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On Feruchemical 'Mistings'
Turbolinux999:
Obviously this thread is going to have a large amount of SPOILERS. If you've not read all three Mistborn books you're in for surprises.
Mr. Sanderson has said in the MB3 spoiler thread that, if he does write the next series, there will be no Mistborn and that Feruchemy will have followed a similar path of degeneration. I don't know if this was supposed to mean that there will be no more full Feruchemists or just that there are now Feruchemical 'Mistings' as well(It would seem odd if the former were the case because you'd think that TLR's breeding program would have caused it after a thousand years.).
Either way, just like Allomantic Mistings, I would think that Feruchemical ones would get names that matched their abilities.
Being as presumptuous as I am, I have decided to post a list of names that I like for Feruchemical Mistings. I think it would be cool for their ""Official"" titles be the name of the metalmind that they can use, but, just like Allomancers, they have a ""Common"" name as well. That's what I'm here to suggest; here are my names(And quick reference for those that don't remember or can't infer from the names):
Ironmind : Anchor -- Physical Weight
Steelmind : Sprinter(little_wilson) -- Physical Speed
Tinmind : Afferent(Eerongal) -- Senses
Pewtermind : Brute -- Physical Strength
Zincmind : Savant(Inspired by CptSqweky) -- Mental Speed
Brassmind : Sink(Inspired by douglas) -- Warmth
Coppermind : Keeper -- Memories
Bronzemind : Insomniac(little_wilson) -- Wakefulness
Goldmind : Immortal(CptSqweky) -- Health
Electrummind :
Aluminummind : Stone -- Pain(Speculation)
Duraluminmind :
Cadmiummind :
Not-Cerrobendmind :
Chromiummind :
Nicrosilmind :
Some of those names are crap, but that's part of the reason that I'm posting it here: To have other people make suggestions for better names.
On top of these names for metalminds, I also came up with names to differentiate between Feruchemical and Allomantic Mistings, as always, I welcome suggestions for changes and whatnot:
Burner - Allomantic Mistings.
Tapper - Feruchemical Mistings.
Misting - Someone that can burn one metal and store in a different one.
(Metal name) Misting - Someone that can burn one metal and store in the same metal.
Full (Metal name) Misting - Someone that can burn one metal and store in all of them.
The other metal's abilities are not listed here for the rather obvious reason that Mr. Sanderson has yet to tell us what the other metals do Feruchemically. I remember him saying in his LiveJournal entry for the Allomancy poster that, if it was popular, he'd produce one for Feruchemy and Hemalurgy as well. That would help a lot.
Anyway, tell me what you think, suggest any names where you think they would be better, wildly speculate about what the other metals do Feruchemically, etc.
And always remember to think about what kind of special names there may be if a Feruchemical Misting is also an Allomantic Misting of the same metal. What would be the name of a Pewtermind that was also a Pewterarm? Interesting things to think about...
Miyabi:
Firstly I would like to say welcome to the forums, and that linux rulez!
Don't be disheartened by all of us tearing apart anything you say or do. We do it to EVERYONE and often times later find out we are wrong. We are, generally speaking, a fun loving and . . . . argumentatively creative group (that's a good description I think.) So yeah, hope you stick around a while.
I could say stuff about all of them, but for now I will just talk about one so that I am the first to welcome you. xP
Anchor - But they, as we saw Sazed to, can also make their weight all go into a mind at once and make themselves super light. :/ So I'm not sure it fits that well.
CptSqweky:
Actually, I was just thinking that out of all of those, I like Anchor the most. Sure, you get light at first, but once you take the weight back out you get heavy. I think Anchor is great. I also liked Brute. Heater... ehhh... the jury's still out on that one, since they'd only be warming themselves up. And yes, Keeper should definately be the name for Coppermind users.
The rest... yeah...
My own suggestions, not very good either, but maybe they'll get someone else thinking of something better:
Steelmind: Sprinter
Tinmind: Watcher. Or alternatively: Guard. Or maybe: Sentinel.
Zincmind: Genius. Or alternatively: Voluntary Seizure Victim
Bronzemind: Caffeine addict
Goldmind: Immortal
little wilson:
--- Quote from: CptSqweky on February 22, 2009, 06:53:54 AM ---Zincmind: Genius. Or alternatively: Voluntary Seizure Victim
--- End quote ---
If I would've had anything in my mouth, I would've spewed just now....
Anchor= Good. Miyabi makes a good point, but so does Sqweky. I think it should stay.
Sprinter= I like. Not perfect, but I do like it.
Keeper=perfect
Watcher=Decent. Needs a bit of perfecting. Don't have any ideas for it right now...
Immortal= :)
My ideas:
Steelmind: Speedster
Bronzemind: Insomniac
Also, for the Brassmind, maybe it could be a play off the hot-cold thing, since the person can also technically be really cold. I don't have any names right now, but something that gets the idea of hot-cold. For example, thermometers and air conditioners. Those aren't actually ideas for names, because they would never work, but that's just kind of an idea of what I mean by hot-cold. Something along those lines....
douglas:
Brassmind: Firefighter?
Walk right into a bonfire and start dumping all the heat into your brassminds so you don't burn. Just be careful to stop at exactly the same time you get out of the fire so you don't end up a frozen popsicle.
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