Shardlet

I don't think all the wild chalklings are all people. Harding's chalklings reform after destruction, but Fitch had never heard of such a thing (see loc. 2985). Fitch wasn't at Nebrask for long, but he was there. If all wild chalklings worked that way then Fitch would have heard about it. As to all of Harding's chalklings being Rithmatists, Melody says before the melee that "about thirty rithmatists" were saved (see loc. 4673).

It is largely academic. I doubt brandon would use the same plot device in a truly significant circumstance again.

I think it is important to note that aluminum is known to be allomantically unreactive only given the knowledge, experience, and information the people in AoL have. This is not necessarily an absolute rule. Remember, in TFE, it was thought to be an allomantic rule that metal that is piercing someone or inside their body could not be sensed or manipulated. And before you say it, yes, TLR and the inquisitors at least new it could be sensed/manipulated, but the general populous including the nobility understood that this was not possible.

That brings up an interesting point. Could Vin, while consuming mist, have pushed/pulled/sensed aluminum? I don't think we could answer it except by WoB. But, it is interesting to think about.

Thanks for your input, Hear.

I would expect that the significance and even uniqueness of his position would absolutely demand that he be 1st nahn. I suspect we will find out in short order in WoR.

Allomancy and feruchemy were present at the time that Rashek took the power at the well. But they were present in only a very limited way. feruchemy was the only majorly present system at that time.

There were too many KR back in the day for it to be any kind of uncommon for people to attract the spren necessary to receive surgebinding abilities. I refuse to believe that Kaladin was the first person in the last however many hundreds or thousands of years to behave in such a manner as to attract an honorspren. I think that seven years ago old things began to be active in the world again. The death rattles began about seven years ago. Gavilar began to change about seven years ago. The world is in a state of flux where former things are re-emerging.

I suspect lerasium burning would be an overwrite instead of an enhancement. That is, a lerasium mistborn burning another piece of lerasium would result in a lerasium mistborn rather than a super-powerful lerasium mistborn.

I doubt the atium was mixed with the other metal. For one thing, I doubt atium chemistry would have been known well enough (at least outside the ministry) to separate the atium from an alloy. I suspect that the atium was simply bonded to the other metal by soldering or brazing.

That may be true to an extent. But, with that view in mind, we can reasonably view each of the books as a translation into a common language. I think it would be safer to say that we need to remember that characters are speaking according to their experience and knowledge. The fact that a character arrives at a particular conclusion through research or experience does not preclude the possibility of them being wrong. If a character uses the word "cosmere", then we can assume they have heard the universe called this (or the equivalent in their language). But, their use or understanding of a word or concept does not mean that their understanding is comprehensive. As a shameless plug for one of my theories, I hash out some ideas about this in my Kaladin feels the Thrill! theory.

I think that Odium is more an attribute of Adonalsium rather than Odium brings something to Adonalsium. I mean, it may be a chicken or the egg thing, but I am inclined to say Adonalsium began complete rather than was originally assembled of various attributes and intents.

You know, I really like this idea. I like the thought of heroes who receive powers by virtue of their character rather than by inheritance or by prophecy (i.e., the chosen one). Virtually anyone can receive powers and the determining factor is the direction they have taken their lives and the key attributes of their character. It's cool.

You know, I really like this idea. I like the thought of heroes who receive powers by virtue of their character rather than by inheritance or by prophecy (i.e., the chosen one). Virtually anyone can receive powers and the determining factor is the direction they have taken their lives and the key attributes of their character. It's cool.

Right arm!...err, on. You mean the Chatbox thing on the main forum page? I do have a few questions to pose to him.

If those bracers had been totally made of atium, even small bracers would represent the largest amount of atium any of them had ever held. Recal, a bead the size of a marble was worth a fortune. To me the language suggests that the bracers contained atium, but most of the metal in the bracers was something else.

Phantom origonally provided this in the OP, but here it is again for your convenience (emphasis added):

Another note about TLR's bracers. They only had a small amount (at least relatively) of atium in them. Perhaps each was a metalmind consisting of two or more feruchemical metals which could each be accessed as a metalmind. A multimind, if you will.

I just finished a reread and I'm pretty dang sure that they only needed to be seekers to be able to pierce copperclouds and that this was the reason that the inquisition actively sought out seeker obligators.

I am considering going during the day sometime. I just fired off an email to Brandon asking whether he would have a booth and what his schedule would be. If you like, I could pass that info on to you when I get it.

I am actually in the Seattle area, but my folks are in the Spokane area and we will be just about due for a visit next month. I am most concerned about the reading (if it is not one of the four we already have heard). But I would also really like to meet him and ask a few questions.

Don't think I haven't considered it.

I suspect the capacity of the gem (for stormlight) is a result of the size, cut, and clarity (i.e., lack of inclusions or flaws) of the gem. I expect that the retention time is also a result of these same features (to a degree) with the possible addition of surface area. I have not seen any indication that one type of gem holds stormlight better than any other type. The color of the light emitted is definitely affected by the gem type. We know diamonds are best if you need good white light (say, for surgery). If I am not mistaken, Shallan also indicates that her gems emit a colored light. I expect this is simply a filtering effect (i.e., an amethyst absorbs the portions of the visible light spectrum that do not contribute to making an amethyst's purple coloring).

AARRRRGGGGHHHHH!! Brandon is attending Spo-Con and doing a reading at 5 PM on Aug. 9...otherwise known as MY DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY! So...obviously I cannot go. GRRRRRR! Is anyone else planning on going?

Note though, with your square/rectangle example the salt would be the square and an ion would be a line. A salt is by definition a compound while an ion is a cinstituent of a compound. I know some ions are compounds, but several others are not. An ion is an atom or molecule which has a net positive or net negative charge. If there is no charge it is not an ion. The closest definition of an acid and base according to what you are describing Isomere (as far as I know), is the Lewis theory which involves donation and acceptance of lone pair electrons. The Bronsted-Lowry definition involves proton donation and is the more classic acid-base theory. Add to that, oxides simply are just plain not considered salts chemically or legally. (note: I am a patent examiner in the chemical arts, thus I included legally). Edit: note: this information is offered educationally and not antagonistically. Edit 2: I did not make the definition for a salt. If you are interested, Wikipedia has a decent, though a bit thin, article on salt (chemistry). New additions with this edit are underlined.