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You're looking at the two dimensional projection of the three dimensional space - the Z axis is completely missing from this map and you can't accurately estimate distances between stars. While Roshar and Scadrial might look fairly close on the XY axes, on the Z axis they might be separated by dozens or hundreds of light years and the opposite might be true when considering their distance to the Drominad system. And while we know this image represents a real sky visible from some location in Cosmere, we don't know where it is and how far away from other stars is that place.

That was probably Venli and Ulim's manipulation. They wanted a war, they wanted to enrage Alethi, so most likely Venli convinced the Five to give such specific orders. Ulim went as far as revealing himself to Klade as a voice, thus making others believe a spren, or other divine entities, are on their side. It helped them that it was also Listeners tradition for assassins to wear white and be visible to give a warning. Anyone knew this would mean a war, so showing off Szeth's powers could act as a deterrent or distraction and slow down Alethi in pursuing fleeing Listeners. WoK prologue: OB prologue: RoW ch 77:

Yes, but that was after he killed those riders and it was far enough from Kholinar that he could stand next to the road for quite some time before someone took notice of him. No more soldiers were sent after them and no patrol crossed his path. What's more, Parshendi had several Shardblades, it's very likely that were a few Shardbeares with them and it would make a lot of sense to send them with a diplomatic mission just in case. Even without Szeth, Shardbearers would have dealt with cavalry with ease, as no Alethi Shardbearer was sent in pursuit.

Which doesn't make a lot of sense because the Higgs Field accounts for less than 1% of the actual mass of an atom (mass of each individual elementary particle like quarks and electrons), the rest comes from the binding energy that holds atoms together. Let's just stick to saying that F-iron manipulates mass (not weight) and the magic lets the density remain unchanged. The Focused Ones are achieving the same effect but with Tension. When relaxed they are fat and large, but they can compress themselves down to the size of a normal Singer with Tension, infusing their body with Voidlight and making it incredibly tough. They may not be manipulating density directly, but they kind of manipulate the volume of their body, F-iron manipulates mass directly, so I think it's not a stretch to say that there might be a way in Cosmere to manipulate density directly, without changing mass and volume (but it's unlikely we see it as just mass manipulation creates a lot of problems). But F-iron can't do it, as it doesn't affect density. No, it's either heavier for both or not at all.

Parshendi escaped the palace and the city at the same time Szeth was on the rampage. Only after Gavilar was killed did Parshendi leaders reveal themselves as the perpetrators, but due to overall chaos it still took Alethi hours before they realized that the rest of the Parshendi had fled the city. They sent 100 horsemen after them, but they all were killed by Szeth who was still with Parshendi. Alethi never stood a chance in capturing them. As for the navigation problem, Eshonai was probably more or less aware how to return home simply just by remembering the way to Kholinar, but let's not forget that Venli had Ulim with her. He could have guided them home from hideout to hideout and thus even if Alethi were to send more people after them, they would have slim chances of finding them. However, it is doubtful that Alethi sent anyone after the initial pursuers were lost, it was just too costly and risky and they probably didn't have any sizable force on standby that could have been sent after Parshendi. They were already gearing up for the war so why would they try to capture Parshendi if they were going to find them on a battlefield anyway? WoR Prologue:

Direform are intelligent, naturally armored and quite strong, comparably so to Koloss. Koloss are massive, intimidating and swing huge lumps of iron. While the Direform numbers are limited by available spren, you can create as many Koloss as you want, but they have a tendency to start killing each other, which isn't ideal. Still, quantity is a quality of its own so in my army I would rather have Koloss simply because I can outnumber any enemy by a vast margin and overwhelm them. Koloss are also easy to control with Allomancy, so they will follow me commands just as I want them to and won't betray me. They are also super easy to replace, just reuse spikes from the fallen ones, and they don't need any supplies so any logistical restraints are just out of the window. Additionally, an army of Koloss is just terrifying, which would devastate the morale of my enemy and could force them to surrender without any fight. But in a 1 on 1 fight, Direform would most likely win, simply because they are smart and intelligent unlike Koloss. Their armor probably wouldn't help that much if they were to get hit by Koloss' giant club of iron (blunt internal damage), but Eland had no powers and still killed one of them, Direform would have a much easier job.

The blade is still visible in Shadesmar when it’s summoned in the Physical Realm, it appears as a shimmering, glowing object. Although on Scadrial every metal glows in the Cognitive Realm, pure investiture turned physical would probably be recognizable for a Radiant and especially for a spren from Roshar. Having Shardblade permanently summoned and hiding it in an aluminum sheath is a great solution. I would also cover its hilt with aluminum or some normal metal to hide its glow. If you know someone trusty and you don’t mind leaving your Shardblade with them, they can also hide it in a big pile of metal/scrap. But truthfully, you could dismiss your blade and have your Deadeye sink into the depths of the Scardrian subastral, which is made out of opaque mists. Most of deadeyes on Roshar wander through the bottom of the sea of beads and it’s almost impossible to detect them. If your deadeye is somewhat aware and you can communicate with them (like Maya), you can tell them to stay hidden at the bottom of the Shadesmar sea and they won’t be seen and won’t betray your position, yet you can still summon them to the Physical Realm anytime you need a blade. If anyone wants to retrieve your Shardblade, they need to find you and not your deadeye. They need to either kill you, spike your Connection to the blade out, or destroy the gem in the blade when it’s summoned (only a Bondsmith would be able to steal that Connection by touching your deadeye). A giant, glowing sword would be very eye-catching on Scadrial so you’d do better if you don’t brandish your Shardblade in the Physical realm if you want to stay hidden. That's a problem because before WaT it was incredibly hard for a spren or a Radiant to leave Roshar, almost impossible. Kelsier suffers from the same problem, he can’t leave Scardial.

And where would you leave that non-Radiant person? On a vertical mountain cliff? Urithiru is placed within mountain peaks, you can't just walk up to it. The only path you can enter on foot is the one Fused took when attacking Urithiru, through a cave stretching from the foot of a mountain up to the basement of Urithiru. But that path was blocked during the invasion.

It would be probably easier to do three separate equations, but at the same time also harder as they all need to work together. That's why I don't think there would be three equations, because energy, matter and investiture are the same thing and the Einstein's equation tells you how much total energy is there in the object/particle - mass is energy, so is momentum and energy curves spacetime (and that's why it's in the equation - at least that's how I understand it). That's why I believe there should be just one equation in Cosmere that tells you the same with the inclusion of Investiture cause it's also energy that needs to be considered. WaT:

All points towards this conclusion. The Shades were first discovered in the Forests of Hell by the first expeditioners who landed there. The AU Threnodite system essay says that people only sometimes turn into Shades, not always: My opinion is that the original inhabitants of this continent died off shortly after the clash of Shards and turned into Shades, remaining there ever since. It's possible that you are right, as on Canticle Shades are often drawn into the Chorus rather than remaining where they died. But this is something that is visible, a mist appears and moves away. However, this isn't always the case and Shades sometimes do rise from corpses. If things like this were happening on the Homeland too, it would have been noticed and Shades would have been known before landing in the Forests of Hell. TSM ch 22: It's still a valid theory as we only have scares information about Threnody, however we don't really have anything that would supoort your claim either.

Age is the most important factor. Breaths of younger people are stronger and more vibrant than those of adults, old age weakens them even more and Breaths from dying people are the weakest. Still, the difference is pretty small so it's not that big of a deal.

It's even better. Apparently Horneaters will treat you like a god. We will know more about Horneaters and their perpendicularity once Brandon writes Horneater novella.

It looks like that if something is large enough, it wouldn't be affected by the time bubble even if a part of it is passing through it.

They buy food from merchants, the most popular food is canned one which is brought to Roshar by traders from other worlds. Canned food doesn't spoil that fast so it can be stored for a long time, perfect for Shadesmar. There are thousands of people travelling between worlds, there is a whole trade network, which deals with distributing food around Shadesmar. They have been. There is a perpendicularity in Horneaters Peaks and a massive trade hub there. People from Roshar can use it to cross into Shadesmar, and while most people don't know about it, it still happens. I would also assume that as languages evolve on Roshar, due to the fact that spren are influenced by perception of people, they naturally pick up those changes. However, we have seen many spren who struggle to communicate in human languages (for example capitan Ico), so its clear that they need to learn too. Yes, what Shallan and Jasnah do is force beads around to take the shape of an object, manifesting an object creates it physically in Shadesmar. They don't stop people from crossing between realms, Hoid, Zahel or Azure had no problems with passing through Cultivation's perpendicularity. Edit: Actually, they do have their own languages. Cryptics are probably most famous as their language use clicking sounds, Lightspren use vibrations through metal to communicate and there are several other spren languages.

Those are a bit different situations because Bleeder used spikes to steal Allomantic and Feruchemic powers and grant them to her own body and Spirit Web. Kelsier already has them in his Spirit Web. The problem is that the body he uses isn't his, it's Mistwraith's body which has its own Spirit Web and most importantly its own identity, which conflicts with Kelsier spirit's identity. I wouldn't be surprised that even if he were to try to place a spike with a stolen power into this body, it would grant this power to the Mistwraith, but not to Kelsier's Spirit Web, which would also prevent him from using it for the same reasons. It's definitely possible for him to regain his powers, but it would require hacking the magic system in some way. It would probably be easier to find a way to fully reconnect his Spirit Web to the Physical Realm and manifest his own new body out of pure investiture, SA spoilers: Obviously, Sazed could have done it for him with ease, but he decided not to do it (can't blame him, Kelsier has already dethroned two gods and usurped the power of the third one for a short time, you can never be too careful when it comes to dealing with Kelsier).