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All I can think of for Hemalurgy is that Lerasium would be an "all-purpose" spike, stealing all of a Feruchemist/Allomancer/Hemalurgist's acquired powers.  So while a Tin Spike can only steal one physical power at a time, even if you kill a Mistborn with it, a Lerasium spike would grant the Hemalurgist Mistborn powers.

That seems kind of pointless given that you could just swallow and burn the Lerasium instead, gaining Mistborn powers probably quite a bit greater than those of whoever you would have killed to steal from, and without any of the drawbacks of a spike.

Then again, that itself could be the point - that Preservation's power is virtually useless for Ruin's Art.

I don't remember the bracers being Atium. They were just stated as being made of "metal."

TLR's bracers were specifically atium.  They contained his stores of youth, and that plus his 1000 year age is why their loss was so instantly crippling to him when Vin tore them off with a mist-fueled push (or was it a pull?).  I also specifically remember a mention of them being sold to help finance Elend's new government.

Petey mindripped that one gatekeeper without removing his brain.

Read the note.  No, he didn't.

Also, see this strip.  The doctor suggested the memory alteration based on the observed capabilities of Project Laz'r'us in Kevyn and Xinchub, and the reply she mentions clearly states that altering memories at all is both time consuming and experimental.  In context, this strongly implies that the Laz'r'us nannies are the only method available.  Petey then adapts them to Tagon's entire roster and gives that to the UNS, and he has no reason to do that other than to ensure that the memory alteration scheme - the only alternative the UNS will consider to killing Tagon - is fully viable.

No, no, no, don't you remember Brandon answered this for us?  It was Narg.

I'm pretty sure they used airplanes, not channeling, to fly.

I suspect that flying by channeling is possible, but no one's thought of the key principle involved - don't try to pick yourself up, try to push the ground down instead.

AWWWWWW MOIRAINE?!?!?!?

I did NOT want that to happen!!!!

Join the crowd.  Moiraine is one of those incredibly rare creatures known as an actually sensible Aes Sedai, and she managed to well and truly earn Rand's trust.  There's a lot more I could say on the matter, but most of it would be spoilers in one way or another.  The doorway ter'angreal Moiraine and Lanfear fell through is, I believe, destroyed and nonfunctional.  Beyond that, well, RAFO.

Now, since Rand used balefire with FULL force to kill Rahvin, Mat Aviendha and Asmodean were alive and well when Rand went back out front. He erased Rahvin pretty far back I'd say. That was not very smart of Rand as I imagine there could have been many other consequences (I think there may be more I don't know of yet)

He's a Forsaken, how bad can erasing his actions really be?  There are some cases where the special effect of balefire really is purely beneficial, and this is one of them.  The full danger of balefire only really comes into play when it's used on a truly massive scale, and it's the metaphysical danger of the pattern itself falling apart the way a woven rug might if you tear out too many threads rather than any direct effect.

- Who killed Asmodean??? He was killed out of nowhere after just being ressurrected. I don't even have an idea who it might be besides one of the other Forsaken.

This is the mystery we were referring to earlier.  Robert Jordan is on record as stating that it was "obvious".  Good luck finding anyone else who sincerely agrees.  There is quite a sizable section devoted to this in the Wheel of Time FAQ, with several suspects with a wide variety of means, motive, opportunity, and degree of "obviousness", and there is not even close to a general consensus.  I believe Brandon mentioned in his blog that, when he first walked into RJ's house after accepting the job of finishing AMOL, he asked for two things, one of which was the identity of Asmodean's killer.  He has since "revealed" a joke answer twice, and promised that it will be in AMOL.

-Nyneave and Moghedian: This was the big cliffhanger for me!! Moghedian spoke a little too much and Nyneave deciphered that she is one of the Aes Sedai in Salidar with them. Nice!!! Nyneave knows who she is too but it left me hanging. She makes Moggy drink forkroot to put her into a deep sleep and says "See you when I wake up" Now THIS I want to see. I'd also like to see how Nyneave will explain this all to the Aes Sedai there, as she was not supposed to be in the dream world in the first place (she was secretly training Siuan.)

So close, and yet so far.    But I'll let you read to find out what part of your speculation/conclusion is wrong.  

My First Crazy Theory: The breaking talent can "break" just about anything, even concepts, if given enough power.  Way back in ancient times, it broke the written word.  The Forgotten Tongue isn't actually forgotten, it was never actually known by anyone.  If this wasn't enough to do the trick on its own, the talent then proceeded to break the Incarnan Empire, either directly or by breaking other things it depended on.

Ruin and Preservation are still two distinct powers, regardless of the fact that they happen to be controlled by the same mind now.  Each has its own mist, and Sazed's ascension doesn't change that.  I just reread the ending of HoA, including the part where Sazed takes up the powers, and the wording there is quite explicit that the forces of Ruin and Preservation remain separate even under his control.