Fatikis

I think Ati may have been pushed over the edge by his imprisonment. Do we know how long he was imprisoned for? Well over 1000 years. Most people break down in under a day of isolation. That isn't even including the fact that Ati was betrayed by his friend. We weren't just seeing what Ruin needed to be. We were seeing an extremely mentally unwell man wielding Ruin. I feel bad for him. Of course that is what he became with what Leras did to him.

Spren are not that useful. The majority are unlikely to take sides in the situation. They are also bound to their planet. The first battle probably wouldn't take place in the cognitive realm. The first battle would be an invading force from one side or the other. The cognitive realm is very unknown and it isn't likely that either party will try to hold it. They will hold the perpendicularity which is much easier.

While I agree with this a Radiant is far more powerful than any misting or Twinborn. There is not access to Mistborn and Feruchemists. Scadrians can easily invade Roshar with the lower gravity. Rosharians are barely going to function on Scadrial. The average soldiers on Scadrial would also be far better equipped than Roshar. Scadrian soldiers have pretty advanced guns. Roshar is still working with barely medieval level technology. The fights wouldn't even be fair. You'd have the average Scadrian easily taking out 4-6 Rosharians. You also have the problem that no one knows how to take spren off world. Which would mean Radiants invading would lose access to their surges. Roshar stands no chance of taking over Scadrial. Scadrial would have a fair to moderate chance of taking over Roshar.

He isn't. There is no plausible scenario in which Kelsier could be Trell. Nope. I see you are obviously wrong. I suspect you are either trolling or on drugs. First Scadrial isn't a paradise. A small section of the planet is near paradise. Most of the planet is barely habitable. Trellium is a Godmetal. Kelsier is not a shard.

It isn't about a fair fight. It is about putting the two timelines as near each other as possible. A war like this would be hard to "win". Probably both planets would find it near impossible to occupy the other long term. Transportation. You have to transport troops through perpendicularity bottlenecking movement. Here Roshar has a small advantage. We don't know the numbers but some Radiants would have access to Transportation. Transporting supplies. Roshar has an advantage. Soulcasters will minimize the need for large scale transportation. However you will need a large number of gemstones to power these. Easy if you are on Roshar. Difficult on Scadrial. Scadrians have access to trains and cars. Roshar has access to lashings which could help speed up transportation as the cost of investiture.

It also could be some sort of investiture usage. Slammer sounds a lot like terms used for Twinborn. Not saying that Cultivation is a twinborn, but that it might be in reference to pre-shattering investiture.

I don't think the name will matter much to us. The nickname Slammer probably gives us more information than her actual name. Even that doesn't give us much to work with.

In terms of a single being holding power he may be one of the strongest, but I doubt he can wield more power than Autonomy and the avatars who seems to be the most active in discovering untapped investiture. It is unlikely he managed to not invest in the planets where he has shattered shards. Which would mean he invested in a number of planets. He most likely invested in Ashyn also.

I agree that Odium is not the real threat, but Odium is not a good guy. Odium is not policing other shards and does not care. Rayse was never a good guy and the influence of Odium sure isn't going to make him act in a way best for others. The real threat is either Autonomy or some sort of great filter attracted to investiture.

This doesn't really make sense. If Hoid didn't exist pre-shattering he could theoretically be a shadow of Adonalsium. The fact he existed pre-shattering means he cannot be this. It is unlikely Hoid could take and hide a shard without bonding it. That is a lot of investiture the only way I see it could be easily moved is by taking it. More than likely Hoid was aware of the shardic intents and did not want to be corrupted by them. Similar to Odium now. I can see Hoid taking up the power to try to gain enough power for his goal. I don't think his goal is to become Adonalsium but that level of power might be necessary. The powers of the Bondsmiths work on fundamentals of the cosmere. Dalinar can manipulate connection which may make it easier to take a new shard. It wouldn't be necessary as others in the cosmere have similar abilities. I could see Hoid participating. There were events unfolding that we do not understand. WoB is that Hoid kind of agreed it was necessary. Hoid is not a good man. Hoid has said he will watch the world burn to accomplish his goal. The goal which seems to primarily be vengeance.

When Kelsier told Vin she had a lot to learn about friendship it set events in motion that drastically altered Vin. When Vin meets Kelsier in the cognitive realm she tells Kelsier that he has a lot to learn about love. If done well this interaction should drastically alter Kelsier in a similar way. That and Kelsier was permanently altered by holding preservation. I find it very unlikely Kelsier would be the serial killer. I do think we are meant to believe that it could be him.

We have three shards that have made a huge impact on Roshar. We have three potential bondsmiths. Seems pretty obvious to me that for some amount of time there was a peace between the three gods on Roshar. The Bondsmith order to balance this peace. The Stormfather was pissed about what humans did to to The Sibling. Humans probably turned on it because it was of Odium. That doesn't mean it was evil, but I imagine it was more along the lines what Odium pretends to be. Passion. That is why there is such a strong passion influence in Vorinism. Even many of the orders of knights seem to be link to Odium.

It is plausible that Rlain could become a bondsmith. Personally, I think the third sibling is of Odium and will be bonded by Moash. Rlain to me seems like a good candidate for bonding The Nightwatcher.

Serenity isn't apathy. What I'm saying is that someone that represents true serenity would not hide. As you say they'd want to experience the universe. Death is part of the universe and while they would not actively seek it they would not fear it enough to devote themselves to actively hide from it. Right now Harmony is in an awkward position as a new shard where the intents haven't overwhelmed his personality. He does not act as Harmony, but instead acts as Ruin and Preservation. So much as to calling people his preservation and his ruin. His every action should be harmonious instead he is trying to play a balancing game with separate intents. You do make a fair case for Harmony and Serenity being different enough to be separate shards, but I still do not think Serenity would hide.

Sounds too much like Harmony to me. Seems like the ultimate serenity wouldn't care about possibly dying and therefore wouldn't hide.

To spike something it would need a spirit web. We've had it confirmed that you could not spike a tree. A level of sapience is required. So to spike a computer it would have to have to be an AI. I do think that if a spike was in a sentient computer it would not be subject to hemalurgic decay. I'd guess it isn't the blood itself stopping the hemalurgic decay but the connection to the spiritweb. I think a route similar to this may work. Essentially feed a spike or a metalmind enough investiture enough to develop limited sapience then using that metalmind or spike to create a computer in the physical realm. I'm sure this would work. It isn't really wireless then. It is just wired in the cognitive realm. Seems like just a more complicated than wiring in the physical realm or just using normal wireless technology.

By cutting my own head off? Definitely not. Not any more useful than a normal lifeless. Maybe actually less useful. In general putting others heads on platters works as a better deterrent than putting your own.

y tho? Seems like there is a near infinite number of better ways to fake your death.

Aona and Skai died long before the events of Mistborn Era1. Ati and Leras were a recent event that were directly applicable to Hoid's point. Hoid assumed Frost was unaware of this because it was so recent.That the shardic intents are dangerous. The message seems to be that if Ati turned bad imagine what a bad man with a bad intent might do (Rayse/Odium). The letter is reinforcing the point that Odium is dangerous. It is a last ditch effort to get Frost involved in the conflict. Rayse seems to have some beef with Frost.

Damnation you auto correct!

I'd say it is unlikely Hoid's quote is referring to a shard. He is being tongue in cheek. I don't think he has had much time to go find a shard. First he was stuck as a cognitive shadow. I assume it took some time to discover how to connect him to a body. Next he spent quite some time being The Sovereign. Kelsier isn't the only person trying to survive. It is pretty clear during the events witnessed in BoM that Kelsier is not a shard. He has a physical body with a spike. I'm sure if he was a shard he could tether his body without a spike. My current hope is that Sazed realizes having two opposing shards in a single body is worthless, and that he decides to split his power with Kelsier. Giving us Harmony and Discord more stable shardic versions of Ruin and Pressurization both being mixes of the powers. Also I'd like to point out Kelsier does not often hide. The man faced down The Lord Ruler and battled Ruin. Hiding isn't very Kelsier.

My point is that it is foolish to think Hoid has done anything other than the obvious without great evidence. There is pretty heavy evidence Hoid has taken the Lerasium. There is no evidence to the contrary. As such we should assume that he has taken it.

Without getting to far into risky territory. I think it depends on the kind of healing. If I remember some healing is based on cognitive aspect. Some is based on the spiritual aspect. I suspect that a cognitive aspect over time could slowly help you align to your preferred gender. Spiritual healing however is going to align you with your ideal self. I suspect that would be the self which you were born. I think this would maintain the sex you were born. I'm not saying trans individuals are wrong about their sex. I'm saying that maybe the ideal spiritual self was is born a genetic sex but identifies as the other. Do we know how Stormlight heals? Based on the remaining scars I would assume it is cognitive based healing.

That is actually my current theory. I think his master may have taken up the power of Adon. After relinquishing the power I think Odium killed him.