy.

I was being a bit hyperbolic in my OP There are obviously some challenges to doing this on a large scale, mostsignificant in the difficulty in using a personalized stamp for each victim as @Jazzy Kandra pointed out. My excitement is that magic hacks are in my mind the thing that will decide the fate of the cosmere and the new WoB is pretty significant for forgery hacks. Not just for allomancy but for a range of other systems (Elantrian is specifically mentioned). Yes I think for the reasons mentioned its more possibleto do this without killing victims than with some other hemalurgy options. But even if not, for many in the cosmere one murder in exchange for building allomancers (and indeed twinborn or fullborn for more murders) is absolutely something they'll accept. That said you're right jazzy that medallion tech could potentially be a better way.I'm not solid enough on medallions to comment too much. @Oversleep quite right actually. I was thinking of a stamp being not very invested but you're right, they do draw a lot of investiture. Either way there are many exciting implications to this WoB and to one of my absolute favorite systems, forgery.

I'll keep this simple. You can spike out allomancy from someone soulstamped to be an allomancer. But there were reservations about how viable that is. But a delicious new WoB indicates stamping someone to temporarily be an allomancer is easier than we thought because fooling the magic via Connection and Identity is not so hard. Manufacturing allomancers has moved into the realm of reasonable. Long live Forgery, the Cosmere's most delicious low-investiture magic. Long live Shai's unstoppable army of allomancers.

Here's a shiny new WoB that addresses much of this thread. The object will try to snap back to its spiritual ideal (the natural form of what it was originally) with 'varying results'.

I understand why people find you interesting. You're the most significant forum user of the Great Sharders. What I can't understand is how people can put up with 40 notifications a day for each time you post

I mean there's no question whatsoever. He's a cat's cat. A furry ninja. A scourge to rodents and birds alike. A delightful terror who intimidates those who don't know him and sows discord and love with confusing recklessness. He's the Shard of Autonomy.

Did the first one then got on a roll, regrettably. And spoilered for spoilers (mostly SA).

I'm not entirely sure I understand the question but in case you're not aware Roshar is based on a slice of the Julia set. Similar fractals could provide some nice inspiration if you're looking at inspiration for a shape. My profile pic is the Mandelbrot set which can also provide some nice slices to get a natural looking shape that indicates motion. But you were probably looking for something different, in which case my apologies

I thiiink he didn't know what it was until the plateau transported from this. Reinforcing the point further that it wasn't him.

No its a good question. We know that gate was the only one in Urithiru that was left unlocked. We don't know why. maybe just because they had to leave urithiru by that gate? Or maybe the plains had already been shattered and that gate wasn't functional enough to bother locking the urithiru side?