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I think there is a chance that he is saving the bead of Lerasium for something, if he has not already used it to become Mistborn. It seems that he is collecting things across the Cosmere that are related to different Shards (moon scepter, lerasium, breath, white sand, etc.)

Cool, thanks! That makes sense... it was still fun, though.

I didn't know about Ettmetal, thanks! And that was just because I was bored, and thought it would be interesting to see what all the names would be. Also, if we ever needed to reference a god metal, instead of saying something like "Autonomy's god metal," we could just say "Bavadinium," which is somewhat easier.

Let’s make a list of all the Shards and what their god metals would be called! Ruin/Ati: Ruinium/Atium Preservation/Leras: Preservationium/Lerasium Harmony/Sazed: Harmonium/Sazedium Cultivation/???: Cultivationium/???ium Honor/Tanavast: Honorium/Tanavastium Odium/Raysium: Odiumium/Raysium Ambition/Uli Da: Ambitionium/Uli Daium Autonomy/Bavadin: Autonomium/Bavadinium Dominion/Skai: Dominionium/Skaium Devotion/Aona: Devotionium/Aonaium

Thanks so much! Storms, please no. That would be terrible.

Throughout the Stormlight Archive, we see that Honorblades give a person Radiant powers— the ability to surgebind. Also, we know that one of the metals, nicrosil, stores investiture. Are Honorblades made of nicrosil, and is that how they give abilities to people? It would explain how people gained powers, and why they no longer have them after losing possession of the Honorblade. I don’t know if Sanderson has already answered this in a WoB, or if this is already a forum. If someone could please let me know, that would be great. If not, then... let the theories begin, I guess.

Granted, but all of the people that gain feruchemical and allomantic powers have evil intentions. You and everyone of some importance to you die as a result of that. Your hemalurgic beaver becomes my hermalurgic beaver. I wish for a stick that will never become fire. When people try to burn it, it doesn't work, and they are left confused while I cackle evilly.

Sweet, I've always wanted to be the guy who owned the lemonade stand. Thanks, @Kidpen! You get to be the duck who walks up to the lemonade stand. Unfortunately, that means that you have to put up with me. I wish to have possession of my friend's soul.

He's more powerful with the Stick, just because Stick is Stick.

Granted, you eat as many tacos as you like. But tomorrow, tacos and all knowledge of how to make them will disappear. I wish for a duck that walks up to a lemonade stand. Then asks for grapes. Then waddles away (waddle waddle) until the very next day (bum bum bum bum ba-da bum).

MeLaan? I get the punchy-punchy-stabby-stabby reference from BoM...

NO NOT THE MOOSE! Your moose is alive again, and it lives for the average life span of a moose. However, you don’t want it to die at that time. You make it so that your moose has an extended lifespan, and you believe that this is all good. However, the years are actually being transferred from the person you care for the most at a given point. This damage is irreversible. When the love of your life dies from transferring years to your moose, you are very, very sad. You leave the moose in the wilderness, and let no one come close to your heart ever again. The years of your own life begin to transfer to the moose, and you die. The moose lives, though. I wish to be able to get souvenirs from the Cosmere (Examples: OMG look, it’s Veil’s trench coat! I’ve always wanted to see this— it’s Shai’s first stamp for soulstamping! And a feather from an Aviar! Wow!)

Sanderson has an official Elantris pronunciation guide on his website... that’s how I learned it. Check it out! It’s cool.

Yes!!!! Once, I looked up “gold ability to burn,” and the first thing that popped up was Mistborn. I had no Sanderfriends with me at the time, and my “normal” friends watched me freak out on my own... (Doesn’t look at the page either) Yes, I believe that was correct. Stick was seen on Sel as the stick that Raoden used to draw an Aon on the ground, right? WE LOVE YOU, STICK. YOU DO YOU. YOU BE A STICK LIKE THE STICK YOU ARE.

Sorry for the double post, but there was weird formatting... THIS. IS. GOLD.

Thanks, I fixed it. And I pronounce is JAZ-nah, and no matter how many times I tried to correct it, it just goes back. Same thing with Sarene: I will always say Suh-REEN and not Suh-REE-nee (or Sun-RAY-nay, Sanderson said either one of those was correct).

Steelheart: Firefight: Calamity: Final Empire: Well of Ascension: Hero of the Ages: Warbreaker: Elantris: Sixth of the Dusk: The Emperor’s Soul: White Sand: Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell: STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE Kaladin’s Plot Arc: Shallan’s Plot Arc: Renarin’s Plot Arc: Jasnah’s Plot Arc: Lift’s Plot Arc: Sadeas’s Plot Arc: Stick’s Plot Arc:

Hey, I’ll take it. I’ve always wanted a unicorn as a pet! I mean, like, who wouldn’t?

Does anyone remember the Ones Above in their spaceships from Sixth of the Dusk? Sanderson confirmed (I don’t know where) that Sixth of the Dusk is, so far, the Cosmere story/book/novel that takes place the latest on the timeline. I think the Ones Above are actually Era 4 Scadrians. Thoughts?

I actually really want to try chouta... if anyone has a recipe, they should totally share it on the Shard. Hint hint!

Thanks for the clarification about Lerasium. Also, I agree about the balance of different Shardic powers. I feel like balance and equality is a big theme for Hoid— the white balance on Yolen, the balance of Shards, etc. Maybe Hoid is seeking revenge because the death of the loved one set something off-balance in his life...

I absolutely love that idea. However, I feel like there is a greater chance that he will indeed look back. I have a feeling that Hoid is going to have a very tragic ending... By the way, sorry for the double post, but the formatting was being weird and I didn’t know how to fix it.

I feel like it’s good to have this insight on Hoid. We have never seen him lose his head or his temper. We have never seen this display of emotion from him. It really gives him some depth as a character, and helps us to see: this guy is human, or once was. Even if he is this mega-god being, he isn’t above having feelings. Now, we have a better understanding of his motives, and what they are driven by. He is mourning an old, but still important, loss— possibly of a love interest, family member, or friend— and is seeking revenge. So what does he want with a lerasium bead? What does he want with the Moon Scepter? OB Spoiler... It seems that he is taking something that represents every Shard. I would not be surprised if he also kept hold of an atium bead, some white sand, and maybe something from Threnody (that is, if he has gone there yet). So what do we know about Hoid’s motives now? They are driven by emotion. He requires a certain group of objects in order for his plan to work Whatever plan he has to get what he wants is very, very dangerous— for himself, for Frost, and possibly the entire Cosmere.

I would totally upvote that for you, but I ran out of upvotes for the day... By the way, you should totally do that. Are you going to serve both men’s and women’s food? What’s going to happen to the people that take the wrong one?