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Also how would coinshots sink a ship just using allomancy? Sure they could have taken some kind of scuttling charges,but that would require a lot of planning and there is no indication that they were carrying anything with them. Division on the other hand would easily allow a Skybreaker to sink a ship.

I think the bigger issue is how would a coinshot, or any allomancer/feruchemist, sink a ship without explosives? Skybreakers would make a lot more sense in this regard as Division would easily allow them to sink the ships.

That's disappointing as it's completely ruined my favourite character. It somewhat spoiled Oathbringer for me and I was hoping it would quickly be resolved in this book. If it's a permanent thing then I suspect I'll just end up skipping most of Shallan's chapters, assuming I even bother buying the book.

As I thought mine just downloaded in the UK. Have fun everybody.

I seem to remember previous releases arriving at midnight or possibly one am from Amazon uk. Can't be 100% certain though

I've long thought that some kind of Fabrial based railgun or coilgun should be possible given what we've seen of Fabrial science so far. Personally I'm a fan of a coilgun version using attractor or repulsor (ok these are theoretical, but if you can attract something, the opposite is also possible) Fabrials which could then be activated in sequence to accelerate a projectile down the barrel. The only question for this weapon type is whether the control systems exist to do this correctly. (n.b. the first operational coilgun was made in 1904, so it isn't that complicated.). Fabrials would have a big advantage over current railgun/coilgun designs as they wouldn't require the large amount of power currently required in reality..

Actually they're designed to do both. Crush the joints so the enemy can't move properly and then stick a spike through it. The main reason fantasy warhammers can't work is the weight, not the crushing style attack, no normal human would be able to wield them properly (seriously try swinging a sledge hammer about in one hand, you'll be lucky if you don't snap your wrist by trying to reverse direction).

I seem to recall axes being used by heavy infantry so I would be surprised if warhammers and maces aren't also used and I think I recall halberds being used by some of the honour guards. Dalinar sees soldiers wearing bronze breastplates in his visions and mentions that they would be steel in his time. Kaladins squad are described in Chapter 1: They seem to use both short spears and long spears (although it isn't clear on the lengths). I would guess at ~6-9ft for the short spear and 12ft for the long spear (based on Greek, Roman and medieval examples such as the Welsh long spear). Half shards are described as being diamond shaped with a gemstone in the middle. The other shields aren't described but based on the l.imited description we can rule out the Hoplon (which had to be strapped to the forearm). It sounds to me like the shield would either be rectangular or oval (similar to Roman or Chinese designs) as they are used in shieldwall type formations. Round Viking style shields seems less likely to me as it doesn't really fit the other descriptions.

Are you talking about the Asian Hornets, Vespa mandarinia (and it's japonica subspecies)? They have a neurotoxin instead of just acid in their stings and kill about 40 people a year in both Japan and China (with many more needing hospital treatment). Roshar has it really lucky (these have recently been found in France and killed 4 people last year).

Lopen often refers to his missing arm as if it's still there - such as 'see that, that's my other arm making a rude gesture at you' or something like that during the Radiant training scene (I only have the audiobook so can't give a precise quote) which shows that he still views it as part of him.

Personally I tend to view the Alethi and Vedens as more of a classical, i.e. Greco-Roman society, due to the descriptions of their traditional uniforms (although the more modern uniforms sound more 18th-19th century) and relative rarity of cavalry in their armies. Their grasp of science, engineering and medicine also tends to feel more appropriate for that period rather than the middle ages as does their class system with it's distinct ranks.

I wonder if her eyes did turn red as a kid and if that was why her mother tried to kill her. Since then she could be subconsciously hiding the colour change.

It is odd that it's never been spotted (and thus it's location known). Could it be hidden from below somehow? Perhaps using some kind of lightweaving fabrial?