ShardofChance

Both of you made great points, I think it would be pretty easy for a Coinshot or a Mistborn to get on top to keep the ash off. While it wouldn’t be a way to keep everyone alive, I think if there was a way to maybe source the water needed from underwater aquifers, they might have been able to keep a small population alive, probably just Allomancers. I started this thought experiment with the implicit knowledge that it wasn’t a real solution with the inquisitors and the Koloss marching around able to destroy an efforts at surviving.

I’ve been rereading the Cosmere recently, and while I read Hero of Ages, I started to think. Some of the issues those characters face is the fact that the mist is staying for longer and longer, and soon there will be no more daylight for plants to grow. The characters seemed very worried about this, with good reason, but I find a solution pretty easy. Mist cannot enter buildings so why not build a greenhouse for plants to grow in. I’m not sure how tall this building would need to be, but it’s only as tall as a Mistborn can Push on a coin before the link is almost gone. This greenhouse would also remove the extreme labor needed to remove ash from crop fields. While this would certainly be challenging, I am certain that the might of the New Empire could achieve this task. I recognize that perhaps there were bigger issues going on at the time, but I almost wonder if they had just focused on food generation and building as many greenhouses as possible, they might have had some success. Of course the gathering Koloss army would just kill everyone anyway. What do we think of this idea for stopping the mists? Anyone have any better ideas? This is my first post here so I’m sorry if anything is wrong or odd.