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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WoK: Bridge Crews & Bridges
« on: September 10, 2010, 08:57:42 PM »
The bridges couldn't be weighted otherwise they'd fall into the chasms when they were pulled across from the other side.
Max is a Shadowblade, a supernatural--and supernaturally competent--warrior bound to protect her witch Giselle. As a Shadowblade, Max doesn't age. She is better, faster, stronger than any ordinary human being. And she hates it. Giselle betrayed her trust to make Max what she is, and though she is magically compelled to protect Giselle and follow orders, Max works against her witch in every way she can. Continue reading Bitter Night
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Hmm... Having reread the pertinent scene I see what you mean, although what actually happens is quite vague. Vivenna notices the girl's aura "flicker" then wonders if Denth was lying to her about the all-or-nothing rule. Is there an annotation elucidating this issue?
At any rate, assuming you are correct, that darkens my view of Awakeners in general and Vivenna in particular a great deal. There is, then, no excuse not to return her ill-gotten gains to those in need.
The "You must give up all of your Breath, not some" line was mostly perpetuated by Denth, who is saying it to Vivenna to stop her from giving away her Breath to all the people she passes. It is a lie. Now, it's a lie that's commonly accepted by a lot of people. But it's still a lie—as we find out midway through the book, you can stick some of your Breath in an object and bring it to life, and then recover that Breath. So it's very easy to give some of your Breath to someone if you know the logical steps to take. Invest most of it into an object, give what you have to someone else, then pull back what you Invested. So it's flat-out proven in the novel that what Denth is telling her is wrong. Now, he could dance around that lie by pretending to be the ignorant mercenary—he's just perpetuating a falsehood that many people believe. But it is a lie. In fact, a lot of the things people believe about BioChromatic Breath isn't true.
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Vasher has learned to suppress his Returned Breath. When it's suppressed, it's as if it doesn't exist to him. He's Invested it into a place within himself, much like you can Invest your Breaths into a shirt, and when he gives away the rest of his Breaths, he doesn't give that one away. He could split off others of his Breaths if he wanted to—he's learned to do that, so that he could give a few Breaths and not all. It's just a matter of practicing as long as he has. But even people who aren't as practiced as him do it all the time when they Invest an object with not all of their Breath but just enough to bring it to life.
there's going to be ten in The Stormlight Archive.What makes you say that?
QuoteReaders have met four shards other than Ruin and Preservation.Have we met these four by name, or just by influence? I can't think of a name that would go with the one that the Elantris lake is a manifestation of.
Hoid could be one? I know nothing his purpose other than that he shows up in lots of different books, sometimes begging and sometimes telling stories. Since most of these series happen on different planets (though two of them may happen on the same planet as each other), I'm assuming he has mad planet-hopping skills.
...Nightblood...
Ookla, I'm going to be tight lipped on this, as I don't want to give things away for future books. But I'll tell you this:
You've interacted with two directly.
One is a tough call. You've never met the Shard itself, but you've seen its power.
The other one you have not met directly, but have seen its influence.
As far as other options are concerned: how about moving a couple of cans under the ladder and using a Duralumin fueled jump to shove aside the rock? She used this ability on more than one occasion to toss dozens of men and horses and even Koloss like chaff on the wind. Surely that would have been enough to move a stone which had been placed on top of the shaft by normal men unaided by allomancy.
QuoteThere is one other way to determine if someone is burning bronze. Emotional Allomancy. Burning bronze protects the burner from all but the strongest of emotional Allomancy (ie. TLR). Therefor, if you were to say flare Zinc and riot fear the sudden shock would stun anybody else in the area not burning bronze. All you'd have to do then is look for the people without shocked expressions and you've found your Smokers(s) and/or Mistborn(s) currently burning Bronze, which, if you'll recall, burns away very slowly and so most Allomancers capable of burning it just leave on all the time.
I completely agree, except you mean copper. Bronze is for seeking.
The Canadian release will be synchronized with the American one I hope.
My copy is on order off of amazon already, however it's amazon.ca.
Hmmm... If you pay attention in Way of Kings, you might learn his name.I though it was Ati.
yes, endowment gives some people the choice to return when they die and if they say yes he/she/it gives them one uber breath, drains the colour out of them, and commands them to return (just like awakening) and IIRC the pool in Elantris "spoke" to RaodenHmm. I wonder if Shards speak to anyone in Elantris or Warbreaker. Maybe Hrathen and .... Vivenna? I'll have to look at this some more.Endowment speaks to the Returned as I recall, but only in that brief moment between death and Return when it's offering the dead person the opportunity to Return. This is shown in flashback when Lightsong remembers that moment.
Actually a hemalurgic spike can steel allomantic powers, feruchemical powers or just plain human qualities depending who kill with it and where it's placed int he recipient.Nightblood is steel right? What if a feruchemist stored speed in it? Maybe nightblood could steal it, maybe the feruchemist would get a surprise when he/she tried to withdraw his or her speed. What it was used as a hemalurgic spike? Scary stuff, the possibilites are endless.but Hemalurgi spikes steal allomantic powers, would it steal the powers of an Elantrian? Plus Nightblood would just suck it's new host dry if it were used as a spike.
Oh, I got it. Nightblood has speed stored in it, then is stabbed through the body of an elantrian, into it's waiting hemalurgic host.