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I've recently finished the main story and optional bosses (I have not done the 100% Trophy/Achievement) of Clair Obscur Expedtion 33, It post really engaging question plus it can be as short and streamlined as you want it to be or as long and mini-game filled as you want and they are all valid experiences. Also I've recently started playing The Alters, It is a survival / base builder / social management type of game, but the hook for me as a Brandon Sanderson fan is that the setting feels like one of the books.

Thanks for replying. Regarding the Cosmere books I have not read (or DNF), The Way of Kings Prime, Aether of Night, White Sand (waiting for prose version). Also another person reminded me about the Father Machine from Yumi and the Nightmare Painter. Although it still did not overdraw the investiture. It dumped a sort of pollution, the original ecology of the planet was no longer present, but the planet it self is still there.

Is there any information regarding overdrawing the investiture in a given area? An analogy I can make is from the game Final Fantasy 7, there is an area that draws massive amount of their world's equivalent for investiture and uses it for everyday/mundane purpose. The effect then is that area appears to be blighted. The Reod was closest thing I can think of, but as mention in the book, the investiture is still there, Elantrians just can't properly utilize it. I think the short version of my question would be: What happens to a place when there are no S/shard/s in residence to regulate the I/investiture cycle, and the local inhabitants are using up the I/investiture faster than the natural cycle can replenish it?

Shards: Harmony - Sus as hell, Kelsier might had "encouraged" Sazed to become Discord so he can proactively defend Scadrial. Whimsy - Agent of chaos, will piss every faction equally, lots of agents doing stuff in the background. (I feel that Whimsy have a similar vibe with a character from another Intellectual Property named "Aha the Elation") Virtuosity - ???? - might had already self-splintered. Valor - Against the Odium part of Retribution, and is willing to fight. Reason - True neutral, might had been the founder of Silverlight but no longer resides there. Mercy - Pissed off at what happed to Honor, not happy with Cultivation, willing to work with Retribution with the intention (of backstabbing them) Edit: granting Retribution a twisted version of Mercy's clemency. Invention - double agent, the power likes the invention of new things on all sides. Endowment - Wants to stay out of the war, but as the resident shard of the origin planet of Nightblood, seen as siding with Retribution. Cultivation - In hiding, currently the number one on Retribution's hitlist. Autonomy - fun situation, some of the avatars might pick opposing sides, and Autonomy is fine with it. Ambition - are the splinters of power of Ambition truly out the game? Retribution - will initially come out ot the time dilation at a technological disadvantage, wants to play pokeshards and catch em all, thinks he can pick up the previously splintered shards. Planets without Shards in Residence: Threnody - the mercenary force Night Brigade will be a major threat on their own, current employer unknown. Sel - Retribution will target the Dor, and the threat within will be exposed, the Ghostbloods will help in dealing with the issues and thus will have a mutual defense treaty with Scadrial. Aether(s) - feels that they are not part of the conflict and that they are above it.

My understating was Adonalsium created the 3 OG, Wind, Stone and Night. Wind sang to Honor, due to the instruction to protect, to shroud, to nurture. Eventually the Stormfather was created. Night was picked by Cultivation, however Night left so Cultivation created the Nightwatcher from the remnants. Both Cultivation and Honor then created the Sibling from Stone.

Yes. Although I had a lamer idea that Nergaoul would manifest as a battle horse/motorcycle/hovercraft for the True Desolation Era/Modern Era/Space Era

For some reason the analogy I thought off was, Tanavast as Honor setup the Stormfather as his automated out of office reply while he went on an extended vacation. Also I guess the power of Honor really wanted to break off with anything to do with Tanavast. As for BAM and the rest of the Unmade, I really do hope we get more on the back half.

TLDR: Is there an explanation why the power of Odium wanted the spren/unmade Ba-Ado-Mishram as a vessel, while the power of Honor did not consider the Stormfather? I wanted to make a pun with the movie There's something about Mary, then I realized it's a 26 year old movie, so not sure how many people know of it. There might be a WOB I have not read regarding this, if there is, can I get a link. I had an assumption that being a sapient creature one of requirements for a vessel, so both should be in the running, but the Stormfather was not truly considered as possible vessel. Also I'm confused about BAM's mindset/attitude, all I see was she truly cared for the singers and hated the humans before imprisonment then hated everything during her incarceration, I don't see that as enough to make her a prime candidate as Odium's Next Top Vessel. Was absorbing the power from the well of control really that potent? Also I'm guessing she's still a treat to Taravangian's hold on the power of Odium.

Thaylenah will act as the hub city for cognitive to physical / physical to cognitive trade. (This explains the Thaylen merchant in another book) There will be a rehash of the "Man who calls himself Taln", plot. (I'm not cool with this, maybe it will just be a flashback scene) The Blackthorn will get Nergaoul as a weapon. (And Brandon will write the story in a way that the audience will be hyped for that to happen)

Thanks good to know. Actually I'm trying to find out if the listeners will get extra benefit from the 2nd Heightening, but I guess rhythms are different from pitch so it might not give a benefit at all...

If an individual that already have perfect pitch got to the second heightening, will they have additional benefit and/or resonance? Also are there wobs of this nature? the other wob I've seen is the one saying that an individual would be well regarded in most of the Nalthian cultures.

Is there a Wob that would indicate the Tech Level of South Scadrial during the time when the Five Scholars roamed the Cosmere?

I have a another question, so after some mroe reading, it was mentioned that futuresight is influenced by the shards, hence Ruin's futuresight is geared towards being good at killing the opponent, Preservation's Terris Prophecies, yes it's directly from a shard, but it's still futuresight. Endowment's a bit hard to identify since I don't understand it's intent. Odium's seems chaotic and the usual method of obtaining it is morbid, and if we'll ascribe to the theory that the Diagram is Cultivation's I would say it is "branching", it had those conditions like If Dalinar tries to unite the high prince, then kill him, but if he is to become a warlord he can be an ally. So my question is should it have been that Elend's vision be of destruction since he was using Atium? or was it also considering Elend's intent?

I have a question about that, I think it was mentioned that Renarin was at the "root" of the black out section, so was the branch black because of Future sight interference? or was is black due to Odium not being able to see Renarin's branch, I'm thinking the letters golden glow might be due to Odium being able to see the those possibilities? and since Odium cannot see Renarin's line it became black (just a wild speculation).