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  1. NameIess
    Cultivation does not cover positive change. Cultivation is controlled change. You can cultivate stuff for evil.
  2. NameIess
    So Invention is 'positive' change.
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    Whimsy is random change. Cultivation is controlled change. Ruin is breaking stuff down. Therefore, there should be a shard about building things up.
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    Ruin could change things. However, he also had the whole "kill everything" vibe going on, so he needed Preservation to to stop that. Think of Preservation + Ruin as Preservation + (Kill everything + change things). Preservation and kill everything cancel out, leaving change things.
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    Yeah. Because his intent is entropy. I don't see how this is relevant.
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    Preservation could not make make a planet on his own. He needed Ruin for that. They are called gods of nature because they're both invested in Roshar so that their tones have become part of the planet. Science is not natural, it is about discovering the nature of the world in a controlled way.
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    The problem with anarchy is that the people who don't do anarchy will win against those who do. Take Roshar for example. If a group of Singers decided to throw off the oppressive rule of the Fused to live peacefully, they would be unable to do so unless they either ran away like the Listeners (a temporary solution at best) or had the military might to force everyone to leave them alone. How do they get a military like that? Well, they'd have to have a governing body with the power to make that army. And that army has to have food, and weapons, and training, and housing. In order to produce weapons and supplies more efficiently, you need roads and infrastructure. And to get infrastructure, you need to money. In order to get money, you need to give someone the authority to tax people. And in order to tax people fairly, you need... So basically, unless you've got a weapon that can keep non-anarchists away from you, anarchy won't work. And the easiest way to get that weapon is normally to make a government. Now, Shards could change that. If you've got a Shard on your side, or some incredibly powerful magic user, you could hold off your enemies and live happily in anarchy. Until another shard shows up. Or the non-anarchists figure out how to counter your magic.
  8. NameIess
    What makes Preservation: making sure stuff doesn't change, fit better than Invention: making new things? Also, how does Cultivation: making stuff grow in a controlled way, fit better into natural than Whimsy: doing whatever you want.
  9. NameIess
    What do you mean? I'm not talking about Virtuosity at all here.
  10. NameIess
    I don't think Preservation fits with change. the actual intent of Preservation seems to be stasis, not Preservation. In SH when Fuzz was at his weakest, he liked TLR because he didn't change, even though TLR was killing people. He could have tried to change things in order to Preserve the Skaa better, but he didn't want to. Ruin was destruction, but that was largely due to Ati's interpretation of the Shard's intent. once Sazed got the shard, he interpreted it more towards simple entropy. I think Invention is likely a better fit for the 'change' Dawnshard, and Preservation would be a better fit for the 'give' Dawnshard.
  11. NameIess
    Nameless fed the quarkbeast Mythos' narrationblade.
  12. NameIess
    2 votes actually, the poll took a bit to update.
  13. NameIess
    I take that WoB as meaning that silver is useful for things like Shades and the aethers, but people on Scadrial haven't found that out. It doesn't say that it has uses that are specific to Scadrial.
  14. NameIess
    Moni winced slightly. I don't know.
  15. NameIess
    Nameless knocked Mythos' sword out of his hand, then rammed his shoulder into him, forcing him to the ground.
  16. NameIess
    Nameless didn't flinch. He attacked in a blurring barrage of strikes, knocking aside Mythos' sword to decapitate him with a slash. Yes.
  17. NameIess
    Nameless shook his head. "I didn't expect it to be. You are a Narrator." He advanced again. It depends on the rope. And the vine.
  18. NameIess
    Nameless smiled sadly. "See? It's already started." He slashed his blade into Mythos' chest. I don't know. I've died a lot of ways, but I haven't died every way.
  19. NameIess
    Nameless shook his head, swinging his blade. In a matter of moments, Mythos' blade was on the ground, and Nameless' was at his throat. Of course I do. You're my friend.
  20. NameIess
    Nameless shook his head. "If you think that will stop me, you are a fool." He stepped forwards, Narrationblade out.
  21. NameIess
    Nameless hesitated. "That could be possible, I suppose. It would likely require a narrator to willingly give up their powers, however." He shrugged. "Either way, you're still a ticking time bomb. You're still a withergeist, so you're still vulnerable to the Witherlord's control." He raised his Narrationblade, eyes hardening. "Killing you won't be the first thing I wish I didn't have to do."
  22. NameIess
    Nameless shook his head. "You must have been a narrator before becoming a withergeist." He snorted. "There's no way that a simple scientist could have made you a narrator."
  23. NameIess
    Nameless shook his head. "If you're a narratorgeist, then you're under the Witherlord's control."
  24. NameIess
    Nameless blinked, Narrationblade forming in his hand. "And why shouldn't I? As a narratorgeist, you're under the control of the Witherlord. Meaning you'll be evil no matter how much you don't want to be."
  25. NameIess
    Nameless nodded. "Ah. Well then. It was nice talking with you." He pressed his hand to Mythos chest, then hesitated for a moment.
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