WoA question: kandra hunting (spoilers?)

[darxbane]

He may not have actually received Malatium from Oreseur, but I don't doubt that is where he learned of it.  I would like to know what you combine Atium with to make Malatium.  I imagine that wouldn't give any of the story away.  All we know is what it does, what it's called and that it contains Atium. 

[Comatose]

I can't wait to see electrum used, and some more about gold, those are two metals taht haven't got much time that I think will play a more important part in future books.  After all, electrum shows you you're own future, how great would that be??  You could even use it like Atium because you could see if the next move you make leaves you dead or not.  It wouldn't be as effective, but still.  You could also use it to counter atium: see what you're going to do before you do it, and then know what you're enemy thinks you are going to do, and do something else, like what Vin did, only this would be easier.

[darxbane]

Yeah.  It's too bad EUOL will not touch upon them in book 3.  We are going to have to wait.  That is an interesting theory about Electrum.

[Comatose]

He's not going to?  Awww, I was hoping he would.  Oh well, he has enough answers that he needs to cram into that book, and gold and electrum don't play much of a part anyway.  Still, it's disappointing.

[darxbane]

Yeah.  One of his annotations (I believe in book 1 when Vin first learns about gold).  He says that he has been deliberately vague on gold and electrum, and he is saving them for future stories.

[Comatose]

I thought that meant for future books, oh well, I guess that's that.