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  1. Argent
    EDIT: Transcription document here. As those of you who are somewhat familiar with my exploits might have guessed, I'll be seeing Brandon during his Chicago signing event. I'll be happy to meet up with any and all of you there (though I probably won't be able to come earlier, as I anticipate work to leave me with only a little wiggle room), though there is a chance I will dump you all the moment I hear a juicy WoB. Just a heads up. As usual, I intend to record the entire event and post the audio files here the moment I get home. Regarding the event itself, it's ticketed. I didn't ask for details, but this usually means you need to buy the book from the bookstore (Anderson's) if you want to get things signed and/or personalized.
  2. Argent
    The (presumed) Shardpool and the (presumed) Southerner could actually be related only tangentially. The Southerner could've been exploring the Basin (like we know they have been doing), and could've seen the lake, maybe from the air, and decided to check it out.
  3. Argent
    I think that's actually exactly what lerasium does - it gives you a strong Connection to Preservation. I thought this was hard-confirmed in Secret History, or maybe a WoB.
  4. Argent
    Fascinating. I wonder if Hoid's ability to survive nearly everything is tied to his reluctance or inability to inflict violence, as suggested by Rock's tavern story.
  5. Argent
    Didn't Wax note that he can see neither the spearhead, nor the belt?
  6. Argent
    This is pretty much it. Wayne holds a gun there for artistic reasons.
  7. Argent
    It would've had to have been aluminum in this case, otherwise Wax would've seen it allomantically.
  8. Argent
    I remember wondering about the belt. My current money is on it being irrelevant because I hope our characters are smart enough to check it once they realize the spearhead was a misdirection. I would've liked if the belt turned out more interesting, but since it didn't come up in this book, I don't want it to come in the next one.
  9. Argent
    It's a very tenuous implication.
  10. Argent
    A couple of points: You assume storing Investiture is quantitative - i.e. you store a certain amount of the Investiture you already have for later retrieval. The impression I got from reading The Bands of Mourning was that it's qualitative instead, i.e. you store your ability to use (a specific type of) Investiture. I admit I am hazy on the details, so I could be wrong here. Regarding how the Southerners get their medallions, I got the impression that only the heat ones can run out of juice, and since the Firemothers and Firefathers the Sovereign set up the Southerners with are likely brass Compounders, running out of heat is never a problem for them. So running out of heat fabrials ter'angreals medallions shouldn't be a problem either.
  11. Argent
    Nicelle Sauvage of New Seran is the one reporting to have found "a mountain pool of the most perfect blue, fed by the melting snows of the height" "in the mountains south of the Southern Roughs." This is more or less close to New Seran.
  12. Argent
    This is the worst. I have a million questions regarding Secret History, and I know it would be bad form to ask them because of how spoilery the novella is...
  13. Argent
    It was in Bands of Mourning when I looked at it. I think. It's fine now. On topic now, I was going to say that I find this scenario unlikely. Kelsier was able to get through Vin because of their Connection. Similarly with Spook. Marasi, he has no Connection with outside of what her belief in the Survivor grants, and I don't think that would be sufficient, it's too impersonal.
  14. Argent
    Secret History spoilers should go to that forum.
  15. Argent
    I don't know. Everything I've read suggests that Splintering requires somebody to perform the action. Either another Shard, or perhaps the about-to-be-Splintered Shard. I don't think Splintering is what happens when a Vessel dies, not by default.
  16. Argent
    I am okay with Kell sticking around. He provides a very tangible link between the eras, and with all of the other anchors we have (Sazed, Marsh, TenSoon) being to... scarce, Kelsier and his eternal meddling are guaranteed to make me happy every time he shows up on page. Plus, he is a little less like the Kelsier we knew from the original trilogy, he is more mature now. A little more responsible. Getting to know - and hold - Preservation has done good things for him, I think.
  17. Argent
    I like this idea. We'd have to figure out how to get around the problem with Investiture interfering with Investiture, but outside of that I like it.
  18. Argent
    Yeah, this tickles a vague theory I have about how the Three Realms are constructed. I've seen vague hints that maybe everything is made of some basic building block, more basic than the atom (as the atom is only in the Physical Realm), an Investiatom, if you will. If this is so, then once people in the Physical Realm because extremely highly Invested, they might start seeing those building blocks.
  19. Argent
    On the contrary. They might not have useful powers, but being a Gnat certainly affects one's personality, which makes a Twinborn who is a an allomantic Gnat different from a Ferring with the same power.
  20. Argent
    He was only in the broadsheet. Most of us are pretty convinced he is Nazh.
  21. Argent
    It's great. I don't remember what made it great, but I loved it.
  22. Argent
    I've moved on to City of Blades, the sequel to City of Stairs. I did gobble down Mistborn: Secret History quickly after The Bands of Mourning, and it was just a field day.
  23. Argent
    Yeah, I am pretty sure we have a WoB that the spren act as... drains for the free Investiture, so it doesn't run rampant. Plus, Cultivation is still around.
  24. Argent
    I can't reconcile Fortune being a Shard with what we understand about the Shards'... natures. All of the ones we know of are about an action or state of mind. Fortune doesn't fit.
  25. Argent
    Yeah, Khriss is all of us at this point.
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