Clarkmon22

Just now, KnightSkye Reforged said:

Yes it is! It's Sindarin elvish.

IK

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Together she and Wyndle followed, the spren growing increasingly worried—particularly after the bird fluttered down into a corridor, then stared at the ground and chirped in an annoyed way.

I've noticed that Brandon usually writes "clucked" when referring to chicken noises, unless it's from someone like Szeth's perspective, as they are used to what we would refer to as chickens and their sounds. Is the chirp on purpose?

1 hour ago, KnightSkye Reforged said:

Oh cool! I am also currently DMing! 

Players are absolutely fudging stupid. I asked, "Do you want to read the fine text?" And the wizard said, "no, the poster has honest vibes."

is gwathel in your sig a Tolkien reference???

57 minutes ago, Ruku said:

What- in the gosh dang heck is aroace? I keep seeing that everywhere but... what is it?

aromantic + asexual, usually

Aromantic (aro)

Asexual (ace)

Aroace

12 hours ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Welcome to the craziness. My usual starting questions don't work, so instead I will simply ask

WHAT

Is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow

African or European?

12 hours ago, Ruku said:

I'll go by Ruku(previously Lukas), and I'm mainly here because my cousin Hawks. I'm trying to figure out more about myself using this website, because again... Hawks. Hawks wants me to use she/her or she/they pronouns here and see if it fits me, because I'm questioning whether I'm Trans, demigirl, or a femboy.

Hallo! welcome to the shard!

2 hours ago, DracoAdamantus said:

The covering everything with humor is the crux of the annoyance. Even when she is being serious, she is still behaving like it is a joke. Even when she cares, she doesn't act like she does.

It's that inability to turn off the comedy when it's inappropriate that I can't stand. I've known people like that, and they are some of the most insufferable people to be around.

She's also a child. I am almost certain her character will have changed immensely by arc 2.

11 hours ago, Ink and Embers said:

They're lowering the voting age in the UK, so does that mean I have to leave sooner?

to what? 16? it would be great to vote...

Especially with what's happening here in the US rn...

18 hours ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Yes, 'tis

*sobs in only half a year left*

You should make like a young adult club or smth

15 hours ago, Booknewt said:

Hmmm... Does "invested up until 30 seconds before death" count?

If yes, Lemex

Bingo!!!

Is this a place to revel in my youthfulness?

Nope. Last guesses! (Ill say the answer at three more)

Not Neturo-son-Vallano

Not Dashe

Not Dalinar 

Not Rayse (I would have considered that heavily invested as well, he might still be a Shadow idk)

Not Vasher

1. This character is dead 

2. This character was moderately Invested before his death, but almost certainly did not become a Cognitive Shadow.

3. This character was in his fifties when he died.

4. This character has met one of the Five Scholars

5. This character was of the second heightening.

5 minutes ago, -ACE- said:

Spoiler box!!

guess while you're here!

nope.

Not Neturo-son-Vallano

Not Dashe

Not Dalinar (I would have considered that heavily invested)

1. This character is dead 

2. This character was moderately Invested before his death, but almost certainly did not become a Cognitive Shadow.

3. This character was in his fifties when he died.

4. This character has met one of the Five Scholars

nope.

Not Neturo-son-Vallano

Not Dashe

1. This character is dead 

2. This character was moderately Invested before his death, but almost certainly did not become a Cognitive Shadow.

3. This character was in his fifties when he died.

9 minutes ago, Ink and Embers said:

... how dead?

Neturo-son-Vallano

beleivably dead. and nope.

Not Neturo-son-Vallano

1. This character is dead 

2. This character was moderately Invested before his death, but almost certainly did not become a Cognitive Shadow.

“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.”

“You can’t spell slaughter without laughter.”

-Sun Tzu, Art of War

This character is dead 

12 minutes ago, Ashkaloda said:

It looks -correct- to me, but I'm not entirely certain what specific idea you are trying to get across here or if this is just a visual aide that you are using. 

yeah the terminology of my topic was sub par. more of a question if this is correct as an aid then anything else. 

18 hours ago, NeverTrustAesSedai said:

I think Brandon has addressed this. In a WoB (I'm new to the shard and don't know how to add WoBs, sorry!) he stated that it would be possible for a person, through their self-image, to change from a human into, say, a listener.

on the Arcanum, https://wob.coppermind.net/, copy with the copy button, and paste into a Spoiler box, which is the eye icon

39 minutes ago, Argenti said:

Each circle is a source of investiture; lesser spren have a little bit, True spren have more, unmade have even more, and Shards/dawnshards have a direct tap to the spiritual realm (A circle that's large enough you can't see the curves). Any gaps in the circles represent that being's ability to use that investiture —truespren and lesser spren can't really use it to do anything. Unmade and shards can use it with some variability.  The bigger the gap, the more they can use. Double shards can use more than single shards.

 

thank you!!!! that's exactly what I meant. Also, the gaps are more unique in a way I can't really convey without description, as each Shard and unmade and such has its own ways to use Investiture. there is just a lot of stuff that I think could be added and anybody's help would be welcome. 

2 hours ago, Trusk'our said:

I'm not sure I follow the diagram. May you please explain it?

sorry I didn't respond, I have school... what Argenti said was basically it

This is a thing that I've been thinking about for a while and finally had somewhat of a "eureka" moment about. 

So, in the Cosmere, we have seen and heard that the Shards have "infinite Investiture" but they don't have the capacity to use it. Now, this might be either obvious or really stupid, but I think that this is a good visualization of the reason that different entities have the amount of Investiture they do and why they can or cannot use said Investiture. 

If someone smarter than me could tell me if i'm right or wrong and maybe expand upon this that would be AWESOME.

Thing.pdf

1 minute ago, IHadAThought said:

For the Wayne quote, do you want my favorite of Wayne as Wayne, or Wayne being someone else.

either!

2 minutes ago, IHadAThought said:

As for crazy theories? I have a lot, like, I have a list on my phone for them

list one! I like the "El is Elend" theory, or "Shallan is a kandra"

On 10/20/2025 at 9:10 AM, Belandrius Ohhmar said:

Slyadin?!? that's worse than like Shalladin. Btt you do you I guess?

You can only pick one from each planet no repeats:

What Planet, Race, and Invested Art do you want

Ya, Treamayne's gunna come in here and Copy Paste the same thing they do every time.

Accept the cookie, its yummy.

What's wrong with Shalladin??? (SHALLADIN FOR LIFE KAL IS SECRETLY THE FATHER)

On 10/20/2025 at 2:32 AM, IHadAThought said:

So. 

According to the thing when I created my account, I’m supposed to create a post so everyone knows I exist. So I thought I should get this one thing across with this post. I am absolutely obsessed with the cosmere. Right after writing this I am immediately going to the stormlight and mistborn forums to post my wacky ideas. I expect that a lot of people here are the same.

On the other hand, I’m a die-hard Syladin shipper. So… maybe not. I’ve read almost all official cosmere novels, but I haven’t been able to get isles of the emberdark yet. I haven’t read some of the unofficial stuff though, like WoK and Dragonsteel prime. I’m actually looking for a way to get Aether of night right now.

Thanks for checking me out!

-A Windrunner with a Lightweaver’s complexity.

'Allo, mate! 

What is your fav Wayne quote?

What is your favorite crackpot cosmere theory

19 hours ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Moash

*singsong*

Moash moash moash moash

THE PROFANITY!

6 hours ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren said:

Oragne has checked the Shard like 2 times since he joined

and he's posted once

On 9/29/2025 at 8:46 AM, Larry said:

i am just a regular dude. do note i do not plan on reading any of the books nor will i be reading any of the books. I'm here to infiltrate the community purely for memes and a good laugh. this started because my friend showed me some subreddits for Brando Sando and now I'm just here. please Allow me to do this.

PS: i will 100% just join talks about the books and act like i know what I'm talking about

@oragne if they actually cared

this is great. 

troll every topic you can.

1 hour ago, YouCantHaveMySandwich said:

uhh clarkmon is it a photograph?

close enough. a photo in a frame