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Considering fatigue can be Soothed I'd imagine it would be possible. At least the effect of how strongly hunger affects someone mentally

I don't think this applied to Slivers, he spent months as a Cognitive Shadow without taking in Investiture after bonding with Preservation's power from the Well and his own thoughts after giving up Preservation are that he won't go to the Beyond unless he chooses to or is damaged too severely

I agree that cutting that scene was a mistake. When I first read it I wished it was in the book proper. But we haven't seen much of her failure because frankly we haven't seen much of her. Most reference to her in the books are through the lens of another character. And her viewpoints we do get show that she's not the same person those characters think her to be. To hammer in my point, if we barely got viewpoints from Kaladin and just got other characters views of him, it would look like he was a Mary Sue who was simply given an angst ridden backstory. He'd be too perfect to people if we never saw the struggles he went through. After all, he managed to turn a rag tag group of slaves into the good guys primary fighting force, has combat skills that are so natural to him that he can face off against enemies with literally millenia of fighting experience without most of his powers and win. Characters look up to him and idealise him. And I could go on. Both him and Jasnah are exceptionally skilled characters, the big difference though is one is a major viewpoint character and the other hasn't been yet. Arguments that she is a Mary Sue have repeatedly been strawman in nature. The reality presented in the books is that she's clearly more enlightened than most of the other characters because she is intelligent, well educated, and can look beyond her society and look at what works for other societies and compare them to her own. But she's that way for a clear reason rather than just because. She's a skilled Radiant because she's got the better part of a decade on the other Radiants. She's not 'perfect' or 'always right' as people like to complain. I return to the aforementioned speciecide she proposed. Despite being critical of Vorin custom, she still follows several aspects of it that aren't logical. I felt the whole point of her planning to kill Renarin was to show she isn't always right, and to show that she's human because even when she thinks it's for the betterment of the world, she loves her family and can't go through with it. Ultimately she is flawed.

Continuing what Oltux72 said, you mean the person who failed in her goal to stop the Dessolation from happening? Got sidelined for an entire book only to find out all the effort she put into her work was for nothing? Had to struggle with the idea that Renarin needed to die because she was convinced he was a pawn of the enemy? Turned out to be wrong on that front and couldn't bring herself to kill him because he was family even though even he thought he needed to die? Advocated speciecide which she was promptly called out on by Kaladin? Seems your arguments that Jasnah always succeeds, is always morally right, etc fall flat. Frankly, while other characters might put her on a pedestal and say she is always right or accomplish anything, in the books themselves by no means show that to be true. Edit: people are welcome to not like her, as they are welcome to not like any character. Jasnah doesn't even hit my top ten characters I like in Stormlight, but to say she's a Mary Sue without flaws is laughable.

We have very few pov chapters from Jasnah but even then she's flawed and has aspects of herself she's unhappy with. When she's frustrated with her combat skills, Hoid rather heavily lays on that it is unreasonable for her to compare herself to someone who's spent their whole life fighting. If all I got for Kaladin was the same coverage we've had for Jasnah so far, I'd say Kaladin was a whiny Mary Sue considering his combat abilities, he's a trained surgeon, managed to turn a bunch of slaves into a powerful fighting force. He's liked and revered by everyone Etc etc etc. But we have pov from him so people aren't crying that he's a Mary Sue. People need to calm down on the Jasnah is 'perfect' line. Again, we don't have much in the way of pov yet. But just from the books out so far she clearly does have insecurities and anxieties. Her biggest is her obsession with protecting her family Kaladin doesn't. Dalinar doesn't agree with her positions on multiple things. Shallan has issues with the way Jasnah does things. It shows that Hoid is just as liable to bias as anyone else. Navani is a whole mess of insecurities. Jasnah embodies many of the aspects that Navani considers ideal. Ivory likes her logical line of thinking compared to most other people on Roshar. Ultimately, most of the arguments I've seen against Jasnah as a character are shallow in my opinion. They could be easily leveled on ANY other character. Kaladin is too perfect because of his skill (look at the crap he pulls off in Rhythm of War), Shallan is cringe, etc.

Considering the whole point of the Unsealed Metalminds are that they can used by anyone. I'd argue that they don't store Identity while filling them. The fact that they have full Brassminds and Duraluminminds in the same Medallions as the Ironminds are further reasoning for this.

Would it not be the Identity of the ship itself? We kind of learn from Stormlight that objects have their own view of themselves (I am a stick). Now clearly they aren't quite the same as a living being but the whole reason Shallan couldn't Soulcast Stick is because she couldn't change sticks identity of itself to anything else.

An interesting question! We haven't had any indications that their bodies revert if the spikes are removed from their corpses so it seems plausible at the very least to make them. Not sure about the effects of keeping the Spikes in though.

That's a good question. I'd venture to say yes* with that asterisk. Investiture in general is good for living things. Helps plants grow, keeps people healthier than they should be, etc. Breath is essentially a mass of Investiture and it takes 2000 of them to stop aging all together. That's a lot of it in a single person. My guess is that while Breath is probably more efficient at it, anyone with a large enough amount in their being would slow or stop their aging

Yeah, Marasi was full on making a vacuum, that should have ripped the skin off her hand.... As people have pointed out, Feruchemy does have real tangible limits. In a fight with plenty of each trait to spare, a Feruchemist is very much OP. Even a 4th Ideal Radiant would likely be put on the defensive against the kind of speed and strength a Full Feruchemist could bring to the table. But it takes a long time to store, best shown with Wax who was constantly storing his weight for years in his Ironminds completely drained them with one big Push. Sure it leveled a building, but it highlights just how long it takes to store traits. This is why as Quantus pointed out, Compounders are stupidly broken. They can effectively bypass the storing limit. Miles was constantly tapping enough health to heal his wounds before he even finished being hurt, for example. Lastly, it's limited to just the user. A Radiant with mastery of their Surges, or an Elantrian who has had enough time to prep can do things on a bigger scale and with much more flexibility. As to the tapping speed limit that HSuperLee brought up. This does appear to be true, but I think it may be more of a user error than a true limit. Marasi who knows very little about using Feruchemy went from normal speed to faster than the speed of sound practically instantly. And as I said higher up, Miles was healing faster than he could even be hurt.

I'd agree, most Radiants would probably be a Warlock/Paladin multiclass. Shallan in particular would also add Rogue to the list probably.

Considering WoB has said Nicrosil Hemalurgy rips out the Investiture of the person's soul, I think it would be plausible at least. But other than stealing Breath, we don't know what Nicrosil Hemalurgy can actually do. I'd also wager that Duralumin could do it by stealing their Connection to Odium, same result as when Jezrien's Connection to the Oathpact was broken.

Exactly, Brandon is leaving it up as a mystery of the Cosmere the relationship of a Cognitive Shadow and a person's soul is. And I'm sure there will be more in-universe debates on the subject. Personally, I'm inclined to side with the thought that they are the same being. While Vasher's hypothesis on the nature of Cognitive Shadows has merit, that they are Investiture 'fossilized' in the form of the person, I think Kesier's experiences show that it isn't that simple. We know that people go to the beyond when they die based on Secret History and further confirmed by Harmony in Era 2. Additionally, because of Secret History, we see that everyone (on Scadrial at least) leaves a Cognitive Shadow when they die which then gets pulled to the Beyond. The Investiture isn't just dissipating and Kesier himself notes that it feels like he's being pulled away. It can be argued that the Investiture is being returned to the Spiritual Realm, but it is pretty strongly implied that the place that they get pulled to is a place Beyond. Then on top of that, both Preservation and Harmony treat these people as the same person who was alive and is now dead. I have a hypothesis that without the tie to the Physical Realm is why Cognitive Shadows over time become more spren like. The same way a brain and body which are part of the Physical Realm and they are subject to the Realm's nature. It's well documented that chemical imbalances, tumors, and other such things in the brain can alter a person's personality. Now that the Shadow's consciousness is a thing of the Cognitive it is bound to the nature of that Realm.

This. So much this.

To elaborate on Frustration's comment, Dalinar saw the Connections of the Oathpact and the Heralds to each other. One Connection was vibrant and strong (presumably Taln), one was broken (I personally assume Jezren), and the others were weak but still present.

There seems to be three big requirements that are confirmed. Connection to the Shard, sapient mind, and a Connection to all three Realms. While Kelsier was technically able to take hold of Preservation he was vastly limited because of his improper Connection to the Shard and him lacking a Connection to the Physical Realm because...well...death

I have a need for fanart of this

The closest we have is Brandon saying if Kelsier joined the Ghostbloods he would be running them within a year. Whether he really meant that Kelsier joined them or he was just joking is not really known. We do have WoB that the Roshar faction has gotten a little bit away from him. I don't think that this means they are disloyal, just that their methods and outlook might not line up with Kelsier's

I'd guess 6'5"-7' range. If six foot is considered short by Rosharan standards, tall for a woman on Roshar is probably a good foot higher than what we would normally think of a tall woman. This made me think, if I recall the scene correctly, Shallan mistakes Iyatil as a child. Now I think she might be average height by our standards

I doubt they would attack, not unless they A) find out Odium is now Taravangian and only that to gain a bargaining chip or B ) if they start martialing forces and resources there. Otherwise Kharbranth isn't really useful to attack. Unless Jasnah wants access to the Palanaeum...

We don't have exact numbers that I'm aware of but it's expected to take months of canal travel to reach the Luthadel from the more distant Dominances. So pretty big Based on a small scene from Hero of Ages, it seems to take years or maybe even decades to first learn how to replicate. Gaining sentient minds seems to be almost instantaneous but a new Kandra wouldn't know any more than an infant would Depends on what you consider canon. Strictly by the books, the answer is no. Per WoB though, there is a way to use it to access other inherent magic systems like Sand Mastery with it

I'm quite partial to Lift's style of cursing

I think that's accurate as well

Two reasons, they are still useful for proper vision because while the inside of the helmet is translucent it isn't transparent. Second, it functions as a breathing hole. A possible third reason is expectations. If a Surgebinder is familiar with armor having eyeslits in general, it could be an unconscious formation they make in their Plate. While spear tip designs varied, they were often pretty flat outside of the base. I'd imagine that Roshar weapon design would be big on this to take advantage of the eye slit and small cracks that can form from damage when a Plate wearer got immobilized like how the Singers tried doing to Jasnah in RoW

Like really tall. Must be the low gravity