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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I was going to vote for Vin, since she's the only girl and I'm not in the mood for a sex-change, but decided on Elend instead because his personality really is more like mine - idealistic, legalistic, bookish. I have little in common with Vin other than gender; I've never had trust or abandonment issues, nor do I suspect people of using me as an assassin.
Not that post.The one in the "how did you find Mistborn" thread.
Maybe they have to swallow it in order to reach sexual maturity.
Oh wait, that's {{spoiler}}.
That's the best theory anyone's come up with?
Still, I wonder what kept the members there from signing up here? It can't be lack of discussion, that's for sure. Or depth of theorizing.
I know. I was pretty surprised too. It's kind of annoying actually, since it will draw the traffic away from here, where it should be. But hey.... what can you do?
It's also kind of cool though, that other people are setting up Brandon Sanderson Communities.
they still had servants around...
I think the ministry canticle was built around that steel etching because it contained the truth. And if you control the truth, you'll want to keep it locked away. But it's still important to know the truth, even if you're the one misleading everyone else. Know the rules so you can break them. That kind of thing.
That's my take on it.
That's a good point about the difference between the Deepness and the mist spirit in his description of attacking Fedik. I seem to remember that at the end of Well of Ascension, there is a black mist around it. Perhaps pre-Ascension, the mists appeared black, but Rashek changed it to white to... uh... do what he did. Yeah.
Either way, black mist is probably important in some way or another.
Atium must be Kandra eggs which they are trying to get back. The female Kandra morphs into a gelatinous ooze, sinks down into the ground and leaves her geode for the male to inseminate. Man, I would hate to work in the pits....
The mists, prior to the Ascension, existed solely in the form of the Deepness
We are close now. Oddly, this high in the mountains, we seem to finally be free from the oppressive touch of the Deepness. It has been quite a while since I knew what that was like.
The lake that Fedik discovered is below us now—I can see it from the ledge. It looks even more eerie from up here, with its glassy—almost metallic—sheen. I almost wish I had let him take a sample of its waters.
Perhaps his interest was what angered the mist creature that follows us. Perhaps . . . that was why it decided to attack him, stabbing him with its invisible knife.
If you read The Mists topic, I say that if the Mists are foundational to the magic systems, and we find no evidence of mist-based magics (Allomancy and Hemalurgy) pre-Ascension.
The Lord Ruler could have done something to the mists themselves to allow Allomancy and Hemalurgy to occur.
The thing is IF this bead even grants allomantic powers. If it is the source then what decides if a person is going to be a misborn or misting? Is it genetic dilution or something else? Another question is after the bead is taken (if it grants allomantic powers) then does the trait then get passed on genetically?
