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Errr, the Ire fortress wasn't a perpendicularity?

Well Kelsier is the Sovereign, but he's not using Spook's body, since Spook was up on the Northern continent for a century after the Catacendre. And he never actually went all the way off world, the Ire fortress was very close to Scadrial, something like near-orbit (except not, since the CR doesn't have orbits like that).

Out of curiousity, what about the end of Bands made you think that? Also, Mraize is genetically Thaylen.

Yep, sorry, took me a minute to dig it up.

Sorry, Kelsier's still stuck on Scadrial. He hasn't figured a way offworld yet.

Yep, agree to disagree! I'm sure we'll find out eventually

I think it's because he's talking about two different time periods. Stormlight 1-5 precede Era 2 by up to a couple of decades. So talking about the first half of SA, Taldain is still sealed away. Talking about Era 2, SoS, Taldain is no longer sealed away

Actually, I do think the Heralds blame Honor somewhat. And the dead spren are basically mindless. Higher functions, such as logic, aren't exactly accessible to them right now. All they remember is that their bondmate killed them. Remembering that it was voluntary and necessary is beyond them.

Agreeing to experience something horrible doesn't make it any less horrible to experience. Like the Heralds during the Oathpact. They voluntarily gave themselves up. That doesn't mean they didn't scream and cry and break.

I think Khriss left before it became inaccessible. Autonomy possibly closed off the perp, or put a bunch of hazards around it like she does on Patji.

Let me check with the Coppermind peeps. That seems odd. The wording's been changed to state, "Vax is likely a Shardworld in the Cosmere"

Right, my point was that you said "we know" as a confirmed fact, when it's speculation.

...That doesn't change my point?

I know he recognizes her, but that doesn't mean he was there before humans. Just that he was there at a time when they didn't have active hostilities.

Hmmm where is this stated?

The thing is, aluminum can't be affected at all by Pushes and Pulls, whereas Shardblades can, it just takes a huge amount of power. Like, lerasium level Mistborn with duralumin and lots of steel. But it's still theoretically possible, whereas you can't at all with aluminum. In addition, while Shardblades look a little like aluminum, Shardplate is a dark metallic gray, very unlike aluminum. Aluminum also can be manipulated physically, i.e. melted, broken, cut, etc. Shardblades can't and Shardplate can't. Aluminum is fairly light, I think it'd still be heavier than what a Shardblade is implied to be. If you've ever picked up a solid chunk of aluminum, it's still pretty hefty. I don't think a normal person could pick up a 6 ft blade made of aluminum easily. The helmet sucked out Kaladin's Stormlight because it was trying to repair itself. Shardplate does that automatically--feeds off of Stormlight to repair itself. Normally, the Stormlight is in gems, and it breaks the gems as it regenerates. I don't think it has anything to do with how aluminum wipes investiture reserves. As a side note, the theory is that Renarin's Shardblade's metal looks like it's folded in layers is because there's some Odium investiture mixed in with the rest of the godmetal. And as an unrelated note, spoiler tags aren't needed for any stormlight stories since it's been more than 6-9 months since any were released.

It seems like Illumination lets people also see (aka illuminate) distant scenes. I think this is where the Truthwatcher Order came from--they see distant scenes and so they know the truth of what has happened.

I think it's her drawing the Wind's Pleasure survivors managing to make it to shore.

You could, but the spren could also choose to break the bond and leave. Or it might die and become a deadeye. Either could happen, depending on various factors. But I'm betting the spren would survive long enough to say screw you and leave.

What do you think the mural really was? Rosharan cat video recorded for the ages, obviously!

Pretty sure they have cats, and call them minks. On the mural in Urithiru, Shallan notices something that sounds like a lion or tiger, and calls it a mink. And I'm sure dogs and cats live in Shinovar.

1. It'd be almost impossible, really. In practice, it would be impossible. 2. Agreed. 3. Also agreed 4. I think trying to condense all five Ideals into a Command would be as difficult as Awakening it. 5. Yeah not very effective. Atium is soft enough that it's damaged by stomach acids in just a few hours. 6. This has been asked, and nothing would happen because the Mistborn doesn't have the right Connections to burn the metal.

I disagree that Leras was a Cognitive Shadow. He hadn't actually died yet. His body drops out of the mist near Fadrex, and that's when he was actually dead. You have to be separated from your original body to be a Cognitive Shadow. This is the moment he actually died:

Have you read Secret History? It's part of AU, but you didn't mention it.

I have to say, that question is almost certainly going to be a RAFO.