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I think it more likely that she does cohesion. The Fannahn-im are " the builders who had created the palace" and I don't think doing that by soulcasting is super efficient. I agree that they are different. She is clearly quite important. Perhaps she is some kind of special build?

That is a good theory. I think that Venli will transport out at a critical moment and offer Dalinar a deal. Independence for me and the singers that join me in exchange for me granting you your powers back now. It sometimes is nice that Dalinar cannot break a promise. The arm altering fused seems to use Regrowth(the voidbringer carpenter). Also Kaladin fights a fused who regrows arms in OB. We know they have it too because "not regrowth nor act of Odium"

Time for a respond to everyone! It also insures that your leaders are going to be unhealthily concerned with holding power. Sane people will not forgo normal lives in return for being able to shape the future. I think the second. The suppression does not hurt the spren it just seems to move them back into the CR. A stronger bond might allow them to push back. Leshwi PoV would be super interesting. To be fair to the singers they are not really used to fighting people who come from well lead professional armies. Also Lezian got over confident and exaggerated lied about what happened. Her avoidance of learning soulcasting in OB was a way of dodging responsibility as personified by Jasnah. We don't know what she has learned since. Soulcasting can kill a fused permanently. Considering how important the fused that are going to be part of the elite strike force are dealing with her is a must.

I think it more likely she just bread one the normal way.

Odium claims in OB that you can use prrecognition without fortune.

This was my first thought as well. The other possibility and the one I personally think more likely is that the singers originally settled the area during the "second advance." A period of expansion prior to human arrival. People don't normally name their homes after stuff they are trying to do to other people.

It seems to be a part of singer government. Imagine if the guy sitting next to you picks his nose. We have no idea how long you might be stuck here.

So Leshwi is not totally crazy but most of everyone else is. Venli is finally going to get some tutoring even if the tutor is completely nuts. Why do they imprison their government?

Because Mraize is not going to lie for no reason. As Vin says "the best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time."

In this very scientific poll. In case it was not obvious that I am being sarcastic this method of polling is based on whoever moves to this particular thread at the right time and Formless is at the top of the page.

Yes we do(Skybreaker) .

If the only thing holding back the honorspren from bonding humans was that they were under siege why not tell the humans so you can request aid? Also why would Restares want to stay in a besieged city? Also given that Kaladin is benched by Dalinar I don't think he will be permitted near combat any time soon.

Thank you.

Not sure what Sp means. Can Amamram or Sadeas be changed? Can Shallan change them? I have no idea.

Not really. That Honorspren chose to trust Kaladin over turning Syl over to the fused. Not exactly a hard choice. The honorspren knew that the fused were back. Some of them demanded tribute. If that were good enough for them more honorspren would already be forming bonds.

This has some advantages but also many problems. If Shallan arrives with Syl every member of her party will be noticed and possibly imprisoned. The Honorspren still at lasting integrity clearly have problems with radiants(particularly Windrunners) meaning they will probably be hostile to one showing up. On the other hand Pattern might know a way in and turning away a cryptic seems like a bad move.

I do not think we are meant to see the GBs as evil. Just selfish.

He could be a CS. I am not sure how he would pull that off but it is relmatically possible.

Introduction Fortune fortune fortune. A go to explanation for phenomena that we have very little understanding of. Azure mentions a "tide of fortune" in OB and is somewhat familiar with it thanks to her experiences with the returned, Odium mentions fortune when writing his diagram review. Hoid uses fortune to be where he has to and a chromium ferring can store this attribute. Finally we have oblique mention to fortune in the curse of kind of the sleepless. Uneducated Cosmere groups consider fortune analogous to luck. More experienced ones claim it is something else. According to the coppermind. Though the Spiritual Realm is always how future sight works in the cosmere,[7] Fortune is not the exact same as the Spiritual Realm.[5][1] Fortune is one way of accessing the Spiritual Realm. Every time one uses Fortune, they use the Spiritual Realm, but individuals can see into the Spiritual Realm without using Fortune.[1] From this we can know the following. Fortune is a spiritual property that everyone has(like connection or identity) and using fortune seems to make certain events occur(although given Hoid's experiences it may just make them more probable). Some Background Let us take a step back and look and the three realms scientifically rather then mystically. Basically lets observe what is happening on each realm when preforming a specific task. Because it is convenient I am choosing to state that the task we are observing is the creation of a sword starting at iron ore. Most fantasy nerds are somewhat familiar with the physical process. You purify the iron or to get iron. You take that iron and add carbon(and a few other things in the right quantities) to get steel. You put that steel in the right shape to get a blade. You add a hilt and sharpen(I know more detailed and complex sets of steps exist but lets keep this simple). What is going on in the cognitive? By my understanding each step creates a stronger and more complex cognitive image. To most humans iron ore is just dirt. Worse still it is a kind of dirt that is not particularly suited to plants or microorganisms. As such iron ore probably does not look like much on the cognitive side unless a bunch of prospectors or minors are in the area. When we identify the iron ore as useful its imprint in the cognitive side must jump dramatically. The same thing will happen when we refine it as we know have a clear, identifiable, useful item. Even laypeople will get it. As such grabbing the bead on the cognitive side will give you a nice strong impression. I don't think changing iron into steel changes the impact greatly. On the other hand the flavor must be incredibly different. The strength of the impression might not change much but its nature and maybe complexity probably will. Finally the shaping. I think here is where things get really interesting. Shallan's experience that man made objects with refined purposes have extremely strong and unique cognitive selves. A fully put together hand crafted sword has a sense of purpose. I wonder how hard soulasting a historical weapon or artifact would be? What happens in the spiritual realm when you go through the same process? I am going to use linear time even though when speaking in the spiritual realm this is inaccurate. Everything in the spiritual realm is made out of the 16 types of investiture. Unrefined iron ore probably does not have any of Odium's or Devotion's investiture, it can't feel anything, but it certainly does have bits of Ruin's and Preservation's as it experiences both entropy and stasis. This investiture is probably heightened considerably after the ore is refined. Metal is in a highly ordered state but iron rusts away quite quickly. Also since humans are now involved bits of the investiture from the more emotional shards starts to play a role. People work with the iron so it will start to pull in some investiture from Devotion, humans use iron in business and empire so it pulls from Dominion, you hate your iron smelting job and you are pulling in some Odium. Then comes the shaping. The shape you choose also alters the type of investiture pulled. Metallic ink is used for recording and art so Endowment's investiture is possible. Ceremonial artifacts are often made from metals so Honor's investiture is pulled. How does this relate to fortune? My theory requires you to look at the world from the spiritual realm's perspective. I know you have been conditioned to think about the future by probabilities but for this to really make sense you are going to have to drop that. In the spiritual realm there really aren't probabilities the same way. The "future" is instead determined by the interaction of fundamental impulses. These impulses are called fortune. For example when you take refined iron and shape it into a sword you are, according to the traditional framework we use, increasing the probability that this iron will be used destructively. However at the spiritual level what you are doing is drawing a discreet and potentially measurable quantity of Ruin and Odium's fortune into the blade. The altered probability is an effect not a cause. What this would explain. This explains why Azure refers to fortune as a tide. Rather then some kind of cool math telling Kaladin things he is just reacting to a sudden movement of fortune rushing toward Dalinar's location. It also explains certain phenomena like evolution happening faster. because Cultivation is present on Roshar and is leaking her kind of fortune skewing the odds of stuff happening this quickly. It also offers a rational for the curse of kinds. Bad luck does not make much sense but given Cultivation's intent is to shake things up so that things reach their full potential drawing her fortune will cause upheaval in your life especially over time. Personal and societal growth often happen during times of calamity. The curse of kind might really just be a bit of loose fortune drawn to locations. Hoid does not know why he is going to a specific place. He just follows a specific mixture of fortune that he believes will let him carry through on his mysterious goals(kind of like wayfinding). The returned get vague impressions they interpret as colors because of how weirdly placed they are relmatically and the fact they are super invested. When storing fortune scadrians think they are storing luck because the things that cause great change, meeting someone getting a job application noticed, feel lucky when in fact they are your fortune pushing you forward(your capacity to grow and change and bond). Finally atium shows you the most destructive action that you can take on short notice. Comments are welcome I am very must still work-shopping this.

From Pattern's PoV the difference is minimal. Soulcasting is changing an object or person's fundamental nature. Shallan changed the fundamental nature of these criminals. Ergo she soulcast them. The surges are not simply mystical or magical they are also a fundamental paradigm by which Rosharan's understand the universe to work at a practical level.

You might manage that especially with a well designed gun. In fact I think eras three and four will have special gun emplacements inside bubbles that allow you to aim at slow time and the entire apparatus of the gun is outside firing at normal speed.

You would still probably get extremely poor penetration. With the bullet rattling around inside the barrel on the way out it might project weirdly and eventually head off course. Also if the bullets inside the bubble are moving faster then the ones outside they might hit each other.

When?

Most of the Heralds I think will be useful as antagonists or at least weird people that both sides have trouble predicting and dealing with.

Gaz is definitely emotionally vulnerable but I also don't think the GBs would trust him as an operative even after compromising him. They might pump him for information but actually giving him tasks seems too risky.