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Not exactly. All he said was "There's no reason a Dula couldn't be a member of the 17th Shard".

Hoid, of course.

It's stated outright in the prelude that they're the same person.

Not really. I mean, he seems like a nice guy, but other than that...

Excellent for confusing your enemies![/Grandpa Smedry]

I'm pretty certain that the quote in question ("Three of sixteen ruled, but now the Broken One reigns") refers to the fact that there are three Shards on Roshar, and Odium is reigning. You may now continue with the debate I was actually trying to say the same thing, but was failing miserably. What I meant was that saying that "three ruled, but now the Broken One reigns" would mean basically nothing. By clarifying that it's "Three of sixteen", we know that they were Shards. Or a member of the Borg Collective.

I think it'd be stone. Keep in mind that the Shin, at least, consider stone to be sacred. It's also possible that Ishikk's gods aren't real. In fact, I think that's more likely in this context.

I don't think the other nine heralds are dead. They left, but there's no indication that they died permanently.

Except that the only real way he'd get his hands on Lerasium is if Sazed gave it to him to protect it... and the letter isn't written from or to Sazed. Notice how the letter calls the addressee "old friend".

I'm convinced that the only way to beat that deck is to have a dedicated discard deck for one of his opponents. I've yet to get a chance to test that theory, though.

Oh ye of little faith.

Yes, Samuel Jackson would make an excellent Sazed. "I'm sick of these mother******' ashmounts on this mother******' planet!"

Ah, my mistake.

Well, there's always the 94 pages of Dragonsteel on Brandon's website. I haven't actually read it, though. Gonna wait (and hope) for a finalized release, since from what I understand, Brandon was very unsatisfied with how Dragonsteel turned out.

One of your points is that it's a minor plot point. If it's Lerasium, and it shows up again, and it actually does something noteworthy, it's no longer a minor plot point. If it doesn't do anything, then it just confuses things needlessly for those who haven't read Mistborn. The question isn't whether or not it would work, it's whether or not Lerasium would do much of anything on Roshar. First off, without merchants who are in the business of making alloys to sell to Mistborn, anyone who ate Lerasium would have a hard time getting the right mixtures to fuel Allomancy. Second, there doesn't seem to be as much metal around as on Scadrial (where it was basically a religious thing), so iron and steel would be less useful. Copper and Bronze are useless, Tin is of limited utility, Pewter is basically like weaker Shardplate... Brass and zinc would be handy, but I doubt anyone could get their hands on Atium (I don't even know if there's any left). And that's to say nothing of the fact that a single Mistborn can't do much of anything anyways. The Voidbringers don't appear to use much metal, and it definitely won't bother Odium at all. So the only way it becomes significant is if someone needs to fight a lot of humans using metal weapons/armor. I don't think it's unreasonable to think that the element (whatever it is) is a part of him, now, but Lerasium isn't the only possibility.

I have a couple theories. Could be Jezrien, as he's the Stormfather. But he left, so that's unlikely. Could be Talenel, as the last remaining Herald. But we don't know if he can send visions like that. Could be the Almighty, just like Dalinar's visions. Could be Odium (or Bavadin), just screwing around with Kaladin. Could be Hoid, but that's doubtful. But overall, we really don't know.

He has dark eyes. It's mentioned in the epilogue.

The difference there is that the other "unrelated" stuff is mentioned in context. Skai and Aona (and Ati) are used to illustrate the problem that Rayse has become. "Three of sixteen" is to give that epigraph some context. But "the element" comes out of nowhere and relates to nothing else in the letter. Saying that it won't play a role in the story is stretching it. Everything is there for a reason, even if that reason isn't readily apparent. Rutabaga.

It's probably not Lerasium for the reasons stated earlier. If someone hadn't read Mistborn, suddenly bringing in someone who could do eighteen things you'd never heard of and no one else could duplicate would seem extremely random. It works in Mistborn because it's a very integral part to the plot. However, a gram of Preservation's body doesn't mean much of anything on Roshar. My splinter theory is mainly because it's one of the few "elements" I can think of that's important and relevant to the plot.

Yeah, but he's a Worldsinger. It's his job to know stuff like that.

I really doubt it's Lerasium. Maybe it's the fragments of a splintered shard...

...What? He refers to Cultivation as a female and a separate entity near the end of the book.

Uh, can we get a reference on the second Hoid thing? I believe it's from Liar of Partinel.

What if he were to throw the midget off the cliff at you, then you punted him/her back at the cliff? See, those outside of the feud just don't get it. We tried that. The Midget-Chucking Expo of '04 is now never to be spoken of... I've got it. Get two cliffs facing each other. You throw the midget at the cliff so hard that he bounces off and up onto the opposite cliff, where he waits to throw him back down. Infinite fun!

What if he were to throw the midget off the cliff at you, then you punted him/her back at the cliff?