Wax's Had A Spike

[Curious Anamaximder he/him]

I was reading AoL again and I read the conversation between Harmony and Wax. It seem sort of like a Ruin-spiked person conversation (except that Sazed is nice). I'm pretty sure Wax got shot so it might be a possibility that he got shot through Miles or Pull. If it sounds like a lame theory I'm sorry but this us my first proposal. Thanks.

[Wonko the Sane he/him]

A couple things: first, welcome to the 17th Shard! I think you'll find that we're a pretty friendly and accepting community, and that there are no "lame theories" here. Any idea you care to share is totally welcome.

 

Second, this isn't exactly the right forum for this thread. You've posted this in the "Introduce Yourself" section, which is for posts that, well, introduce yourself. A theory post, like yours, belongs in the appropriate subforum; in your case, it would go in the Mistborn section, under Brandon Sanderson. You can find it here. In the future, you should check the main Forums page for the forum of the book or series that you are talking about, or, if you have a theory about multiple works, in the "Cosmere Theories" forum.

 

Finally, to address your theory, you are, in fact, correct. However, Wax's spike is actually a bit easier to spot than you suspected: If you recall, part of Wax's religion (the Path of Harmony) is that he has an ear ring that he puts in when he prays. He mentions that this ear ring was given to him by a mysterious stranger (If you are interested, this stranger was actually the kandra MeLaan from the original trilogy). Finally, if you look, you'll see that Wax puts this ear ring in before the battle in question. Beyond that, your observations were dead on: this spike is how Harmony is able to speak with Wax during the battle. We also believe that the presence of mist made the conversation easier.

 

I encourage you to spend some time reading on this forum and the Coppermind wiki. If this sort of behind-the-scenes thing is interesting to you, you'll find that there is a sizable amount of it in Brandon's work. I look forward to hearing more from you!

Edited March 25, 2015 by Wonko the Sane

[Curious Anamaximder he/him]

Thanks. I guess I will post a actual introduce myself topic.