Aethling

I just finished the first four of Britain's Green Rider books, they were really good. Probably my favorite is Eddings' Garion books and the two prequels.

1. Where did humanity originate in the cosmere? 2. Is there a chance that any dead protagonists will miraculously come back (IE Vin, Elend, Lightsong) to help fight later battles? You have shown Kelsier having influence after he died, and Sazed makes a statement about keeping in touch with Vin and Elend.

Not saying that it isn't possible that he did change it around to suit his needs. I just feel that the purification and return to the original premises makes as much, if not more, sense. Historically, many of the things he was said to have stopped are some of the same ideas that the Protestants attributed to the Catholic church. That is something that most people in the western world would recognize at least subconsciously. Even non-Christians in the West would have an idea of it because it is a major part of any history class from elementary to college. Still, like you said, it is just way too early to know. Little was mentioned of the religious fathers in Elantris. Mistborn had multiple religions mentioned. Warbreaker just outlines some basics. It is entirely possible that we might never even hear of Sunmaker again, but it is doubtful, in my opinion.

Nice idea this theory. What about turning it on its head and saying that instead of corrupting the religion, Sunmaker returned it to its original intent? Imagine a purification of the church back to its founding grounds and getting rid of thousands of years of tacked on rites and self-serving custom? Honestly, that is the way I interpreted the fall of the monolithic church. After all, Sanderson does have several real-world examples to go by that many readers would grasp on an instinctive level if not outright.

I simply refuse to pay money for a part of a book that comes out in a few months anyway. I understand they have done this in the past, but I will not support this kind of marketing.

Sarene, she went into an unknown and managed to come out ahead in pretty much every way.

It may have just been me, but I got the feeling that most of the deathquotes reflected something in the chapter they precede. If we look at it through that lens, I have a feeling everything will be much clearer.

I think most people would agree that someone that is driven by hatred has something broken inside of them.

During one of his Dreams, doesn't Dalinar remark about seeing one of the KR that was darkeyed?

That is the general idea, but Jordan said that if the amount of balefire was extremely small, it would be possible. Click the transmigration link on the quote listed above. Of course, he did seem to bounce around quite a bit on this very issue if you go just by these type of links.

I think if was remembering partial that and partially the comment Jordan made saying that if the amount of balefire was small there was a chance someone could be brought back.

I could have sworn someone posted a quote several months ago that had Sanderson saying just because you were balefired did not mean you could not be brought back. It didn't make much sense at that time, and appeared to contradict Jordan, but if that is the way Sanderson takes balefire, don't rule anything out.

As much as I loved SLA1 and am awaiting SLA2, Warbreaker 2 just seems to pull me more.

Not sure I would go so far as to say splinters. I would have no problem going with Odium or Honor changed them somehow. We already have multiple examples of that in the Cosmere.

Different branches can't really be called the same language. That would mean that you are calling French, Italian, and Spanish the same language because they all descended from Latin. I would concede there could be a link like Spanish/Latin, but I would not call the evolved tounge Dawnchant.

Even what might be considered different languages today that originated from a common tongue can sometimes be understood without someone knowing both "languages." I knew a woman from Sweden when I was getting my MA. She had never taken any German classes, but she could still get the gist of someone speaking Dutch and German because they were related to her native language. She did not understand everything, but she could tell the languages were related. When I was getting my BA, I looked at a friend's basic French textbook and was able to read most of it even though I had never taken any French classes, but I had several years of Spanish. Southerners can still understand Yankees while speaking. An Englander can still understand a Scot when he is speaking English (By Englander I mean someone from England specifically, not a citizen of the UK). Those are the same language, but accents can be remarkably different. I would be willing to go along if someone said they could be distant derivatives of the same language or if they shared some common words or origins like English and German and Latin. The mushing together would stop someone from being able to recognize the language, but then it would lose the right to be called the same language. Possibly an example like Old, Middle, and Modern English as well, but there is a reason the languages are separated.

Non-FTL space travel? Point the craft at something and then throw up bubbles. It would stop the people from ageing and dyring en route.

Why risk the lives at all when you have a different method even if it is a bit slower? I have a feeling the gem-style chasm runs are pretty much a thing of the past at this point, especially once Dalinar is named High Prince of War.

Definately a first generation Mistborn for me. Elend-type, not Vin-type.

The major concern for Sadeas was cost of the well-trained foot and cavalry. Slaves were readily available and much less expensive. Considering Sadeas has no bridge crews now and Kaladin's new position, the Chulls will probably still remain the most reliable.