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Explain your reasoning please. This is not true. I can't find the WoB but Brandon has clearly stated that (for example) not all elsecallers were scholars some were soldiers who were careful and thoughtful.

You can do what Saze did and just grab it if the previous vessels happen to die.

Saze mentions that they have special bracers for combat. On scadrial I think wearing less metal is a good idea.

It is. This is not necessary for this subthread. Unless you are referencing content that is less then 6 months old. It was the land given to the human refugees from Ashyn.

Temporal alomancy or steal compounding and f-bronze

There are fabrails(like soulcasters) for all 10 surges. I see no reason why you could not duplicate other magic effects with other kinds of investiture based technology. We have no idea however how medallions are made so we can't tell you if that is the correct method. That being said the correct nicrosil medallion should grant what you want assuming it was made by the right person and there are some other ways to do things with them for example.

At the same time if this were a movie this is where the evil scientist people funded by the military show up and decide to take that guy apart then come up with lies about how they must cremate dead people so that the demons don't get angry.

Shouldn't it be 2019 win?

I do too but I am worried about potential side effects.

If they had conducted an autopsy and found the spike the hypothetical kandra would revert to Mistraith.

We don't know much about how connection works. Also I worry taping too much preservation connection could radically change your outlook on life as you feal more and more like part of a force for stasis.

We really have no idea how they would treat someone like that. Considering that educated people know about the three realms I think that they might treat them as the spirit of the opposite sex trapped in the wrong body.

If there exist several space faring planets then it could also imply that this was an agreement after a war or conflict that involved two or more powers fighting over colonial possessions. The kandra is also putting themselves at incredible risk. I think no matter where they are from a lifeless or forgery is their best option as it does not put an actual life in danger and assuming an interplanetary economy both would be available commercially.

Thanks glad someone enjoys it. I become worried I was loosing cohesion(no pun) near the ending. I eventually plan to do all of them but that will take time.

Per the request of @Honorless I am doing an analysis of stonewards oaths. This is going to be extreamly difficult because with the exception of Willshapers(which I will most likely do next) we have the least information on them. In fact unless you count Taln no Stoneward has had a POV chapter. Additionally ideals of martial mentality and morality very greatly across cultures and times with no unifying ideals like justice or the Hippocratic oath binding them together. Because of this I have had to use several different ideologies to try and deduce Stoneward ideals along with my standard Radiant ideal theory. For those of you who don't know I believe that Radiant Oaths (with the exception of Lightweavers) follow a pattern. The first ideal is constant, the second is about service, the third is about fairness, the fourth is about trust and the fifth is about the ultimate goal. This belief fuels all of my theories. The first ideal for Stonewards is of course the same "Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination." This is always the first ideal. Thankfully(for me) we also have a potential ideal for a second oath. "I will stand where others fall." This ideal reflects the duty of a Stoneward. To persevere when no one else can. Taln of course exemplifies this in his many final stands and in his refusal to give in at the hands of the fused. This is a basic idea in warfare at the ground level. For example the Spartan Ethos states that men should "...not surrender or retreat in battle" and “Hell Week(training for SEALs)” requires 90 percent mental and only 10 percent physical strength and capability. The second ideal is a great idea if you happen to be pointed in the right direction however service is not enough(as Kaladin discovered). If you get six second ideal Stonewards in a room and tell them to agree on a course of action before leaving then only one of them can leave without braking their oath. This approach is clearly flawed and both Roshar and Earthan history bear the consequences. Thankfully both human philosophers and (hopefully) Rosharan Spren have come up with a solution to this issue. It is here that we turn to Just War Theory. Just War Theory states that before embarking on a course of action the resulting conflict must be in a just cause, have the right intention, have a strong probability of success, be a proportional response, and last resort(it also states that this has to be authorized by a legitimate authority but we will get to that latter). Therefore for a third Stoneward ideal I think it should be "I will not embark on a course of action unless the resulting conflict is just, reasonable and has worthwhile results." The third ideal helps with some of the comedically bad problems that Stonewards have(see how the 10 orders do everyday things thread if you don't believe me) but it does not quite help with everything. Thankfully not all of us are stonewards but that means that sometimes things are too hard for us. Both literature and history have many examples of strait forward people dealing with others who are more eclectic, esoteric or simply have different goals and ideologies. Dalinar and Kadash are a great example of this. Both are Alethi war veterans who prefer blunt and straight forward arguments, both are greatly concerned with the nature of divinity yet they can't make it through a conversation without it becoming an argument. Sparta's solution to this problem was a certain cult of obedience to Sparta with manners of dress and speech dictated by custom and credo to be identical to that of all other Spartans. Similarly low level soldiers all where uniforms and have credos of behavior that they are expected to follow. However what happens when our Stoneward needs to interact with a Lightweaver? Just War Theory offers part of the answer. As you may recall it states that legitimate authority is necessary to authorize action. Broadly this is to stop independent actors from starting wars that they cannot stop. Specifically this insures that conflicts involve people who are trained in medicine and diplomacy rather then who ever happens to have a bunch of guns. Along with trust from my theory of Radiant oaths this gets us the ideal. "I will depend on others to do their own tasks even if their methods and beliefs are alien to me." With those four oaths out of the way a Stoneward still wants the final ideal. This is the ultimate question for a Stoneward. What kind of world do they want to live in? I would say the ultimate goal of a Stoneward is live in a world in which people have the courage to approach and fulfill their dreams. So there final ideal should be "I will help others to persevere longer then I can." My pattern of radiant oaths theory can be found here.

It is quite possible that you are correct we won't know unless/until Brandon finishes annotations for those books or unless someone specifically asks him.

From my understanding your spirit can only burn so much of a single metal at a time.

A-Cadmium/Bendalloy. As much time as you want when you want it is pretty much my dream. I honestly think the pushing metals are generally better then the pulling ones alomantically as well. For the quad I want temporal I am very interested in compounding the mental metals but for the most part we don't know the real effects.

A Cosmerespren? Writingspren? Brandonspren?

Machine. Fabrial would imply that he had a spren doing the work for him. Also Fabrails are a subset of machines.

SA 4 draft 1 100% complete. SA 4 draft 2 40% complete!

I personally would prefer bendalloy to help me do things on time. Haza for my capability to sit around and do nothing.

This is thousands of years in the future. Their culture could become super xenophobic for all we know. As far as they know the perpendicularity is a gateway to death. Like to is not equivalent with always am. I also think a lifeless would be a better option as the kandra might have to wait around for years or else be otherwise compromised if the primitives decide to conduct an autopsy. I do not think that is why the elantrains left. It seems like a normal part of their life cycle to leave the physical realm behind.

Winces. Can we please not go back to that? Neither of us stayed entirely rational and I kind of wanted to bypass that issue. I like to be objective in my arguments. I thought that was what you were referencing but I wanted to make sure. Or just not deal with it and get used to being the most OP god people in the universe.