Shadow of Electrum

So, if I became the Lord ruler with my current knowledge(minus stuff I learned reading mistborn) I have a few ideas. So, first order of business is dealing with the mists. Rashek solved this by moving the planet to heat it up. Even before mistborn, I knew that planets are in a delicate balance of habitability, and I would not want to risk something as crazy as moving the planet closer. I think using something like a constant but relatively gentle wind to disperse the mists during the day would be another alternative. Some sort of invested weather phenomenon. Not destructive like the high storm, but a constant wind during the days to keep the mists at bay. I think that would make for an interesting planet imo, constant wind during the day, constant mist at night. In terms of powers, I would have never given allomancy to anyone but myself. I think instead of giving out allomancy as a bargaining tool I could give out feruchemy. There's a WoB somewhere where he said that you can make a feruchemist with God metals, and I think I could certainly figure that out while ascended. I wouldn't bother to hide any of the metals except for copper, and I would do this so that I wouldn't have a population dependent on metal minds Ruin can basically alter at will. I would most likely avoid hemalurgy all together, not wanting to sacrifice people for obvious reasons, and then there's the obvious downside of Ruin's influence on them. I think the idea of using religion to spy on society is a very good solution. It is something I would want to be able to do to watch for Ruin causing any problems. Generally I think I would do what Rashek did with the obligators and turn it up to 19. I want to know if anything is happening in the kingdom. I wouldn't have a skaa population because I'm not evil, although a society drowning in beuracracy might be dystopian in its own way. I would likely try to conquer the world like he did. Although I won't have koloss I have my own powers as well as metalborn which no one else has. And considering I killed the hero of ages I would likely take his place as ruler of Khlennium, which would give me a big headstart. I think I would allow scientific progress, but in a very controlled manner. Science would be something only for obligators and then only studies I approve would get funding for anything. This is primarily so society can advance but not in a way that would fall out of my control. Using criminals to mine Atium is not the worst way to do it. In place of a death penalty, criminals are sent to the pits to mine Atium, which is carefully administrated by the obligators. The planet still sounds dystopian, but I think this plan would work to keep Ruin at bay for as long as possible while being less terrible than the final empire. Edit: After reading some other responses I think I would probably come up with more permanent solutions after the well refills. I like the idea of eventually relinquishing power instead of ruling forever, my only issue is that I'm not sure how to manage Ruin's influence otherwise since he's literally a god. Maybe after long enough when preservation completely dies, I can take up the shard of preservation and watch over the planet that way, stepping down as ruler but stepping up as god. Idk.

I think a major component of this was the fact that the pursuer was stuck to the wall by another lashing, and the fact that Kaladin was very close. It's been said that reverse lashings don't work as well on things that are on the ground and I think the Pursuer being elevated somewhat helps with this. I don't think you could tear the head off everyone in a 100ft radius easily. I think it would first take them being otherwise stuck so that the rest of their body doesn't get pulled, and I think it might in reality take more stormlight depending on how hard you want the lashing to pull. The head pulling move is still terrifying, but I don't think it's really practical, Kaladin was just very mad. I'm not so sure really. I think division is way more dangerous on its own than either gravitation, adhesion, or the two combined. It was division that literally burned the air, which the Skybreakers have free access to. Gravitation and Adhesion may be powerful and have their applications, but neither of them are as inherently destructive, especially considering division is literally just directly controlled destruction. Basically what I'm trying to say is that Skybreakers oathes are probably doing more than you would think as far as preventing disaster goes.

Something I've considered since wind and truth released. I don't follow the community that closely, so I didn't know what to call the part of honor that started becoming sentient at the end of WaT. In my head I've been calling them Honor Kid but that isn't exactly a standardized term. This topic is mainly about them. So it's obvious that Honor Kid is going to have some sort of conflict with Taravangian. I don't know what the community's take on this is, but my original take was that Honor was going to eventually become so unaligned with Taravangian that it splits off and then starts living on its own. However, I started considering the sentient part of Honor as a vessel. What if this awakened shard could then begin to collect other shards? What if the awakened shard of Honor, having watched the mistakes of the shards and gods pasts, became a new Adonalsium? I think it's a very exciting prospect. Taravangian was already "reared" to godhood unlike the other vessels, but what if the best way to prepare a vessel is to create one from the power itself? We don't have a lot on how splinters handle being shards. Ruin implied that splinters, or at least cognitive shadows, don't have as much connection to all 3 realms, making them poor picks. This seems somewhat supported by Kelsier's struggle to control preservation, but I think that could also be attributed to the connection trick he used to pick it up in the first place. He was inherently misaligned with preservation so his control over it would be weaker like we've seen on Roshar with both Honor and Odium. In any case, I'm not sure if Honor Kid counts more as a splinter or as something entirely different, but it seems like important things to keep in mind. I think this conflict between Honor and Taravangian could be why people off planet have a habit of referring to Retribution as Odium. I would bring up the WoB but I can never remember how to do that. In any case, if Retribution is actively trying to split, with Honor being the cause, it makes sense to me that most people would ascribe Taravangian's actions to Odium more than Retribution or Honor. That's all I have left to say for now.

It's been awhile since I've posted or really done anything on here. Anyways, I had a small idea about the personality aspects of the Shardic Intents. Brandon has said that the idea behind the shardic intents was a primal force attached to a personality trait based on how people and adonalsium perceived that force. An idea occurred to me that maybe the personal aspects of the intent were influenced by the original 16 vessels during the shattering. This idea is mainly perpetuated by the fact that the original 16 vessels seemed to match their intents very closely. Part of this seems to be the other way around, where the intent influences the vessel, but generally I feel like the vessel fit the power very well. My best example of this is the Rosharan trio. Tanavast mentioned that Koravellium always liked to rule from the shadows like she does now. It is very typical of dragons as we know, and it seems to be very in line with her intent. Then there is Odium, who seems very aligned with his power, seeming to be a hateful and kind of deplorable person even preshattering. Honor is harder to connect to this idea since he seemed to be more at odds with his power, but even then he seemed to act in ways that he saw as divine or honorable even if it went against his intent. Ruin is an interesting case with this idea in mind. Ati was described as being kindly by his peers, but was turned into what we see in mistborn by his intent. However, I think the sort of "peace with death" that comes with ruin is originally from Ati. Part of the power is that sadistic urge to destroy, but it was reiterated several times, especially in secret history, that it also includes an acceptance that good things will end some day, an acknowledgement that death can be tragic. This more understanding aspect of the power makes sense to have come from someone as kind as Ati would have been. Another thing to consider is that you have to be connected to the power to accept it, it isn't something you can just choose to pick up. This is at odds with the language used by the original 16 during that moment. It seemed that they were able to pick and choose which shards to take, like Ati apparently volunteering to take ruin. If the intent of the shards were infact influenced by the original vessels, then it makes perfect sense that before they were chosen, the shards were more neutral, and then attuned to the perception of the vessel once they ascended. Perhaps this was decided before the exact moment, they decided who would take which aspect and this influenced the intent of the shards before they were officially shattered. That's all I have for now. Just some speculations I had that I wanted to share. I've realized I'm not particularly good at speculating/predicting but I thought this was interesting enough to share.

Not a very long thought, just something I considered after thinking about Lift's fight scene. So abrasion works both ways, as it can increase and decrease friction. We know this works with wind resistance because of another Lift chapter from edgedancer, and my thought is this: Would it be possible to make air resistance so strong beneath your feet you could essentially double jump? I know it might not be the best application of abrasion, but it does seem like something that would catch someone off guard. It's also just cool. It doesn't matter that other orders can literally fly or teleport, double jumps are way cooler/j. More seriously though I think it would make for an interesting movement option that some particularly skilled edgedancers might be able to make use of.

Thanks for the heads up! I'm gonna fix that as soon as I figure out how, but for now I have set the header tag to be Rhythm of War to convey that better. Also gonna fix this... I know that the army was mostly influenced by Nergaoul, but I had assumed that Odium had more influence over them/corrupted them by the glowing red eyes and the comments of nearby fused praising him for figuring out 'how to corrupt humans' as they put it. In any case, I think my point still stands as Amaram was still corrupted instantly to Odium's side, potentially indicating that Kaladin was going through a different process. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by this. If you just mean to add to the conversation by saying like "we also know that this is something dangerous", I agree that this is something interesting to note, but the way it's worded comes off as a non sequitur to me. In another line of thinking, 'Except' makes me think this WoB somehow contradicts my theory but I'm not sure that it does. "dangerous stuff" is extremely vague, and the wording leads me to believe that he is accessing something outside of the surges since the WoB also says it's not just another form of light. I think this opens up the opportunity for another MOI, if that isn't confirmation bias, especially considering that we don't have a clear picture of every MOI on Roshar and or Ashen in this case. In any case I appreciate your reply!

I believe a character can have a sad backstory that evokes sympathy and still be irredeemable. That is Moash. That is all. ... But seriously. I believe that Moash's story is sad and I can sympathize with him to a degree, but he is absolutely beyond redemption for all the people he's betrayed, killed, or otherwise simply out of baseless hatred and other petty reasons. He's been overwhelmed with guilt since the start, and he absolutely deserves it.

I was relistening to the chapter 108, where Kaladin goes into a frenzy after Teft's death. Venli mentions that his eyes go yellow/red, like something she's seen before. As far as I'm aware, everyone assumes this is Odium doing something to Kaladin, and in some ways this makes sense. What doesn't make sense to me is the motivation. Why would Odium influence Kaladin in this way, especially considering the outcome? I know Odium had intentions to corrupt Kaladin if he could, but considering how the corruption of Amaram's army went, I'm not entirely sure that's what's happening. For one, that happened a lot faster than what was happening with Kaladin. That might have been due to the presence of the thrill and the everstorm, but we know that Odium definitely had a connection through Moash and an opening to affect Kaladin with how cracked his soul must be. In addition to this, his eyes were red AND yellow. Not pure red like every other instance, but also yellow. We know yellow is associated with Odium, but it seems a stretch to say that Odium is an influence here. The partial red might be an indication of that, but I think it's something else. The last minute theory I came up with is that Kaladin is tapping into another MOI here. We know that the passions as a religion are derived from Odium, and they always mention this one idea. The idea that someone "most passionate" has access to great abilities. We see Queen Fen mention this with the oathgate, and multiple other people and singers convey that having intense passion for an outcome will make it more likely to happen. What if this is all in reference to an old Odium derived MOI? We don't know a lot about voidbinding or what kind of MOIs were present on Ashen, so I believe it's possible that another MOI might be at play. I think this could also explain the eye color. The yellow indicates that the investiture is being accessed in a more natural way, and that would certainly be the case if Kaladin is using some sort of "passion" system. The red could be a sort of interference with his bond, as red is of corruption, not Odium specifically. So altogether, my theory is that Kaladin, through his intense grief and hatred, unknowingly tapped into this "passionate" system and manifested combat abilities beyond his typical limits for a short time. I don't fully believe in this theory but it's an interesting idea I came up with. I don't seem to be very good at this sort of thing but I still like to share ideas when I think I might be onto something. I'm not entirely sure if we'll get an answer to this in Stormlight 5, but either way I am extremely excited for tomorrow, as that's when the book comes out for me.

I'm not entirely sure his behavior was contradictory. Yes he was concerned with rising up in the ranks, but he despised that shardblade probably as much as Shallan did. He watched that blade kill his wife and traumatize his daughter, after that I would have been surprised if he just turned around and used it for personal gain. Kaladin had the same reaction. Even if it didn't have that much emotional significance to Lin, we know how much he tries to protect Shallan afterwards. In that situation I could see him ignoring the shardblade, even if it wasn't still bonded to her, for Shallan's sake more than anything. After all, his first reaction was to lock it in a box and hide it away forever. Sure, he likely would have hidden it either way, but I imagine it would have been handled differently if he planned to use it later. I might be forgetting something, but I'm not entirely sure Shallan's mother was involved with the Skybreakers. That would explain why she was able to tell that Shallan had a bond, but as you pointed out, that causes a whole myriad of problems. I think Shallan's mother simply wanted to kill her because at this point, radiants are still the enemy of the vorin church. There are ways she could have learned basic knowledge of the radiants, as groups like the Sons of Honor and the Invisagers prove that knowledge was still available outside of the Skybreakers. Even without this, there was general mythology of the surges and the way they used storm light, and she could have simply put two and two together. With this in mind, she saw from her perspective that her daughter was committing something extremely forbidden and decided to take action, not fully understanding what she was going up against. That does leave a bit of a hole as to who her accomplice is supposed to be, but I think it's safe to assume he's not a Skybreaker for the same reasons. I don't think Nale would have authorized a mission like this if the supposed radiant wasn't more prepared, so I think he might be someone who expressed concern over Shallan's powers and potentially convinced her mother to kill her. I don't think it was ever fully explained how Lin covered everything up, but we do know that there are ways to cover up a shardblade death. The main way we hear of is from that assassin Jhasnah hires in the flashback before Gavilar's death. She mentions that she cuts out the eyes of her victims as a symbolic gesture as well as to hide the fact that she uses a shardblade. This aside, we know that Lin went through a lot of effort to obscure the death of his wife. I don't know what the "official" statement was on her death, but we know that the idea of Lin killing his wife in a jealous rage was a rumor that he started to cover the actual truth, like Dalinar did at the rift. The whole line of interactions with the bounty hunter was based on the fact that no one truly knew how lady Davar died, and it was "rumored" that Lin killed her, and so the bounty hunter came to investigate. That would explain why he invited the Davar children to speak up about what transpired that night. So I would say it's less that he explained away her shard death, and more that no one really knew how she died in the first place. I hope these explanations make sense. I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out Shallan's whole deal with her past and whatnot, and these are the conclusions I've come to. It's likely someone more versed in the cosmere will come along and correct me but this is the best I've been able to put together. I hope you found this helpful!

Honestly, it's more like a love-hate relationship. I'm good at it but if you ask me to do calculus I'm not going to be very pleased. As far as geometry goes, I've always liked the logical way geometric proofs and all that stuff works, and I like geometric shapes aesthetically. The thing I honestly like most is how rithmatism gamifies geometry, as I'm a big fan of competitive Pokemon and similar stuff.

I'm not entirely sure if I'm asking this in the right place but I wanted to ask about the progress of Emberdark. I fell out of watching the weekly updates and now that I'm trying to catch up I can't seem to find anything regarding Emberdark. The last thing I remember him saying about it was that it was essentially on the back burner, but it seemed like he was still giving progress reports on it. So I'm here to ask if there's anything about the progress of Emberdark beyond the readings we got to sample a while back.

[SPOILERS FOR MISTBORN ERA 2 ARCANUM AND STORMLIGHT 3 SO WATCH OUT FOR THAT] So the question I have is rather simple. I was thinking about how seeing the future works and I realized that both destiny and fortune seem to be involved and I'm not sure which one is correct. The main conflict comes from two specific quotes. In the Mistborn era 2 arcanum khriss says that a chromium spike "might steal destiny". Now this isn't a lot to go off of but this phrasing leads me to believe that destiny is some sort of measurable quantity like connection and identity. If this is true then it also leads me to believe destiny plays a role in telling the future. However, Odium implies that telling the future would be difficult without fortune, which makes sense in its own way. So with all this the question remains, does telling the future involve destiny, fortune, or a mix of both? I've seen more people mention fortune when talking about telling the future which makes sense considering what Odium said, but it feels bit flimsy to say that the shards are just relying on a lot of fortune to see future possibilities and I think having a separate function for it is more sound as a concept, but also more interesting.

It's all good. I also think I got confused because I started talking about infinite investiture when you hadn't really mentioned being a nicrosil compounder in the first place, so I guess we can just forgive each other for going off topic. I would be very interested to see what compounding copper would do if anything since I can't imagine it being very useful, but I am nothing if not terrible at predicting the future so I guess we'll just have to read and find out (ha).

I'm sure this was a joke but I'm pretty sure this is a sprite from pokemon bw, that or dppt Anyways a dog with glasses is an ok profile picture, 7/10 (Feel free to ignore me I was already rated)