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I actually think it does, because magic in the Cosmere is a lot about intention, and you intend for it to go parallel with the surface.

That's what I get for not having read AU... If she knows what redshift is, and if it's in a single star cluster (I forgot about that one), then I guess that maybe it would be possible to see the planets from one another if you have a good telescope. On the other hand, the pictures we do have are not to scale, and it's not hard to say that Scadrial's old orbit was inside it's new orbit, for example. I also wouldn't be surprised if Khriss simply wouldn't expect the planets to share an orbit, and therefore looked at their climates and was like "okay, it's this order". But let me close off by saying, this is a weird theory that has a 99% chance of being wrong, and I'm just entertaining fun, theoratical possibilities even though they're unlikely. EDIT: What about this question for Brandon though: What is the visual magnitude of the Tear? What is the visual magnitude of the brightest star on Scadrial? What is the visual magnitude of the brightest star on Sel? Etc. Heck, if it's the same one, you could calculate relative distances to that star. If you got three of them, maybe even just two of them, you might be able to calculate absolute distances.

I thought that he maybe thought the Roshar acceleration constant wasn't "0.7 g", but rather "0.7 m/s^2", with him talking about the "double digit" Lashings.

Wait, are they that close? Because I'd think if the stars are that close to one another, you'd barely have nights. I mean, if you look at our exoplanet spotting, we've only managed very few direct sightings of exoplanets, and those are almost always large gas giants orbiting their star at a big distance. If you'd be able to spot earth-sized planets in the habitable zone with, well, even early 20th century technology, I think those stars gotta be pretty damnation close. And that made me think about another theory, that the Tear is another star with planets we know about, but then I realized that Roshar has a white star, which means it would be brighter than the other stars, and we haven't seen mentions of particularly bright stars in other books, at least not as far as I am aware.

I'm pretty sure he is, as I'm pretty sure he's the same person that got me confused about it a while ago.

Yup, didn't word that properly. I was talking about moving compared to other stars. Ima edit that in. (and then I got a bit confused myself, I meant that it would be in the sky every day at the same spot at the same time, not compared to other stars)

Just making sure, you're not mixing up the 1 g = 9.81 m/s^2, are you? I mean, the stormlight is still a good argument, but from how I read your post I thought you might've mixed those two numbers up.

Stormlight, or maybe Required Secondary Powers.

Would Harmony not be closer to "restrained change" though, than unity? He doesn't necessarily try to bring all together, even though he is a combined Shard. Rather, I would argue he looks for change but in a restrained manner. I would also argue that's why it's hard for him to act; on one hand he attempts to change things, but on the other hand he is restrained and has to make absolutely sure he's changing the right way before he can do it. As for Dalinar, I just don't think we know enough about it. However, has he not heard "Unite them" outside of his visions a few times? Honor couldn't have done that, he's been dead for a long time. And creating certainly seems to have been a big part of what Adonalsium was doing.

Apologies, I was talking about movement compared to other stars. As for Roshar's axial tilt, I think the real question is "does Roshar have axial tilt?" While there's some kind of seasons on Roshar, we know that they're not related to the time of the year, so I would argue it actually doesn't have axial tilt. And for Braize,

Skyshifters Spren: Blinkspren Surges: Gravitation/Transportation Gemstone: Azurite Attributes: Impulsive, optimistic The Skyshifters have a mobility unparalleled by any, even the Windrunners and the Elsecallers. Being able to change the pull of gravity at will as well as being able to teleport from one place to another, they are masters of combat, appearing everywhere their enemies do not want them to be, and as if that were not enough, you might just get tossed into the air, only to find the Skyshifter ready and waiting. The Skyshifter resonance grants them a natural ability to reorient themselves, granting them even more of an advantage in battle, as they will always know immediately how to Lash and how they are currently Lashed - even if they just shifted from one place to another by Elsecalling. Skyshifters are known for taking action without thinking about the consequences, which can make them a headache for other orders, but their optimistic nature tends to make up for much of that. First Oath: Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination. Second Oath: I will help those who are in need. Third Oath: I will stand for what is right, even if doing so puts me at risk. Fourth Oath: I will consider any advice, even if it comes from someone I disagree with completely. Fifth Oath: I am ready. The first Skyshifters: The Lopen, Adolin, and if he ends up on Roshar, Kelsier.

For the first option, that would only be possible if the orbits were the same size, as the distance to the star is directly related to the speed of orbit. For the second option, that is very likely, but I figured I'd make the thread nonetheless. If it turns out to be right, I can say "I called it".

One that is less awesome but very cinematic - Jasnah killing the thugs in Kharbranth.

Just gonna sneak this question in a few hours before the deadline even though I doubt it's gonna get even a single upvote that fast: On Roshar, the Surges are considered the fundamental forces of the Cosmere. Can they be considered fundamental in the way gravity, electromagnetic force and the strong and weak nuclear force are considered fundamental in our universe, or would this comparision not hold up?

I think the 4 just refers to earth. But hey, I just posted a random theory that Ashyn, Roshar and Braize share one orbit despite the Arcanum Unbounded depicting them in 3 different orbits, so maybe I shouldn't call people out on weird theories.

I realize that the obvious answer to this is no (we have the Arcanum Unbounded picture I copy-pasted at the end of this post, after all), but I'm assuming that the picture is from Khriss or Nazh, and while they are worldhopping and stuff, that's all in the Cognitive Realm, which is 2-dimensional in nature, and it might not be possible to perfectly discern their orbits from it. That alone wouldn't be enough to make me think (just because they could (maybe) be wrong doesn't mean they are), but two WoBs I just stumbled across are. First, this WoB from October 2016 (admittedly one month before AU release) RAFO's the question whether the Tear seen from Roshar is actually Ashyn or Braize: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/25-paris-signing/#e1755 The interesting thing about this is that there has been no mention of the Tear becoming more or less luminiscent or moving in the sky. The obvious answer to this would be to say it is just a star. However, I don't see why Brandon would then RAFO the question, unless he RAFO'd for the sake of us theorizing (which, to be fair, I could see him doing). If, however, the planets would be in the same orbit, the star would not move in the sky (EDIT: It would always be in the sky at the same time on the same place, I mean) (like planets normally do; sometimes you see them at day, sometimes at night) and would not vary in brightness (as they're always at the same distance). Admittedly, however, it would have some movement compared to other stars, but only because the stars seem to move; the Tear would actually be visible at the same place at the same time throughout the whole year. As for the second WoB, this was actually simply what pushed me over the edge to start having a look at it. It's from 2014, so two years before AU, but still I do not see why Brandon would refuse to answer this, in this case not even RAFO'ing, but straight up saying "I'm staying closed-lipped about it": https://wob.coppermind.net/events/219-words-of-radiance-philadelphia-signing/#e6044 As for where we would find the planets, I would assume that the biggest of the three planets, whichever one it may be, would be the 'central' planet of the orbit, and the other two planets would sit in it's Lagrangian Points (L4 and L5 to be precise), 60 forward and 60 degrees back in the orbit, meaning the biggest one would also sit in the Lagrangian Point of the two other planets. The only unstability in this system would be the mutual gravity between the outermost planets, and I think they would still be stable on the Cosmere time scale, also because they do have the additional stability from the Lagrangian Points. I would also argue that Roshar is not the central planet, as otherwise we'd likely know two "Tears", one at each side, while it may be hard (if at all possible) to see a planet in the same orbit but 120 degrees away with the naked eye. It might be that we've just not heard about the other planet however, or maybe one of them (Braize?) is hidden from view to the naked eye due to something. To round it out, I do want to mention that some basic astronomy from Roshar could prove or disprove this (as long as they are aware that the planet revolves around the sun and not the other way around), but we haven't seen any of that happening. And, for reference, the picture from Arcanum Unbounded:

I'm afraid I can't find the WoB either (despite my claim in the previous post). It is mentioned on coppermind, but curiously there's a [citation needed] behind it, so it could maybe also be an incorrect statement on coppermind that we both picked up on. I did come across some other WoBs that might be very interesting if they mean what I think they mean, but I gotta do some research to make certain my theory hasn't already been debunked.

Not sure why Nalthis would be in there (that would be a straight up crossover, which Brandon has said he will avoid for the Stormlight Archive), and why wouldn't Braize be in there? We already know for a fact that there will be scenes on Braize. I can find WoBs but I'm lazy.

Very interesting theory. Don't have a whole lot to add (most has been said already) but I am currently working on an own theory in order to hopefully decude the Shards from that in a logical way, and I think this theory and mine would fit together pretty well. ...Now I just need to take the time to actually think about the different Intents that would form from the pattern I established.

That might just be how Book 5 ends.

So I was thinking of this one, and I figured - what if no one breaks? What if they just decide "we'll hold out for 15 years while you prepare" or, alternatively, go to Odium and say "instead of staying until we break, we will stay for 15 years and we promise to go back after"? Odium could accept the second if he thinks they'd hold out for longer than 15 years.

I estimate the chance of RAFO on that one to be above 90%.

Shardblade, Shardplate... And Ryshadium?

What foreshadowing do you mean? The question is literally whether she helped, and Brandon's answer is a simple "she did". I don't see how you could read it any other way... (to go into a bit more grammatical specifics, with the answer being a simple "she did", Brandon can, assuming correct grammar, only be referring to the part of the question where "did" is used, therefore he must have been referring to the second part of the sentence, meaning Cultivation was helping Honor against Odium)

We have confirmation that the Ghostblood symbol on Coppermind is correct. Brandon said that the Ghostblood symbol could be found in Oathbringer and it was spotted on one of Shallan's drawings, scribbled in a corner. There may also be direct confirmation but I'm not sure of that. What I can tell you is that the guy who made the icon on the Ghostblood page on Coppermind is also the guy who created the Aon Ati theory that's hanging around somewhere on the forums. It's intruiged him for longer.