Narcoleptic Axolotl

I see. Well then, thank you all very much, and thank you for not spoiling stuff. I came across this while researching for a Heroes of Might and Magic II scenario I was building. If any of you play that game, or are just interested in anything to do with the Stormlight Archives, I recommend you follow this post: The scenario will be relatively easy, and for that reason, maybe it'll be a good one for beginners to play to introduce themselves to the best strategy game, nay, the best game of ALL TIME. So anyway, I just thought I would advertise the map, as I'm very proud of it and it's something I think you can all enjoy.

I was on my way through Oathbringer again in preparation for Rhythm of War, and I thought to myself: "Dalinar's conquests would make an excellent Heroes map." In fact, whenever I hear an excellent story about war, I often have a similar thought. But anyway, this time I acted on it and started making the map. It's coming along super well, and I would like to share it with my fellow Sanderfans when it is finished. I've only spent a few hours on it so far, but I'm very proud of what's been done. I will upload it here when I complete it, and maybe some of you might want to test it and give me feedback. I will test it once or twice myself before uploading it. Also, if any of you have advice on compressing and uploading map files, I would appreciate that.

I'm slightly confused by a recording from the Urithiru gem archive, revealed as the epigraph of Oathbringer, chapter 86. From drawer 10-12, the sapphire contains the message: Now, I don't know if this has been confirmed, but based on context given by other gemstones in the archive, as well as a little research of my own, I think it's pretty obvious that sapphires in the Urithiru gemstone archive are recorded by windrunners. Our main boy Kaladin provides us with plenty of insight on what it's like to be a windrunner, so we know they're all about protection. However, the wording of the gemstone recording implies that the unnamed windrunner thinks that swearing the fourth ideal will make it more difficult for him to help people. Unfortunately, Kaladin has not sworn the fourth ideal yet, so we don't know what it is, but you know it'll have to do with protection. [NOTE: Keep in mind that I'm writing this prior to reading Rhythm of War, so while I'm confident many of you know what the fourth ideal for the windrunners is, I would appreciate it if you didn't spoil anything, even minor stuff. thanks.] So basically, how is protection in conflict with helping people? Perhaps it's something like the situation ~3/4 of the way through Oathbringer, when Kaladin wants to protect a group of parshmen, but also wants to protect his friends from the wall guard, and he can't help both. But then, since Kaladin hasn't sworn the 4th ideal at that point, that's clearly a problem that exists for pre-4th-ideal windrunners, and it doesn't make sense that the 4th ideal would change that in any way. I don't know, it just doesn't make any sense. If anybody has another idea that does make sense, I'd like to hear it **UNLESS** it spoils something big for RoW or Dawnshard. I'm still on my way through Oathbringer for a refresher, and then I'll dip into the new stuff. Thanks.

We know Sadeas is a crafty, even ruthless man. But I don't think at any point in his life was he this evil. He probably did detest Evi's soft-hearted nature, and didn't like seeing it rub off on Dalinar, but I don't think he would resort to killing her or Dalinar. Of course, by WoK, he sees Dalinar apparently 'growing weak' and tries to kill him for it, but according to Sadeas, that was more of a chance for Dalinar to have a glorious death, instead of descending into madness. Dalinar was still in his prime during the events of the Rift, and still very useful to the kingdom. Sadeas would not have wanted to waste such an asset, so he would not want Dalinar dead. And, while Evi was very un-Alethi, I don't believe Sadeas would want her dead, even if it pushed Dalinar back into being the world's most lethal warlord. Anyway, I doubt Sadeas was the one backing Tanalan. I think someone was, but I don't think we'll ever find out who.

@Condensation I see.

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Without reading anyone else's responses, I'll say slider. Now hear me out - this is an incredibly useful power on its own, but that's perfect for the deception. People will assume you're a great fighter because before the fight you can make a bubble to give yourself time to prepare, sort of plan out the battle. Then during the battle you can make a bubble and re-plan because it isn't going exactly how you envisioned. But actually, you're a great fighter because you can do all that AND shoot coins at people, pull their weapons out of their hands, hit them with the strength of pewter, and all the other great stuff mistborn can do. I don't know, maybe they'd just do tin or something.

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I always imagined it as a bluish green color. Similar to oxidized copper, but more blue and a little shinier. And lerasium I imagined looking kind of like lead. Don't know how it started, but I'll always imagine atium as bluish green.

Okay, you're all going to hate me for saying this because it's just cringe-inducing for so many reasons, but . . . A brute (pewter ferring) man getting a job as a male stripper. And while it's uncomfortable to think about, I'm sure there would be a certain market for female brutes as well. Although that business would call for rioters above everything else. Unsavory jokes aside, I agree with the zinc argument. Incredible mental speed is just generally useful, and rioting emotions can really help you get things you want. That being said, the usefulness of mental speed is limited by a person's natural intelligence as well as their critical thinking skills. This is one of the biggest caveats of zinc; In the real world, intelligence is extremely valuable precisely because it can't be taught. You're born with it. A sparker (zinc ferring) does have a lot of potential, but only to the extent that their mind is already brilliant. An example of this is in a Wax and Wayne scene (I forget which book) when In this case, they're using an allomantic speed bubble, not feruchemical mental speed, but the effect is similar. Wax was smart enough to think of the floor as the solution to his problem, and the combination of magic and an (arguably) intelligent friend to bounce ideas off of helped him get there in time. However, not everyone is as clever as Waxillium Ladrian. Just the abilities of a sparker do not grant one any more creativity. I do remember Vin remarking on atium enhancing her reflexes as well as its main effect of showing her the future. Since atium is a god metal though, I don't know that we can count on zinc feruchemy doing anything similar. Then also, let's consider the practicality of such a skill. Of course, rioting is great and we've already seen it explored pretty much to its potential, so let's continue to ignore that aspect of compounding zinc. As has been said, very few of us ever find ourselves in a dangerous scenario, much less a fight. However, going back to the point about monetization of metalborn powers, I think zinc has a lot of potential. There are a fair number of jobs that involve dangerous scenarios. Law enforcement, firefighting, search & rescue, and paramedics come to mind. Then you might consider spy work. All these require quick thinking, and for most of them being a rioter would help too. Any military job - infantry, pilot sailor - at any rank - private to captain to general - can benefit from the abilities of a sparker. So maybe in our world, a zinc compounder could make a great impact. Then again, it sure does sound nice to be able to fly.

That's something that would be very good to know (either for theorizing or if you're the kind of person who wants to write fan fictions on Scadrial). Do you remember where you read that? I'd like to know if it's canonically accurate.

I was thinking about compounding, and steel crossed my mind. As one of the most useful metals to store an attribute in, as well as one of the most useful allomantic metals to burn, I think steel might be the best metal to be able to compound. You get the power of a coinshot, which is largely accepted to be one of the most useful (and versatile) allomantic power, and also you get to compound speed, which Sazed says in the first book is "one of the most difficult attributes to store up." Besides that, steel is really easy to acquire in large amounts, so you'd practically never have to go without. (Admittedly, you would have to worry about having the right alloy, or you could give yourself a headache when you burn it, but that's a minor trouble.) So you get basically unlimited speed, as well as a limited form of flying/telekinesis I've made my case. Now I invite you to make yours. If you think there's another metal that's more useful to compound, then 1) What is it, and 2) Why is it useful?

You're right, I forgot about that. Even though I just finished Alloy of Law. So maybe it just works like regular healing but super fast. But no, then it would still leave a lot of scars. And blood loss messes this whole thing up anyway. Yes, he's healing super fast, so very little blood should be able to escape, but forming the scabs would take a ton of platelets, leaving his blood somewhat empty of them until his body produces more. I suppose though, that tapping the goldmind could increase his production of those kinds of things; platelets, white blood cells, and now that I think about it, maybe red blood cells too. The name "bloodmaker" must have come from somewhere. Still though, I don't remember any wounds healed by feruchemy (or stormlight) leaving scars. Wax had 7 scars from bullet wounds, but I don't think Wayne had any, despite getting shot, burned, etc. many times during his career. So maybe it's a combination of both - vastly enhanced but otherwise natural healing, along with extra-natural healing which relies on the cognitive realm to decide how to heal the body.

This is interesting. Like Iron Man 3, a human bomb. I know Wax does something like this, with is iron. He stores a whole bunch of weight, an then at one point he has to break through a floor, so he taps it all at once and just falls through. I wonder if you could suddenly kill yourself by doing something like this with atium. Store all your youthfulness at once and suddenly you're so old you're dead. It probably doesn't work like that.

I think, given that for a great period of time the ashmounts were spewing ash all up in the atmosphere and all over the planet, it seems likely that more fossils would form in that environment than on Earth. Not that I'm an expert, I just know that when things are buried in such a way that they can't be exposed to oxygen, they're in a much better position to become a fossil.

Imagine selling these like DVDs. Watch a movie once, even add your own commentary, and then you can show it to all your friends. You could store your dreams, and never have to awkwardly explain it, you could just be like, "I had the craziest dream! Here's the tape." You could show your kids exactly why they can't have a dog, because you had one, you stored the memories of it, and it kinda sucked. (not saying I don't like dogs or anything, just brainstorming possibilities)

So, I was going through the Mistborn series again, and something about the feruchemists' healing powers caught my attention. Now, healing by stormlight in (say it with me) the Stormlight Archives is pretty well explained. Using stormlight, a radiant can restore a physical object to its cognitive perception. That is, a person or thing that has been recently wounded or broken can be healed or fixed with the power of stormlight. We see this many times: Szeth healing minor wounds, Kaladin healing minor wounds, Shallan healing a crossbow bolt to the face, Dalinar healing a sword through the chest, Dalinar fusing a broken stone back together, Shallan using stormlight to recover from drunkenness, Shallan healing minor wounds, Lopen regrowing his arm, Lift healing Gawx's slit throat, and Renaren healing a lot of people including himself when he gets crushed by a thunderclast. We also see injuries that can't be healed, like Rysn's legs. I can't remember who talks about it, probably Jasnah or Wyndle, but whoever it was said that this has to do with perception in the cognitive realm. If an injury is recent, stormlight will heal it because the person doesn't see themselves as injured. That's why Rysn's legs couldn't heal. She thought of herself as a cripple, so no amount of stormlight would heal her. On the other hand, (you'll see why that's funny in a second) Lopen could grow back his arm because despite his jokes, he thought of himself as a whole person with two arms, which is surprising since he'd been missing it for so long. (on a sidenote, does this mean that Shallan was only able to dispel her drunkenness because she doesn't see herself as a drunk? What implications does this have for Teft's firemoss addiction?) So, that brings us to feruchemy. A bloodmaker ferring (or a full feruchemist) can store health in a goldmind, drawing upon it later to heal wounds and other ailments including disease, headaches, etc. The question is, does this healing of the body work just the same as stormlight healing on Roshar, by restoring the body to the way it is perceived in the cognitive realm? Or is it a different kind of healing that just enhances the body's natural auto-repair functions? Perhaps neither. On a related note, what if someone with both of these powers tried to use them at the same time, like some meta-compounding? Imagine storing health while consuming stormlight to take up the slack. Now that I think about it, stormlight could be used to fill a couple different metalminds. For example, at one point Shallan feels guilty about using valuable stormlight to keep herself warm in Urithiru, and Sazed, while standing in the snow preparing to defend Luthadel, taps a brassmind for the same purpose. Imagine using the surge of graviation (to fly like Kaladin does) while filling an ironmind. Using stormlight and filling a pewtermind at the same time. I also want to see someone fill a steelmind but inside one of those bendalloy bubbles Wayne can make. And on a less related note, what would it mean to compound copper? We're told that compounding a metal "increases the power tenfold" but how do you increase a memory? Anyway, that's all I have for now. I'm not necessarily looking for answers, I'm just giving you all something to think about and discuss. Feruchemy do be fascinating.

. . . you accidentally say Nergaoul instead of Nazgul.

Alright, now this is going to be a long one, but I ask you all to stick around till the end. Life isn't always full of sunshine; sometimes you get the short end of the stick. But remember, if anyone bothers you, stick and stones can break your bones, but words will never hurt you. Here at the shard, we all stick together. Just come to your friends, and we'll stick up for you if you're too afraid to do it on your own. Whoever it is probably has a stick up his backside. Just take those bad thoughts and stick them in a safe in the back of your mind. Then cover up that safe with a poster, and use gum to make sure it sticks to the wall. I didn't mean to turn this into a PSA, but I started writing and the idea just kinda stuck. I'm out of puns. Please offer more if you have them, whether you made them yourself or got them off the internet. PS. What's brown and sticky?

Okay, so we started talking about this over at Southern Scadrian Linguistics, but this is interesting enough to deserve a thread of its own. Wasing of the wanting to be learning of Spook's funky grammar. Ising of the inviting @EmeraldMind to be explaining of it for the benefiting of his (or her, idk) fellow sharders.

I bet if he has a kid then it'll just be kidnapped and used against him. The Set could make one of their corrupted kandra pretend to be someone the kid trusts, and then take them away. Then again, they might not be interested in Wax for much longer. They'll be busy launching underground assaults on Southern Scadrial. We'll see. But also, there could be other organizations tracking Wax's movements. He is the most famous (and effective) lawman on the continent, as well as being "one of three crashers ever born." His child(ren), assuming they ever make their way into a book, will be big for the plot, I think.

While we're (sort of) on the subject, does anyone know if I can learn Spook's dialect from book 1? I looked for a thread about this but didn't find one.

So, I assume you can all drive a stick? That would be kind of ironic if you couldn't. You do you I guess, but I might consider that blasphemy if I was a stick and my followers had an automatic transition.