Shadows of Self posted:

Others contained depictions of the rebuilding of the world, or other relics such as a replica of both Harmony's Bands and the Bands of Mourning.

Shadows of Self posted:

Combinations
It is possible on Scadrial to be born with ability to access both Allomancy and Ferruchemy. This has been of specific interest to me lately, as the mixing of different types of Investiture has curious effects. One needs look only at what has happened on Roshar to find this manifested - two powers, combined, often have an almost chemical reaction. Instead of getting out exactly what you put in, you get something new.
On Scadrial, someone with one Allomantic power and one Ferruchemical power is called "Twinborn." The effects here are more subtle than they are when mixing surges on Roshar, but I am convinced that each unique combination also creates something distinctive. Not just two powers, you could say, but two powers... and an effect. This demands further study.

Evil Fluffy posted:

Yeah that ending certainly was something. I started wondering about Lessie being replaced a little before the reveal, since either she or Tan(?) had to be after all we'd seen. Though the extent of the replacement was not expected. For awhile I'd figured that either MeLaan or Steris were the ones who'd been replaced though.

After reading this book though it just further cements the notion that Stormlight Archives is going to be the end game for the cosmere. You have Hoid taking on a very central role there while he's little more than a name drop in other books (including this one) in addition to Nightblood and god knows who/what else being present for the Desolation, coupled with the fact that Dalinar's final vision (before they started repeating) was Honor making it clear that "hey, if Odium wins, this planet's hosed and then he's going to go destroy everything everywhere." Considering the spike that Bleeder had I wouldn't be surprised if it ultimately came from Odium (or maybe Hoid for some odd reason).

One thing I'd been wondering since Alloy of Law, and I think this book confirmed, was if Wax's earring Pathian earring is actually Vin's. When Harmony confirmed for him that the earring is a hemalurgic spike I think that removed any doubt on the matter. The fact that it was delivered to him by a kandra only reinforces that the earring was hers. The only other explanation is that Harmony decided to have one made and it just happened to look just like Vin's.


I think it's just referring to the fact that Each of the Knights Radiant have two surgebindings and as such they operate very differently than orders they share a single surgebinding with. Replacing either of Kaladin's bindings with illusions like Shallan has and you'd end up with an entirely different outcome. Same with Shallan. Replace the illusions with lashing, and she's going to be able to do things that simply wouldn't be possible otherwise (like lashing a brick at someone and transmuting it to acid before impact).

e: Though I can only imagine that if someone uses hemalurgy to give themselves every surgebinding then they'd have a stupid amount of power. At this point we know Hoid has at least Perfect Pitch (and he's ageless), likely has full Mistborn powers like Elendel and the Lord Ruler, plus knowledge of Hemalurgy which would let him take every other power in the Cosmere if he doesn't mind the risk of Harmony being able to control him even when he's on other worlds should he use multiple spikes.

Alloy of Law posted:

He reached into his pocket, fishing out his earring. It was a simple thing, stamped on the head with the ten interlocking rings of the Path.

The Final Empire posted:

The earring she put in her ear - it was a very simple thing. Little more than a stud, not even worth stealing,

Shadows of Self posted:

Marasi fidgeted, then she sighed and took the strange spike back. She dropped something else on the table as she rose. A small earring, just a stud, with the back bent over. "They sent this for you."

Ethiser posted:

This book takes place after The Stormlight Archives so the finale of that series can't be too earth shattering with respect to the rest of the Cosmere. I assume Odium will bite it but there are still plenty of other shards out there that can cause trouble in Mistborn world.

Brandon Sanderson on reddit posted:

ZAS678 (REDDIT.COM)
How long before Way of Kings is Alloy of Law? I heard somewhere that it's a hundred years, but I don't think that's right.

BRANDON SANDERSON (REDDIT.COM)
I intended them to be happening roughly close to one another, with Way of Kings slightly before.

Karnegal posted:

Tunicate posted:

Does anyone else think that Sazed really hosed up? Not just in the setup, but when Paalm dies she mentions that she won't be Sazed's slave again, implying that (despite what he told Wax), he actually did Assume Direct Control on multiple occasions.

The kandra figured out how to commit suicide just in case Sazed were to start trying that poo poo - I think he's just lost a lot of their trust.

mossyfisk posted:

Makes you think about how ridiculously overpowered the Lord Ruler was.

Law Cheetah posted:

I reread the "I am, unfortunately, the Hero of Ages" epigraph a couple days ago, and Sazed seems to think that the Lord Ruler knew about all of the metals.

Superstring posted:

So, Wax hosed a Kandra.

Tor.com posted:

“Lord Ladrian, could another Feruchemist use your metalminds?”

“Of course not,” Wax said. “Everyone knows that.”

“Why?”

Evil Fluffy posted:

A Stormlight book every two years would be nice. Though if he writes 9 books total that still means we won't see a conclusion until 2028.

The Ninth Layer posted:

If he's the main villain maybe he could make an appearance in the book. The Dark Lord was kind enough to show up a few times in the first two Wheel of Time books.

The Gardenator posted:

And now chapter 2

http://www.tor.com/2015/12/14/the-bands-of-mourning-chapter-two/

Jorenko posted:

Chapter 3

Some juicy magic speculation going on here. Looking forward to seeing where this is going.

Robot Danger posted:

I need someone to help me out. I took a long break from Stormlight Archives right about the halfway point of book two. I was able to pick it back up without having to start over again, but there is one thing I cannot remember for the life of me: how did Shallen get a shard blade? I know she is able to manipulate stormlight because of her connection to Pattern, but I cannot remember her getting a blade. She busted one out in the chasm and surprised me.

Evil Fluffy posted:

There are a few late/end reveals in the 2nd book that make any rereads a little more interesting too. One in particular is a character who seems a little different at times and the end of book 2 explains exactly why.

quote:

Cosmere Implications

Sanderson has always said that at a certain point, all of the background Cosmere workings were going to start bleeding into the foreground of the novels. And while I don’t think we’ve made that jump fully, the bleed has begun here in The Bands of Mourning. If you’re new to Sanderson’s work, it’s just going to be one more thing you need to figure out and research, making it difficult to ease into his newer works. However, if you’ve been following Sanderson and the Cosmere from the beginning, holy Allomantic Jak, will you love this book. Sanderson begins to address the Cosmere in a large way, revealing information, characters, and raising questions, but never at the expense of the plot. You can tell he’s finally ready to start telling the reader things, and given the way he goes about it, he seems incredibly excited. There’s not much more I can say without spoilers, except keep your eyes peeled, and let the theories begin!

Brandon Sanderson posted:

QUESTION: Just wondering, are you ever going to go back and write about The Further Adventures of Lestibournes? I think his character is pivotal to the Mistborn trilogy and felt cheated that the trilogy mostly focused on Vin, Kel, Sazed, and Elend. I would like to know more of his backstory and how he became the stud that he is.

BRANDON SANDERSON:
He became quite the 'stud' in the years following the first trilogy. I might be persuaded to show some of this at some point. He also knew many things he really should not have.

QUESTION:You've mentioned Spook being a bit of a 'stud' before, because I get oddly curious about this, how many children did he have?

A pretty weird question I know, but he does have a LOT of descendants.

and I love your writing and books so much, glad you're a non human writing machine

BRANDON SANDERSON
Spook has a lot of descendants, it's true. He had over a dozen children.

Tunicate posted:

Depends on how you think of it - there's an argument to be made that hemalurgy is essentially equivalent to being an organ donor.

Evil Fluffy posted:

Oh hell yes, we're going to see more of Eshonai, which makes sense because the idea a Stormform wearing Shardplate couldn't survive falling in to a chasm is absurd.

mewse posted:

Aaaaaaa so many spoilers

quote:

To tide you over until Oathbringer, I have just released a special digital-only novella that is intended to be read after The Bands of Mourning, though it takes place during the events of the original Mistborn Trilogy. Ten years in the making, Mistborn: Secret History might answer a few of your questions. There's always another secret.

OAquinas posted:

Hoid: Aside from the "I AM HERE AND GUZZLING OLD SPICE LIKE A CRAZY MANS" cameo, he also has another one in the broadsheet story (where he tries to do his storytelling schtick and gets ignored)

The Ars: The writer for ALL the cosmere books ars arcanum is a lady(?) called Khriss. We actually meet her for the first time in this book. (3 guesses where!)

broken clock opsec posted:

No, it was just Kelsier in the southern hemisphere all along. Those people never claimed him to be Lord Ruler, Wax's party just jumped to that assumption automatically because whoever it was had access to both full mistborn and full feruchemy. I don't know why Kelsier would have had a re-created body with his Hathsin scars, and then pounded a spike through an eye, but there it is, I suppose I'll find out in 3? days.

Kelsier's even had POV in the original trilogy, especially leading up to him getting killed, so it literally couldn't be the kandra thing.

MildShow posted:

Just finished the book. I enjoyed it, although I didn't really feel like it was as Cosmere-important as it was hyped.

That epilogue, though. January 30th can't get here fast enough.

Superstring posted:

Maaaaan. Kelsier is going to end up being a bad guy isn't he?

Geisladisk posted:

That's correct, also people have since pointed out to me that it's all part of Sanderson's giant meta-series, which apparently encompasses almost all his books, and will at some point intertwine more heavily. I still don't like it.

quote:

Question: Which of your characters required the most research beforehand in order to write?

Brandon Sanderson: Kaladin took some research into field medicine and depression. He probably took the most.

Wolpertinger posted:

I'm thinking you're extrapolating a bit too much malevolence from his desperate attempt to stop a lunatic from killing people - by his very nature he wants to stay as hands off as possible and only act prevent widespread chaos or stagnation. [/spoiler]

Tunicate posted:

They already had a countermeasure in place against Ruin, which worked and saved the world.

smertrioslol posted:

Okay, so I just burned through Way of Kings and Words of Radiance in two weeks and I need more. I just picked up the mistborn series as well. What's the reading order for other Sanderson stuff beyond mistborn?