HippoPhileus

Ari Peras strolled along the dusty street, examining his surroundings. The stones beneath his feet were worn, scuffed from the thousands of boots that had traveled these roads. Most of the buildings were weathered, wood and stone cracked and dirty. Glancing down, he examined the paper he'd grabbed from a notice board. "Mac's Boarding House" it stated in large, bold letters. Supposedly it was a good place for someone new to town to spend a few nights. Ari spotted the correct building, and stepped up to the door. He raised his fist and rapped his knuckles on the wood. @MacThorstenson

Thank you Thaidakar!

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Hello! I just joined the alleyverse, and I'm wondering 1) what the current plot is and 2) what is the current era? My character:

Thank you! I bumped him up to skilled in melee (+15 more) and added average in hand-to-hand combat (+20) = +35, putting him at exactly 150 points:

Welcome, The Baker! He really does (if you don't mind the crunch) Bread My dad used to make bread all the time (we grind our own grain and grew our own yeast so it was incredible).

Wow. I absolutely love those. Good job! You make me wish I was good at art (more than I already do)

I agree

The biggest thing for me was this passage: The biggest things I want to know are: What Sigzil did that Wit claims "may have saved the cosmere." Whether this is the same Dawnshard Rysn receives in Dawnshard, whether Sig has it, and, if so, how he got it.

I like that more. Also I made a character for the Alleyverse. I hope he gets approved:

that would make more sense on Kelsier's side of the equation. We don't know much about Madman Ishar though... Maybe he is manipulative in his madness??

I don't remember, let me check the Coppermind... It doesn't say. I would say it makes sense that they would, especially considering (SP#4 spoiler:

Sorry, not you That would be interesting... I don't know that I could picture Kelsier trusting Ishar that much or Ishar working with Kelsier. Ishar would want to be in charge of Kelsier, and wouldn't settle for just a partner in crime. Idk, maybe we'll see in SA5.

Could Kelsier/Thaidakar use Connection in some form (for example: medallions or whatever Ishar is doing in his experiments) to get off Scadrial? I would think the medallions could help Kelsier stay on another planet if he reached one (by Connecting his soul to that planet), but would there be a way to use one to get off Scadrial in the first place? Could you use a medallion to Connect your soul to the Cognitive Realm as a whole, allowing you to travel through it to different planets? Ishar's experiments are really weird and disturbing, but could a bondsmith or someone else with access to the surge of Connection pull Kelsier into the Physical Realm or to a different system? Create a body similarly to how Ishar created bodies for the spren he pulled into the physical (except one that doesn't kill the cognitive shadow/spren)? Just thoughts...

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I would agree with almost all of what you said in your post, but this what stood out to me because I agree wholeheartedly.

@Thaidakar the Ghostblood why would I do that? TPBM has a pet.

Sorry, no. I'm listening to "Ba-Ado-Mishram and the Recreance" from the excellent Shardcast. TPBM is eating food.

Nope. TPBM is awesome.

Correct! I actually managed to take a mathless online chemistry course TPBM has read the Lord of the Rings.

Yeah very similar here. I'm a Christian, I've grown up in a Christian family, and been around Christian people most of my life (I'm graduating high school soon). I'm homeschooled, but I go to a Christian tutorial and a boy scout troop that is mostly composed of Christians or Catholics. I'm very very thankful for my parents and what they've taught me, about how to be a kind and respectful person, that I should love everyone even if I don't support everything they do or all of their ideologies. I think this is a very important in this day and age, with LGBTQ and everything surrounding that, and although I believe that God didn't mean for people to follow those lifestyles, I also believe God calls us to love everyone, including those who are different then me or disagree or even hate me. It's not always easy, but I don't have to support someone's decisions to love them and be a good friend to them. Oftentimes people will equate Christians with hate for people who are different or disagree. The Christians who hate on people for their decisions are not the majority. The majority of Christians love even when they don't agree. I do my best to pray to God and trust in Him. Trust that His plans for me are exactly what need to happen and exactly what is best for me. I sin. That is just a fundamental part of every human on the planet. But I know I can trust in the Lord my God to provide for me, protect me, and show me what is right, true, and holy. I try to do all things to the glory of God.

Yeah outside LOTR I would say Turin Turambar from Children of Hurin. Him or Glorfindel.

In the LOTR, Faramir and Sam are probably my favorite characters as well. I agree about Faramir, and that's my biggest beef with the movies. I would love to see an interaction between Sam and Taln