PallonianFire (paraphrased)
Is Threnody named in memorial of someone/something?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
*big smile* Yes it is.
Dirigible
Can you be Connected to two locations at once?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes
Dirigible
Will that help with doing Sel magic off-world?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO
Dirigible
Have we seen a Svrakiss in a book so far?
Brandon Sanderson
Um... RAFO
Dirigible
Can you tell us anything about Svrakiss, like are they originally from Sel?
Brandon Sanderson
Um... I'm not going to go into that.
Dirigible's sister
The Expanse of Broken Sky, is that Sel?
Brandon Sanderson (Paraphrased)
RAFO
Dirigible's sister
Is the Cognitive Realm flat or spherical?
Brandon Sanderson
The Cognitive Realm is this weird thing, where it's flat, but it's distorted.
Dirigible's sister
Yeah, 'cause I was going to say, if you make a globe flat...
Brandon Sanderson
You can walk from one planet to the next. So it's got really weird...the spatial reasoning doesn't work the same way.
Dirigible
Can you store different types of Connection at different times? Like can you store Connection to people versus location?
Brandon Sanderson
That is possible.
Dirigible
Can you store....like if there is a Twinborn, who is a gold Allomancer and a duralumin Ferring, would his goldshadow change based on what his Connection is?
Brandon Sanderson
I'm going to RAFO that.
Dirigible
Can you store any sort of Temporal Connection?
Brandon Sanderson
Um, most.
Dirigible
Could someone who's never been to Scadrial be Connected to Ruin, Preservation, or Harmony?
Brandon Sanderson
Possibly. Depends on the strength of the Connection. But yeah, Connection's not an on/off switch.
Dirigible
If you tap Connection in one area, for location, would that remove your Connection to your original place, where you're actually from?
Brandon Sanderson
Um, RAFO.
Nashan'Elin (paraphrased)
Could Honor and Autonomy be considered opposites, like, Autonomy freeing from Honor's oaths?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
Yes, you could definitely think of it that way. Those two are more likely to be opposed than some others.
Dirigible
What are ReLuur's spikes made of? Marasi thought they were pewter, but that doesn't make sense.
Brandon Sanderson
It doesn't.
Solarpunk Gnome
I just came home from a Brandon Sanderson signing here in Denver and got the chance to ask him a few questions about the havah....
My main concern was the attachment of the replaceable hem as it is mentioned in several places in the Stormlight books.
Brandon Sanderson
Brandon said that the hem would be a continuous piece attached to the underskirt, or as Ben/Inkthinker called it, the accordion (perhaps it’s an accordion skirt?). This hem piece is not easy to change according to Brandon, so it is probably sewn on and not attached with buttons or some other simple fastener. It is a simple enough operation that it is done with relative frequency, however...
Brandon also confirmed my suspicion... that due to the difficulty in finding fabric that is an exact match for something bought another time/place, people often purchase replacement hems in contrasting colors.
PhotoFrog (paraphrased)
What types of Investiture can be stored in an Investiture mind [metalmind]?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
Any, but some types are harder than others (they take more finagling, but technically any)
PhotoFrog (paraphrased)
If all of the atium was burned at the end of era one to destroy ruin, how has Marsh survived into era 2?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
Not all was burned, all that was in the well was, but there was a bag of atium left and some people had some other little bits of atium
PhotoFrog (paraphrased)
Have we seen the influence of a third Shard on Scadrial?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
Yes
PhotoFrog (paraphrased)
What attribute can be Feruchemically stored in lerasium and malatium?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
Major RAFO
PhotoFrog (paraphrased)
What is the origin of Shardplate?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
RAFO
PhotoFrog (paraphrased)
Do you have a favorite Shard?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
Doesn't have a favorite Shard right now, but he might while he's writing Dragonsteel
Silverblade5
Would hemalurgy on roshar require spikes to be made of gemstones?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.