Knight of Iron

Orpheus emerged from his household and went to the alleyway to meet with the crew. He had explained things to his mother there. She wasn't happy about him going and didn't understand why he was leaving. But Orpheus had a Contract to fulfill. He obeyed Zanidar. Overnight, he had made several copies of the mysterious prophecy that the Shadow had given, for anyone who needed one. Orpheus waited by the alleyway.

But you see, I needed to lose, so that I could win.

Other than the kickstarter for the Way of Kings one, you can't even order a leatherbound right now. Which is the point of my post. So I don't even know. They were on there for weeks, I think, just saying "Out of Stock." But now they've been removed from the store entirely, at least for now. You can't even see their pricing or product info or anything.

Does anyone know why all of the leatherbounds have disappeared off of Brandon Sanderson's shop? https://store.brandonsanderson.com/collections/signed-leatherbound-books I was saving my money... I was here like a week or so ago and they were still up. What's going on?

“That’s for me to know, Shadow,” he replied. He had given away too much. He continued his act of an excited student, but inside he was actually terrified. Oh, the things he did for demons. “Now, I call for, perhaps, a break? I do have to be arriving home soon, and I don’t want to rush some of us into hasty decisions.” He glanced at the elf. “Let’s all meet in the alleyway outside the academy tomorrow morning, after we’ve had some time to take this in. I’ll provide some transcriptions there.” Oh, how it hurt him to have to reign everyone into an adventure he didn’t even want to participate in. But his demon didn’t seem to object to any of these joining, so he figured it was fine. He was going to need all the help he could get. Now, if only he knew why Zanidar needed this of him.

Orpheus looked up from what he had been doing. “I... guess I will be writing a transcription of the prophecy, to be passed around to those who wish to come with us.” He continued, “Now, like the scary man who I still don’t his name has said, you don’t have to come with us. No one really does. I know this is exciting, but the journey will be grueling. It’s a two-month journey, I hear.”

“Well, this has been quite the turn of events...” Orpheus started, “Can we all start by introducing ourselves to one another, because I’m starting to lose track. I’m Orpheus.”

Probably has something to do with the way objects or people view themselves. I think something like this is stated in TES, but basically it’s all about cognitive perception. Like, when someone Lashes a door, what external force determines which molecules or planks of wood are part of the “door”? Well, it’s what exactly the door considers part of itself. Similarly I think the parts that humans generally consider themselves, like their hair, will be affected, because the Intention of the Lashing is to Lash themselves.

Kelsier killing Dumbledore, what a twist. Lift as a professor and hoid as headmaster?

“Um, yes. You want to come with us or not? The fact you were here for the prophecy accounts for something, and the prophecy states your fate is likely at stake.”

“Sure thing,” Orpheus said, then turned back to the man and the elf. “I’m Orpheus by the way. And we should best get going before the whole school wants to come.” And so Orpheus went off to a nearby empty training ground, others following behind. Or, at least, he had thought it was empty. A lone girl was practicing by herself in the cold. Much safer than the other area. Maybe it was a private area?

I’m INTP-T, or Logician, as well as 75% introverted. An analyst striving for constant improvement. Pretty accurate. I’ve actually had the feeling more times than normal questioning why I seem like so much of an A.I. to myself, lol.

Who feasted upon gold.

Te Ookla flew over its wide barren and pulchritudinous car.

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His demon clammed up again, but Orpheus didn’t need him to know what he was being commanded to do. Hunting a dragon? How were they supposed to go about that, much less even kill the thing? And... who was this man, who spouted prophecies on a whim and then demanded you repeat it back to him? But Orpheus knew he had a task to complete, and it would be much easier with this man on his side. He looked over at the elf from before. A student, it seemed, dressed in... well, the style seemed distinctly elven. Orpheus had never understood elven culture. Suddenly, Orpheus noticed that the prophecy had drawn the attention of many of the students there. Sooner or later, someone in charge would notice that they didn’t belong there. He turned to the others. “Um... mind if we bring this conversation one training ground over? I think we might’ve been noticed...”

Orpheus interfered. "Listen, listen, it was something about fire, and dragons, and the call to... something or another..." Orpheus's memory faltered. He had trouble remembering any exact wording, as Orpheus was too frightened by the strange, trance-like rhyme. I ᴋɴᴏᴡ ɪᴛ. Orpheus flinched, but managed to regain his composure. He glanced back from the elf to the man, wondering if either had noticed. And then his demon began to repeat what the man had said. Orpheus repeated the words back to the man as he heard them. Tʜᴇ sᴄᴏʀᴄʜɪɴɢ ʜᴇᴀᴛ, ʙᴜʀɴɪɴɢ, sᴄᴀᴛʜɪɴɢ Cʀɪᴍsᴏɴ ᴇʏᴇs ɪɴ ʀɪᴄʜᴇs ʙᴀᴛʜɪɴɢ Sᴘʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ɪᴛs ᴡɪɴɢs, ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʏ ᴛᴜʀɴs ɴɪɢʜᴛ Iᴛs ʜᴏᴀʀᴅ ɪᴛ ɢᴜᴀʀᴅs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀʟʟ ɪᴛs ᴍɪɢʜᴛ Eʟᴠᴇs, ᴅᴡᴀʀᴠᴇs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄɪᴀɴs ᴀʟɪᴋᴇ Wɪʟʟ ғɪɢʜᴛ ᴀs ᴏɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏᴜɴᴛ ᴀ sᴛʀɪᴋᴇ Tʜᴇɪʀ ғᴀᴛᴇ ᴀᴛ ʀɪsᴋ, sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ɪɢɴᴏʀᴇ Tʜᴇ ᴄᴀʟʟ ᴛᴏ ǫᴜᴇsᴛ, ᴅɪsᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ ʟᴏʀᴇ Bᴜᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇ ɪs ᴛʜᴇɪʀs Tʜᴀᴛ ᴅʀᴀɢᴏɴ ᴏғ ғɪʀᴇ, ᴛʜɪs ᴅᴇᴄʟᴀʀᴇs

1) Can I ask you three questions? 2) I teleported bread 3) Do you need something from me 4) Yes?

I don't think reforming Adonalsium is possible, or at least he will never be what he once was. I know we talk about it a lot here on the Shard, but to me the idea of Adonalsium kind of scares me. The power of 16 Shards? All magic systems, under one? The only benefit I see is that all the Intents will give each other context. Leaving all the Shards alone with a Vessel also doesn't seem like a very good idea, but it's the one I like most personally. If there was a way to mix Shard's Intents to balance the Intents like Odium and Ruin, that'd be great. And the Vessels would have to be pretty ideal for this to work. I did consider just Splintering them all, but I just think that's really sad and that Splintered Shards can be really dangerous. Honor's Perpendicularity is very unstable, Devotion and Dominion's power have become the Dor, and the prime example being... whatever happened on Threnody with Ambition. That's just my humble opinion.

The retired staff @KChan. Here's the link I could find to the earliest giving of the cookie.