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Could it? Wax is a crasher. That gives both his powers if you know all the combinations.

My only real criticism is that it actually leaves out what could be critically important information. For example a Mistborn-bloodmaker is way more of a physical threat then a Mistborn-gasper.

Wouldn't it be slightly more then a halfborn though? I would probably just call them a portmanteau of their full status and their small status IE a Mistborn-brute.

A resistor. I think a better understanding of the metals might be to think in terms of pushing and pulling yes. Pushing metals move something "downward" for example from the spiritual and cognitive to the physical. Pulling metals pull upward for example from the physical to the spiritual or cognitive.

Mild profanity On the off chance you were not. I kind of do hope we get to braize at some point and we see a bunch of 1950s school rooms were fused without bodies get stuck reading books in modern Alethi.

You are not increasing the heat source merely the conductivity.

Taln and the other Heralds came up with a way to speak languages a long time ago(connection) if they did not have it to start with. It is possible that the fused use this method or just that Odium keeps abreast of linguistic drift and mandates modern language courses while on braize. The fused must be doing something useful with their time.

It is not so much that every story matches the hero's journey. Rather the Hero's journey is good way of understanding the progression of any character who can be identified as the hero.

You are not wrong. However to be fair the survivors were promoted. I doubt they will have to do that kind of thing again. They were also permitted basic protection.

Exactly. He was forced to acknowledge that they too were human so he is committed to fighting both for and against them.

Respectfully I find that statement untrue. I was working on this anyway. It does not tell me anything about Kaladin's plot only what what he needs in order to progress. How this will happen is entirely up to Brandon.

This has been taking up too much headspace lately. Given that it has not been paying rent and in fact interfering with my brain's other tenants I thought it best to relocate it on to a page. https://venngage.com/blog/heros-journey/ Above is a quick guide to the hero's journey for the unfamiliar. It may be partially incomplete but it touches the important points, not every story has every point anyway, and uses pop culture examples that I hope are accessible. So now here is my breakdown of Kaladin's heroic journey. The departure I. This explains how our hero leaves. Every hero's story starts with a call to adventure. Some don't recognize it for what it is. Some do I think we can all agree that Kaladin's choice's during the WoKs flashbacks reflect this although they are not the only ones(you can reinterpret different scenes and that is fine I am just matching based on my understanding). Kaladin's call at the time is to leave behind his boring life and instead be a soldier. He wants to find Honor and glory on the battlefield. Kaladin eventually realizes that this desire is stupid. However it is his driving impulse during that part of his story. Next we have the refusal of the call. This is pretty much embodied by Lirin. Both his teachings and direct presence deter Kaladin from leaving home. This creates problems for Kaladin but also teaches him some important lessons. Even when he is not there Lirin's beliefs effect Kaladin deeply. They are one of the reasons that Kaladin refuses the shardblade he won saving Amaram. The most dramatic part of this stage of his journey The last part of the departure is the acceptance of the call. This is usually accompanied by the supernatural aid(I wonder what that is?). Kaladin commits to fighting for human life, acting honorably, and in short, being Radiant. Threshold guardians. This is an early test of our hero's resolve, skills, bravery, or commitment. An entrance exam into heroing. How the deal with the guardian also signals to the audience what type of story this is going to be. For Kaladin it is Gaz. A rather unimpressive guardian but how Kaladin overcomes him tells us both about what type of hero he is and what type of story it is. The other type of entrance exam is.... The belly of the whale. This is a release from the normal world. At this point expectation's of normalcy end and the challenges to our hero begin. Kaladin must change who he is in order to succeed on his quest. He must become the leader of... Bridge four! The initiation II. Think training montage but we see the whole thing and it is awesome. Test allies and enemies. Basically how we level up our hero. Lower level challenges that introduce villains, friends, and often a love interest. BRIDGE FOUR! Nothing more needed. Approaching the innermost cave. Our hero must determine for themselves if they are ready for their most dangerous test yet. Kaladin is now the bodyguard to the king. He does not like his job. The temptation to abuse or at the very least use his privileged position is constant. We all know the monster is going to show up soon. What comes next is the ordeal. Kaladin's ordeal is presented by Moash but to be fair he accepts the challenge by refusing to make a decision about how to deal with Moash's trechery. It is a highly dangerous test to see if he is a worthy hero. If he fails the consequences could be dire. The monster is a Kaladin without compassion. The Ordeal. A big test like a boss battle. This can be internal or external. Kaladin faces his enemy. He protects even those he hates. In doing so he passes the test and.. Seizing the sword. The Hero's reward(or responsibility) for conquering the monster. In this case this happens quite literally. Kaladin shows up with a new shardblade, saves Dalinar, and is openly acknowledged as Radiant. And the Brandonfans rejoiced! We worried however. We knew deep down that Kaladin's happiness could not be allowed to last... The Return II. I think Kitty Pryde of the x-men said it best (and yes I know she was quoting someone else). How are they going to keep him down on the farm when he has saved the universe twice? The refusal of return/the road back. How do you interact with the normal when you have been to the extra normal? Kaladin's choice to return home is not just his responsibility to his family. It is also a smart narrative device that allows us and him to examine how he has changed and what this means. It is a sad reality but we can't be the people we were. This actually consumes him through OB. It is one of the reasons his chapters in this book are so hard to read. This stage of the hero's journey is the most grounded, dangerous, and relatable part of our hero's saga. Going forward. Without going into spoilers a hero's journey has three branching paths at this point. However it only has one title. The death of our hero. Sad as it is we cannot go back. Sometimes our hero actually does die. Other times this is the origin of a villain. In either case this means that our story is a tragedy. Sometimes our hero can't pull through. The other option is that our hero accepts death willingly. In this case they can move on. Even if they do literally die their spirit remains to guide and inspire. Alternatively they can accept death in a more metaphorical sense. In this case although our farm boy does die the best parts of them live on. Kaladin is going to have to come to terms with this kind of loss. Not just the loss of others but loss of part of himself. This is important in... The resurrection. As previously mentioned if our hero accepts either physical or metaphorical death willingly they can move on. They will return with wisdom and inspiration that guides others forward. We don't know what this will look like for Kaladin but I am open to theories. Master of two worlds. The master of two worlds is the fully realized hero who can balance the mundane with the supernatural. I hope Kaladin makes it. Comments and criticisms welcome.

Cool! What is your role in it?

Welcome to the shard! What would your perfect state look like?

Maybe unconsciously. Kaladin survives a bit too much during his flashbacks and time as a slave. Renarin could easily have been doing the same. There is even some circumstantial evidence for Elhokar.

Depends. Older Dalinar still made a pretty decent showing of himself without his plate against the assassin in white. It depends on the battlefield as well as how practiced Kaladin is at the time and how much experience Dalinar has fighting surgebinders.

He would probably end up as Azir's new monarch anyway.

I would argue that his goal was being a radiant which he is. It is not an accident that seizing the sword comes at the climax of the ordeal. It can take any amount of time for a hero to do any of these things really. Some also go through it multiple times. shardblade. Dueling scene? His confrontation was with himself. He was missing compassion for his enemies.

The best theories think that it was Nale's spren leading the listeners to Szeth because Nale can't kill people directly although you don't yet know about Nale's spren. WIllshapers would probably hate lawyers more then anyone else on the planet. Well I suppose you now don't have to worry about baby names if you ever wish to have children. He might be. That would be kind of terrifying actually. I wonder what Steve is like. sobs. I actually kind of sympathize with Tay but she does not know how hard actually killing an unmade is. The thing is thousands of years old. However it would have to be pretty stupid to come back to Urithiru. It is the one place where someone very capable of fighting it is.

Same as anyone else. We do have confirmation from Mistborn the CS can be effected by hemalurgy. In fact if it is probably one of the best way of dealing with the fused permanently.

I mean it is not like they have another way of efficiently generating thrust. Shrugs. The Hero's journey is the only story. I could literately write an explanation of how this person fits in for every major character in the cosmere. To misquote Patrick Rothfuss "we only know one story."

The "death" is often metaphorical. An excellent example from recent pop culture is Peter's final scene in Spiderverse. In this Peter dies and is returned to life in the space of about 30 seconds. Another good example is in Rocky how he gets knocked down so badly at the beginning of the fight. Sometimes but not always. In Harry Potter the underworld is a place of answers and contemplation. In star wars the underworld is the second death star. In TLOTR it is MT doom. You get a lot of variation. That would be one interpretation although not my favorite. I think it might be more fitting to make Kaladin's underworld the normal world. A place of suffering and continued life. His struggle would be about understanding both.

That seems good. Unfortunately I am pretty sure that it is included in Teft's rendition or ideal three. Seems so. Navani's painrail does work that way. Dalinar is a liberal theist. He believes in a God he is just not sure if such a being is understandable by humans. Well that spren was being pretty racist. Also that spren was being insubordinate. Also we don't know much about honorspren or their relationship to Kaladin. The god beyond is a philosophical concept. The idea of some being that is beyond the shards or even adonalsium. I think I will respond to you all here as your thoughts touch mine. It is actually quite common rendition of the road back stage of the hero's journey(stridently this is by far the most dangerous stage of the hero's journey). The pacifist mentor to the hero who can no longer fight is also a recurring character if you knew where to look for him. Kaladin is currently at the regression stage of his journey. The consequences of his choices are manifesting and he is not sure if he like the result. Generally this stage ends with our hero dying or becoming a villain. If the story ends here we just saw a tragedy. The death of the hero however leaves room for hope. If the hero is able to keep going he will journey through the underworld, resurrect, and return with the answer to his questions thus completing the cycle.

Seems so. Now we just have to figure out why.

Agreed. Steel and Iron are really weird. Very short chapter. Glad Dalinar is being a good commander. I wonder which Herald is sometimes lucid.