AllomanticIron

Technical question about identity and shardblades: If a shardbearer were to fill an aluminummind, then someone else took it and tapped the shardbearer's identity from it, would they be able to summon the other person's shardblade? Since they technically now have their spiritual identity? Not sure whether this has been asked or not.

I personally like it more than allomantic tin. The ability to store senses separately seems super convenient, and means you won’t have to deal with the ‘overstimulation’ that you see with tineyes (spook is a great example). And, since feruchemy allows you to enhance the chosen attribute much further than would be possible with allomancy, to me it just seems like the overall better option, provided you have access to your metalminds and ample time to fill them.

I like lara mcdonnell as vin.

Finally making an account here, as I'm dying to get my nerd on. I'll be most active in mistborn threads, with some stormlight thrown in occasionally.

I'd finish Stormlight to start with. It's a great introduction point. If you ever feel you're getting bored, you could start Mistborn!

It's pretty clear that hemalurgy is going to be a pretty big plot point in the upcoming eras. It's apparent that it can be used as part of the process to make medallions, and unkeyed investiture through feruchemy seems like it might be a big deal. So, I'm wondering what ethics will look like when it comes to obtaining hemalurgic powers. These are my two ideas for how they might obtain spikes: -1. Dying metalborn. Perhaps a misting/ ferring who is on the verge of death would be able to consent to having their powers taken (and being killed) via a hemalurgic spike. Kind of like how organ doning works today, -2. The newly discovered methods for taking a person's powers without killing them. The method used in TLM on the captives. Maybe a healthy person could consent to losing their powers, perhaps for a decent sum of cash? What do you guys think?

Brandon has confirmed that it is possible to burn a hemalurgic spike (though it would be a painful process). However, he's implied that it wouldn't grant any extra power, as the user is not keyed to the spiritual identity of the powers granted by the spike-- essentially, the power is from another person. Would it be viable, however, to have the hemalurgic subject (whom the power is being taken from) fill an aluminum metalmind as they are being spiked, therby divesting the spike of any identity? Would that allow a hemalurgist to fully access the investiture contained within the spike? What kind of effects could be expected (If any can even be interpreted at this time) from burning an unkeyed spike as such? Sorry if that doesn't make much sense, I'm just curious as to what thoughts others might have on this subject.