Chinkoln

All of Brandon’s books are confusing. You can read any book a dozen times, and find new little tidbits each time.

If you want 10th Heightening, just go on a killing spree. Use a Hemalurgic spike, store in blood between kills, and just gather enough breaths.

What do you mean “softer magic”?

I need some help. If you look at some recent topics, you will see that I am planning to write a book. The problem is, I can’t come up with any names. I don’t want any generic names from Earth, but I don’t know how to come up with names like Kaladin, Elend, or Raoden. If you can think of any innovative names, please post them below.

I had a joke about Radiant Ideals, but I'm not ready to say the words.

The first one - Take the chicken across, go back and get the seed. Bring the seed across and bring the chicken BACK with you. Leave the chicken and take the wolf across. Go back and get the chicken. The second one - Is the blue brick like, a balloon?

Those Parshendi sketches that you posted originally are great! Until I saw those sketches I kind of envisioned them as looking like Ultron. That is how my mind works, I connect people to those I know in real life or have seen in real life.

1. Chinkoln (Obviously) 2. Cheddar (Name of my favorite cheese, and my cat) 3. Steelrunner (They are the coolest ferring)

Halfway, once it is halfway through, it is running our of the woods

Well, there is plenty that we don't know about the Cosmere. There are other planets that exist, other Shards we haven't seen, and possibly other malevolence in the Cosmere. Ruin would have most likely Splintered a few Shards by now if he hadn't been bound to Scadrial and so evenly matched with Preservation. We only know of a few Shards that have been canonized, we need more info.

You raise some good points that I hadn't thought of. I think that the question of enforcers/priesthood would best be answered by changing up the magic a bit. I was already considering changing it, so this could work well. I think I want to get rid of the superintelligence, but what would it be replaced with? The new power should be something that is of worth to these enforcers. The enforcers, I think a good name for them would be Droppers, follow the will of the higher tiers, but are led and organized by magic users that will have this new power. While on the topic I think that there should be a new way to recognize that power is going to be used. I hesitated to make this a power because I felt like this would be really close to a bronze seeker (Mistborn). Within tiers, disputes are settled ultimately be the person who has been in that tier the longest. To be clear, it is acceptable to make any opposition meet an untimely end, but it is frowned upon in general because if magic users see it happening a lot then they will do it to others, maybe you. Magic users henceforth referred to as Muses, are responsible for ensuring that the food gets harvested and distributed to those in need. They also use the taxes, collected by the Droppers, to advance technology and research new inventions/ideas. Taxes are collected directly from pay. Example: If you earned $10 and taxes are 50%, then you only receive $5, the other 5 being kept by the Droppers. The Droppers are the equivalent of the Obligators in Mistborn. They pay the people and collect taxes from the pay. The merchant class is made up of those who are related to Muses. Relatives of Muses travel the land as either Droppers or emissaries of their empowered relatives. The Mystic was said to be ruthless during his rampage through Domhan, their planet. After he had established peace throughout the land he became kindly and tried to help reinstate society, as he had kind of destroyed a lot of civilization on his quest. Once the last nation had surrendered, he never killed another man, so the legends say. It is unclear which magics he had access to, there are legends that say he had any, all, or none of them (Was simply a good general with access to other Muses.).

Is Hoid human? I think not. He is so powerful that it would be extremely unrealistic. I think that he is a dragon in disguise. This WoB leaves Brandon with an interesting answer. Is Hoid a dragon?

I am thinking that the event will be a pattern of stars in the sky. The night sky is always changing and different so the constellation that appears is unpredictable. It may happen 10 days straight or it might not come for 10 years, but simply seeing it doesn’t guarantee access to magic, there is an element of chance involved. You have to see it AND get lucky when the cosmic dice are rolled. Once you have a power you can’t get it again, you would simply get a new power. It would be possible to get all the powers. If you get all the powers then I am not sure what will happen, but I am considering adding a higher level of magic with either new powers or more powerful powers. Power is recognized by a faint aura in the air around them. You have to concentrate to see it but it is there, just not in a way that anyone can describe. Government has different tiers. The more power you have the higher tier you are. I would say it is a dictatorship, but if someone gets more magic than you then you are kicked out of office. There are many organized cities but much of the land is used as farmland, as that is the main industry on this world. The capital city is named Bruid, and was founded by the Mystic, a magic user surrounded by lore who conquered the world on his own. Legal system isn’t great, if you don’t have magic then you are guilty as charged almost always. If you have magic or are closely related to someone with magic, then you are almost always innocent. Economy isn’t great either. Commoners get paid a fair amount but taxes are high. No distinct nationalities, everyone is the same race and speak the same language because of the Mystic. I am glad that I have been able to work out so much about the magic and world, but I am starting to doubt this. I know it is unrealistic, but I feel like it won’t be as good as Brandon. I also feel like people will read my book and say, “hmm, this sounds like something Brandon might write on one of his worse days. It has the plot and magic that he writes with.”. I don’t want to be the knockoff Brandon Sanderson.

How many shards? Originally there were 16. Some were splintered so that nobody held their power, but the Investiture that was unique to each shard remained. On Scadrial, Ruin and Preservation were each a shard. They died and were taken up by Sazed, becoming Harmony. Does that mean there are now 15 shards?

This society is not advanced. I would say they are at the level of the Roman Empire at its peak, having some grasp of technology and innovation but not electricity or guns. This society is organized by whoever has the most magic is the highest ranking. I have not determined how you can get the powers, but I am thinking maybe some kind of celestial event will bestow powers an random intervals. Each event would bestow one power to any person affected, so it would be possible to get more than one power. Each magic could be used in labor and other ways that may be obvious. Using magic requires concentration, so if they are in loud setting or get easily distracted then they are less powerful. The intensity of the concentration will draw forth more magic, so the harder you concentrate the more you get from it, but the less you can do because your concentration is split while using magic. This is bypassed with the magic of higher intelligence where the concentration is a minimal thing that doesn’t affect them much.

They are on a planet with very little water, it is a struggle to get enough to survive. Magic (Names not yet decided upon) 1. Can move with increased speed and dexterity, but no added strength 2. Elevated senses, can be turned on and off for convenience 3. Can become extremely stealthy (decreased weight, increased dexterity, faster reflexes, but not all around faster speed like in 1) 4. Can use brutish strength at will 5. Elevated intelligence, while it can be useful it does lead to odd personality quirks 6. Can use intuition to find things( Materials, objects, people) Not always very precise or accurate Any constructive criticism? Preferably not destructive criticism, but if that is all you got then just try to phrase it as best as possible.

I need some help searching WoB. I am considering writing a book, but I have a question. What is Brandon’s copyright policy, and what would y’all consider “okay” to use? I am obviously not going to put a big destructive storm in my book, or 3 distinct realms, but I might want to have a universe and center it around a number. Thoughts?

No, I legit mean a soul caster comes into the Cognitive Realm where your soul is and convinces your spirit to be younger.

Alright, there are like a hundred WoB out there telling you about atium compounding. Essentially, The Lord Ruler’s body was young but his soul was old. When he lost his metalminds his soul said “Time to kill myself and become 1000 years old in the next few minutes”. What if a soulcaster, whether a fabrial or a Radiant, came to Scadrial and changed his soul. Would it be possible to soulcast someone’s soul into believing that it is younger than it actually is?

This is kinda weird, but does anyone know where I could find the sheet music for the songs that play at the beginning of Brandon’s audiobooks, specifically The Way of Kings?

When you consider overcoming your lifelong hate for comic books, just to read White Sands

What if Brandon’s last cosmere book, before he moves on to the Cognitive, then Spiritual Realm, is a convergence of all the books. He manages to get all major characters together through some new magic system. Harmony, Vin, Elend, Kelsier, Wax, Wayne, Raoden, Kaladin, and so on. They all meet up, probably punch each other a lot, then work together to fight Odium! Thoughts?

When you hear someone singing “Hope is the thing with feathers” and imagine Kelsier flying with wings instead of steel pushes