Windrunner

The entire plot of The Final Empire hinges on Compounding as an explanation for its final twist, so it’s conceivable that you hadn’t read Era 2.

I don't think there's necessarily an error here. Dalinar is Alethi, so he is able to recognize the accent the man has. Shallan is Veden, so she knows the man is speaking Alethi well, but she doesn't know the language well enough to place where exactly that accent comes from.

Not sure if you already fixed the issue of Bennet/Bennett, but:

Final Empire Chapter 29

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Sazed smiled deeply, walking into the room. “Of course, Master Kelsier. Lately, I’ve been thinking that you should hear about the Truths of the Bennet. They fit you quite well, I think. The Bennet were a highly developed people who lived on the southern islands. They were brave seafarers and brilliant cartographers; some of the maps the Final Empire still uses were developed by Bennet explorers.

“Their religion was designed to be practiced aboard ships that were away at sea for months at a time. The captain was also their minister, and no man was allowed to command unless he had received theological training.”

“Probably weren’t very many mutinies.”

Sazed smiled. “It was a good religion, Master Kelsier. It focused on discovery and knowledge—to these people, the making of maps was a reverent duty. They believed that once all of the world was known, understood, and catalogued, men would finally find peace and harmony. Many religions teach such ideals, but few actually managed to practice them as well as the Bennet.”

Hero of Ages Chapter 82

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There had been a people called the Bennett. They had considered mapmaking to be a solemn duty; Sazed had once preached their religion to Kelsier himself. From their detailed maps and charts, Sazed discovered how the world had once looked. He used his powers to restore the continents and oceans, the islands and coastlines, the mountains and rivers.

I think I have a few more, I'll keep looking.

The Mistborn Coin kickstarter just went live today! Their goal is only $10,000, so I think this will be more easily funded than the Kaladin Kickstarter, I hope.

I can't imagine that Brandon would answer this question even if they had confided in him. That's pretty confidential information.

I don't think that aluminum necessarily needs to be the dominant metal within the alloy, all that we know is that it is a component. Brandon's been vague on how specifically alloys of aluminum work and which are inert, probably for this very reason.

Yes, because I'm interested to see if it improved.

That being said I am incredibly dissatisfied with the first volume and don't anticipate it being any better. In addition to that, if this is the highest quality product that they can churn out with an actual prose manuscript to go off of, I have no idea how they'd be able to do a good job with adapting books two and three of the trilogy which do not exist in a written format (unless you count Lord Mastrell). I'm an advocate for a full rewrite of the prose, which I don't think would take long to be cleaned up. On the other hand, Brandon's got a lot on his plate going forward. Stormlight is taking far longer than expected, so we'll see what he decides he really wants to spend his time on.

It's confirmed that another type of Aviar somehow aids in navigation.

I'm certain it's an error. There were a number of things that slipped past the people who made it, such as the accidental switch between Jon Acron and Cynder. (I may have messed up the names of Khriss's companions, it's been a while.) I am not a fan of the graphic novel adaptation.

Brandon has mentioned this somewhere, I believe the annotations, but I'm on mobile so I cannot check. Vara'Treledees was Denth's scholar name, like Talaxin for Vasher and Shashara for Glorysinger. It's rather like people naming a child after the angel Michael in Christianity. It's a well known name with a religious/historical connection (since I'm not sure how well known it is that the Scholars were all Returned).

I think Nazrilof itself is just a nickname too. Nazh's real name is unknown and it something Puritanical sounding like other names from Threnody, if I recall correctly.

11 minutes ago, Calderis said:

Harmonium is skewed very very slightly towards Ruin. 

It's very heavily discussed in this wonderfully useful thread. 

 

Do we actually have confirmation from Brandon that that is the case though? I followed that thread and don't recall seeing explicit confirmation that there is more Ruin than Preservation in harmonium. Saze could be doing something else with the extra Ruin.

Internal organs can definitely be killed by Shardblades. I assume Kal's knife did damage, but even if he wounded Szeth's kidneys or stomach it's not like he would have died instantly. It would have taken longer than a few minutes.

I just filed my comment in support of Net Neutrality and I urge everyone else to do the same. You can comment here (where 7 million people have already commented) by clicking +Express in the left column. This is an apolitical issue. These regulations particularly protect those that live in places where there is only one ISP. With a total and complete lack of competition, those ISPs can basically do whatever they want and force their customers to go along with it or not have internet at all, due to the lack of a second option.

Well the first bit though seems to indicate to me that the second hypothesis is the case. If the Soulstamp was applied in MaiPon and could be brought anywhere, then there would be able to be stamped objects in Elantris, which Brandon directly says there isn't.

21 minutes ago, Spoolofwhool said:

Bloodsealing is also another variation.

Keep in mind something interesting. Both bloodsealing and forgery can work outside of their nations of origin. 

Forgery is actually subject to the same distance problem AonDor has. I assume they're just close enough to MaiPon that the power drop off is less severe than it is for AonDor, as they move away from their homeland (since as far as we know there's no amplifier for Forgery like Elantris is for AonDor).

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VIPER
Aons look like Arelon; soulstamps look like MaiPon. Aons get weaker when you get further from Arelon, right? That's not just cause Elantris acts like a focus?

BRANDON SANDERSON
That's right, it's based on distance. That's why there are no stamped objects in Elantris.

VIPER
So do soulstamps get weaker further from MaiPon? If you left Sel via Shadesmar and went to another planet, would the soulstamp stop working?

BRANDON SANDERSON
That's correct.

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As far as I know, there's no info on whether or not Bloodsealing weakens with distance, but I wouldn't be surprised if it also was subject to the same issue. So they don't function more effectively, in my opinion, than AonDor does in Teod (except I assume both Dzhammar and MaiPon are closer to the Imperial Seat than Teoin is to Arelon).

24 minutes ago, Calderis said:

And potions, if I remember correctly, must be made in theirs, but will function outside of it. 

Do you recall where you heard this? I've only seen the initial confirmation that Forton's potions were Invested, I didn't realize anyone had asked follow up questions.

Some things also indicate that they don't all necessarily need to be from the same world. Brandon wrote in someone's book that Sixth has tried chouta and hates it, which indicates to me that at the very least the Ones Aboe also have contact with Roshar.

I've noticed this as well. I'd assume that the "fruit" as they see is is not true fruit, but something similar enough that once the world got covered in ash people continued calling it fruit as it was the closest word they had.

Have you read Warbreaker at all?

Warbreaker Spoilers

If not, I would definitely recommend it, especially if you want a better idea about what's going on with this sword.

Well we know that the sas refers to Sadeas's princedom. I think the question is probably whether or not nahn refers to the district the army was in when Kal was branded or if it refers to Amaram's district since he was branded under Amaram's authority. I suspect the latter, as it would have been awkward to get a new brand every time the army moved districts.

Mod moment: I just want to say that conversations like these can become emotionally charged very quickly, so let's all be certain to be careful of others's thoughts and feelings. I don't anticipate any problems, but it's always good to take extra caution.

All right, all done. I've only seen a bit of discussion on this, but I don't think it really holds any water. That essay was written almost a decade ago. Brandon's views have continued to grow and change in that decade. Checking out this post, I think that it basically closes the door on claims of homophobia, particularly the bit at the end.

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I'm not terribly worried about whether or not gay people are sinners. We're all sinners, and I'd rather spend my time figuring out where I'm going wrong than worry about what someone else is doing. (Honestly, after conversations with many of these people, I fully expect to see them in heaven before I get myself there.)

Definitely a good way to view the world, taking a look at how oneself can be better rather than trying to decide if others are doing something wrong.

Nope, that is extremely unlikely in my opinion. The change was announced a while ago, it is available in new editions of the books and if you own the ebook it can be updated. Sending out an insert to the tens of thousands of people who purchased the book would be a massive undertaking.

@karaokeang , hate to be a bother, but did you ever get a chance to upload that audio?

As revealed in Mistborn: Secret history, those who hold the Shards are called Vessels.

I'm not sure about that, but I don't love that the Rithmatist is listed as cosmere. It's an understandable mistake but it will just lead to more misconceptions. :/