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Perses took this in. A growing house that kills people, a valued artifact, and a help wanted poster. Perses hadn’t actually gotten the ‘help wanted’ poster; he had been led this way by someone when he inquired about job opportunities. After taking this information in, one question came to mind. “why a help wanted poster? This seems to be a very specific job, with quite a mysterious nature. I feel like hiring specialists, or some sort of magical detective agency would be needed. And judging by the manor, you could surely afford hiring someone.”

You know what? That would be hilarious, of not a tad impractical. Definitely going to be my joke headcanon until proven otherwise.

Perses was glad that these people were social. He was absolutely horrid at formal communication. He was bad at casual conversation, too, but that can be forgiven slightly more. "And it is nice to meet you too, cousin. What's your name?" Cousin? Was this some Elendel slang that he hadn’t been aware of? No matter. “I’m Perses. It is also a pleasure to meet you, my cousin.” Perses said, hoping that he was being polite. There was another figure that entered, who was also using some sort of magic. Perses unfortunately had no clue what. Perses was, unfortunately, growing quite impatient. Where was the host? He would never say that out loud of course. It would be rude, probably. Then again, this seemed to be a more casual group, at least the ones that were socializing. “Where is our host, anyway?” He decided to inquire.

Perses was glad there was someone that had interest in casual conversation. He had worried it would be all business. The smaller woman seemed to have calmed down a bit, but was still a bit on edge. So was Perses, if he was being honest. “I do not know anyone else here.” Perses said, in response to her inquiry. “Everyone I properly knew getting over here vanished in the Forgery.” Just as he said this, Perses heard the wheeled approach of the woman that entered first. "Where is that in comparison to Elendel?" she asked. "I'm Malsam, by the way." From the sound of it, Malsam was a Scadrian too. He wondered if they were a metalborn… Perses reached out with this bronze-sensemind, not really trusting anyone else enough to let them know about the full extent of his powers. As he focused in on the room, he noticed there were a few powers at play, but barely any he recognized. In front of him, Malsam seemed to be using a metalmind. Was that…pewter? He supposed it would make sense, given that if someone had a wheelchair, they could easily store strength. ”Rashekin is northeast of Elendel. It’s quite nice there, if you look past all the crime,” he said. “Did you live in Elendel?” Perses nearly forgot to give pleasantries. “Oh yeah. It’s nice to meet you, Malsam.

I believe he’s hanging out with the Terris during that time, so not actually present during the book. Have you read Mistborn: Secret History?

That’s exactly what I’m talking about. You burn allomancy, which gives you ability that you don’t normally have, like steel sense, and you then store it in a metalmind. I just put in a vague definition to make it apply to non-allomantic sources like (Warbreaker)

There only appeared to be four others now, all keeping relative distance from each other. Vivacia, the smaller more sociable human approached and began conversation with Perses. “I've never seen that combination of greeting gestures before. Where are you from?" She seemed to be a bit on edge, but was still social. Perses wondered what that was about, but decided to carry on with the conversation. “I’m from Rashekin.” He said, quickly realizing that the human in question is probably not from Scadrial. “Scadrial.” He added quickly, hopefully naturally enough so that the person—Vivacia, she said—wouldn’t notice. “You seem to really like the food.” Was that an odd thing to ask? Perses hadn’t tried any, but it smelled decent. “Do you have any clue if there are more showing up? I thought this might be a larger gathering.” @Sorana

From my understanding, he gained that through compounding, not reverse compounding. Now technically compounding also reverse compounds, but since every compounded metal does that, I chose not to include it in the list.

There weren’t many people that had shown up thus far. There were only three, including Perses, when another person walked in. This person was different from the rest. For one, they were much lighter and shorter than the others. They also smelled much poorer. “hello. My name is Vivi--Vivacia, I mean. It’s a pleasure to meet you.” They sounded like a child. They had the height of a child. They had the rough weight and strength of a child. Given what city this is and that this meeting is presumably on the more violent side, that meant that they were definitely not a child. ”Hello. My name is Perses,” Perses said. Was this the type of thing where he should wave, shake hands, or do nothing? Perses made motions that indicated that he was planning on doing all three.

Perses heard a door open to his left. To him, this sure seemed to be the spot. He’d heard this was a good place to get a job, especially something more his style. There seemed to be a few people around, given by the rustle and clacking of feet, as well as what could be the roll of a cart. He’d kept his senses on low, as he’d been waiting here for a few minutes already, and wasn’t even sure if this was even the right place. Perses dialed his senses up. Clarity returned to him, including the welcoming feel of other people moving around him. Man, was he glad he acquired lifesense. There were evidently quite a few people around, but few of them had responded to the invitation to enter the manor. Yet, there was still a good few that noticed and began making motions to head in. One of which, interestingly enough, was moving in on a wheelchair. This has got to be the place. Perses got up from his awkward lean on the side of the manor and began strutting towards the door, making sure to let someone else enter first. Too many times had he guessed the height or width of a door and been embarrassingly off. Luckily, this was a nice and wide door, as the woman in the wheelchair quite easily got in. Perses followed behind, taking in the smell of the manor and the people within, making sure to thank the door opener.

Well, I think he’s totally be up to it. How much do we want to RP? (And also since I’m new here, where?)

If the crew could use the utility that he could provide, Perses would be open to the prospect. He is not thrilled about crime without a more pure goal in mind, but is used to that lifestyle. If there is potential allies to gain and reputation to earn, Perses could be interested.

If you’re talking in the literal sense, not really. He’s lived his life blind, and he’s made do. While I’m sure it would make things easier for him, it’s not what he came here for. metaphorically speaking, he’s open to it. While he is by no means a scholar, he’s well aware that knowledge is valuable, and that those with the most of it end up on top.

Hey folks! I just got started here, and my character is looking for work. The forgery kind of wrote out all of the people that he came here with, and he’s in need of work. My character is a A-bronze F-steel twinborn that has a few breaths on them. He’s not a fantastic fighter, but is a decent shot. All he’s known is a fighting and thieving life, but is interested in being a part of something greater. He’s slightly familiar with Alleycity, but not severely. What’s a place where he would go to get something going? A guild perhaps? A crew of some sort?

So here’s the deal. House war is actually quite fun, and can be played with people that haven’t necessarily read the books. It’s a tad expensive, and the gameplay isn’t revolutionary, but it is quite fun and great if you likely playing politics at the game table. The Mistborn RPG is also quite good. It has a lot of expansions that seem quite cool. It is an RPG like D&D though, so you need a group of Cosmere fanatics to play it with you. Other than that limitation, it’s fun! Call to Adventure also had a Stormlight Archive expansion, which is really spot on and very fun. If you are interested in non-Cosmere games, there is also The Reckoners board game, which recently got an expansion. It’s a tad complex, but extremely fun to play.

Alright time to join in on the fun!!!

Thank you so much! I think I have an idea for a starting character. Once I create and submit my character for approval, and once it’s approved, what do newcomers generally do/go to?

This the thread for inquiring about how to join the fun? I have not yet made a character, but that is mostly because I have So Many Questions. So how do the magic systems interact? Do you have to be born on scadrial to have metalborn powers? Does hemalurgic spikes tie you to ruin? Does being an elantrian kinda suck because of location limitations? Are epics still evil? Are smedry talents still genetic? How abundant are metals like atium or lerasium and ettmetal? How important is connection for being able to communicate with others? Are there multiple earths, or is this a world where epic powers and oculators coexist? What of the wheel of time? Is it counted in here? How much spoiler hiding do I have to do for various books? Are the events of every book still happening? Already happened? Not happened yet? How easy is it to find radiant spren? I apologize for all the questions. But this is so fun, and the potential ramifications are so confusing.

So while the actual growth of the muscles will not end up harming the fullborn (feruchemist+Mistborn), I do think it would be slightly ridiculous. The person in questions would get insanely beefy really quickly, and then deflate real fast. as another user said, a duralumin burst of Nicrosil wouldn’t do much, as any amount of Nicrosil would use up all of the reserves of the target, so you can’t get better than that. as to how you would make it stronger, there’s some minute things. 1) this is assuming that there is a limit to how much you can compound. There is not, as far as I’m aware. So given infinite time and given infinite metalminds, you could get infinitely beefy (for a very short time). 2) if you are trying to get the most infinite out of your infinite, you could have the fullborn in question be a lerasium Mistborn. That way, they would be as strong as possible of a Mistborn. I’m not 100% sure if that’ll allow your compounding to be more efficient, but it sure wouldn’t hurt. 3) Hemalurgy. This one DOES have a limit, but it can be pushed really far if you don’t mind ruin/harmony getting control of you. With spiking yourself with extra A-pewter, your compounding would (presumably) get even better. 4) Nicrosil compounding. This could be a whole post on its own, as F-nicrosil is a finicky thing that we don’t know much about, but from what we understand, it stores your ability to burn a metal. If that’s compounded, I would say that it would increase the strength of whatever metallic art you choose to store. With infinite compounding, you could have an infinitely higher strength for your infinite human strength balloon. 5) maaaaybe F-duralumin compounding. So, here’s the thing. Your connection to preservation is what determines the strength of your allomancy. Lerasium, being a big ol hunk of lerasium, increases your connection to preservation, which is what makes them Mistborn, and very powerful ones. If you could somehow store and compound that connection, which is a big if, you could get real strong powers, which would (again, someone please confirm this for me) lead to real strong human muscle balloon bomb. You could just achieve this with munching a ton of lerasium, but that almost seems harder than just figuring out how to compound connection to preservation.

Ah, darn. That would be interesting.

So are you asking for general “how does this work?” Or is this a larger question of how fortune works in the Cosmere?

Folks, folks, are we really having an argument of definitions?

I’ve heard that too, but sadly can’t give ya more than that.

I think it’s worth pointing out that dalinar used to be the blackthorn. He’s past his prime, and is far less likely to take down armies all by himself anymore. His whole arc in Oathbringer was that he has become much more of a team player that yes, is still a general, but is not the killing machine of the army. Kaladin, on the other hand, has clearly shown that he is that person. In Rhythm of War, it was clear that he is a slaughterhouse and is more than able to 25 to one people. With shardplate, he’ll only be stronger. I certainly think Dalinar is the more powerful of the two, but I think his power no longer comes in the form of generating half of the battlefield’s worth of bodies. He’s now a leader, which in this sense, I don’t think is what is needed.