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The moon scepter changes investiture, correct?

22 hours ago, Nathrangking said:

If this were possible then the moon scepter becomes infinitely more important than ever before.

In the sentience case, they are similar to the Ryshadium, at least a little bit.

@Pagerunner Thanks a lot. This will help.

What is the WoB on the ending of stormlight having been told already? I think I may have a lead. but I need a little more proof.

5 hours ago, Jonathon said:

Now how can that be when I am CREATING theories and ideas and enlightening the way people think? I am spreading ideas amongst others I am cultivating their thoughts. Sometimes you reap, and sometimes you sow....

Sounds like something Ruin would say. 

39 minutes ago, Calderis said:

I'm both laughing hysterically and horrified. 

Don't sully the master's name by comparing him to me. 

He definitely doesn't deserve that. 

Edit: besides, if he were here as often as me, when would he write? 

Fair point. He does a lot of writing. It's like its his job. 

@Calderis this discussion has made me laugh a lot too.

Guys, we've been skirting around this the whole time. I think @Calderis is Brandon. It explains how he knows so much.

Are there any WoBs on if a person killed by a shardblade could be turned in to a lifeless?

4 hours ago, Calderis said:

This is remarkably entertaining. 

And I have to ask, my backstop doesn't add up? Do I need to do an AMA or something? I'm a real person. I eat, I sleep, and I dedicate far too much time to a fictional world. 

I do exactly that... All I think about is this.

That is very true, and he replies to tons of topics. It all fits.

Since its back, I have to say White Sand, to read. I do not really like GNs in the first place and it doesn't feel right with the other books bring novels. If there is ever a novel published I feel like it would be better.

On 7/13/2017 at 4:55 PM, The One Who Connects said:

Given that Aon definitions are less descriptions and more "words," there could easily be as many Aons as there are words in the English language. We know Raoden read a notebook written entirely in Aons. To do that, we'd need to learn a lot more Aons than we currently have, so there must be more.

@Calderis@Lord MaelstromAre there any WoB on where Aon modifiers originated? Could they be from smaller natural formations in Arelon, of from street patterns in Elantris?

1 hour ago, NotSteve said:

Also I feel it is far more likely that Hoid is from Scadrial because the Voice says that it has remarkable technological progress. And since even if you would say other planets would achieve FTL before Scadrial, it would actually make more sense then because he is from the future and would have a general knowledge of the past and would be able to know where to go.

Hoid was alive before the shattering of Adonalsium. He is from Yolen.

On 7/8/2017 at 10:46 PM, Lord Maelstrom said:

From what I can tell, the pendant is the source code, and the soulstamp refers to it so you don't have to restamp the whole thing. I suspect that there would be a way to do the same thing with AonDor, where you place a permanently carved Aon with all of the modifiers etc, that does the actual work, and then an other Aon (maybe also carved?) can be activated by an Elantrian to activate the core one.

So, they could almost create new aons that are complex. I was thinking, could there be undiscovered/lost(during the reod) aons or modifiers? Just speculation.

2 minutes ago, Landis963 said:

Fortune is a Realmatic concept that is used in Chromium Feruchemy.  Other examples of "drawing upon Fortune," as Elrao stated to Alonoe, are sadly unpublished as yet.  The Ire's tipple of choice is simply liquid Investiture (note its similarity to the mysterious liquid that Hoid applied to his oar/"boat").  More information on those who "died, but did not" as Preservation so obtusely described them can be found in Elantris.  

Thanks, I missed that, I'll have to reread Elantris. I haven't reread it since I started looking into the deeper cosmere and I missed a lot. 

I was reading SH and when Kel was listening through the window, one elder said, someone was worrying about fortune being stolen. I have seen ideas where fortune being feruchemical, but I believe they drank it. Could it be that there is a shard Fortune somewhere and it was shattered and captured, or they have a piece of the shardpool from Fortune. That seems plausible, and that explains how they could live so long+stay in the cognitive realm(if they are dead?).

3 hours ago, Calderis said:

There would be no real speed requirements, just the fuel/method to open the tunnel. 

Posssibly needing the investiture from a certain area to go/leave there?

31 minutes ago, Calderis said:

Unfortunately yes. Three distinct spren all granting the same set of surges and performing a similar function, when every other order is comprised of people bonding to what are essentially identical beings bothers me still... But it is what it is. 

I just read through WoK, WoR, and AU in the last week and a half and from what I can gather I do not think we have seen the other spren that bond with to make bondsmiths. Does that seem accurate?

But I had a thought, could they be other splinters from Honor? I think that would fit with what we have seen in other nahel bonds, and if they were less powerful than the Stormfather, they could have been broken, or injured more. That being why they have not been seen.

7 minutes ago, Calderis said:

This is one of the main, non-story reasons I'm excited for Oathbringer. 

We know that Bondsmiths were limited to 3. We know that they never had Shardblades. We know that each of the three were bonded to 3 specific spren, of which we only know the Stormfather for certain (but the Nightwatcher is most likely another). 

The bits we do know, make the vast amount we don't painful. This is the bondsmith focus book, so we are bound to get some of this stuff answered. 

Has the Stormfather bonding all of the bondsmiths been torn down?  

This post explains it better then my thoughts.

I have a few questions.

Sel:

Did Galladon use AonDor to access Shadesmar, or was it through a different ability or form of investiture?

Do all of the nations have a form of magic?

Nalthis:

Do worldhoppers have a breath when they arrive on Nalthis or are they drab.

I support the DNA theory.

I am a fan of Brandon's. I read Mistborn and loved it and the rest of the series. I heard about Cosmere and read all of the other Cosmere books in about a months time. I loved it and can never get enough of the universe and Brandon's writing. I decided to join the forum to speak to some people who will know what Sanderson's books are about. My favorite authors are Brandon Sanderson and JRR Tolkein.