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Like Calderis said. I think it is plausible, but I think there are deeper cosmere mechanics here. Here is how I interpret the function. Gems can contain loose investiture in the cosmere. Hoid was called topaz based on a gem he wore. He is also called the bearer of the first gem. I think this implies gems are cosmere significant and not Rosharian. I posit that gems everywhere have the ability to soak investiture. So you take a spren and shove it in a gem. You've now contained a cognitive entity representing some fundamental. Lets just say a flamespren. So you feed the spren investiture which it uses to survive, and the spren changes it into another form. Converting investiture into heat. The concept then applies to all fabrials. The use of fabrials on Roshar is only because of the abundance of spren. I think it would be possible to use elsewhere also. Trick a cognitive entity into a gemstone using something it loves. Feed it investiture. Something happens. In Roshar it would be a lot easier to tell what happens with a specific spren as you have an idea what they relate to.

Hoid is stick.

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The probabilities of the two can't really be held without including the non-invested members of the planet. The probability of a Rosharian being a Radiant is incredibly low. The probability of being a misting is low, but it is much higher than being a Radiant. So bringing in probabilities doesn't really work out. A fair comparison is Twinborn and Radiant as they both have two abilities and are likely around near as common. They both have two abilities. Both of which come from one or two shards. Both have access to a resonance. This not only is a fair comparison it is also the most likely competing group. Otherwise to be fair you need to include multiple mistings against the single Radiant to balance out the low number of Radiants compared to Metalborn.

Radiants are mixing magic systems.That is what is producing the resonance. Radiants aren't only of Honor. Given the system uses Cultivation spren and The Nightwatcher at the very least Cultivation's power is mixing. By your logic full Allomancers are a natural production of Scadrial and therefor can be used. Using Lerasium is increasing your connection to Preservation. Bonding a spren is essentially increasing your connection to the shards of Roshar.

Many people disagree with me, but I'm fairly certain Nightblood is either Atium or an Atium alloy. This would explain why Nightblood literally ruins all forms of investiture. Nightblood's versatility is very similar to hemalurgy in that it wants to ruin. It does not care about the investiture type it is ruining. Nightblood obliterates on all three levels. If there ever was a weapon to be described as ruinous it would be Nightblood. According to Vasher, Shashara used a complex awakening for Steel. Vasher doesn't seem to understand how Nightblood works. Even he agrees it shouldn't have been possible to create Nightblood. I suggest the complex awakening may have been the addition of a foreign material. This would also explain why Ati and Nightblood sound so similar. We know that the 5 scholars had access to other worlds, and that Scadrial was the easiest planet to get to.

Surgebinders by their nature have access to two surges. That is why they have a resonance. So at the very least the opposing Scadrian should be a twinborn. The fight will come down to which radiant vs which Twinborn. I think for any combination of Twinborn powers there is a Radiant that could counter. I also think that for any Radiant there is a twinborn combination that could counter them.

I agree and can follow much of what you say. However there are a few points I'd like to make. We don't know any of this. Hoid refusing a shard does not imply that he regretted his actions or wanted no more part in it. There are a vast number of reasons that Hoid could have refused a shard. I'm unsure what counts as unworthy here. Rayse may have been the most worthy to wield Odium. I will not disagree that he is evil. It is very likely Rayse committed a terrible act after assuming Odium. It does sound like him. Is he using this rule to target shards? You point out that he does not seem to be. I'm not convinced he cares about the rule in anyway. As you noted the first shard he targeted was Ambition one of the only shards to not pair off. I don't think Hoids actions necessarily point towards the goal of creating Adonalsium. So far he seems to want to put an end to Odium, and it seems implied that he may be trying to bring someone back from the dead.

On second thought, I'd like to live on Vax...if it is a planet. I just want to know what it is!

Waxillum, Adolin, Telsin

I would for sure go to Scadrial Era2. I'd begin working to condense the mists into Lerasium. While the mists are more prominent in Era1 the world is a little too dangerous in my opinion. I considered Roshar. I could try to bond a spren, I could visit The Nightwatcher, or I could try my hand at Fabrial creation. With the current condition of the world it is a dangerous place without any investiture.

I don't understand any of this logic. We know for a fact that it wasn't. The shattering is what created the shards. The shards aren't political divisions. What does that mean? How does this relate to Revelations? The first jump in logic is that because cities are important that Adonalsium is a city. You offer no logical reasoning for this. The second is that The Shattering involved political divisions of this city. Something we know to be false. Next you've include gemstones and Revelations in for a reason that I cannot even begin to guess at. It is an interesting idea, but I think we can say with very near certainty that Adonalsium was not a city. Or at the very least there is currently no logical reason to suspect Adonalsium of being a city.

As others have stated she pretty clearly bonded a lightspren. I doubt this little spren is The Sibling.

I've been discussing Cognitive entities with some friends. There seems to be a very common thread. When a cognitive entity crosses from the Cognitive realm into the physical realm they lose nearly all memory. The first example we have is Spren. Spren have no physical body. On crossing into the physical realm they lose nearly all sentience and ability to retain memories until bonded to a Radiant. On Nalthis we have the Returned. On death the soul returns to the cognitive realm where they are offered to come back as Returned. The Returned are then stapled back into their physical body with a divine breath. With this process they lose nearly all memory. Some Returned sporadically trigger some memories of their former life. Shades on Threnody Shades on Threnody appear to be cognitive entities shoved into the physical realm. It is unclear if any of the original being's consciousness survives. A small amount of themselves may exist however the majority of self is lost. On Scadrial we have Leras. Leras's physical being appears to have died long ago. During the entire events of Secret History it is clear that his cognitive entity does not remember the majority of himself. His cognitive entity seems to be trying to continue a plan that he created when he was whole. Leras is clearly occasionally touching the physical realm as we seem him interact with Elend. The only counterargument for this I can find is the Heralds. The Heralds are cognitive entities and I cannot find any reference to mental degradation. It is possible that the heralds are bound to their physical body even in death. This could prevent the decay of transferring from the cognitive realm into the physical. Kandra While Kandra are not cognitive entities it is of interest that losing a spike corrupts a Kandra's memories. They experience very similar effects to what happens to other cognitive beings. We also know that Kelsier spent a very long time as a cognitive shadow. He then went to the South claiming to be The Lord Ruler. Is it plausible that Kelsier thought that he was The Lord Ruler? A being that returned from death itself. A sliver of divinity. If so suddenly worshiping allomancers makes a lot of sense. This doesn't seem like something Kelsier would teach, but it does sound a lot like The Lord Ruler.

I think this is being interpreted badly. We see shardplate damaged by non-magical physical means. Shardplate is going to act as really good body armor. The question was would shardplate resist a singular bullet. The answer is it would resist well. Now would shardplate resist 8 shots to the same area? We don't know for sure, but I suspect it would crack after 3-4 shots. It will likely depend on the caliber of bullet and the precision of the shooter. Aluminum resists investiture, but I don't see any reason why an aluminum bullet would damage shardplate. It probably would be less effective than a standard bullet.

Seems to me his organisation would only involve maximum intervention. That group is going to up in everyone's business.

I get that feeling that is would be near impossible for Ati to ascend as Devotion. He isn't connected enough with that attribute, and he likely never could be after holding Ruin for so long.

I will need to reread to be sure. I'm fairly certain that the gemstones on shardplate had been shattered in battle a number of times by normal swords without the use of a shardblade. Repeated impacts of any kind seems to damage shardplate. Spear specifically wouldn't be able to leverage enough blunt force to damage shardplate. We have seen shardplate take damage from falls. Which means physical damage effects shardplate. As such bullets would do damage to plate. More than a single bullet would be needed. You'd need to damage the shardplate enough in a section to have cracks. Without Brandon commenting we have no idea the number of shots needed. With a sniper you are also going to be able to take them out via the vulnerable eye slit.

False. We know that Kelsier as a cognitive shadow was unable to burn it. We have no idea if a physical being would be able to burn it. I would say including spren is a stretch, but I get it. That being said Scadrians have experience with Aluminum already. They could almost certainly use this against spren.

This is actually what I believe. Hoid in stormlight calls himself Gibletish. Giblets being the parts left of a bird that no one wants. Hoid is also somehow bound to be unable to directly harm others.I don't think Hoid's true goal is to reform Adonalsium, but I do think he may have bonded Adon's shadow.

We know a normal sword can shatter shardplate. If so a gun could easily shatter shardplate.

How do we know this? Not that it actually matters. None of that is a very big deal. This is not a big deal. Radiants will have fun trying to get their spren offworld. We have no idea how any of this works or the limitations placed on it. It allows them to quickly make inferior weapons and armor. Something that is not helpful. You are also assuming that the majority of spren are going to side with Roshar. The spren seem to be mostly neutral and likely wouldn't care.