Questioner
Well you answered my question about Allomancers being able to burn metals in other realms. Is that because the Shards are sort of… My impression from the book was that the Shards were, in the Mistborn books, specifically in that area but is it because the universe is formed across all of them that that is why the metals...
Brandon Sanderson
So, most of the magics are not region-dependent, because the Spiritual Realm-- in the Spiritual Realm space doesn’t exist. All things are the same distance from one another.
Questioner
Okay, so when Kelsier is in the-- Which Realm is he in?
Brandon Sanderson
He’s in the Cognitive Realm.
Questioner
Is he seeing people from other worlds or is he--
Brandon Sanderson
No, he meets some people who are traveling but Cognitive Realm is location dependent. He is on the Cognitive Realm on Scadrial and the people he runs into there-- until he kind of travels off into space, which is where he finds the fortress.
Questioner
So even though he’s tied to Scadrial could he go to the Cognitive Realm of other worlds?
Brandon Sanderson
He would have trouble getting to another planet, being a Cognitive shadow like he was.
Questioner
So is there some particular thing that somebody would need to have to be able to move between the realms?
Brandon Sanderson
A body is helpful. Depends on what their ties are and things like that. Not always, but yeah.