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Arlin
You have a Twinborn. It doesn't matter what Allomancer he'd be. The aluminum Ferring. They've stored up a lot of aluminum before all this happens.
Brandon Sanderson
Well, aluminum was really hard to come by.
Arlin
I know. Theoretically, and they've filled it up and then they become a savant.
Brandon Sanderson
Hard to do without being a [Compounder].
Arlin
I'm saying Twinborn in the other metal they become a savant. Then they tapped the aluminum.
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah. I could see that having some very weird effects.
Arlin
Basically my thought is, is it a toggle switch?
Brandon Sanderson
So I'm going to RAFO that for now. You're theorizing around really cool lines, but I'm not going to answer it yet because I have plans for what I'm going to want to do and I don't want reveal it yet.
Travyl
(paraphrased)
Why do the Twinborn in Alloy of Law have only one Feruchemical power, when all previous Feruchemists, in spite of breeding programs, could use all the metals?
WetlanderNW
(paraphrased)
Or were Ferrings always part of the system and we just didn't meet them in Mistborn?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
The Ferrings are a new development since Mistborn, as the Feruchemists have been interbreeding with the Allomancers. Basically, the Allomancy genes interfere with the Feruchemy genes, breaking it down and creating the limitations we see in Alloy of Law.
Questioner
Are we ever going to get a list of Wayne's Twinborn names?
Brandon Sanderson
Heh, what do you mean? The--
Questioner
He claims to have all the Twinborns memorized?
Brandon Sanderson
Oh, okay.
Questioner
Are we going to have a list of that anywhere sometime?
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah I think I let the RPG go wild with naming them, and-- I haven't named them all, I'll be honest with you. I name the ones that I need when I need them.
NotOJebus
Scadrial question: When coming up with twinborns, do you actively avoid the incredibly overpowered combinations? Something like pure steel twinborns seem extremely overpowered.
Also, can we get an idea for how many twinborns exist? Is it dozens? Hundreds? Thousands?
Brandon Sanderson
I'm going to have to talk about them eventually, but yes, I made some deliberate choices for the Alloy era heroes.
My intent is that they're very rare, but there's this problem in fiction. You can say something is very rare, but if your two main characters are that thing, readers won't FEEL it. So I avoid making too big a deal out of it either way. Either way, I don't have the numbers handy right now.
ElephantEarwax
Would tapping Feruchemical speed cause you to burn metals faster as your whole body speeds up?
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah. I think it probably would. I don't know if we've gotten to that interaction yet, but it probably would. Good question. If it's speeding up... Yeah, I think it would. Good question. If you're in a speed bubble and doing it, it's totally going to do it, and there's some analogies there.
