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Plus the moons are at war

You seem to put a lot of time into helping me with this. Thank you immensely. I too like the idea of a rogue planet. I could have one moon discover that it is coming close, and know that it could slingshot them away, but not the other moon. This is far into the future so I don't see a problem with them trying to blow up the planet in order to try and cancel out the effect of the rogue planet's gravity, they think maybe instead of being flung into space, they would latch onto the other moon's gravity and just get a different orbit. Obviously they fail and they end up BOTH flung into space. I've started to build a storyline already, leaving out the parts that I didn't know about. I will work this out tomorrow. Again, thanks so much for your help.

Thanks, you've been a great help. I like the first option. One more question: If there were a planet somewhat close to this one, large enough to move the moons a little further away from the planet every time it made an orbit, what kind of effects would it always have had on them and the planet. For the story to work, the moons need to be knocked out of their orbit by another massive object with its own gravity. Would it just be easier to have an asteroid, or something else entirely?

So if I go the way of moon one being quite close, what would that moon's day/night cycle be like?

I want Shallan or Renarin to become Wit's next apprentice, like Sigzil.

I could always shorten the time to like 5 days of each instead of 2 weeks. It would make it more possible, but still a challenge. I like the ideas of the volcanoes and more trees, thank you. The 2 weeks was just an example of our moon, I could always mess with the orbit. All of this will be described in world so its more just for me to know. Before too long the moons are knocked out of their orbit anyway (I already figured out how, I assure you). If I make the sun a bit bigger, would it be able to account for having such a large planet with large moons in its habitable zone?

You wouldn't be able to burn away spikes, but I think it might be possible to burn away a sword. As in, it's plausible. If you have A LOT of Aluminum which we know to be expensive, then I think it would work. You guys got stuck on the spikes thing. If they can't be pushed out of their bodies then I don't think you would burn away a spike.

Thank you all for your input. Kobold, I especially like the idea of the flying creatures. I was already thinking that their home planet was larger than earth by about 15%-20%, and that the moons were at the very least 50% of Earth's size. The moving between planets happens 300 years prior to the story so any adaptation is only referred to as history. Although I haven't looked into planet sizes very much as of yet. Do you know if the moons would be too big for their planet, or if the planet is too big for its position in the solar system? (Which is, habitable zone of a slightly larger and older star, 5th planet from it, last before the asteroid belt.) Additional information may be needed. The moons are close to the same size as each other, one may be about 10% larger. The atmospheres were made up of the same stuff as their homeworld which is to say the same as ours since I don't particularly want to make little green men, presumably because they came from the same place. The people when they fled to the moons were maybe 100 years more advanced than we are, and did not have hyperspace or terraforming technologies. Gravity to me wouldn't be too terribly difficult to adapt when you consider if they had to breathe different air. So assuming life is possible and they adapted, would the moons have to spin, or just rotate around the planet faster. If they are tidally locked, what would that mean for their oceans? Would the moons affect each others' oceans?

I am working on a story in which life on the planet became uninhabitable (woah, that's a fun word), so its residents moved to the two, conveniently habitable, moons in its orbit. Long story short, I want to know what would happen to life if it was like our moon with its day/night cycle. For those who don't know, the moon is tidally locked onto the Earth (one side is always facing us), so its day/night cycle would be two weeks of night and two weeks of light in comparison to the sun. Since it isn't spinning, its cycle is happening because its orbit around the planet. If I haven't confused you, anyone know if life would be possible, or do I have to make the moons have to orbit faster so one side doesn't burn and the other freeze. Thank you.

They don't know that.

More curious to me is the night's cloak...

"YOU STORMING BADCHULL CREMBAG!!!" "Uh...What did you call me?" I love it.

When, every time you finish a book from another author, you need someone to tell you not to reread all the Sanderson books, you're already addicted and can quote whole chunks.

Szeth with Nightblood vs seven guys with honourblades and ninja skills...

I read an article recently that talked about going faster than light without actually moving in space. It was something about expanding the fabric of space behind the ship, and compressing in in front of the ship so it just moves space through it like a bubble. Not sure of the science or anything behind it, but it would take care of the problems with time.

Didn't Ruin and Preservation create Scadrial? Thus the deal that Ruin can destroy it.

When you introduce a friend to Sanderson. She reads all the books and then tells you to reread them.

Way to burst my bubble.

If it were a place of significance, wouldn't they be capitalized?

Now just give him some special glasses and name him Lord Smedry....Oh wait....

Laral!

Also wanna bet that Jasnah starting towards the closest town turns out to be Hearthstone as well?

You'd have to agree to the job, and have the right mindset.

Splinters of Odium...There's a scary thought. But oh! Look where Kaladin's headed in book three! Why, none other than Kholinar itself! Where the beggar-that-is-thought-by-some-to-be-Jezrien was last seen (albeit six years ago) by our friend Szeth. Wouldn't it be interesting if Kaladin had to summon Syl to 'Protect' someone and the BTITBSTBJ saw and started raving some nonesense about his Blade and then told Kaladin, the first Windrunner to take his place among the Ten. Either that or he goes crazy and tries to stop him.

I'm thinking it's Syl that's special. The only real evidence is about how important she was to the Stormfather. You may be on to something. Szeth even says in the prologue of WoK that Shardblades wouldn't heal wounds from a Shardblade. Have an upvote.