Silus - Shard of Flame

Docks, Crook of the Plains - Ambrosius River traffic around the Crook is never more than a trickle during the day, things don't get more active until after dark. Though no one can pin an accurate reason as to why. Most everything that happens on the dock is illegal anyway, and everyone is aware of it, so why should the timing matter? Again, no one knows. The docks are practically empty, there's a bum asleep against a building on one side and a man with bloodshot, dull eyes sitting on a barrel just inside an alley. But you spot something that catches your eye: A man scrambling with a rope attached to a docked boat.

I'd allow that to an extent. It really depends on what you're intending to do with it. I'd have to take it on a case to case basis.

Oh, snap! You have astounded Chaos! I like this post, it basically sums up everything we know about the issue into a nice, clean theory. Not sure what I think about it yet, but it's good.

Scholastic is not very nice to him, despite being pretty dang successful. I guess they just don't recognize talent. *snooty, dismissive, nasal sound*

And of course, the inevitable final step: PROFIT! (yes, I made the joke twice, so sue me, my humor glands are only so big in my imagination!)

If you intend to catalog every example of symmetry in the book you'll take up the whole topic!

Or maybe Kelsier wanted to be meddlesome. He has that tendency. Dangit, Peter! Stop trying to vaguely ruin our theories! On the other hand, if there's one missing, that make the total number of labels ten.

I can't remember a lot of what Nohandon said, but when I reread it I'll keep the King Benjamin thing in mind. The Mormon and Moroni parallels, that's good stuff. Yeah, the Joseph thing's a little weak, not as strong as the others, but there's some things in common, I guess. Peter's your COUSIN!?

What I'm curious about is whether a woman is left or right handed determines which is her safehand.

She was confused. XP Jasnah does not understand monkeys.

He smokes Peter's clues (normal Feruchemical storage), then smokes the theories he makes with those clues (burning a Feruchemical storage) to make more theories (storing the boosted energy). Brilliant! He has used his knowledge of magic for real internet gain! ... Yay?

Oh, I try. And actually, Fuser's have been in my head for most of the time Nexus has been going. If you knew the kind of awesome stuff I'm thinking. Wow. This tech has some staggering potential. EDIT: I'll put the different types of Fusers into the Data Topic for you guys to peruse.

"An Auto Fuser and a Gated Fuser are Grid level components. An Auto Fuser makes the Fusing of the two Forms automatic, so that once you turn into one of the Forms you get the Amalgam without making the connection yourself. A Full Fuser works for Formspheres independent of Grids. It merges two Formspheres into one, creating a fusion of both in one sphere. Fer example, take your Gold Chemist Form. If you used a Full Fuser on that and, say, a Gold Misting Sphere, you'd get a Gold Twinborn Sphere. A Basic Form with the power of two Forms. It's very powerful stuff. I've heard of even more powerful Fusers that can merge more than two at once." He stops, looking at your Fuser again. "With this, you can do the same sort of thing, but only temporarily, and only with a Grid set up for it." He smiles at your other question. "No, no. That's me gripin' about not bein' able to upgrade this kind of thing. It's frustratin', seeing a rare piece like this and not being able to make the most of it."

A Radiant of a single Surge? You mean like a Surgeing? (lawlz)

It's a Harry Potter reference, but that doesn't make it not true.

So he's doing TLR's immortality trick, but with smoking and the internet.

The blacksmith gives you a sidelong look. "Former Spheremorph? That doesn't happen...well, maybe...no, that sonuvawitchape must'a died off years ago." He shakes his head, his attention back on the Spheremount. "Not made into one, this is a Fuser. Unfortunately for you, it's a Grid level Fuser rather than a Full Fuser, and not even an Auto Fuser but a Gated Fuser. You install it on a path between two Spheres on the Grid, and when you shift along that path, instead of dropping the first Form's powers, the second Form is combined into it, creating an amalgam Form. That's what a Fuser does, it fuses Forms together. If you have the right items and tools, which I have yet to figure out how to make," he grumbles for a moment, and you can only catch a few words "water", "lightnin'" and "hurts like a". He snaps out of his mood, seeming to remember your presence, "you can upgrade the piece."

@Beligarona Bartimaeus! Woot! I got a box set of the trilogy for Christmas.

The blacksmith gapes at you as you take off your Spheremount. "You weren't born a Desert man, were ya boy?" He takes the Mount in hand and starts to look it over. "Blasted cynics, the lot of them. I've met a couple of their Spheremorphs, and they would barely even admit to havin' 'em, let alone let me see it. I would never in my wildest dreams think to even touch one of theirs." He glances at you before sliding the Grid out of the slot, setting the Mount on a work desk. He examines the Grid closely, eyes on you as much as on the device. "But that's typical to Spheremorphs in general, they covet their power like a gullcoon covets a roasted goose. Paranoid enough to land in any psychologist's office if not for the fact of being a Spheremorph." Never looking away from you he gently pries one of the Formspheres from the Grid, holds it up to gaze into its crystal depths. "A Fuser would work well in this board, two Forms in one with a...Gold Chemist Grid ability. A very good combination."

Windrunning's Surges (natural forces that KR use) are Gravity and Atmospheric Pressure. The Basic and Reverse Lashings use Gravity while the Full Lashing uses Atmospheric Pressure.

I had the same idea when Brandon shot down Charity, saying we were close. I tweeted it at him, but he didn't respond.

False, good sir! The order of publication is the BEST order! It's called Time Dancers. I just got the third one from the library and I can't wait to start it! The back blurb made me really excited. But I'm not going to tell you why as it would spoil the second one.

1. Smoke Peter clue paper. 2. Write up theories. 3. ??? 4. PROFIT!

Being a Brandon fan requires CONSTANT VIGILANCE! when it comes to Cosmere stuff like that.

NO ANYTHING BUT THAT! My family would find out and never let me live it down! Thank goodness Vin is winning again!