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Huh, I've never thought about using unkeyed metalminds that way. For some reason I thought that compounding can only be done if you're both ferring and misting But this way it could be done. That's such an elegant solution. Why have I never thought about it?

He could push the bullet while it's still in the barrel, or while it's some distance away from Wax, so it doesn't veer off course. I didn't really think about it while reading.

They couldn't achieve compounding as they didn't have or know about nicrosil. Medallions work because they have nicrosilmind which stores the ability of feruchemy in them. They couldn't make it in era 1. Without nicrosil, they at best could make metalminds accessible only for every feruchemist. After Lord Ruler's death Keepers were busy with teaching so while the prospect of discovering new feruchemical metal might be tempting, their duty was more important in their mind.

Elhokar is bonded to his blade. But there is also another blade that King has, Gavilar's blade (his father), which is unbonded and used for training and dueling. I've reread that chapter when Adolin was throwing the Blade. It's just after he was beaten by Szeth, he wasn't emotionally stable and wasn't able to mentally command his Blade to stay physical. He was under a lot of stress and even feared that Szeth would just drop from the sky anytime. He succeeded after third time. Good arguments.You're taking notice of important details and making reasonable theories. Elhokar mentioned in WoK ch 58 that he sees unhuman faces and symbols in the mirrors watching him. And that's the only think that was told so far. This chapter made me look differently on Elhokar. He wants to be a good king. He wants to make the right decisions. He wants to be beloved and just. But he doesn't know how to do it. He was forced to become a king in a young age and 5 years had passed and still nobody ever taught him how to be a king. Even Dalinar just tells him what to do, and makes decisions for him, but never teaches him how to act like a good king. Numbers on the wall after Dalinar's visions.

There is a separation between the Tower and Alethkar, both are separate and independent states, that temporarily are ruled from the same place. The government you propose can be made in Urithiru but in Alethkar, I doubt it. They decided to remain separate when Jasnah was crowned instead of Dalinar. Blind with a Honorblade, possibly influenced by Dai-Gonarthis, having blood of Teft and many others on his hands. Representing what Kaladin could have become. He doesn't have to be killed in the fight, he can be killed as an act of mercy.

She would be the new God King. The priests were specific, they said if they find a Returned infant, it's a sign for them that the present God King served well and needs to be replaced. Returned infants are very rare, there were only 4 within 300 years. Moreover, they create elaborate stories in which the God King sacrifices himself to heal some disease etc, but is replaced by a new one. It's not a mystery. People know there were multiple God Kings, so new God King, who happens to be a woman, wouldn't be out of place. Ch 55

I think it might be possible. That metal has a connection to Feruchemy, so alloying it with Lerasium might attach that connection to you. I like this idea. And WoBs confirmed god metals can make you a feruchemist. But if that's the case, who was the first feruchemist and how did he get Feruchemy? He couldn't do it the way you propose. Some WoBs: Not only just to Preservation, it manipulates connection and can grant another invested art:

I consider Autonomy's Avatars as a great intelligence asset rather than a fighting force. Just look at the Set. Set didn't have a big armed force. And like Set, Avatars and her organizations spread across Cosmere can provide a foothold for the incoming invasion, destabilize any government and a region before the invasion and provide useful information. But considering other planets as a fighting force in favor of Taldain is too much. However the Man of Gold and Red are private army of Autonomy. Anywhere she is involved, they would be as well, both in defense or offense. And Autonomy is an extreme control freak, so she would be involved in any offensive Taldain would take, as without her approval, they wouldn't get off the planet in the first place.

He's smart, but in a different way. He's less emotional during that time so it makes him make purly "logical" decisions. But others don't see it that way, they are still emotional and see in the way he can't. Training. Dalinar has much more experience with a Blade. And commending your blade to stay is a common practice - people can rent king's Shardblade to fight and train. Throwing a blade is a bit different - but I think Adolin was too distracted by emotions to achieve this at that time. Remember that Kaladin went through a lot. He used to be very active, and usually his actions didn't change anything - him going to army to care after Tien, trying to save young boys in army, multiple escapes from slave owners etc. He's still stuck in that mindset, knowing that he will fail. Interesting, why Shallan and Dalinar? Yup, finally, it's happening! It's all coming together! And it was Shallan who told it first, not Kaladin.

Lift is "10". Why not some other character as well? It will still cover multi year time period so we see will see them growing up. Shallan was 17 in WoK. I highly doubt Moash is "helpless". I do agree, I see Jasnah reforming the government to some form of elective constitutional monarchy, where the King/Queen has a highly diminished role. The Nahn/Dahn system is already failing - we had 1000 slaves jumping from the lowest status to becoming Shardbearers and 3 Dahn. Changes are necessary already, everyone can become a Radiant.

No worry, I respect your opinion. I value faithful adaptations, that's why I have opinion like this. I like them being as close to the source material as possible, while also changing all necessary things to fit well in movie medium. In the world like Roshar, where ethnicity is clearly defined and recognisable, casting multi race actors for the same nationality would just make me lose on immersion, and worldbuilding would lose a lot. That was one of my problem with Wheel of Time. And for CGI it of course depends on how it's used. In Hobbit trilogy I suffered as there was too many moments when I could see some scene being too much over the top CGI, while in Dune I didn't find any scene standing out like that - both movies are using a lot of CGI. And SA requires a lot of it as well. So I'm just worried that CGI would be standing out too much - it doesn't have to if done right. I don't think that animated SA will be boring. Both movie formats can end up like this. It's not inherit to animation. Animation in my opinion have opportunity to explore Roshar better than live action, as Roshar is just too alien like, with sprens, emotions, different races, fauna and flora that doesn't resemble Earth at all. Most scenes would have to be done in CGI anyway. So why not make it animated it's just one step further. And animation can still use actors and motion capture. Unfortunately, I think Brandon confirmed that SA will be in movie format, not as a tv series, so it's gonna lose a lot already. SA would be great as a tv series.

Don't worry, I also want to read about space Cosmere right now!

I feel offended! I love animation! I don't watch a lot of movies, so I avoid voicing my opinion on the casting, but Roshar has an Asian-like population, so the only casting I will accept is Asian actors. And I don't like 100% CGI movies, sometimes it's too visible it's CGI.

Just no. Friction. Friction makes the limit. It's like a spaceship reentering the atmosphere (~7-12 km/s). The greater the speed the greater the friction, and at some point it will just burn them. And if you give them even greater speeds, like meteorites entering Earth's atmosphere (11 km/s to 72 km/s), the damage done by this to them would be even crazier - most small meteorites doesn't reach Earth's surface, they got turn into vapor by friction or explode high in the air. The fastest crewed plane flight (X-15 Flight 188) reached the speed of 2 km/s but suffered extensive damage due to heat despite heat shielding. Repair was deemed uneconomical. So no, they can't move as fast as they want.

We already had that fight, Marsh vs Sazed in WoA. Sazed had only very small amounts of attributes in his rings, but he almost won if not for lack of speed. But that was in the close space. Feruchemist is able to disrupt steel/iron allomancy with weight, he can heal, he can move very very fast and strike even harder. Mistborn can't heal. Pewter makes them withstand more wounds, but a deadly wound is still deadly. Feruchemist can heal. Not to mention he can think faster and this is very handy in combat. With speed and strength that increases the muscle mass, he can dodge and withstand coins. If the fight happens in the open space, Mistborn can stay in the air. Feruchemist can still get to him, by reducing weight, increasing strength and jumping really high, but Mistborn has the advantage. Mistborn can slowly drain him out of attributes. If Mistborn have Atium, he wins. If they both starts on ground and Feruchemist has 10h of attribute, he wins, he will get to Mistborn with insane speed and kill him before he jumps in the air.

Oh here we go! That chapter was a great one. I think Taravangian was thinking he will be able to reason with people and convince dumb people commit suicide, and nobody would blame Taravangian, they will agree with him - well that's what he was thinking back then. He probably wanted to increase intelligence levels in population, and that's one way to do it. So now you have one answer about Szeth. 99 more to go! Nightwatcher isn't that bad. It's not her fault people come to her with wishes. They know the cost. Yes, this was a very satisfying chapter. So many things got resolved. Bonding a Shardblade requires carrying it everywhere for a week or two, so to make sure nobody will see Dalinar with it, he fakes an Illness. That has nothing to do with throwing a Shardblade, as throwing it requires a mental image to make sure it won't disappear into mists as soon as it leaves his hand. Wow, it's the first time I have no Idea, but you're Elantrian now, and you guessed it, it's from Elantris.

They are the flashback characters, I doubt we will have much more Kal or Shallan in back 5 books. They will become minor characters. Having a fresh PoV who interacts with characters we already know would be much better than just more Kaladin, doing more Kaladin things. Oroden, Kaladin brother, would be an excellent new PoV. I think that the end of SA5 will be a satisfying ending, yet won't bring full resolution to the conflict on Roshar with Odium, it will change the rules of the conflict. So here are my predictions for some characters: Dalinar - he will lose the Contest of Champions and will become Odium's servant. It's a great way to introduce us to Cosmere scale conflict. He wil have lots of philosophical discussions with Taravangian. Kaladin - He will be forced to become king of the Tower, as the Death Rattle predicts. He will reach 5th ideal. He could be killed. Shallan - She will finally fully uncover her past, speak the 5th truth and become a mother. She will also be a major worldhopper in Cosmere, main rival of Ghostbloods Adolin - he will bring Maya back to life, and they will made reverse bond where it's Maya who is the knight and gain strength from Adolin, and Adolin will "fill the cracks in Maya's soul". Navani - She will bring fabrial industrial revolution and SA6 will starts with industrial Roshar thanks to her Szeth - probably dead but he will cleanse Shinovar and bring it to the Coalition. Jasnah - She will change the rules of government and society. She will be the last authoritarian ruler of Alethkar and most likely of Roshar. Vyre - dead, killed by Kaladin Taravangian - Alive and free, however weakened as his action will lead to accidental destruction of Kharbranth, which would mean breaking the deal he made with Odium, which would weaken Odium. Death Rattles predict this. Stormfather - dead or severely hurt, highstorm cycle will be highly disrupted, or ended. Death Rattles predict this.

More. This is great a series, with a lot of characters, everyone has their own thing going on, in different locations, so they need space to develop them properly. And as @offer said, more worldbuilding interludes. They were just great in WoK and WoR. Roshar is such a huge place, with so many cultures and countries, and we've barely get to know a few of them, and we still are focusing mostly on Altekar in book 4.

No? Mass holds equal value in momentum. p=mv. But on impact there are a lot of more factors than mass or speed to consider. I'm not an expert on arrows, but I think lighter arrows have smaller cross sections (thinner wood, different arrowhead), and on impact they tend to bend more, therefore absorb energy of the impact. They break more easily than heavier arrows, so more kinetic energy is lost and not delivered to the target. That's most likely why there is such discrepancy on impact. Also when they are airborne, lighter arrows are bending more, so again, they’re losing energy. But I admitt, I don't know much about this topic. It doesn't have to penetrate, with sufficient force it will break a bone. I think rocks on shorter distances can be surprisingly deadly as with 30 lashings you're getting close to 300m/s2 of acceleration, so you can get crazy speeds with that within just fractions of a second of fall. Jeez, I didn't know that. That's scary. Thanks @cometaryorbit Now I know why they're making uranium tipped bullets. I'm not taking any side here, not today, I don't have a brain for it now. Tbf I skipped 12 pages, so... Maybe one day I will join.

After careful consideration I'm surprised how little allomantic powers I would take. Tin - Feruchemy - I can store pain and isolate irritating stimuli Pewter - Allomancy - it give you more than strength, speed, balance, tirelessness etc. Iron - Feruchemy - this was hard, however weight seams to have more daily uses. Steel - Feruchemy - I'm speed, I like being speed, with Pewter and Iron it would make me very dangerous fighter. Copper - Feruchemy - having access to every thing you ever read and see is quite useful Bronze - Feruchemy - very good Zinc - Feruchemy - mental speed is also a speed Brass - Allomancy - I think the ability to influence other's emotions is very useful Aluminum - Feruchemy - useless in allomancy Duralumin - Feruchemy - useless for me in allomancy, and playing with connection and identity is fun Chromium - Feruchemy - Fortune! Nicrosil - Feruchemy - again more useful Gold - Feruchemy - is this even a choice? Electrum - Feruchemy - I need determination Cadmium - Allomancy - time travel Bendalloy - Allomancy - more time travel This is getting out of hand, there areso many polls here. Why?

You are wrong. This is the equation for drag force: It has nothing to do with object's mass or density, but ONLY its speed and cross sectional area. Smaller objects have smaller cross sections, therefore drag force is also smaller. Moreover, the equation for kinetic energy E=1/2 mv^2 means that the most important factor is speed of the object, not its mass. That's what matters during collision - kinetic energy, not momentum.

Is the title "Windrunners vs Skybreaker" or "Windrunner vs Skybreaker"?

How fast? I don't know. Nightblood requires exponentially more investiture the longer it's being held. At some point it would just draw more than is being provided. But that's when he's sucking it out of his wielder. RoW spoilers:

Welcome to the Shard Here's one WoB about it: Most investiture held by Shards and Adonalsium is in Spiritual Realm. If there was an Anti-being its anti-investiture would be also mostly in Spiritual Realm, which would annihilate itself with investiture that is already there. So you would be left with nothing. Similarly to how our Universe was created, slightly more matter than antimatter was created, for unknown reasons, and this lead to Universe being filled with matter. In Cosmere there is just investiture, and no anti-investiture.

So reverse lashing would be mostly useless here, and Adhesion as well. In Gravitation Windrunners are slightly better than Skybreakers, but Skybreakers have Division. And this can do damage. So if Skybreaker manage to touch Windrunner he can use Division on him and harm him that way, why Windrunner can't do much with touch. I have to give this one to Skybreaker. Also it's 1v1 so no squires.