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Spoolofwhool
Aluminum in the cosmere cannot be Invested or generally affected by Investiture processes. The exception to this however is the Metallic Arts where aluminum can be burned, turned into a metalmind, or charged with Hemalurgy. Is this due to an exception in the normally Investiture-proof properties of aluminum specifically for the Metallic Arts? If so, what kind of Connection is there between the Metallic Arts and aluminum which allows this to occur?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO
Chaos
(paraphrased)
Are Shards all paired? Does Endowment have a counterpart?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
RAFO. Also, yes and no. Not all Shards have perfect counterparts like Ruin and Preservation.
Questioner
(paraphrased)
Why were Ruin and Preservation linked together?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
Because they're such perfect opposites. Basically it's just an opposites attract thing.
Questioner
So, the end of Bands of Mourning. When Harmony is showing Wax, kind of, what's going on outside the world. Is that Odium?
Brandon Sanderson
That's a RAFO. Here's your card.
Questioner
Was Drephrast at the Shattering, and if so, did he play a part in it?
Brandon Sanderson
Those are RAFOs.
taveren
Did the original Shardholders know what Shards they were grabbing?
Brandon Sanderson
Another RAFO. Sorry. You're asking really good questions. Really good questions.
mathota123
Is Nightblood any more Invested now than when she was created?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. (Good question.)
Questioner
Tarah. She shows up late in The Way of Kings. Kaladin's fighting his inner wretch, as you call him. And he goes through the list a few times, and then near the end of the book a new name comes up. I'm wondering if she's important or is left out of the first book, or if we're gonna hear more about her in the second.
Brandon Sanderson
This is a person that is important to Kaladin. Definitely. From his past, and it is... Yes, a woman who is important to Kaladin. So, it's from his past. You will find out more eventually. Light RAFO.
Questioner
When Dalinar became Unity, how much investiture of Cultivation did he have?
Brandon Sanderson
So, RAFO, RAFO, RAFO. *laughter* He called himself Unity, I'm not going to say what that necessarily means.
Questioner
I know that with Harmony, he has difficulty interacting because he holds two Shards. Did Adonalsium, since he had all these other personality traits, also have issues directly interfering?
Brandon Sanderson
A RAFO! Good question. I've never been asked that question before.
Sofia
Are any of the Lord Ruler's descendants alive during Era 1?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. A lot of people have asked that. The descendants of the Lord Ruler only are things I've confirmed in Words of Brandon, they are not confirmed in book. RAFO. They did exist, he has had progeny.
Are Dawnshards the same thing as Honorblades?
...and, RAFO.
XS-Terrain
Have we seen the new Shardworld yet? ...Obrodai?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Darkness
(paraphrased)
Is logicspren a type of radiantspren?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
RAFO… but that's a RAFO because that question isn't specific enough, but I'm not going to tell you why.
Questioner
Felt told Dalinar that the Nightwatcher doesn't like to talk to foreigners. If he had the opportunity to talk to the Nightwatcher, what would he ask for?
Brandon Sanderson
*Excited* I would have to think about it so I'm going to give you a RAFO. I'd have to consider actually what he really, really wants.
Questioner
If Nightblood were out of its scabbard and then you hit someone who is wearing a Shardplate, what would happen?
Brandon Sanderson
You will find that out in the books eventually, so that's a RAFO.
Questioner
You said that Hoid has had love interests. Does he have any children?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Questioner
What can you tell us about Vax right now?
Brandon Sanderson
About who?
Questioner
V-A-X
Brandon Sanderson
Not much.
Questioner
What would happen if a Bloodmaker somehow burned stored <renewal>?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
mraize7
Can someone get hold of the Shard of Ambition?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Questioner
She wanted me to ask, has Zahel ever had any other well known identity *inaudible* on Roshar?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO...
Questioner
*inaudible* if he's one of the Heralds then her guess is Ishar.
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Questioner
The Luthadel guard in The Final Empire, the garrison leader, his name is Bevidon, which sounds suspiciously like Bavadin.
Brandon Sanderson
It does.
Questioner
Is there any connection there?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
yulerule
*Written:* Is Iyatil wandering around the cosmere (Roshar) with a heating medallion? She's a Southern Scadrian, so she needs one of those so she won't freeze to death in normal temperatures.
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO on that, but it's a question you should be asking.
*Writes:* RAFO
Questioner
Could you give any insights as to what the Dawnshards are?
Brandon Sanderson
Um......(long pause)...
Questioner
Am I gonna get a RAFO?
Brandon Sanderson
Nyeaaa it's it's..nyeaa I dunno, do you think? You know what the Dawnshards are right? We haven't talked about that? Ok, I thought we had. Um. We'll RAFO it for now. But good question.
Other person
It's an excellent question. And we have not yet talked about that. I was like...answer that, answer that!
Questioner
I was trying to think of questions that could get me very close to being RAFO'd, but not quite RAFO'd.
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah, that was a good one, you were close to not getting RAFO'd, on that. Coz I do want to talk about it at some point.
ccstat
A question I've been thinking about recently: In Warbreaker we see Nightblood's consciousness shift dramatically when he is actively consuming investiture. Does the Shardic flavor of that investiture (Breath vs Stormlight or Preservation Mist vs Ruin Mist) influence how his mind functions in that state?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO, actually. Good question.
Stark
Atium was not a basic metal. Does the Era 2 table of 16 have a similar mistake?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO
Corban
When are we gonna find out who Luthadel was named after?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO!
Questioner
(paraphrased)
The Voidbinding chart has a red ruby with two imprisoned Voidbringers who have no connection to the Voidbinding skills. Is this the because they are imprisoned or are they in need of the other Voidbringers to unleash their powers like the lightnings are trying to illustrate?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
RAFO
KingSloth
Does a Spinner Ferring have to be actively doing something to 'lose' fortune, while storing? Slightly worried that they'd end up giving themselves cancer or something if they were sat storing fortune, without doing something like playing cards to 'drain' the luck away from..
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Zachrandir
Does this mean that Rysn is immortal now? If so that's going to start causing some questions if she stops aging.
Also, would Hoid be able to tell that Rysn bears a Dawnshard? Solely from having born one before? (Maybe he'd be able to sense it with Breaths or some other mystery Investiture.)
I also want to see what would happen if you stabbed a Dawnshard (/Dawnshard bearing person) with Nightblood.
Brandon Sanderson
These kinds of questions are why I gave a preemptive RAFO. :)
Questioner
Who invited Rayse to the Adonalsium-Shattering party?
Brandon Sanderson
Hehe, you will have to see. That is definitely a RAFO.
SteelITriceps
I'm going to make the assumption that Rlain will have the same basic powers as Renarin.
Brandon Sanderson
This is a RAFO for now, though you can assume basic similarities between their powers--but Rlain's deeper connection to the rhythms might tweak his powers somewhat.
Lance Alvein
(paraphrased)
Meteorites are mentioned as "souls of dead gods". Do they have any relation to the Splinters of Devotion and Dominion and their physical aspects (like lerasium)?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
"Literally no."
Lance Alvein
(paraphrased)
Is there a connection to the splinters at all?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
RAFO.
Questioner
When Odium said "we killed you" to Dalinar, was he referring to Adonalsium? Was he referring to Honor?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Lee Allen
When Kaladin helped Adolin fight in the arena, did Elhokar notice him Surgebinding?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. :)
Questioner
Warbreaker Returned. We know that some of them have been Returned. Has anyone ever been Returned twice?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Questioner
Is it possible?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
That Dude
(paraphrased)
We can see all over history that people with absolute power tend to be quite awful, was Adonalsium like that?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
RAFO, good question and you will learn about this
Questioner
So, in the last battle, Jasnah has some pretty interesting armor. Does she already have her Shardplate?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO!
zas678
Did Sel's early magic users have Aona's help in building Elantris?
Brandon Sanderson
That's a RAFO.
Questioner
Syl always sees Shardblades as dead spren, these terrible things. But she never mentions the same of Shardplate. Is Shardplate made of non-sentient spren?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO
Questioner
I think Navani is a bad person.
Brandon Sanderson
Why do you think that?
Questioner
Because Wit didn't like her at the beginning, and her daughter warned against her. And any romance with the main character can really <rush out>. I wanna know, is she a bad guy?
Brandon Sanderson
Well, that's definitely RAFO territory.
A Coinshot able to store weight can, as you showed us with Wax Push in a ridiculously powerful manner, as the weight/mass is the largest factor which controls the Push strength.
I'm wondering if the same can be done with soothing(or rioting). If you where to increase your identity, that may/should increase your emotional imprint(or whatever you might call it), would your soothings/riotings become vastly more powerful in a similar way as weight makes steelpushing more powerful?
And if it does, is this how the Lord Ruler improved his Soothing in such a spectacular fashion?
Well, the Lord Ruler--don't forget--could compound any Allomancy he wanted. That creates some crazy effects. As for what you discuss in your first question, I don't want to touch too much on Identity yet as I am saving it for later books. Talking too much here might undermine my ability to reveal interesting and cool things in books when the time is right. I like your theory, and it has merit, but I'm not going to give you a yes or a no as it delves too much into what Identity, as an attribute, can do.
Questioner
Is Kelsier still alive during Mistborn Era 2?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Questioner
How is the Cognitive Realm of Nalthis?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, Nalthis. I'm gonna RAFO that. You will see it before too much longer, I hope.
Questioner
In Warbreaker, how does Denth remember who his sister is if he was Returned?
Brandon Sanderson
That is an excellent question and it will be answered. It is a conscious decision of mine, doing that. It is something you are supposed to be wondering. In the future books I want to delve into that sort of thing a lot more. So, Read And Find Out, but it was a "That wasn't a mistake" Read And Find Out.
LerasiumMistborn
There has been evidence that Dalinar was able to heal with Stormlight (unintentionally) even before he said his oaths. How is this possible, and if Dalinar was able to do it, why does he have all these crazy scars? We know that Stormlight healing doesn't leave scars.
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Questioner
Have we seen anyone use Connection to become immortal?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
ParshendiOfRhuidean
Were Ati and Leras lovers?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Shinovar seems more earthlike than the rest of Roshar; does this occur naturally or was it somehow changed to be that way?
RAFO.
Unlikely_Platypus_33
Why do Radiants have two Surges compared to the Fused's one? Is this because they have two Shards instead of just one? If this is true, would a Radiant spren corrupted have three?
Brandon Sanderson
Good questions, RAFO! But that's a "smart questions" RAFO.