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I was under the impression that Bajerden's/Nohadon's Way of Kings was at least part of the inspiration behind the founding of the Knights Radiant. In fact aren't the Oaths based on his book? Prior to him, Surgebinders in between Desolations were kind of disorganized, allowing people like Alakavish to abuse their powers as long as their spren allowed it. So the proper sequence is this: Heralds fight Desolations alone -> Surgebinders appear (perhaps through Ishar's initiative) -> Bajerden writes the Way of Kings -> the Knights Radiant were founded -> 9 Heralds abandon the Oathpact -> Recreance

I asked this question: I got this answer: That didn't quite answer my question. Maybe he's trying to say something about the relationship between the Essences and the Realms. It's also possible that he misread my question and thought I was asking about the Realms.

I remember using this as a topic for a class activity back when I was in school. Nobody (not even the teacher) got it. Made me want to jump into a vat full of oxidane.

So according to this I am a "turbulent" type of INTJ, and that my personality is only a little bit more on the judging side than otherwise. Seems accurate enough.

While we're waiting for someone to find the WoB about storing and retrieving sleepiness, let me share a couple of quotes I did find about the development of Feruchemy. From one of Peter's Mythwalker commentaries: From the Mistborn annotations: (Note that Mythwalker, a.k.a. "Warbreaker Prime" was written before "Final Empire Prime".)

What... is your quest?

I'm a Filipino of average build and height. Many non-Chinese people I know say I look Chinese, which Chinese people will adamantly deny. I've also been called Japanese-looking, though a friend who worked in Japan told me I'm not. I guess I just have a vaguely oriental face. I inherited my father's prematurely receding hairline and my mother's prematurely greying hair, both of which I solved by just shaving my head. I also have a weak chin, which I solved by growing a beard. So basically I look like a vaguely oriental thug with glasses.

I keep on forgetting that Rysn has really long eyebrows. In my mind I usually see her a normal Caucasian girl. Trying to fix my mental image of her never works for long.

Yo mama's so Invested, you're basically a Yomamaspren. (In the sense that you're a Splinter of yo mama. Not in the sense that you always follow her around, coz that's just weird man. I mean, you're old enough to not be dependent on her all the time, you know? You big baby.)

Just wanted to announce that, sadly, my idea has already been debunked as inaccurate by Brandon himself. He didn't give any clues. At this point I'll just wait for him to officially reveal the symbol to us. You guys may continue to use this thread to give your ideas on the Ghostblood symbol. Maybe someone will actually figure it out before Book 3 arrives.

Thank you for reading my Zephyr theory, but I'm afraid you misunderstood it a little bit. I did not say that the highstorm could not have created the continent (we know it did, due to this WoB). I just said the highstorm must be anticyclonic in order to explain the counter-clockwise shape of the continent. To be clear, I never said that the Everstorm existed in the past. I believe it has even been implied in WoR that the Everstorm is a completely new thing.

How about a Coinshot with severe acrophobia? He'd probably be scared of his own powers because of the possibility of accidental vertical self-propulsion.

Ah. I had been looking for that earlier (because I vaguely remembered reading something about a Jasnah novella somewhere) but couldn't find it. Thanks! That settles it, then. Still, I hope he changes his mind about the Jasnah story.

And the best part is Brandon already wrote part of a Jasnah chapter. It wouldn't fit in Stormlight 3 since it's set during the events of WoR, so it's perfect for a Jasnah novella.

ARGH! TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION TO EAT!!! Sorry for being a little cryptic. I'm not sure dragons would agree with Lightsong there. I think they prefer people served sashimi-style, and maybe with a garnish of clothes.

Ouch. But you're right.

Well, his bracers (which are now legendary artifacts called the Bands of Mourning) will be a major plot device in the third Era 2 book, so it's very likely we'll get more information about him there. There are many cool possibilities as to what happened to Rashek's progeny. Your idea of Sazed being his descendant is pretty interesting. Or maybe Rashek is literally "Father" to one or more of the First Generation kandra. Another possibility is that he sent his child/children to rule over the people of the south pole. Or he may have killed them. Maybe even used them as sources of Hemalurgic charge. Anyway, aside from the fact that his progeny has never been mentioned before, I really don't see much reason to be shocked by this news. It would have been more interesting if Brandon said Rashek had a child born after he started wearing his Hemalurgic atium bracers, since that may or may not have led to... complications.

Found it! So the problem is the sun of the Rosharan solar system, not Roshar itself. Still, your thoughts about the planet's atmosphere based on the behavior of Rosharian flora are quite interesting. *thumbs up*

This is an excellent first post, ecohansen! I will let others do a thorough review because I don't have time to read your theory more carefully right now, but could you please supply a link to that WoB regarding astronomers and Roshar? It might help me with one of my own theories. Thanks!

From what I can tell, I think you're known here for being a pretty cool newbie. I'm basing that on your high rep to post ratio and reading your Reputation page.

Thanks. But what's my sig's rating? @Quiver: Your sig is aesthetically pleasing and probably won't be affected by a possible future change in sig rules because it's short and simple (unlike mine). I will have to subtract points for the reason that while I'm okay with the current Brony trend on the 17th Shard and I won't deny the supposed benefits of watching the show, I'm still not a fan, and your sig has nothing but MLP in it. So, 8/10.

(Oh, cool. The site's back up!) I agree with the riskiness of using the belligerence of nations to improve lives in peace time. I toyed with the idea of a very long "cold war" (that will never actually erupt into a "hot" one) between the two nations, sending both to an arms race that will eventually produce aerospace technology. I'm not sure how Sazed/Brandon can pull this off, though, so I settled with the idea that full blown war involving actual use of ballistic missiles is the plan. But hey, Brandon will probably surprise me with a much better peaceful solution. Hopefully that'll be the case.

(I wanted to celebrate my 900th post by writing a theory. This one's not a particularly cool theory by my standards, but it has spent enough time brewing in my brain that I might as well just throw it out there. Feel free to suggest modifications to increase its awesomeness.) Out of all the religions that existed on Scadrial before the Final Empire, there is one that gets mentioned more often than the rest: Trelagism. Sazed is particularly fond of Trelagism, even though he was aware of its flaws. Later, it was the knowledge of the Trelagist Nelazan that allowed the newly Ascended Sazed to put Scadrial in its original orbit. (Side note: There are apparently multiple planets in the Scadrian solar system. Not really surprising, but this does bring up the possibility of Era 4 Scadrians mining the other planets for rare metals or maybe even terraforming them.) In AoL, we learn that the Words of Founding left by Sazed included a lengthy explanation of "Trellism" (as it is now called) and its teachings, and that there are followers of this religion even in Era 2 Scadrial, most notably the lawmaker turned criminal Miles Dagouter, who even in the last moment of his life preached Trell-worship. All this got me wondering: Why? Why does Trell seem so important in the Mistborn stories? Why did Brandon feel a need to reference this god's religion in AoL? Other Sharders have asked the same question, and there are many theories that have sprung from it. Some believe that Trell is one of the other Shards we've yet to officially meet. Some say that the star-loving ditheistic Trelagism of Ancient Scadrial has somehow morphed into a totally different monotheistic religion in Era 2 Scadrial (hence the name change to "Trellism") that is now focused on a racist doctrine that Miles seemed to advocate. Still, others say that the Southern Scadrians are Trell-worshippers and that they are somehow involved in the activities of the Vanishers and the Set. While these theories (which aren't mutually exclusive, come to think of it) are all pretty interesting, I can't help but think that there is something more fundamental that we are missing, and I think it might be the strange connection between ancient Trelagists' beliefs and space travel. Think about it. If you were a Trelagist astronomer (and there were obviously Trelagist astronomers; their civilization studied not just the stars but also the motion of planets), you'd be a little concerned once you realize that your whole world basically revolved around your god's evil brother. If you could, you'd want to get out of the solar system entirely, escape Nalt's grip, and fly off towards the Thousand Eyes of Trell. Knowing that Leras could see into the future, I wonder if he saw a need for Scadrians to eventually learn space travel at some point, perhaps to ensure survival by populating many planets across the galaxy. He may have influenced the beliefs of the Nelazan the same way he did the Terris. Sazed, after Ascending, would have eventually seen what Leras saw, which might be influencing his decisions to an extent. But there is a problem. Creating excellent star maps does not make someone a space traveler. It doesn't even begin to come close. Space travel requires a huge leap in science and technology if you're starting out from a pre-Industrial society, and Sazed himself said that the Nelazan weren't advanced. What's worse, they as a people might not even have had the right mindset to begin the necessary scientific advancements even if the Final Empire did not conquer them. Why do I say this? Because the Nelazan were known for being a gentle people, perhaps too gentle, and the history of space travel (at least on Earth) is filled with the complete opposite of gentleness. It is not unreasonable to argue that human spaceflight could not have been achieved in the 20th century without the Cold War, that rocket science advanced tremendously during World War II, and that even the concept of rockets came to be only when the Chinese decided to use black power to shoot projectiles at their enemies all those centuries ago. In short, while the Nelazan might have had a desire for space travel, they needed experience building things that go very fast through the air and possibly hitting things, and this wasn't something they could have achieved while peacefully staring at the stars. (Perhaps Ati fooled the Nelazan into becoming excessively pacifist, the same way he fooled the Terrismen into preaching the virtues of giving up god-like power.) So why would Leras even bother to insert Trelagism into the Nelazan culture? Well, first of all, it's not like he'd ever choose war. Leras held Preservation and was constrained by the Shard's Intent, and a religion that stealthily advocated space travel might have been the best he could do. But he probably foresaw his own eventual death and knew that someone else will manage to take both Ruin and Preservation and become far more capable of finishing what Leras had started. Perhaps the new guy might even find a good use for Trell-worshipers. Here is my suspicion: I think Sazed has foreseen a war between Elendel and Southern Scadrial, and is allowing it to happen in order to speed up both the technological and magical progress on the planet. Sazed also allowed the formation of the Set because their actions will lead to a less lopsided war, though he does try to mitigate some of their evil via his favorite Pathian lawman (Wax). Note that Sazed as Harmony would not force anyone to do anything. He only encourages and nudges. The evil acts of Edwarn Ladrian are all his own, just as the heroic acts of Waxillium Ladrian are his own. The important thing is that all these acts will one day lead to cool starships powered by magic that will travel across the galaxy, spreading Harmony's agents in a thousand star systems. This, come to think of it, may be the closest anyone could get to being a god with a thousand stars for eyes. Everything will be better. Everything will be answered eventually. Just worship Trell and wait. Edit: Renamed the thread to "Star Trell" to make the bad pun even more obvious, though at the expense of accuracy (Trell has many stars, not just a singular star), because I like it when people get my lame jokes. Update with SoS spoilers:

Good Hoid quote. There is interesting Guild and RP information about Lord Pifferdoo. Might be more interesting for Sanderson Elimination contestants. 9/10

Well, the thing is that it's not only the Shard's Intent that matters. The Shardworld (which, like everything else in the Cosmere, also has a Cognitive aspect, and therefore an ability for intent) somehow also affects how Investiture behaves. So certain parts of the magic on each Shardworld do not depend on the Shards themselves, but rather on certain properties of the planet. I've theorized before that each Shardworld is Spiritually attuned to a particular Essence, meaning they would naturally prefer manifestations of Investiture on them to have echoes of a particular Essence, but I don't have conclusive evidence for that theory yet.