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...the only hole i saw is there can't be an atium spike. Marsh was helping the crew at the end of MB1 (as opposed to the end of MB2 when he is against them) and it would only take a single spike made of atium in one of the several Inquisitors that die at the end of the book to avert the money crisis in book 2. ...

It appears that Marsh didn't tell them much about Inquisitors, so it's possible that if they did have an atium spike, he didn't tell them about it either or even took them for his own means. Not saying this is the case, just playing da.

I didn't type that; Ruin must have altered my post to make me look bad or some other dasterdly purpose. 

Not really, it was me, but that should throw people off so they won't be looking for the white text here. So what do you think Qarlin, you game? :bigevilgrin:

Wouldn't that look out of place tho?  You know, a live person in an animated movie.

Wait, are you suggesting killing Qarlin? 

I still maintain that Scribbler translates best to the big screen, although I kind of hope that isn't the one they've selected. Hollywood has a habit of destroying books, but in this case maybe that's not a bad thing since it hasn't been published yet.

Raoden had to be taken by the Shaod to gain the internal struggle the other two had.

That's one assumption. However, long before the Shaod, he was fighting against his father's government. Not only was he going against family but at the expense of the very institution that put him in his athoritive position. We only get to see him dealing with the Shaod, hense your assumption.

Quote from: VegasDev on April 28, 2008, 07:48:27 PM

Don't forget Rithmatists 

A lot of people may not fully know what those are, so it might not work to have them unless you explain, and you can't really explain they're full coolness unless you let them read about them...

True. Yeah, I don't want to explain it to anyone. They'll find out who they are when it's too late and no one can hear them scream. Muwahaha!

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Hemalurgy is used to create Inquisitors, but does that mean that the Inquisitors use Hemalurgy? If they do, then it appears Hemalurgy is a cross between Feruchemy and Allomancy. They can push pull metals and maybe burn atium, but they appear also able to store health like a feruchemist. I believe (I'll have to check when I get home) that it mentions somewhere that the Inquisitors need to rest for long periods of time, presumably to store up health. The rod that is pulled from their backs that kills them probably stores this health. I can't wait for HoA, this speculating is killing me.

Oh, and there seems to be a bit of confusion about that spike in Inquisitors' backs, that they seem to be different metals. Sorry to disappoint:

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"Inquisitors!" the Lord Ruler yelled. "Come to--"
The Lord Ruler froze, noticing something sitting just outside the door. A small group of steel spikes, just like the one Marsh had pulled from Kar's back, lay piled on the floor. There looked to be about seven of them.

Steel, then, are what the spikes are made of. "Steel" ministry, "Steel" Inquisitors. We already know that the spikes in the Inquisitors' heads are made of steel, so, I think with the obsession of naming everything "Steel" whatever, that every spike in an Inquisitor is steel, not other metals.

Which, by the way, ruins your theory of Inquisitors storing health with Feruchemy. In Feruchemy, Steel stores Speed (Gold is the metal that stores health).

A good, valiant effort, VegasDev, but it seems we are all on the wrong path

I didn't say that the Steel Inquisitors used Feruchemy, I said that if they use Hemalurgy, it may be a cross between Feruchemy and Allomancy. The SI seem to recruit from mistings, so maybe the process perverts both Feruchemy and Allomancy inside the individual.