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Title: "A" is for Atium.... *Contains Spoilers*
Post by: Shrain on October 24, 2008, 02:47:51 AM: So, at work I was spelling out my company's name over the phone. (Hey, wait, the story gets interesting, I promise.) Anyhow, when I got to the letter "a" in "Pearson," instead of thinking "apple" I thought, "atium!" After laughing (silently) at myself for having mistborn-on-the-brain, I finished the call.

Then I figured what the heck--I'll make a Mistborn HOA alphabet. I tried to focus mostly on people, places, and things that factored most into HOA rather than the first two novels. Fun way to waste time, that's all I can say.

Now... I admit that I haven't re-read the book now that it's been pub'd. (I was privileged to read it in manuscript form as an "alpha reader"--or maybe I should say "atium reader"? ;) But I'm anxiously awaiting my signed copies. Yay!) My point is, if you know a better "fit" for some of these letters, go right ahead and post it.

******Caution: SPOILERS*****

The Mistborn HOA Alphabet
A is for Atium (or Alomancy/Allomancer or Allrianne)
B is for Beautiful Destroyer (or Bracers, Breeze, Beldre, Boxings, or Brasspush)
C is for Copper (or Church of the Survivor or Cett or the Contract)
D is for Duralumin (or the Deepness or Demoux)
E is for Elend Venture (or Electrum)
F is for Feruchemy (or Fellise or Fadex)
G is for Goradel (or Garrison, Gold or Geode)
H is for Hero of Ages (or Hemalurgy, Ham, "Human" the Koloss or Hazekillers)
I is for Inquisitor (or Iron)
J is for Judgement under the Kandra Contract
K is for Kelsier’s “Ghost” (or Koloss, Kandra or Keeper)
L is for Lord Ruler (yeah, he's been dead since the first book, but his influence liveth on even after his passing)
M is for Marsh (or Mistfallen, Mistborn, Misting, or Morag City)
N is for Noorden (or the Northern Dominance or Nuggets of Pure Allomantic Metal)
O is for Obligator (or OreSeur)
P is for Preservation (or Pewter)
Q is for Quellion
R is for Ruin (or Reen or Rashek)
S is for Sazed, of course (or... Spook, Skaa, Steel, Silver, Snapping, or Shrain--oh, OK, right; not the last one)
T is for TenSoon (or Terris or Thug)
U is for Urteau
V is for Vin Venture (alliteration, sweet!)
W is for War (or Well of Ascension which is the whole reason why Elend could start kicking butt)
X is for the X’s that mark the spot on the LR’s steel map (oh, gimme a break, X is hard!)
Y is for Yomen
Z is for Zane (or Zinc)
Title: Re: "A" is for Atium....
Post by: firstRainbowRose on October 24, 2008, 03:37:15 AM: Wow, that's really impressive. (And I know what you're saying about spelling out things. I had to do that for my last job, and everyone would tease me for some of the things I'd use.)

You should do "a like in atium" and see how may people react to it.
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Post by: dawncawley on October 24, 2008, 05:26:54 AM: Nicely done Shrain :) That is totally awesome, and I agree with Rose, you should definitely do the "A as in atium" thing sometime and see who knows what the heck you mean ;)
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Post by: Goradel on October 24, 2008, 05:44:41 AM: I love it "G is for Goradel" ;D
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Post by: Qarlin on October 24, 2008, 05:57:55 AM: You would... I bet you're biased. :P
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Post by: Elmandr on October 24, 2008, 04:37:22 PM: what could have possibly given you that idea?
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Post by: Shrain on October 24, 2008, 06:17:33 PM: Quote from: dawncawley on October 24, 2008, 05:26:54 AM
Nicely done Shrain :) That is totally awesome, and I agree with Rose, you should definitely do the "A as in atium" thing sometime and see who knows what the heck you mean ;)

Quote from: verstVampireDrose on October 24, 2008, 03:37:15 AM
Wow, that's really impressive. ...
You should do "a like in atium" and see how may people react to it.

Thanks, guys. I feel especially cool now. 8) And I might just have to try out my new alphabet on someone... ;)

Quote from: Qarlinstein on October 24, 2008, 05:57:55 AM
You would... I bet you're biased. :P

*snort* Yeah, at least slightly so.
Title: Re: "A" is for Atium.... *Contains Spoilers*
Post by: Elmandr on October 25, 2008, 07:34:18 PM: I've been trying to find one for X but i still haven't...perhaps that was the only thing...
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Post by: Shrain on October 27, 2008, 12:38:53 AM: Yeah, nothing else came to mind. By the way, I think my favorite letter in this alphabet is "s". ;)
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Post by: Mellington the loony Gold Misting on October 29, 2008, 01:20:37 AM: (http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/PlumSauceMelly/CentrumMistborn.gif)
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Post by: Peter Ahlstrom on October 29, 2008, 04:11:40 AM: Bravo!
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Post by: Qarlin on October 29, 2008, 07:08:59 AM: Should that get reposted in the fan art? :P
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Post by: Elmandr on October 29, 2008, 04:04:06 PM: definitely should be posted in the fan art...
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Post by: Shrain on October 29, 2008, 06:21:29 PM: ROTFL. Mellington, that is hillarious.
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Post by: Mellington the loony Gold Misting on October 30, 2008, 12:01:52 AM: The above is what happens when my roomie and I read things out of the corners of our eyes while listening to television in the background.
Title: Re: "A" is for Atium.... *Contains Spoilers*
Post by: Shrain on October 30, 2008, 04:23:45 AM: Indeed. Then you and your roomie should read stuff and listen to TV in the background more often. ;)