Sorana

Be yourself; every goat else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde Two things are infinite: the universe and goats; and I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein A room without books is like a goat without a soul. - Cicero

Thanks a lot! I'll take a look at them! (And I would take your quiz, if you need another participant.)

I'm fine with it, as long as it's in not too op...

"Thank you." Damaya grabbed some spheres and looked at him expectantly. "What do I have to do?" ======= Unbeknownst to the Homeless, the simultaneous assaults on the Waystop hadn't been a coincidence. Someone had slipped information of a powerful bioweapon in the Waystop to the Iron Warriors, knowing that the callous sons of Pertuabo couldn't resist the temptation to go after it. At the same time, the Thousand Sons had found out that they key to prophesied apocalypse, a human being known as Damayaken Vulken, was hiding among a group of Homeless in Roshar. They were betrayed, both of them. The Iron Warriors had been fed false information about the Waystop's defensive capabilities, and were slaughtered to a man. The Thousand Sons, driven by what little nobility remained in their twisted souls, had hastily teleported into the middle of the Homeless. But they had been lied to, given an archaic version of the human's true name, and were outnumbered and out-gunned the moment they materialized. The psychic force of this betrayal lingered on. Like an unholy whirlwind it remained in the spritual realm, capturing everything in its way. The souls of the betrayed were drawn into it, and from the sheer might of the force ripped apart. Their agony, the echo of their soundless screams mixed with the force, straining the veil between the Realms. Close, so close, but still in another realm. The malstrom of the force continued to grow, to change, still straining the veil. And then without a sign of warning the veil broke. The spren here were swept away, their minds caught in the maelstrom, breaking almost instantly. Some started screaming until their voices were lost, their hands like claws, ripping out their own eyes. Their forms streamed into the red light and again the force was fed by souls so that it strained against another veil. It was weaker this time, but a betrayal is a mighty scheme and this betrayal had been bigger than anyone had realized. The veil ripped apart, showing the Waystop, and those outside and everything froze. For an instant, a Chaos Perpendicularity had been formed. A direct pathway between the Physical Realm and the storm of corrupted Investiture in the Spiritual. A way for beings of made of pure Chaos to materialize. The tree in front of the Waystop burst as a column of red light shot from the air. A shape, its aura practically screaming THIS SHOULD NOT EXIST, stepped out of the baleful energy, forming into a huge, red-skinned devil with bone axes in its hands. It beat its chest once, then with a mighty roar, charged the Homeless. @Grey Knight @Cyanic

@StevenProudfoot Thanks lot for the long answer! That sounds really interesting! Especially the psychological approach. Is here any literature I could have a look at, or is this too new/, small. And I wish you good luck for your paper! To Brent Weeks: same here but the other way round. I read Brandon's books long before Brent Weeks and nothing can challenge their place my heart (You can always mention someone by typing @ and immediatly afterwards the username. Can be helpful if you don't want quote a really long post, or if you want to add someone to a conversation,...)

Hello and welcome to the shard! Brent Weeks is great, although not better than Brandon in my opinion. Still his next book was announced for August 2019 and I preordered it. I can't wait to read what will happen. Cixin Liu I discovered only recently and it took me a bit to grasp his style and the deep, almost philosophical questions hidden between the lines. But he definitly convinced me. If you don't mind to answer a non- Brandon related question: What exactly are fan and game studies? What are you trying to find out/ researching?

Hello and welcome to the shard! And which character did you like best?

"So I can't practice it?" Damaya asked disheartened. That sounded even worse than the whole illusion part. She had no idea how to get into shadesmar, and if she couldn't practice it here, well - maybe it was time to really learn how to use her staff and draw a final line behind all that knight radiant stuff. At least as long as the man was still alive. @Life&Death

@Archer I updated Damaya's character sheet. Could you please change it in the op? Somehow she ended up more broken than planed.

Damaya nodded quietly. "All right. Then I'll put that topic off until I ... solved the problems." She was quiet for a while, her face clearly showing a deep sitting, bone shaking fear and yet, somewhere below, determination. He was right. She needed to solve her problems. And yet, if training could help. She walked over, grabbed a few spheres and breathed in. She needed to create a clear image in her mind. And so she closed her eyes. A book, she knew how a book looked like, how it smelled like. A book was safe. When she was sure, that she had it, when it almost felt real she breathed out, let the stormlight flow. // A book appeared before her, held by herself a few years ago. She had liked that book a lot. There were poems written in there. "Here you are." Damaya shrank back and almost dropped the book. The man stared down at her, glowing spheres in his hand. The other was raised, to hit her should she try to flee, or tell him no. "Breathe in." // Damaya felt the moment she lost control over her illusion, felt the darkness in herself wake up and its claws in her soul. It yanked at the memory, brought it forward, hurled it into the bright light of the sun. Strength before weakness. She had talked to Araha, she had remembered her oath. She could be strong, could she not? With a scream she flung out a hand in the general direction of the illusion. "No." It disappeared, evaporated, another one taking its place. //Damaya and Araha were sitting on the grass. They talked. Araha had one arm around her friend, smiling at her,while she told a story.// She felt her stormlight run out, and the illusion disappeared. Shaking she pressed her hands to her knees to steady herself. She had stopped the illusion, had displaced it. That was a first. Maybe she could learn how to do that. Taking a deep breath she turned back to Mr Amber: "Do you have any advice how to soulcast?" She asked, her voice carefully calm. Maybe that would help, when she faced the man. Maybe it would stop him from beating her. @Life&Death

That sounds great! I'd definitly try again, I still have everything at home. And if it's only to get a better grip on this technique. I love to work with my hands and to create something.

And my goat from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted—nevermore! (Edgar Allan Poe - The Goat) "I dare do all that may become a goat; Who dares do more is none" (William Shakespeare - MacGoat)

That's so beautiful! You are really talented! My first try at needle felting ended up in the bin. And I have to admit it was the last.

Definitly a sign. Now remove all her other books and then she has to read it. xD (joke)

@Silva

Hello and welcome to the shard! Who is your favourite character of Brandon's books?

Hello and welcome to the shard! Glad that you found your way here Nerdy backpacker sounds great! My backpack and me are on our way through some beautiful countrysides at the moment A short warning: Be careful when you browse the forum, there are lots of spoilers around. Which WoK character did you like best?

Lightbringer is great! And the next one was announced for summer 2019 And did you also read Jim Butcher's Codex Alera? Before I forget it : Hello and welcome! If you could have one of Brandon's types of magic for yourself which one would you choose?

Hello and welcome to the shard! Which of his books did you like best so far? And have lots of fun reading Way of Kings. I loved it! This first journey with Kaladin, Shallan and the rest - I'll never forget it. (Although I might be a bit biased here - I love every book of Brandon )

Since we're living on earth and there is no stormlight here , I'd go with allomancy aswell. Although for me being able to speed up time around myself would be enough then I could read without anybody interfering.

Hello and welcome to the shard! You found exactly the right place! If you could choose one of Brandon's types of magic for youself, which one would you choose?

Hello and welcome to the shard! Just a short piece of advice: be carefull while browsing this forum, there are lots of spoilers around. Especially if you have read only the Reckoners so far. Which character did you like best?

Hello and welcome to the shard! And which character did you like best? And which one didn't you like at all? A short warning: you have to be a bit carefull while browsing this forum, there are lots of spoilers around. Especially in the cosmere discussion.