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Everything Else / Re: Sword Fighting Prowess
« on: April 18, 2008, 05:51:10 PM »
Good point. I like to forget that that ever happened. Although, a one-handed Rand is as good as most other two-handed swordsmen.
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Everything Else / Re: Sword Fighting Prowess
« on: April 17, 2008, 10:55:43 PM »Quote
He also lost to that Tairen dude who has his little rebel army outside of Tear
Hey wait a minute Rand was injured during the fight with Toram Riatin, who is a blademaster not just some Tairen dude. I also believe that he has surpassed Lan in sword fighting abilities. Rand is obsessed with the use of the sword and has never stopped training at it. He pays the best swordsman in towns to battle groups of them at once. While Lan is a legendary swordsman in his own right if I were to place a bet on a duel between them I'm taken Rand.
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Music / Re: Suggestions
« on: April 16, 2008, 08:02:58 PM »
When reading a thread like this you realize that you have probably heard only about 1% of music that is out there....
Here's what I recommend:
All That Remains- The Fall of Ideals
Chevelle- Vena Sera
Spineshank- Height of Callousness
Ill Nino- Confessions(i think)
Atreyu- The Curse
Muse- Black Holes and Revelations
Killswitch Engage- End of Heartache
As I Lay Dying- Anything
There is a whole lot more but I'm having a serious mental block at this moment in time....
Oh, and a new band I just recently heard the Flobots. It's a new kind of sound and I 've only heard a couple of their songs but what I have heard sounds pretty good.
Here's what I recommend:
All That Remains- The Fall of Ideals
Chevelle- Vena Sera
Spineshank- Height of Callousness
Ill Nino- Confessions(i think)
Atreyu- The Curse
Muse- Black Holes and Revelations
Killswitch Engage- End of Heartache
As I Lay Dying- Anything
There is a whole lot more but I'm having a serious mental block at this moment in time....
Oh, and a new band I just recently heard the Flobots. It's a new kind of sound and I 've only heard a couple of their songs but what I have heard sounds pretty good.
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Everything Else / Re: Sword Fighting Prowess
« on: April 15, 2008, 08:04:56 PM »
Loud G, me and you are always on the same page in this matter....
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: MB1 ? about Lord Ruler **** Major Spoiler****
« on: April 15, 2008, 05:04:31 PM »
Ahhh....Now I remember. Thanks
As for Vin being his daughter I don't think that is possible. The highest ranking obligator(forgot his name) was her father and I don't think there is any evidence to dispute that. Especially when he was confronted with her existence and didn't even try to deny he was her father.
As for Vin being his daughter I don't think that is possible. The highest ranking obligator(forgot his name) was her father and I don't think there is any evidence to dispute that. Especially when he was confronted with her existence and didn't even try to deny he was her father.
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Everything Else / Re: Sword Fighting Prowess
« on: April 15, 2008, 01:23:20 PM »
Maybe we have to give it to you and allow lightsabers to be classified as a sword but this is about skill with a sword. Yes, you're correct, upon first contact the duel would be over because Jedi Windu's lightsaber would disarm his opponent but that has nothing to do with his ability as a swordsman. Which is what this discussion is about.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: MB1 ? about Lord Ruler **** Major Spoiler****
« on: April 15, 2008, 01:14:03 PM »
Maybe I need to go reread the books again or go read all the various prediction threads again but do we have any proof that the Lord Ruler was the first allomancer? If so how did others then become allomancers because isn't allomancy passed down through bloodlines? I don't remember any talk of any of the Lord Rulers decendants.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Mistborn 3 Plot Points *Spoilers*
« on: April 11, 2008, 06:30:17 PM »Quote
Now I'll throw something really wild out there. If the nail in the Koloss is what allowed Vin to control them, then there must be a nail in all kandra, as well. Not only that, but does that mean that Vin could possibly take control of an Inquisitor is she had enough power? Muwahahahahah!!! EUOL called us crazy, might as well go with it.
Nicely done! It really does make sense though. Think about it, maybe that is how the well spirit controls the Inquisitors as well as how it spoke to Zane....
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Mistborn 3 Plot Points *Spoilers*
« on: April 11, 2008, 05:20:48 PM »
As far as the Inquisitor-Keeper thing goes I dont think they killed all of them or almost all of them to make new inquisitors. I think that like the Lord Ruler whatever came out of the well has no need of people who can recall memories from days long past. I believe there is already evidence that it manipulated age old prophecies. So, it is just having the Keepers eliminated to prevent it's secrets(whatever they may be) from being revealed some time in the future. I don't know if it's a good idea when dealing with a fantasy novel but I'm just following Ockham's Razor on this....
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: MB1 ? about Lord Ruler **** Major Spoiler****
« on: April 11, 2008, 01:33:07 PM »Quote
And if he is wearing them, how is he able to store up so much age? Is it simply because they were made of atium?
I think that whenever he was not out in public he stored away health/age. Back when Kelsier and Vin stormed Kredik Shaw to get into that room, the one where Kelsier was once captured trying get into, all they find is an old man in a room. This old man is the Lord Ruler and he is being protected by the inquisitors as he stores his health/age into the bracelets...
As for the beheading and dismembering thing I agree with a couple of the others here that it's just a ploy,added to all of his real abilities, to make him seem invincible.
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Music / Re: What are you Listening to?
« on: April 03, 2008, 01:22:58 PM »
August Burns Red- The Truth of a Liar
then
Vast- Touched
Another odd mix.....
then
Vast- Touched
Another odd mix.....
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Mistborn movie
« on: April 01, 2008, 06:23:03 PM »
"Plucky street urchin"...."mist mini-skirt"...."Danny Devito and Tony Danza"....
Man this is going to be fantastic! Although, the main question is will it be better than the Dungeons and Dragons movie starring Marlon Wayans?
Man this is going to be fantastic! Although, the main question is will it be better than the Dungeons and Dragons movie starring Marlon Wayans?
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Atium Mistings?
« on: March 28, 2008, 10:26:32 PM »
I think Marsh found whatever it was he was looking for. We just haven't been informed as to what it was and Marsh simply played it off, to Sazed, that he did not find anything.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: The Wheel of Time: the things unfinished...
« on: March 25, 2008, 02:46:43 PM »Quote
Is Verin bonded by the Three Oaths and why not.
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From what I remember RJ saying, Verin is bonded. She still has the ageless look.
All of the Black Ajah are unbound but still retain the ageless look....
As for what will happen in the end...I think the biggest question is will Rand die. I believe the prophecy states that the Dragon is meant to die. So does that encompass the Dragon Reborn as well? Or does it mean that Lews Therin, who currently resides in Rands head, will finally be able to rest in peace?
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Will Logain become someone greater? Min had all these viewings about him.
If/when Rand dies after Tarmon Gaidon I believe that Logain will be the king/ruler of the lands Rand unites before he dies....
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Atium Mistings?
« on: March 14, 2008, 01:13:58 PM »
I agree. I hardly think the Lord Ruler feared any other mistborn. Just look at how he brushe aside Kelsier one of the greatest mistborn to have ever lived. The Lord Ruler truly thought he was and god and that he was invincible. So giving out atium here and there to nobles and their mistborn would not concern him in any way. As far as the abnormal behavior of the inquisitors go, I think it's due to the well spirit controlling them to do various things in prepartion for and to assist in it's escape.