Nitpicking

I get the feeling that certain people are expected to be instantly perfect, e. g. Navani. That is the opposite of the message of the Stormlight Archive, which is (First Ideal) about the journey. The story isn't that Dalinar or Kaladin or Jasnah has become an ideal person. It's that they're sincerely trying to do better. Heck, the Sibling and Tanavast's Shadow are shown trying to be better than they were. The villains are people like Moash and Taravangian, who cling to their flaws.

Hemalurgy works everywhere in the Cosmere, and on anyone. Stab Nightblood with an aluminum spike, which removes all its powers. Poof! I mean, why do you think Brandon named it "blood", anyway? Heme=Greek word for blood. He even gave us a hint! (Note: this would actually work, assuming you could get the aluminum to penetrate whatever Nightblood is made of. I can think of ways.)

This isn't based on anything Brandon has said, either in a story or a WoB. Just based on my own training in biology and statistics, I think any Scadrian or part-Scadrian has a chance, ranging from tiny to small, to be an allomancer. See, they all have a stronger connection to Preservation than, say, a Nalthian. We know that Preservation was weakened because it divided itself and gave a bit of its power to each Scadrian, in a way not totally different from how Endowment gave a piece of itself (Breath) to every Nalthian. (Side crackpot theory: this did NOT weaken Endowment. Endowment's power and role is literally giving gifts. Giving some of itself to other people to use as they will is so congruent with its Intent that it actually strengthened Endowment.) Since every Scadrian has extra Preservation within them, any mating between them could randomly result in sDNA giving the offspring higher-than-average Connection to the Shard, and thus an allomancer. Note that this reasoning doesn't really apply to feruchemy, because that also requires being born with a strong connection to Ruin, and Ruin didn't gift itself to the humans of Scadrial. (Could Sazed balance himself by doing that, by giving every Scadrian a dose of Ruin equal to their already-existing extra Preservation? Would that cause an explosion of feruchemy? Would it buy the favor of Endowment, goddess of generosity?) I realize this is more speculation than an answer to the original question. Moderator, feel free to move it to the Cosmere Discussions forum.

@Wahrheitswächter, any idea why the admins don't follow normal practice and close old forum topics after some set period, say six months? It's just a setting in your forum software (says the former professional sysop).

The WoB quoted above says that Atium is needed to steal all powers. It's much more consistent with what burning aluminum does (remove all metals) to have aluminum hemalurgy remove all powers. The Coppermind agrees with me. It isn't clear how that would work. Does charging the spike remove all powers, but then you could remove the powers from someone else by spiking them?

Adolin is definitely being set up for some big role. I suspect (it's just suspicion based on vibes) that she'll remain human(-ish) to the end of the Cosmere, and witness the final battle, whatever it is.

Sorry, but it's really obvious that "Nohadon", the one who spoke to Dalinar in visions and helped him through emotional crises, is Frost the dragon. By "obvious" I mean that it's my pet theory.

My understanding was that the Saints fled from mob persecution, not because of an official government policy of expulsion (as the Spanish Inquisition [working with the monarchy] did to my cousins, the Jews of Spain).

Or you could just give a Radiant an unkeyed medallion?

Then ... why would you say she has lived "her entire life"? When she leaps over to save the woman with food in her throat (bad memory for names here) she is still 20 or whatever.

@Schizoposting, I belong to the school that says December's first life was a really long vision, Fortune or something related.

I don't think Intent is made of Investiture. I see it as a pattern impressed into Investiture, the way memory is a pattern in your brain cells. It could be erased like writing, if I'm right.

I'm aware that this is very silly, but I like the idea of the dread Yelling Nar, who grants the unique Surge of Focused Sound.

Aluminum melts at 933 Kelvin, but that's not important to your argument.

Both Taldain and Canticle already have light-form Investiture, from Autonomy and an unknown source, respectively.

Let's be honest, here. Absent plot armor, 20 crossbowmen with all-wood-and-bone weapons, including wood-with-bone-tip quarrels, would be devastating to a single Mistborn (without atium). Hell, the sling of David could be devastating.

I will never know, but I speculate that the alpha/beta readers and/or editor(s) must have expressed doubts about "December" to the point where Brandon, in love with the idea, put in Hoid's explanation rather than just all her "Winter" or "Frostmoon" or something. If I'm right ... I disagree with him.

Here's a sideways answer: we've seen it happen. Dalinar bonded the Stormfather. We know the Stormfather was made by stealing some aspect of The Wind, an Adonalsium Splinter that was on Roshar before the Shattering. I would argue that the Stormfather is one of the Unmade. Unmade by Honor, not Odium. [puts on Plate to defend himself from angry nerd mob]

Permanent Everstorm. The Shroud. The Ashfall. Alehela's burning sky. Discuss.

Ruin and Preservation made the humans of Scadrial. They aren't from Ashyn.

But if it involves the Spiritual Realm, r=0 for all r.

He's explicitly said to be blinded during that time period, by Autonomy, one of three or so Shards who have experience in Shard-to-Shard combat. (She helped Odium Splinter Devotion and Dominion, apparently.)

I am vaguely remembering WoBs, and I do not have time tonight to trawl the Arcanum, so ... I yield the field.

To me, the interesting question is, what happens when they die? Do they go to Braize, or just Beyond? If Braize, do they Return, or does Retribution have his servants torment them as the Heralds were tormented?