What will happen in book three: HOA.

[Elmandr]

But his spike is now covered by a steel plate, right?

Yes, yes...to bad i loaned my book to a friend, otherwise i would have quoted it. Feel free to take this one Ookla... All those poker playing years are finally paying off!

[Chaos]

I am excused from ignorance on this point, because I didn't pick up on anything about Zane. Yup, I've never cared for Zane. I completely missed the "You were never insane" part, or the spike, or virtually anything about Zane until I came to the forums here. If anything, I'm consistent about that.

For the purposes of this topic, I'd vote Zane to be killed, but he's already dead (WOOT!), so I guess I can't. But if Zane comes back to life, I'd kill him again.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

Ach, dudes, I'm sorry. I actually gave something away (though it might be revealed in the next sample chapter, which Brandon should be releasing anytime now...). I must be slipping.

Had a tough day at work. Yeah, I'll use that as my excuse.

[VegasDev]

Ach, dudes, I'm sorry. I actually gave something away (though it might be revealed in the next sample chapter, which Brandon should be releasing anytime now...). I must be slipping.

Had a tough day at work. Yeah, I'll use that as my excuse.

No worries, I actually thought you were leading us on which this quote might just be continuing. We can't be sure if you are duping us or not anymore. But on the off chance that you weren't pulling our legs, it gives us something to speculate on until Brandon leaves us another chapter.

If Ruin is controlling all Inquisitors, then they probably all have a steel plate covering the linchpin, which makes them a very formidable opponent. The first question I would have is, is steel important in this scenario or is it just the easiest metal to acquire?

[Peter Ahlstrom]

I don't know that it's steel. That's just the metal that popped into my head.

[Elmandr]

I am excused from ignorance on this point, because I didn't pick up on anything about Zane. Yup, I've never cared for Zane. I completely missed the "You were never insane" part, or the spike, or virtually anything about Zane until I came to the forums here. If anything, I'm consistent about that.

For the purposes of this topic, I'd vote Zane to be killed, but he's already dead (WOOT!), so I guess I can't. But if Zane comes back to life, I'd kill him again.

Zane is my favorite character!

He wasn't insane, the voices he heard was the Ruin. He was actually a decent person...take that back!

[Wielder]

I am excused from ignorance on this point, because I didn't pick up on anything about Zane. Yup, I've never cared for Zane. I completely missed the "You were never insane" part, or the spike, or virtually anything about Zane until I came to the forums here. If anything, I'm consistent about that.

For the purposes of this topic, I'd vote Zane to be killed, but he's already dead (WOOT!), so I guess I can't. But if Zane comes back to life, I'd kill him again.

Zane is my favorite character!

He wasn't insane, the voices he heard was the Ruin. He was actually a decent person...take that back!

Kill him.

 

I loved Zane.  When Vin killed him, I was a very sad panda.  Seriously, I loved the sections from his perspective.  What's more, Zane didn't listen to Ruin so for all we know, Ruin can be resisted.  (IE-There is hope for Marsh)

Now to get on topic, I voted more then one.  Sazed, Spook, and Marsh are all possibilities in my mind.

[Qarlin]

Zane only had one spike (that we know of, only one is mentioned) so that's prolly why he could resist Ruin.

I think a lot of people will die; only Kelsier died in the first book (of the main group, I mean), and in the second book, a lot more died. So I think the third could very well kill off even more characters.

[darxbane]

I am waiting for Vin to get Uber angry and draw upon the mists WHILE burning duralumin and rip an Inquisitor to shreds by tearing all the spikes out at once.

I agree with Qarlin about Zane.   Cutting himself helps him to resist, which EUOL said is important in an annotation.  A theory just came to me (surprise).  If bloodletting, even in small amounts, helps quiet Ruin, then would injuring Marsh in a similar way help him regain control, even momentarily?  Hmmmm.....

[GreenMonsta]

I like it. Given a moment of clarity he may decide to kill himself. It might fit with what I posted last. The thing is. . .  What would you use to cause that kind of injury to Marsh? I would have to be powerful.

[Wielder]

I like it. Given a moment of clarity he may decide to kill himself. It might fit with what I posted last. The thing is. . .  What would you use to cause that kind of injury to Marsh? I would have to be powerful.

That's where Vin comes in!

[VegasDev]

If the theory holds, I'm curious what degre of damage he would need to take, it seems like he took plenty from Sazed and Ham at the end of book 2....

[Wielder]

If the theory holds, I'm curious what degre of damage he would need to take, it seems like he took plenty from Sazed and Ham at the end of book 2....

Yeah.  It sounds like Zane busted his arms up pretty good as well.  The thing is, I think if the inquisitor isn't burning pewter (or whatever else they might be doing with those pins through their body), they would probably be just like a human.  The question is: is he going to be able to stop Ruin from forcing him to burn pewter?

[Elmandr]

I don't know that it's steel. That's just the metal that popped into my head.

Ookla is trying to tell us something--things don't just pop in his head, everything he says is carefully formulated...

It can't be steel, Kwaan himself said that nothing can be trusted but steel--it must be another metal...

The question, though, is what metal...?

Thus the topic for tomorrow is born!

[Chaos]

Haha :p Well, I just thought Zane was annoying throughout all of Book 2, that's why I didn't care for him.

The bloodletting relates to the link between Hemalurgy and blood, the link that is there, but not quite clear. I'm fairly certain the size and the amount of spikes has a great deal to do with Ruin's hold as well.

But, Ruin doesn't fully control Marsh's mind. He wants to kill himself, he doesn't want to do what Ruin wants. It's a start to resistance