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It might also be important to not that, since Clod is Arsteel, his increased personality may have to do with Arsteel being a Returned. That sliver in him may be how Sanderson will make a viewpoint character out of a lifeless.

Is there an upper limit on the number of Returned that can be alive at once? Do decedents of Returned (the royal family) have enhanced BioChroma? I can't find another reason why they would have the ability to change their bodies (usually seen with their hair color). That being said, in his excerpts from warbreaker chapter 22 Sanderson says that "Only the children of the person who ends up inheriting will have the Royal Locks." Does a returned need to perform something pertaining to endowment (their supernatural healing) in order to pass their breaths onto a child of theirs? If so, this would explain why the godkings always give up their lives closely following their child's birth. What happens if you give more breaths to a lifeless after they have been awakened.? The Returned ability to modify your physical appearance reminds me of Soul Stamps. They're convincing themselves that they are something else. Shabbat is starting soon, so I'll post more odd thoughts later, but I thought maybe someone here had thought of these as well and it was possible someone has an answer to some of them.

So, this was already brought up by Guinever and Ryan about half a year back, but I'm wondering if there's more importance to the symbols for the metals that we were originally thinking about. So, we're already discussed the symbols forming an alphabet, and a numbering system, but has anyone considered a system wherein the metals would be tied to the land in a similar way to the Aons. It's just a passing thought, but I'm interested to see if anyone else has thought about the possibility. It is worth noting that Elendel is divided into Octants that seem to lie in ways that most of the symbols could be traced out by city lines. In addition, has anyone attempted to compare the symbols of alloy metals with their base metals and find a pattern. I'm attempting it, but not really coming to any sound conclusions.