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  4. [OB] The Voice

    in Stormlight Archive

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    1 hour ago, Thunderclast said:

    I'm pretty sure it was Tien, because in the letter Mraize sends to Shallan about Helaran he states that the only member of Amaram's army to bond a spren had been eliminated. Tien and Cenn are really the only people we read about before Kaladin's enslavement.

    What about Amaram, members of kaladins squad, and the other captain who were all mentioned by name?

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  6. [OB] The Voice

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    Could it also have been another of the storm father's siblings? Or maybe  tanavast's shadow of self (like what fuzz was to leras?), or it could be someone we have yet to meet. The theory that it could have been hoid is not wothout merit

     

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  8. The peoples of roshar being decended fron spren

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    The various races of humans in roshar have several odd traits. For example: Herdazian rock like fingernails, thaylen eyebrows, horn eater bones, aimian's abilities to change, the blue tinted skin of the people hoid told the story about, alethi hair, shin eyes, etc. Some nations dont have light eyes.

    I have two theories as to why this might be. The first is that soulcaster savants children might have modified genetic heritage.

    The second theory is that the decendants of different orders of radiant gained different traits. While on the honor spren ship, one of the honor spren said that until the fifth ideal, if kaladin died, syl would survive. Is it possible that the spren at the fifth ideal become interlinked more fully to the radiant to the point it changes genetic heritage?

    Is the body focus the thing changed by the spren bond? (I am aware that khriss believes the body focus to be a philosophical interpretation)

    Which spren could be associated with each race?

    I will make a spread sheet to help illustrate this,

     

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  9. What characters would you want to meet each other?

    in Cosmere Q&A

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    On 7/12/2017 at 8:49 PM, The One Who Connects said:

    Rashek and Hrathen would be an amazing conversation. Personally, I'd like Taravangian to be involved rather than Sadeas, but that might be my prejudice towards liking Taravangian more.

    Rashek, Hrathen, Taravangian, Sadeas, and maybe another person, just sitting around a table discussing philosophy... This would definitely be worth reading.

    lets add in elend and hoid.

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  11. Set. Array, Suit, Sequence

    in Mistborn

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    On 1/29/2017 at 8:52 AM, Kingsdaughter613 said:

    Trell is confirmed to be a Shard we know of. At the time that happened we knew of Harmony, Autonomy, Odium, Cultivation, Honor, Dominion, Devotion and Endowment. We also know it isn't Edgli. D&D are splintered as is Honor. That leaves Autonomy, Odium, Cultivation and Harmony himself as our options for Trell.

    As an aside, I wonder if the Shard opposite Ambition is Humility?

    Or an unknown shard, if trell is a shard. Or if trell is a shard, if trell is a single shard. How do we know what trell is? trell could be fain life for all we know. trell could also be several non shardic individuals, or a series of things happening that aren't all the same thing, but are related somehow.

     

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  14. Spiritual FTL

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    7 minutes ago, Calderis said:

    Without actually passing through the Spiritual Realm physically, I think you'd be forced to traverse the physical (or Cognitive) space between. 

    That's actually why I brought up the Oathgates. From the perspective of people using one, they effectively teleport. Knowing that we have an realm that is essentially one dimensional that is pervasive throughout the entirety of the Cosmere gives a mechanism to explain the surge of transportation, and Aon Tia (and whatever the Dahkor version is called). If they all function by passing the body through the spiritual realm, even if only for a millionth of a second, then we have an in world mechanic that could be expanded for other uses, like a stable gateway between worlds. 

    I dont think you would have to traverse the disance phisically. for example, in a video game your avatar is your "pysical" form, and its location is determined by code (sDNA). By editing your code, your avatar is suddenly somewhere else. He didn't travel through the code, he just teleported because his sDNA was altered.Now instead you select all the objects in a certain area, and switch the physical location variable with that of something else, and your teleporting platforms are achieved.

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  15. Spiritual FTL

    in Cosmere Discussion

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    It could be that you don't necessarily actually travel through the spirit realm. instead, you just rewrite your sDNA physical placement connection to the location you are currently at, thus making you and the things around you move to a different location. 

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  17. Transcription Requests

    in Events and Signings

    Posted · Edited by Just another guyn

    8 minutes ago, WeiryWriter said:

    Indexing, want to make sure the wobs you shared are dated correctly.

     

    On 4/25/2017 at 8:28 PM, Just another guyn said:

    So I asked Brandon at the signing tonight about what would happen if you drew a line of forbidance in a chalkling, and he said it would negate both of them. I was going to post it as a theory last night, but couldn't, so here is the solved theory.

     

    I'm 90% sure I posted that on the night of, before I left BYU. btw Thanks for including my research!

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  18. Transcription Requests

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    6 minutes ago, WeiryWriter said:

    It was part of the class, right? Was it a Tuesday or a Monday class?

    I don't know if it was officially part of a classe.  Brandon's students were invited to a pizza party and signing and were told the could bring friends, and thats how I ended up there. I  could try and conntact the guy who invited me and get more info. out of curiosity, why do you ask?

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  23. Raoden holds the dual shard of Benevolence

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    On 7/4/2017 at 0:55 AM, Lord Maelstrom said:

    Really wacky theory, and probably wrong, but hear me out.

    First off, "Benevolence" is the name I am giving to the Shard that would come of a combination of Dominion and Devotion. Came up with the name when hearing Raoden describe himself as a dictator. He is a dictator and a tyrant, embodying Dominion in his control of New Elantris, at the same time, his people love him, and not only does he devote himself to them, he teaches them to devote themselves to their work to escape the pain, thus also embodying Devotion. Best way to describe this to me would be a Benevolent Dictator. Let me know if you have a better name for a combination of Dominion and Devotion (Kinda like how Harmony is the name of Ruin+Preservation).

    Part two of the theory. Haven't looked this up too much, so it might already be accepted knowledge, but here you go. Odium shattered both Dominion and Devotion. This destroyed their consciousnesses, as well as locking their power in the cognitive realm, in a shattered form. I am assuming that this is what is making travel in Sel's area of Shadesmar dangerous; the shattered power of a shard is searching for purpose and is quite volatile. The Dor is in fact the collection of Devotion and Dominion's power, stuck in the cognitive realm and trying to escape. Something in the shattering also stops it from reforming a consciousness, though I'm not sure if that is by keeping it apart (shattered) or it is through some other means. However, I think it is safe to assume that Dominion and Devotion are united as a single power now, almost like a shattered Harmony might be.

    Part three has to do with Raoden's Dor attacks. For reference, he is the relevant part of Chapter 37:

    Here, he feels the Dor, as this vast power, making worlds seem insignificant. However, there are a couple lines I'd like to call attention to. First "without crack". To me this seems to say that the shattered pieces aren't separated physically. No, to me it seems to say that something is keeping the sentience of the shards shattered and unformed (thus the "It was not evil, or even sentient." line), while the power is somewhat whole and unite in the Cognitive realm, even if it is volatile and dangerous.

    A shard's power tends to try and find a host, preferably one that can actually hold the shard (ie has a similar character to it's ideal). To me it seems like Raoden is the first person who is both an Elantrian (read, connection to the Dor) and the odd mix of both Devotion and Dominion's intents. This annotation from Elantris' 31st chapter would seem to confirm this:

    With a bit of twisting, those two traits could be seen as Dominion and Devotion. Seems suspicious that Brandon would use the term "two defining traits" if intent plays such a big part in Shard lore and mechanics.

    So, what I think is happening is that the Dor is trying to find a host, but something that Odium did when shattering it is stopping it. And any attempt to absorb the shard is extremely painful to the host, due to a lingering shattering effect from Odium to stop a new host or due to the volatility of the current state of the Dor. Also, for some reason, being a fallen elantrian allows the Dor to try and take you as a host, assuming you have the connection required. If there ever was another Elantrian who, like Raoden, had the character to hold the Dor, then they have perished and been forgotten by the time Raoden becomes an elantrian.

    All that to say, I think that Raoden, after becoming settled as an Elantrian wouldn't have given up his passion with understanding the Dor. And that it would keep trying to take him. Maybe as a full elantrian, the effects would be different than pain, but I don't know. Regardless, Raoden would figure it out, and would eventually take on the power of both Dominion and Devotion, becoming the shard Benevolence.

    Other points:

    • Somehow the Cognitive realm becomes safe enough for travel some time after Elantris, as Galladon finds his way to Roshar. It would make sense if someone has taken in all of that volatile power.
    • The Dor attacks was one of the unresolved mysteries of Elantris. Why was it important to the plot? Just so there was urgency to Raoden after the bands joined? (as per the annotations.) I don't think so. The Dor attacks seem too well thought out. To me it smells like a strand of a Cosmere level plot. Something to lead into a sequel.
    • The "glowing" during the Dor attacks would seem similar to the description of Vin right before her body melted away. In fact, here is another passage from Elantris which almost says this. It's when Raoden gets attacked by the Dor during a conversation with Sarene:

     

    So, there you go. My theory is that some time after Elantris (maybe in a sequel) Raoden takes up the mantle of the shattered power of both Dominion and Devotion, becoming a shard who's intent is very similar to that of a benevolent dictator. Thus the name Benevolence.

    Edit: Thanks to @The One Who Connects for catching that I wrote Domination instead of Dominion a couple times.

    I personally have always thought of them as "unity" since that is mentioned in the book as a term several times to describe the two predominant religions.

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