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Is he only nastier in power, or intent and oppression as well? Executing random skaa for hours says a lot about LR as a person. But what actually killed him was a spear that impaled him. Those armbands were only metalminds for his youth, right? This is the part I'm struggling with. If his arms were cut off, the armbands would no longer be touching him (or at least the main part of him). And without his arms, he wouldn't be able to pick them back up and reattach them... I think. If his flesh was torn off, the armbands would be removed. If he was burned to a skeleton, the armbands would be too loose to fit on him again. Also, when Vin pulled them off him, I'd imagine they would have had to sever his arms in order to be freed from him, unless she pulled them down his elbows, wrists and off his hands, which I imagine would not be easy to do because his hands are thicker than his wrists. I guess you've answered my other question: Whatever power he seized when he killed the real hero of ages didn't grant him immortality. P.S. Alloy of Law is book 1 of a new trilogy. I don't want to rush into that since I like starting a series when the whole thing is finished. I can't remember all the names of people and places and new terminology if I wait a year or two between books. Plus Sanderson seems to move between series a lot instead of focusing on one.

Will those books answer all my questions? I got other books I want to read too, so if they're not as good as book 1, I feel it won't be the most optimal use of my time. I'm not the quickest reader in the world unfortunately, plus I like have the audiobook playing while I read so I know how names are pronounced... Book 1 was written almost standalone. There is a satisfying conclusion, so I won't feel like I wasted my time on an incomplete story if I don't continue reading the rest of it.

I would prefer a combination of audiobook and graphic audio. I don't want the text modified in any way. I don't want any words to be cut like with GA. But I do like that all the characters have different voice actors, and the sound effects/music. One narrator cannot delineate by all that much, and certainly not enough for every character. I also felt Michael Kramer was a bit monotonous and unexciting. The GA samples on their website sounded very good, but they cut words (I was reading the text at the same time as listening to it, in order to compare). There is much to like about GA, but I'm not willing to give up an unmodified text.

I just got done reading the Final Empire. I have not read books 2 or 3. I apologize if this has been discussed before, but please don't make me search through the forums to find my answers because I don't want to inadvertently spoil something from those books. In the epilogue it was explained that LR maintained his eternal youth using tricks that combined Feruchemy with Allomancy. But how was he able to survive violent attempts on his life? Did whatever he found in the cave make him unable to be killed, but not grant eternal youth or immortality from aging? The book describes him as being unkillable. He was burned until all that was left of him was a skeleton. He was beheaded. Impaled by spears. Had his flesh flayed. But none of this killed him. - Was the ability to survive murder also a trick of Feruchemy, or was it from the power he seized from the cave? - If his immortality was from the cave, why did it not also grant eternal youth? - Can anyone who has both Feruchemy and Allomancy do everything he did, or did the cave/well grant him some power they would not have? - If the power from the cave (and not Feruchemy tricks) is what made him immortal, why was he afraid of Terrismen breeding with nobles to create children that could challenge him? What undid his immortality and made him killable was Vin dislodging his bracelets from his arms (curiously, removing them didn't require severing his arms). This seems to imply that the bracelets were responsible for both his youth AND immortality. - Wouldn't some of the methods of attempted murder on him (flaying his flesh, burning him into a skeleton, or severing his limbs) also have dislodged the bracelets and undid his immortality? Don't answer these questions if books 2 and 3 give adequate answers. I just want to know if Mr Sanderson overlooked anything. The reason I haven't read book 2 yet is because I've read a synopsis and reviews and the plot doesn't appeal to me. Book 1 is going to be hard to top. And a book without Kelsier just isn't going to be the same. What made TFE so great was Kelsier, and his conversations with Vin. His hatred of LR was palpable. I also don't think Vin will be as appealing a character now that she's super powerful. I liked the parts where she is learning from her crew, her discovery process. I don't care much for this Elend character or her romance with him. What I enjoyed most about TFE was the struggle against this very evil dark lord's reign, and it's going to be hard to present a new antagonist as evil, powerful or hateable as the Lord Ruler. What adversary could outdo the Lord Ruler? Will book 2 and 3 disappoint or will I like them just as much as book 1?