Sophrosyne

he was foreshadowing Honor, becoming Promise, at the end of SA. likely also setting up for him to take it up. But also, he's just talking vibes right? A promise FEELS less 'ride or die' / 'all n' then a oath to him. Something that you don't have to fefill to a t to keep. Justtry your hardest and don't back you without good reason.

it was spren, I don't have my book with me so I can't pull the quote but they made 7 spren, then honor maid spren who loved the wind, and then Kor made her own. Then Odium interrupted before they could make the tenth. (Honorspren are Honor's and Cultivationspren are Cultivation's OFC)

I'm having trouble seeing this as epically difficult to do. Ret. has limited focus sure but if you have trusted people in charge and only take volunteers then the whole, People can influence the SR is kind of moot, right? as far as organization logistics and command structure. it's the same as above plus you have an extremely knowable god to do the really hard parts. and considering it'll likely be a defensive war or even siege supply lines shouldn't be THAT hard right?

But he won't have to split his attention. In this theoretical, every 12 hours he sends a different person into their own personal training arc. after 5 years he has plenty of Gavs to work with.

the part of someone that says what they can and can't do is call the spirited. If 'burn bronze' is present on your web, then you can do it so long as you have access to bronze or the right kind of investiture.

Are they? I mean I know they're powerful but I'd imagine two omni-potent beings clashing for any length of time would destroy planets not mountains. If we say that T-Odium was able to give Gav 20 years of training in a day. Then it follows he could give 2 people 10 years in half a day. over 5 years that's thousands of people and they have time to train with each other for real experience and train up others. Your plan works fine as far as I'm concerned.

100% agree. if Devotion is love after a fashion, what is it when you have no Reason, or will to change... I'll tell you what it is, What would the Dor's Intent be? Options 1: "Jealousy" or "Vigilance" Devotion is stronger than Dominion Conditional love and the advancement of those within its sphere of influence results in a Shard that seeks to empower and nurture those Connected to it. Options 2: "Subjugation" or "Sovereignty" Dominion is stronger than Devotion Shard is driven to impose it’s love on others results in a Shard that seeks forcibly rule over, and protect. Options 3: "Benevolence" or "Providence" Equal parts Dominion and Devotion Wishes to guide and watch those in its vicinity. This combination is akin to a parent or sibling protecting and guiding while still allowing individuals to make their own choices and mistakes.

Piping in to mention, that it's shown pretty often that people can revise their oaths with eachother and it not be an issue with the power, see the direct conflict clause. I'm not sure I follow you here Atlas. are you saying the "pure orders" (Edgedancers and Windrunners?) are aligned with Kor and Tanner instead of Cultivation and Honor?

Ati, to the best of my understanding, was completely broken by Ruin. He lost the contest of wills and was completely aligned with Ruin in the end. That's why it was so manic and hell bent on destroying all of Scaderal, that and it was the promise they made. Long term, as in the REALLY long term Retribution, like all shards, will alter T. warp him to be a more perfect vessel and I think that's what the back half will be centered around.

The key here is that your wants are irrelevant (largely) to the healing. we see characters with major disabilities not heal because it became part of their self-perception. Which is why I figure someone who already views themselves as pregnant would be able to do that carry another's child. [Dawnshard] again, it's perception. You know your menstruation come every so often, you know what it's supposed to be like, how long it lasts, etc. so it continues even if you get infused with stromlight. Welcome to the unknown. if healing matches your physical self with your mental self what happens if you have no mental self? We don't know. Here's how i've come to understand it. in the case of a physical injury, your mental image is what is matched by Stromlight healing. that's not what you WANT to be. but what you think you are. The other night I had a housemate (thinking there was a break in) Yell to me. "Who is it!?" Automatically, without thought or pause I said my first name, even though she calls me something different. That is my mental image. The name I go by "Sophrosyne" Isn't me no matter how much I want it to be. By that same token, it doesn't matter how much you WANT to grow back an arm or be pregnant if you know you aren't it won't happen, conversely, I think that upon getting a positive pregnancy test or hearing your babies heartbeat and internalizing "I'm pregnant" then the Stromlight will protect the fetus as if it was part of you. See Rysn and Lopen.

forgive the quick answer I'm still working Shardblades can cut dead things so you'd not able to do any kind of surges on a living mother. I read some WoBs a while back that imply Stromlight healing would help an incubating fetus. going directly to what I think the heart of your questions are though, Stromlight heals but is not a painkiller so birth and c-sections would still hurt but you can suppress the healing to some extent or simply wait to inhale. I doubt it'd induce labor or let a Radiant complete another's pregnancy HOWEVER because the healing matches yourself perception an already pregnant or recently pregnant Radiant may be able to game the system. Wish I had time to say more but I'd be willing to bounce ideas with you when i have free time!

Near the end of page 369 kid, have you got issues. Should be Kid, you have issues. (Though it's maya's dialogue so pinch of salt.)

I'm almost positive there's a WoB on this, but a cursory glance found nothing. That said I'm pretty sure you'd have to eat through the coating BEFORE you can burn the coated metal in which case *BOOM*. As for risk... [Joking] I mean coat the flacks in oil and let a gold compounder have a go. Could be worse right? in all seriousness I'm sure there is enough to geuss, but it would be a geuss, I don't recall any no real measurements used at any point. and you'd need SOME to get anything accurate.

Logically this has to be true right? Some combinations of shards are going to appear like other shards. Cultivation and Odium making something an awful lot like run checks to me.

I think there's a few combinations that make Feruchemical draw backs much less so. A-Bronze, A-Iron, or A-steel for F-Tin A-Pewter for most physical Feruchemical A-Cadmium and A-Bendalloy is scary with MOST invested arts full stop. Interesting topic I'll think on it a bit more.

I don't recall the exact words, but harmony tells Kell that by interfering as much as he has and did with Elendal. he's held them back. "Species evolve quicker when it's difficult to thrive". that coupled with the fear of a compounder, Imagine that's all Harmony needs to justify to himself not making more.

Personally, i think a toolbox is always preferable to any one tool. Hammers are great until you're faced with screws or glass. ducktape fixes most things, that aren't wet, or need to be seen through, or flexible... but if you get one tool. Pick the thing with the most uses. Law is great but I find people adhere to it even when it simply doesn't make sense. HONOUR is what matters. It's why jury's here in the states can't be held responsible for a 'wrong' decision.

All three aspects of a person or object overlap in some way or another. that's how Fortune can work. as far as proximity to the spirit web and burning metal. there's a reason you have to swallow the metal or use it as a piercing, it's got to be part of you. to be burned but there's no telling where the exact line is and if bondsmihing would be enough but the idea of one aluminum gnat getting tagged by a bondsmith and removing metal from a whole planet is kinda awesome! I'm doubtful, If each world has some magic, and most shards have their own we're talking hundreds of combinations I mean just look at how many twinborn combinations there are...

You remember correctly. You do not have to be a Knight Radiant, in fact you don't even get ACESS to them until you've already picked up levels elsewhere.

remotely drawing Aons is, on its own an amazing thing. but I bet this is how you could access to large amounts of Dor, some combination of Aon's allowing it to just leak out or gather.

literally only commenting to say I hate YatNP as an acronym. But while I'm here I'll say Treamayne is 100% correct. Investiture resists investure and it's only investiture that has an issue leaving a world.

Welcome to the shard! Consider making an intro post and noting what books you've read. well 16is a number that matters POST Shattering of Ado. because there were 16 shards. Surges are PRE Shattering so I think it just comes down to 10 surges are the surges Ado or whatever else used to make the verse. Or 9 If some are to be believe and Honour made a 10th to match his number.

Welcome to the shard! Make sure you do an intro post and let us know what you've read. As far as I can tell Fortune is really just looking into the spiritual realm somewhat generally. So, no art needed but I can magine that taping chromium and looking at anything specific will help guide the visions.

Makes sense considering that Shard blades have to 'cut the core of a limb' to kill it. I'm just in WoK but I'm loving how clear it is that Elhokar was a light weaver candidate.

A SHARD THEORY! This is a pretty good Idea. To the best of my knowledge there's no visible effect to those grenades so if you weren't actively using a power, you'd have no way of catching it. I'dd want to reread the scene cause that feels like a good enough catch it might just be what happened.