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I just finished a reread of Edgdancer and came across the passage where Wyndle talks about spren taking the form of bows. Rather a fun coincidence. As to damage, I don't think we really know what it takes for a shardblade to kill or disable an organ. Dalinar thinks of this possibility when Elhokar is attacking the Chasmfiend. If it's the same principle as for limbs, then the "core" of the organ (whatever that is) would have to be cut. To me it seems reasonable that a glancing cut don't kill the organ. But if it's pierced straight through with flat arrowhead, it would probably cut the core in many cases. And then what? We know that feeling and movement is lost (that's obviously a problem if the heart is hit). But there is still blood flow, so could something like the liver stil function? Also there will be no bleeding or arrow stuck in body, so in some ways at least a shardarrow would be less efficient than a normal one. As I understand it these are basically huge steel? bows, drawn using the strength of shardplate. If you have a shard-arrow you probably don't need all that power, and a regular bow might be enough. Of course range, and speed are factors as well. And since you don't have to worry about loss of penetration with a shard-arrow, you should probably shape the arrowhead as wide as possible, to increase the chance of a killing or disabling wound. I wonder what effect a volley of shardarrows would have on something like a thunderclast.

Would a shard arrow be very effective? If it goes straight through without resistance there won't be much stopping power. Do you have to hit the spine for a killing shot? Or if you pierce a lung, will that lung stop working? Will a limb die if just pierced and not cut through?

I don't think it would be much trouble for a skybreaker to mimic the flying path of a coinshot. Another point is that I don't think it is ever mentioned how they managed to scuttle the ships. It's said that sinking the ships is more complicated that Steris thinks. It's supposed to take hours. Then these guys fly out the problem is apparently solved in no time. Also there is no mention of dropping a coin to push against.

I always imagined this meant that Honor's perpendicularity was close to Urithiru - before it went haywire and started moving about. It is strange not only that the Valley seem to be at the same longitude, but also that they are so close. I just started wondering if the Nightwatcher set up shop where Honor's perpendicularity used to be?

So... I was at the bus station yesterday. There's a sign saying Customer Service Center. For a split second I read that as Cosmere Service Center and almost had a stroke.

We know that Kelsier couldn't hold Preservation for long. That don't necessarily mean he couldn't hold on to both shards. He certainly wouldn't be Harmony, but probably more towards Ruin and much more erratic. In my mind Kel fits very well with how I think of Discord, but I don't think this will actually happen. My take on this now is that Harmony is the current configuration of the shards where Sazed keeps Ruin in a slightly subservient position. If the positions were reversed - if Ruin was dominant - I think the combination could be called something like Decay maybe. Discord I believe is a state where the dominant shard keeps shifting, perhaps erratically. This could start out from Sazed trying to take a more active role, but at the same time both preserve and ruin in equal measure. Once he starts swinging it will be hard to regain balance, and things could quickly spiral out of control.

Welcome! Very cool story and very cool cat picture.

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I think it's not at all unlikely that the moons could be some kind of artificial megastructure.

Hoid made a deal with the sorceress where she got to curse him in exchange of "membership" if he could break the curse. He speaks of this in ch. 64.

Got to join the club. I love cats! My profile pic is of Lady Noir (AKA Demon Kitty, AKA Midnight Essence)

Hello! I play the baritone or euphonium depending on circumstances. Haven't seen many brass players. Are they all hiding somewhere?

Yes, of course. Don't know how I forgot that scene But what got me going on this was Wayne saying that Wax crouches to get lift on his pushes. But I guess this just means that Wax has less practice with that kind of push.

So a thing that has been bothering me. We see several times that Wax pushes on the bullets he fires to give extra speed and penetration. As I understand it you can only push away in straight lines from your center of self. In AoL it’s described that the blue lines extend from Wax’s chest. But that would be a very different line from the aiming line of a gun (assuming a normal gun design and firing stance). If you shoot straight ahead the barrel would probably be about level with your nose. But the steel push would come from your chest pushing the bullet upwards. Why is this not an issue for Wax?

I think the outcome would depend on the distance of the engagement. How much incoming fire would the radiants have do dodge (or avoid in other ways) before they could close to striking distance? Any order of radiants would have trouble getting through air strikes and artillery barrages before being met with direct fire from tanks and machine guns. But if we are talking a radiant / tank duel at 20 paces – then most orders of radiant would probably win. In a “real” conflict one of the biggest risks for Earth would probably be radiant spies, assassins and saboteurs. Imagine strike teams of radiants targeting key installations. And if Scadrial has access to Kandra… Imagine replacing some of Earth’s leaders with access to nuclear weapons.