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I was thinking like a solid blade all the way around the edge of the “hammer” then a whole bunch more blades all like a millimeter apart, forming a grid pattern. Make the blades as long as they need to be in order to go all the way through the wall/ fortification.

Maybe? The second idea I edited in would probably work better.

A giant spike, perhaps? Or a bunch of really long, needle-like points all really close together.

I object to this poll on the grounds that it doesn’t have Azure on it. And also that it has Shallan as an option.

The woman nodded gratefully, dark hair shifting in a cool breeze. As the snake below seemed fully immobilized, she hopped down from the tree, climbing to the ground below. The Witherlord tilted his head. “I know Rebus well. He and I have… a history. But your knowledge will be welcome nonetheless, particularly pertaining to the Kimo labs and other organizations.” At that moment, something came upon him. In particular, a booted foot. More specifically, a rather fast moving booted foot. More clearly, a fast moving booted foot attached to a child hurrying across the field, who in his haste had not noticed Pikachu until it was too late. The child tripped, crying out as he fell headlong into a tuft of grass.

Hey, no just posting numbers. That’ll get us closed down before we reach 99,999. 2533

grumble grumble 2529

I agree. Making limits on the powers you can grant mortals is a moot point if you can just smite anyone opposing you. Although Honor could have protected his followers from the smiting, that would’ve les to direct conflict again, which they were trying to avoid.

Relevant WoB about teleportation in the Cosmere: Relevant part bolded. Aon Tia probably works at the speed of light, so not instant. I’m sure aons can achieve ftl, but it would probably require using them to bend space and time in some way that’s a lot more complicated than a simple Aon Tia.

I have two questions. One, why does this thread always die when an even numbered post is next, and two, how does the count get off so often? Take the number of pages minus one, multiply by twenty five, then add the posts on the most recent page. 2527

“Very well.” The Witherlord examined the imposing dark figure carefully. “What makes you think you will be of use to me?” “Oh.” The woman muttered, sounding slightly mollified. “Well, I don’t know exactly know where I am. Some pirates captured me. They’re the ones who brought me here.” She stood and moved along her branch closer to Viridis, a stray sliver of moonlight illuminating her features well enough to see. Her eyes were grey, the skin around them red and puffy as if she’d been crying. “I… don’t suppose you’d take me along with you? You seem to know what you’re doing here.”

Yes, I saw that shortly after I posted. ”Heaven is a distraction.” The Witherlord murmured. “It is highly unlikely that the Authors will allow me to destroy it, at least not soon.” The shadows shifted at Viridis’s whisper, and a woman’s voice rang out indignantly in the night. “Monkeys? Did you just assume I was a monkey?” The Witherlord examined the figure. “You certainly look like one of my servants. Who are you?”

It is set up early in the book that there are multiple artistic methods that can summon the spirits. First Yumi chapter, I believe. And Yumi did use external investiture to create her body: some of the shroud lingered around Painter as he painted.

The Witherlord returned to himself. His form was indistinct, a mass of darkness covering what had once been a green field of grass, tendrils of shadow spiraling outward, drifting in the cold wind. In his... distraction, the field had withered and decayed. As his consciousness strengthened, he felt the entirety of the planet, knew it had been destroyed during his slumber. The Witherlord sighed. I was afraid this would happen. He thought. The curse of the Antagonist. He was now true Evil. He had the power and the will to dominate and destroy the Thread. And yet... could his Author handle the strain? In taking up this role, the man who had once been Malevolence had centralized the Thread around him. More dangerously, around his Author. This brought the danger of burning out, a danger his Author knew well and had seen in others. He'd taken precautions, refusing to split his presence, appointing a Dragon and attempting to work through servants. And yet... I will need to be more careful. Malev-the Witherlord, thought. I must be pragmatic. I need more servants to empower, in order to share the burden of antagonizing the heroes of this Thread and working towards my grand plan. Fog has been as inactive as I... perhaps I should revoke her status and grant it to another, more deserving. Still, who can I trust? Even she is not fully trustworthy. Who else would agree with my goals enough to to put themselves in my power? He turned from these thoughts and on to other matters. Events in the Thread had progressed, but nothing seemed overly worrying... Except a Plotblade that had gained sentience? Interesting. And he would need to do something about Inkwell. Yes, his plans must continue. He would bring this Thread to its knees. With a surge of will, the Witherlord reformed his body. Darkness pulled inward, forming into the shape of a man covered in black flames, with glowing violet pits for eyes. He reached forward and pulled his Blade, Malevolence, from the ground before him. It was time to continue his work. Virids was distracted from his predicament by a faint sound from one of the other branches of the tree. If he were to look for the source of the noise, he would see a woman wearing a black dress sitting on one of the other tree branches. Her feet kicked idly against the trunk of the tree, and she watched the sky above with a melancholy expression.

That's true that we don't really have precedent for a Cognitive Shadow being able to make a new body. However, what Painter did was not entirely different from what Yumi did by drawing spirits and requesting them to manifest in the physical realm. This WoB kinda implies that the mechanics are similar to that, although it might just be talking about the mechanics of attracting spirits: As for Yumi's death after the Father machine was destroyed: Cosmere spoilers As for the Yoki-Hijo being the only ones able to draw spirits, we see even before the end that it's not the case. The machines are able to attract the spirits and get them to manifest. The Yoki-Hijo may have an advantage in drawing spirits, and they certainly have an advantage in communicating with them. We only ever see Yumi (and Painter, by association) speak to spirits, and I assume that's the real uniqueness of the Yoki-Hijo. That they can speak to the spirits and convince them to manifest with mental commands, instead of the cruder methods the scholars needed to use. However, I do think that the whole 'oh, the planet's fine, despite the fact that they went from unlimited free Hion to no free Hion, they probably lost an entire harvest to the sunlight/heated ground, and everyone got skin cancer from the sun.' aspect of the ending was the weakest part of it. I mean, maybe the Hion gradually faded, since the spirits currently manifested might not have immediately been freed, but it's still an all-out disaster that would've resulted in a lot of suffering and death. In universe I suspect Hoid was just glazing over the really hard times, but out of universe it does cheapen an otherwise masterful ending.