Windrunner

Yes, on the other hand Hrathen says that the chanting had "a strange power to it". Slight Mistborn & TWoK Spoilers. Sorry for the tag if everyone's read these books, I just wanted to be careful, because I hate when others inadvertently spoil books for me.

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Wow, that's pretty awesome! I've seen pretty much every episod of Avatar, and still I wonder where Zuko's mother went. How good is it? Does it have any Alloy of Law-like tie ins with the first series?

I would like to announce that I hate that Words with Friends won't let me use cosmere terms. What do you mean Shardpool, Hemalurgy, and Skaze aren't acceptable words? I use them a lot more then I use qi which apparently works just fine. (It seems to be a variant of chi, except worth a lot more points)

The form of the words perhaps? Sound waves going on or something? Maybe the shape their lips make? That one's weird though. Also who knows? Maybe the chanting is there to obscure what is really going on. There is no mention of chanting in the transportation scene that I noticed. The monks stood in a circle, put hands on each other's shoulders, then their bones-symbols glowed and they teleported.

Short answer maybe. Longer answer is right here One thing to notice is that it takes around 300 years for atium crystals to regrow, and Alloy is set 300 years into the future. There are references in the AoL broadsheet to a place called the pits of Eltania, which might harbor atium. Cosmere Spoilers

Straff did get freaked out when Vin Soothed him, but only because he was being duralumin-soothed. He was unable to feel any emotions at all. I think that Soothing and/or Rioting could be immensely useful in combat. Can you imagine fighting someone, Rioting their fear while Soothing their confidence? You could Riot empathy or mercy to give yourself an edge. Also extreme bursts of emotion during combat followed by total numbness would be almost debilitating. I want to see a Soother or a Rioter who actually has combat abilities. I loved Breeze and Alrianne but they weren't getting in any fights, so we never saw any combat applications.

Nice! I like it a lot. One question. Do you think future sight would come because a Shard gets better at looking into the future because they're always trying to because their intent drives them to do so, or that it's just an instantaneous ability they receive because of the way the holder interprets the intent? Or in other words Cultivation is good at looking into the future because she is always trying to do so or she was always better at looking into the future because the woman who took Cultivation believed that planning with the future in mind was intrinsic to the intent of Cultivation. Does that make sense?

The Investitures on Sel are Form-based. It says so in the essay on the Metallic Arts in the back of the AoL Ars Arcanum.

Personally I feel the Parshmen were bound using a Dawnshard. We know from the TWoK Epigraphs that one of them had the power to "bind" any creature, Voidish or human. They have been locked in a mindless states for centuries, most likely because they were Voidbringers. As for the Parshendi, I don't know exactly how they differ from regular Parshmen/Voidbringers, but they obviously are honorable, so as others have suggested, them might be under someone else's control.

Another strange question having to do with copperminds. What would happen if you attempted to use a nicrosilmind to fuel a coppermind? Also I'm not sure if this has been asked specifically on this thread but I'll put it up anyway just in case. Why are invested objects like metalminds and Hemalurgic spikes able to be Pushed and Pulled on, but Shardblades and Shardplate, which are also invested, are not susceptible to Pushing and Pulling? It might have something to do with the Metallic Arts originating on the same word or sharing a focus, but those are just random ideas. Also perhaps they might be invested differently somehow?

I'm pretty sure you're instantly dead, not brain dead/unconscious for a brief period of time. If that blade touches your spine your eyes burn out too. In my opinion, that is a clear sign of instantaneous death.

This is for all you math geniuses (not). See if you can figure out the answer to this guy's question before his wife

I voted for him Kurkistan. I've never heard of either so I'm happy to help out. I'm sure about that quote too. It's from when Vin was spying on Kelsier in Clubs's shop, I'm pretty sure while he was meeting with Marsh I can't find the page number at the moment. Edit: Found it!

I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm still working on it. Today is the first day of spring break, so my free time basically just tripled. It will be done by tommorow night or I will die trying

Your right in thinking speculation may be too early. We have a secondhand account of a a half written novella, so I'm sure everything we think we know is subject to change. Do you have any idea of Brandon's plans for this novella? Would he perhaps work on it between AMoL and Stormight 2 to get away from the big epics ?

However, VIn still became a Sliver even though she gave up the power. I don't really think giving up power makes something different happen to the user. She could have used it but instead dispersed it throughout Scadrial unlocking Ruin in the process. It seems to me like Rashek's power was used like he had a squirt bottle full of power, altering everything with it. Vin on the other hand took the nozzle off and dumped all of it on the ground, but she still had held the bottle (or power) and used it, just not on anything useful. Does that make sense?

If your looking for quotes check HoA, that's where Sazed and Keiser get in depth about this. The main problem I have with the Well making you a magic user is that it didn't make Vin any stronger once she used it. If it increased the Lord Ruler's power to the same degree as a lerasium mistborn it should have done the same for Vin, making her even more powerful, like she burned a lerasium bead. That didn't happen though.

I would like to announce that Windrunner has Ascended! I am now a Sliver of Andonalsium! I shalt use my new-found powers to divine new types of Hemalurgic constructs. Koloss, Kandra, and Inquisitors are far too few!

That's actually a really interesting question. Does Kelsier have access to duralumin or bendalloy in the write up? It's a moot point though, the Cage Match is a popularity contest but if the fight were real it'd be cool to see. The write ups are awesome though. Kelsier and Moirain have to fight! Brandon writing that would be incredibly awesome, although I have a sick feeling the Moraine may have this in the bag. I think it probably comes down to Emotional Allomancy and how it works with Channeling. I don't have enough knowledge about Channeling to draw any conclusions.

I'm no WoT expert but I just wiki'ed it. Balefire burns holes in the Pattern of their world, if I'm understanding it right. Apparently whole cities burned in the Breaking and the whole Pattern almost broke down, until both sides agreed to stop using it. It appears to be the nuclear weapon of the WoT world. However I only made it to book 3 so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong Edit:I didn't mean to repeat name_here I posted just after him

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@Telcontar You make a valid point on actions, but I have a question for you. Doesn't this mean someone coud fake their way into becoming a Surgebinder? They wouldn't have to believe in their actions, only follow an attribute and you suddenly have an evil character with good guy powers. It seems the intent of Honor in the magic system wouldn't allow just your outward actions to give you power. Dalinar fits eight perfectly in my mind. I really think his ultimate goal is tor rebuild Althela. Maybe I missed where this you explained this but if you believe actions alone form the bond, then how did Shallan end up with a truthspren? (They might be confirmed to be called truthspren, we'll see when Zas posts his new interview) Is this why you believe the spren to be the guardians of Shadesmar? It seems random to me that there is just this one spren type that will let anybody truthful in. Wouldn't the world know about them by now? You also say that Syl only bonded with Kaladin when he started protecting, but that may or may not be true. Something odd is happening the now Surgebinding is returning to Roshar. It couldn't have always been there, because I find it hard to believe that in 4500 years no one was Honorable enough to attract one of those spren. Also Syl could have left Kaladin whenever she wanted, she even offers to at one point. Perhaps Lantern13 is right and we can unite our diverging beliefs, he makes an interesting point. I will also concede that Brandon said what you do, is what gives magic not who you are. Maybe acting in accordance with your basic traits? Kaladin could have chosen to be selfish, and not go back to help Dalinar on the Tower, even though his attribut of Protection wanted him to. But he acted in line with it, and he actually ended up swearing the second Oath. On a related note, how did Kaladin know what the Oath was? Did he ever speak the first one, or was it just something he had to be in accordance with to be able tp swear the Second Oath. @Reader I agree that those two Orders are where Dalinar likely falls. I certainly hope for eight, to see a wider view of the powers, but I'm cool with however it pans out. I would be careful with using the term metalborn though. You mean Order 8 right? On Scadrial metalborn (albeit lower-cased) is the generic term for someone who uses any of the Metallic Arts so that could get confusing.