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I'm still in your corner Windy. If nothing else is enough, the quote strongly suggests there is something special about the Hallandren jungle.

It looks to me to be a visual representation of a lashing being done. Edit: I am a little bit sad that Kaladin's face turned out a bit cartoony for my tastes.

It looks like Szeth on the back cover. The sword is wrong (Szeth's blade is double-edged), but otherwise appears to be Szeth. Looks like we do indeed get a fight between Kaladin and Szeth in WoR.

Thanks for the heads-up otomo.

I like the cognitive aspect. This is a good explaination as to why the magic forms are so regionally associated. A national identity is the defining point.

Welcome, Broudon. Always nice to have a new voice and perspective added to the discussion.

Glad to have you Taz. Welcome.

Welcome ampman, glad to have you here. That scenario sure would turn Kaladin and Szeth on their heads. But, forgive me if I hope you're wrong. I would be very sad to see Kaladin give in to his hatred and anger and turn to the dark side. I think that a truly good, noble and honorable character is a very good thing to have from time-to-time. His depression and distrust of lighteyes are enough for me. Edit: Arrggghhh! your/you're.

I think that you might be explaining things away a bit too readily Aethling. Forgive me if I am incorrect, I've only read Warbreaker once and it has been a while, but aren't Siri and Vivenna royalty? A small kingdom perhaps, but Siri is dodging lessons from a tutor in the beginning of the book, neh? She would likely have had a relatively high level of education and would likely have been taught foreign cultures and geographies. However, it could be a geographical fluke. If there are no mountains nearby other places or the mountains do not alter the weather patterns in the right way, then there would not be jungles. The tilt of the planet, or lack thereof, also play a substantial role. The tilt of the planet determines the size of the tropical latitude range. Whether or not there is a wobble to the tilt would also affect things. Consider, it has been suggested that Roshar's axis wobbles and that this accounts for the strange seasonal patterns on Roshar. On the other hand, Brandon has Siri take particular notice of this phenomenon. Since the Jungle being only in Hallandren was not significant to the story in Warbreaker, I suspect you may be onto something Windrunner since the observation is so otherwise irrelevant and it is a curiously strange detail of the world.

I haven't played Magic since '96.

Welcome, guikoden! Glad to have you with us.

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Again, I think you are making some unjustified leaps. Jasnah knows of the cryptics. We do not know yet whether she knows them or sees them. Shallan has only soulcast once when she changed the goblet to blood. She travelled to Shadesmar twice. The second trip did not involve soulcasting. The cryptic says the strength of the bond is dependent upon the power of the truth given. At no point does the cryptic mention anything about soulcasting. As to Elhokar freaking out, yup, he sure is. Shallan was freaking out about them also. Her panic put her in a very bad position which ultimately worked out. Elhokar has no explanation or resolution to his sightings of the cryptics. So, yeah, he's still freaking out about them. It may indeed turn out that the cryptics are indeed involved in soulcasting and that Elhokar has the potential/ability to soulcast in the same way as Jasnah and Shallan. (Although, that seems to me to be a lot of natural soulcasters in the core cast of characters). My only point is, I don't think the evidence is strong enough yet to support such absolute statements.

The thing is, you wouldn't actually be moving away faster it would only appear that you are. Recall that velocity is a displacement of position relative to a unit of time. In our example, we have two different rates of time. In other words, your perception of your velocity inside the bubble would be identical to someone's (who is outside the bubble) perception of the velocity of the other object. True, there will be a 'normal-time' jump from your original position to the position you'd be in once you reached the edge of your bubble. But once you exit the bubble, it vanishes and your velocity would not change and there would be no change in momentum either. You'd just be in 'normal-time' and would now perceive that your velocity was the same as the object you're pushing. As to a regular continued push on the coin, it depends on a lot of factors. Most importantly for this example, if the strength of your push was constant, then the coin would accelerate until it reached an equilibrium velocity and be maintained at that velocity. To have a true rail gun effect, the strength of your push would have to be super strong (super high flare and then duralumin?) such that the coin reaches a speed where the friction from the air was high enough that the heat generated was sufficient to melt the coin.

When Vin soothed Marsh she did so intentionally. She viewed it as using 'her luck', but she was intentionally burning her metals. A change in vocabulary or a lack of understanding does not change the nature of the action. However, none of this has anything to do with useless uses of useful powers. I recommend beginning a new thread to discuss this further.

Our perception of the coin outside the bubble is that it is somewhat anchored. But this is not really the case. The coin does not have a different mass because it is in a different time reference than you. Consider the converse; Being in a cadmium bubble and pushing on a coin outside that bubble. Is that coin going to push back at you any less than if it was in the same time reference as you? No, this is merely our perception. I am now thinking though that you could build up quite a powerfully flared steelpush on a coin that is outside a bubble which you are in. It takes time and effort to built up a flare like that and the time differential from inside to outside a bendalloy bubble may allow that time whereas you could not build up a flared steelpush on a coin normally. Perhaps this would be like an allomantic rail gun.

That quote also seems to indicate that you would not be able to anchor a cadmium bubble to the ship. Edit: Unless you come up with a way to link it to the ship the same way it is linked to the planet.

It takes time to pound a stake into pavement. A less fixed anchor for the string would likely either shift or be too cumbersome. Just a string can be easily kept in your pocket with a piece of chalk. A larger circle is not stronger, but it also would not be weaker and would allow more space for multiple rithmatists to work inside the same circle. Another advantage of the string is, you could have markings on the string that would allow you to accurately and quickly identify the four, six, or nine bindpoints on the circle made using the string. Thus, you could have more than one string to make different sized circles and be able to have substantially perfect circles with substantially perfect bindpoint location.

Ok, so this one is based on Kurkistan's premise that it will be discovered that cadmium and bendalloy bubbles can be anchored to a selected position. I also make the additional assumption that the person burning the metal can be outside of an existing bubble (whether they stepped out or formed the bubble with them excluded is largely irrelevant). Also, consider the metal cost. So here it is: Putting up a bendalloy bubble around your stove or oven when cooking dinner so you daon't have to wait for it to cook. Or, Putting up a cadmium bubble around food that is almost to its expiration date to make it last. Edit: nevermind it wouldn't work. Quote

Hmp, unless you are relying on some percieved effect of leaving an existing bubble, it makes economical sense to drop the bubbles when you are done with them. No point burning metal to maintain a bubble you are not using anymore. I suppose you could be implying that if the burner left the bubble, then the bubble would naturally drop.

How can you justify the certainty of this statement? I don't recall anything in the book which says that a weapon-related past is neceaary to feel the Thrill. If anything, I'm more inclined to think that the third quote is more likely to be be solely the influence of Syl and the bond. I'm not sure why you would be willing to accept the Thrill as having a part in the Tower battle, but deny the possibility in the Amaram battle.

There are no objects encountering the interface of the bubbles in this theory. The bendalloy bubbles are successively raised and dropped to maintain the ship inside a bubble, but to prevent the ship from hitting a bubble wall. The question I have is what happens when bubble edges interface or overlap? Do you get a combination of effect in the overlap space or does the bubble-to-bubble contact cause a more significant effect?

Precisely, a zone defense or offense. This alllows each rithmatist to develop an independent strategy for dealing with separate opponents and further allows each rithmatist to focus on that strategy an better adapt that strategy as necessary. If your attention is divided between two opponents, then your attention obviously cannot be fully focused on countering either. This means you are going to miss opportunities. But with two rithmatists in a larger circle, then you only have to focus on 180 degrees rather than 360. With three, 120 degrees. Also, multiple rithmatists (though, doesn't have to be a rithmatist for this) can enable you to build a larger, more perfect circle. One person holds the end of a string, or a spike through the end of the string, while the rithmatist holds the chalk on the other end of the string to make a large, fairly perfect circle with this improvised and quick, and easy to use compass.

It is possible that that is what is being referred to. But, I am inclined to think otherwise since the book says in the outer circles.

You are in error here Ender. The triangle used to identify the bind points on a nine point circle is a scalene triangle as shown http://brandonsanderson.com/images/rithmatist/RITHMATIST_DIAGRAM_CH-17_webres.jpg'>here.