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Paladin Brewer (paraphrased)

Was aluminum used in the Shattering of Adonalsium in any way?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

RAFO

Questioner

Is Yesteel on Roshar right now?

Brandon Sanderson

That is a RAFO.

Arkadious4028

If a Worldhopper were somehow able to spike themselves with god metals from each shard world e.g. Honor/Cultivation/Odium spike, would it be possible for them to make a miniaturized version of a new shard, or would they just gain powers granted to them by the spikes?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO.

Darkness (paraphrased)

Ok. Ishikk and the Purelakers… are they actually fooling Vun Makak, like, at all?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Umm… I'm going to RAFO that.

Questioner

Is Kaladin going to find love?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO! Of course. Gets asked a whole bunch.

DrogaKrolow

I need to ask, Dalinar lost his wife's name. I was talking about it with Klaudia yesterday and I need to ask, is it punishment or it's-- was it his wish?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO.

DrogaKrolow

When will it be revealed?

Brandon Sanderson

It will be revealed in Oathbringer. You will get flashbacks of Dalinar going, you actually see him visit the Nightwatcher.

Little Wilson

Does Bavadin have a sibling?

Brandon Sanderson

Uh... RAFO.

Questioner

Could a listener be a squire?

Brandon Sanderson

That is a RAFO.

Lance Alvein (paraphrased)

How are people with two different eye colors treated on Roshar?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

RAFO - this will be explored in one of Shallan's flashback sequences in Stormlight 2, and is already written.

BeskarKomrk

[He started to ask the question and then realized that the book he had given him to sign was already signed, so there’s some unrelated stuff in there] When the Listeners change form, they do that by bonding with spren, right?

Brandon Sanderson

Yes.

BeskarKomrk

Are there specific spren that they need to bond with for specific forms?

Brandon Sanderson

Yes.

BeskarKomrk

Is the spren for dullform lifespren?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO.

Questioner

 I envision the Bondsmiths as, like, walking catapult. Is that viable, or is it different?

Brandon Sanderson

You'll have to wait and see. We'll RAFO that.

Doombrigade (paraphrased)

If an individual has a mental sickness, such as multiple personalities, can that affect a Shard's intent if picked up by him or her?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Yes, that is possible.

Doombrigade (paraphrased)

Is it possible that Autonomy is one such, and has multiple personalities?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

RAFO.

Kurkistan

Is Wax's hemalurgic earring in Alloy of Law giving him slight Allomantic pewter, enabling Harmony to fuel pewter Allomancy directly in the final fight sequence?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO.

Questioner

In Nalthis, when is Breath first bestowed upon a person?

Brandon Sanderson

When is Breath first bestowed? Um, so I went-- Oh, so you're getting at this sort of-- I got it. *laughter/pauses* So, are you saying is it at birth or conception?

Questioner

Pretty much. I'm just wondering *audio obscured by laughter*

Brandon Sanderson

…What's that?

Questioner

I'm wondering if mothers have autonomy over their own bodies when it comes to Breath?

Brandon Sanderson

Yes. Uh, I'm going to go ahead and RAFO that one for-- Let's just let it-- Let's let-- Let's let the fanbase discuss that one and come to their own decisions.

Questioner

I was also wondering: Shardblades, will there ever be any that aren't swords?

Brandon Sanderson

That is a RAFO.

XMikethetrikeX

Would Soothing/Rioting have more, less or equal effect on Hoid than regular humans(if he can burn copper, lets assume he isn't) If the effect is not equal, is it due to him being much more Invested than normal beings or some other factor?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO.

Questioner

Are half-shards made with Radiant spren?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO! Good question!

Questioner

Is the lake where the Aviar get their powers from Survival's perpendicularity?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO. Sorry.

Chaos

So Sleepless have held Surges. Have they been Radiants before?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO.

Questioner

Why are [Cognitive] Shadows so much more prevalent on Threnody?

Brandon Sanderson

That's a good question. Which is a RAFO. Sorry.

Questioner

The Ghostblood that's from the southern part of Scadrial. Does that mean she can use the [Allomantic] metals?

Brandon Sanderson

She was not born there. Iyatil is from somewhere else... She has a.. Scadrian heritage. Whether she's an Allomancer or not, I will RAFO. It is possible that someone with her lineage could.

Questioner

So she doesn't have to be born on--

Brandon Sanderson

No.

Questioner

You said earlier... putting back splinters. Was the Oath breaking part of that?

Brandon Sanderson

Oath breaking? Oh, the Oathpact. The abandoning of the Oathpact we will talk a lot more about in the future, so I'm gonna RAFO that for now.

Kurkistan

Is [the Terriswoman worldhopper] the nurse in Warbreaker?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO.

Questioner

So, when the group was in Shadesmar, Adolin's sword seemed to kind of take on a life of its own and attack him. Is it possible for a dead spren to come back? 

Brandon Sanderson

They would say no, in-world. I will say RAFO.

William Anderson

Does Khriss write the Ars Arcanum?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO.

Questioner

Is the kandra that is on Roshar, Navani?

Brandon Sanderson

No. 

Questioner

Is Navani an Envisager?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO.

Questioner

When Wax dies, he sees a red cloud haze. What is that?

Brandon Sanderson

That is the effects of another Shard trying to do something.

Questioner

Who is that?

Brandon Sanderson

Mmm, that part's a RAFO.

Khyrindor

Did the Five Scholars ever speak directly with Endowment in a way that they would remember?

Brandon Sanderson

*thinking noises* I'll RAFO that.

simon_thekillerewok

Is Vaeria still a planet name in the cosmere or was that scratched?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO.

Argent

Is death in the Cosmere a two-stage process? It seems to me like (under normal circumstances) the body dies first, sending the mind fully in the Cognitive Realm; the soul, presumably, remains in the Spiritual for the entire process. I am a little unclear on what happens after that though - what is it that passes into the Beyond, just the mind? Does the soul / spiritual aspect / Spiritweb just kind of... break down in the Spiritual Realm, turn into free iInvestiture?

Brandon Sanderson

Yes. It's a two stage process, and most of what you said is correct. The odd thing is, though, that the Spiritweb doesn't completely break down (just like your body doesn't immediately break down.) Even after a long time, there's a record of that Spiritweb in the Spiritual Realm.

Oversleep

Wait wait wait. If there is a "corpse" of Spiritweb (so to speak) and actual, physical corpse is also there... Could it be still viable for Hemalurgy? Could it be still viable for Hemalurgy if you really know what you're doing and have some useful powers (manipulating Connection comes to mind)?

Could you patch the remnants of the Spiritweb and staple it to the body and end up with some zombie-zombie Lifeless? You'd still need to give it a mind but I figure Awakening is just doing that?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO.

Questioner

There's... a foreman named Trell. Is it cosmere significant or is it just someone--

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO

Nyckboy

I'm imagining that killing a Dawnshard would work similarly to killing a Shard? As in, depending on how they're killed the Dawnshard either "drops" or is splintered?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO.

Questioner

If Vasher is on Roshar where the hell is Vivenna?

Brandon Sanderson

OOOOOH that’s a RAFO!

tech220

Two quick questions: Will we find out more about the Surges Division, Cohesion or Tension? We know practically nothing about them!

Could an Elsecaller Transport themselves into the Spiritual Realm? Has anyone tried?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO! (Sorry. I'm not likely to answer questions about the book when we've got it coming so quickly.)

Questioner

I was wondering if you could tell me anything about Longshadow?

Brandon Sanderson

I cannot.

Questioner

No quirks, personality traits, favorite kind of shirt?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO.

Sciencetor2

The gems on Roshar, are they the same as the gems you and me know, or are they a byproduct of Investiture?

Brandon Sanderson

For the most part they are the same as the gems we know, which will ask the question, "Since most of them are chemically identical, other than color, what differentiates them?" and in the cosmere, color is very important, so I'll just leave you at that, but most of them are going to be gems like we have. If you took a ruby from our world to Roshar, it could be Invested by the highstorm.

Sciencetor2

And spren?

Brandon Sanderson

We will RAFO that for now.

Questioner

What happens if you burn atium at the same time as cadmium or bendalloy?

Brandon Sanderson

That would be really cool to see. *laughter* Here you go, you can have a RAFO card.

Pagerunner

Ancient glyphs. If they are drawn with the proper Intent, do they provide some form of Investiture? Is that where the modern idea of glyphwards and burning prayers came from?

Brandon Sanderson

Oh, I get where you're going. I'll RAFO that.

Silasary

If someone is a full Mistborn and is able to use Feruchemical gold... can they safely burn harmonium?

Brandon Sanderson

Oh, okay. This is theoretically possible. 

Silasary

Would it have an effect?

Brandon Sanderson

Yes. It would do something.

Silasary

And I'm going to hopefully ask what that is.

Brandon Sanderson

*gives a RAFO card* You've earned their card.

Questioner

What abilities, if any, does a double aluminum Twinborn have?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO.

Questioner

Is it possible to form a bond with a Threnodite Shade?

Brandon Sanderson

Oh like a Nahel bond, a spren bond? RAFO.

Boogalyhu34

Is the Tear that we see from Roshar the sun of a shardworld? Possibly one we have seen?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO

ROSHtafARian

We're aware by now of eight of the sixteen Shards (Devotion, Dominion, Ruin, Preservation, Endowment, Honor, Odium and Cultivation) and seven of the ten core Shardworlds (the Dragonsteel world, Roshar, Scadrial, Nalthis, Sel, the White Sand world and The Silence Divine world). Given that you now how we love to obsessively speculate based on only the tiniest of information, and also given that it seems an endless source of amusement to you that we do, would you perhaps like to tease us with a smidgen of information about one of the remaining eight Shards or the three remaining Shardworlds?

Brandon Sanderson

Ha. If I give you this, what will you speculate on in the future? :) I hate to do this, but I'm going to RAFO that one for now. Sorry.

patmanzero

Maya told the honorspren not to take their sacrifice. If the Recreance was a deliberate act between Radiants and spren, would spren like Maya consider new bonds?

Brandon Sanderson

That is also a RAFO. I'm sorry.

Questioner

Is Austre Endowment by a different name?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO.

stormlightfan70

At any point did Tanavast relinquish the power of Honor to someone else?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO.

Questioner

I've had this question burning deep inside me since I finished RoW, is there a truest Surge of Odium? My headcanon for now is Transportation.

Brandon Sanderson

Hey! So, I'll deal with this eventually in the books, so it's a RAFO for now! But do keep in mind that the Surges on Roshar, as they're understood now, are mostly Honor/Cultivation.

ccstat

Nalthis has 5-centric numerology.

Brandon Sanderson

Okay.

ccstat

Do regular humans count as the 5th type of biochromatic entity?

Brandon Sanderson

[laughs] Um, I will RAFO that, not for any real good reason, but for a mini-good reason.

AndrewStirlingMacDonald

Did Nazh fall in with Khriss before or after the Forests of Hell were colonized by Patience's people?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO. (Sorry. I am toying with a book on Threnody, and don't want to lock myself into anything yet.)

Questioner

In The Way of Kings Drehy says, "By the Brightcaller's rays."

Brandon Sanderson

Uh-huh. Oh, you want to know what that is? RAFO.