Argent

I've been looking at the gorgeous Cosmere constellation map (now available online), and I've been thinking about the constellations - and more specifically, why certain images were chosen for some of them. Roshar's Shardbearer/Herald/Radiant/whatever the suited figure is, is pretty clear I think. Nalthis' lady is also straightforward - it's someone exhaling, giving Breath. Now, both of those could be depictions of the respective star systems' Shards (i.e. the Shardbearer might be Honor, and the lady could be Endowment), but it's hard to tell. Threnody's lady could be Silence, but I don't think that's the case because of two reasons - the constellation image is clearly not old enough to be Silence, and Silence is likely not important enough on the Cosmere scale of things to warrant her likeness be immortalized as a constellation. Then again, Threnody seems to depict Dusk... The only thing that makes sense to me is that we are seeing Ambition there - but I don't like the idea of those constellations showing Shards. And then it gets wonky. Taldain has a tree of all things. The only way this makes sense in my head as that it emphasizes the importance of water on that planet. And then Sel gets a lamp?! With the others I could kind of shoehorn them all in a model where the constellations depict the theme of their labeled Shardworld (e.g. Breath is kind of a big deal on Nalthis, Heralds and Radiants have been important to Greater Roshar, the Threnodite lady could symbolize mourning, the sailor from First of the Sun could resemble the culture there, and so on), but the map still doesn't fit! I could probably really stretch the situation and say that this looks like a genie lamp, where a genie is trapped, and we now know that Devotion's and Dominion's investiture is trapped in the Cognitive Realm of Sel, but that's a massive stretch... The Scar I can't talk about. I do like the idea that Yolen is somewhere there, but there are too many unknowns to even try to theorize about it. What do you think?

You sound fun. For a moth.

You mean besides the Lord Ruler's atiumminds that store age?

Reddit is actually the primary reason I've ran out of easy questions Brandon's been incredibly generous recently, and it honestly has me a little weirded out - like when good things just keep happening one after another, and at some point you need to start wondering when the other shoe will drop.

I am not opposed to asking this. It's a quick yes/no question, and those often work well.

So, team, real talk, I am a little overwhelmed by the amount of new information we've gotten so far. At least a few of the questions in my personal list were answered, and I suspect the rest might be a bit too RAFO-ish, so I may be able open to asking some questions that are not my own. It's a bit of a short notice with the signing tomorrow, but ohwell...

That's... a lot of information.

I am good.

@Pagerunner, do we know that the Purelake is one?

Only people who want to return become Returned. Endowment offers them a choice.

Arcanum vs. The Nights of Khrisstallia. /thread

It's more Slack, if you are familiar with that.

I doubt it. It's certainly possible, but I think there are interesting events in Jasnah's past her flashbacks will focus on.

Yes on all accounts. Somebody did a similar list for the Words of Radiance signing, and it was very useful to me.

Which will never stop making me sad...

Poop. There goes my theory. Kind of.

Look at you, casually (dis)proving at least two theories in as many lines of text! I am interested in seeing the exact transcription of these two (more so the first one), however. I think wording might be important here.

Some did, indeed, beat you to this I can't find the thread I know it's very recent and that someone had posted an image of the Cosmere map with Shadesmar's on top, resized and rotated, but I can't remember which thread it was in, and I can't seem to find it (easily).

While I like the second half of your theory, I don't agree with the very first assumption you make: The reason metal glows in Scadrial's Cognitive Realm is because of the investiture "on the other side," in the Spiritual. As if metals were tiny holes in the fabric between the Cognitive and Spiritual. If Nazh's knife was heavily invested, I think it would glow just by virtual of all this power.

There's this: And a little less related:

The difference between a Surgebinder and a Radiant is the social structure around the latter. The (inworld) Words of Radiance quote suggests Ishar was instrumental in establishing the Orders - the laws that governed them, their rules, their place in society. In other words, he saw that men and spren were bonding, an he wanted to minimize the risk of strongly invested individuals wrecking havoc in the world. He could've gotten a little upset about the Recreance...

I know we know something similar. I think bronze or copper interacts with the Rhythms?

@Stark this is what I am referring to. Not the Radiants' oaths, but Ishar's own vow to mess them up if they go bad.

Every time Brandon has mentioned Nightblood, he has said it will be a long time. So I wouldn't hold my breath.

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