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[koravelliumavast]

I love the cosmere star map.

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[beanofjudgement]

I find destruction is often necessary for creation.

A pencil needs to be sharpened to write.

Your… Shardic Intent, as it were, is part of a whole.

You are Ruin. You destroy. Arceus is Creation. She creates.

Your natures are almost like the components of Scadarial’s Shard, Harmony.

Instead of Ruin and Creation, it’s Ruin and Preservation.

If you and Arceus were forced to become one being, that resultant being, let’s call them Balance, would be far less hamstrung by its dual Intents than poor Sazed is.

Balance would be in harmony, it’s Intents forming a cyclical relationship.

Harmony, ironically, is in conflict with himself. His Shardic Intents clash, leaving Harmony the Vessel, Harmony the person, effectively powerless.

Creation is also necessary for Destruction. Without piling wood and brush, one cannot make a pyre.

Without one or the other, the world cannot function.

Without you, Arceus cannot create new things from old. Without him, you cannot destroy anything because she has not made anything.

A shockingly succinct, clear, direct and easy to follow explanation of it.

I almost like you for this, because it's entirely correct.

... I said almost, don't let it go to your head.

[inventors-fair]

Hey, folks. Let's look a couple approaches to this week's contest!

@loreholdlesbian graced me with this Bantian benediction. Angel of the Shardic Empire has a lot of implications about the mechanics of this set:

Ability counters may or may not be present, and we're getting a new kind in the form of exalted counters; exalted, then, is probably gonna be back in the set!

Converge is working as flavorful glue here as well as a mechanical highlight. Presumably, all shards/factions are going to have access to converge in their own unique ways. This rewards multicolor deckbuilding.

And at the same time, the muticolor theme isn't going to be about permanents as much as it is exploratory deckbuilding through spells, mana bases, etc. In the same way that Alara cared about general multicolor, we're back to a similar kind of base without going as hog-wild as Alara Reborn.

As a rare as well, this is a top-end limited all-star for sure. Swinging for 4-8 damage in the air the turn after this comes out is no joke, and you can hold it back to spread out your damage elsewhere. Presumably there are gonna be a few other fliers, so we have that going for us as well. Bant-themed aggro!

The flavorful aspect of this card can be found in its dedication to rigidity despite the Conflux. The angels of Bant are eschewing vulnerability or exploration and, at least on this card, the determination to keep the hierarchy is important. From chaos, to order. From Conflux, to empire. Lorehold mentioned a slight antagonism to this angle, and I can buy it. I don't think this would be a strict villain-hero dichotomy throughout Alara in the same sense; there are good actions and bad actions, sure, dangers and survival, but everyone's trying in their own ways. Some (like Sedris) are definitely a little more on the villainous side, but it ain't great to be of a lowly caste in Bant either.

~

This morning, I had a few random ideas, but I wanted to share one more nostalgic/micro-view of a planar possibility. I don't know if this would necessarily be a winning kind of card, but it's a part of the limited exploration that might help some folks.

Mechanically, it's a removal spell for small things that then becomes a combat boost later in the game with aggressive possibilities. In retrospect, I might even have given it flying and deathtouch for that much mana—no, wait! Oh, that's fun. Okay, so, now I'm imagining deathtouch and menace, as a throwback to Kederekt Creeper. Ah well, too late in the day now. But regardless, that's one aspect: a common cycle (like the common cycle of spells from original ALA that gave benefits to massive color-themed cycling) of spells with minor boosts later in the game post-exile.

I suppose I was more looking to the flavor side of it all—because fleshcrafting doesn't stop just because worlds collide. The wizards and humans of Grixis have to rely on some smarts and scavenging in order to retain their power. Sedris made for himself a wicked empire, no doubt, but these living are indeed living. Mostly. Somewhat. Who's to say when and where it's safe to go out? Zombies are a hot commodity.

This is my favorite Zombie token of all time (in the link). It's horrific, it's experimental, it's imaginative, and it shows what one can do with the craft. What if the muscles underneath brought out the instincts of those from whom the flesh was taken? Not everyone can reanimate a dragon, but picking up new ways to eat and scavenge... I suppose that I wanted to show the ways, just like Lorehold, that reactions to change are different. These cards speak to a choice of inhabitants: "The world has changed, but I will spread my cause out to it" vs. "The world has changed, but I'll change with it here" deal.

So there we have it. Enjoy! -@abelzumi

[shallahi-and-snowflake]

I’ve just finished reading The Sunlit Man…

I’ll put it under a cut for spoilers’ sake.

NOMAD IS SIGZIL?!!?!?

I didn’t realise he would live that long…

HE CARRIED A DAWNSHARD?!??

And the effects of that… are called a Torment.

Huh.

And- and he became a Skybreaker… huh.

Canticle sounds like a scary place, to be honest.

And it’s populated by Threnodites?

Seems like they like their dangerous worlds.

And long names.

“Adonalsium-Will-Remember-Our-Plight-Eventually.”

Wow.

Sigzil, Nomad, Zellion…

Sess Nassith Tor…

“The One Who Escaped The Sun.”

Those are a lot of names and titles you’ve collected, older brother.

I wonder what the Shardic origin of the Investiture in Canticle’s sun is… maybe Autonomy?

Taldain’s sun is (mildly) Invested, after all…

It’s what turns the Sands white again.

Who in Damnation are the Night Brigade, and why do they—Dawnshard, right.

…Hoid’s Dawnshard.

So that’s why he couldn’t hurt anyone.

His Torment, the same as Sig’s.

That’s…

…

That’s a lot.

And those Scadrians…

And Roshar’s still embroiled in conflict?

I… don’t know what to think of this.

[tbookblurbs]

Mistborn: Secret History - Brandon Sanderon

4/5 - Kelsier is so complicated to me, love a BTS for a storyline like Mistborn, introduction of Khriss and Nazh (read in The Arcanum Unbound: The Cosmere Collection)

Spoilers for the first Mistborn trilogy and this story below the cut!

Oh Kelsier. You crazy little man. You truly never can just let go and relax. Vin's question at the end is really what captures this (his) story for me: "How much was about us? ... And how much was about you?"

Kelsier dying and sort of tricking Vin immediately after his death (and planning on dying) left me with some complicated feelings for him. I was glad he was able to help them save Scadrial. I am glad that he got to have this kind of adventure. But him taking up the mantle of Preservation, when it's so clear that holding shardic power corrupts and then trying to get Spook to try out immortality just doesn't endear him to me. Especially because Vin was so hurt by his death and possible resurrection and she is so dear to my heart.

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[lordgolden]

Maybe I’ve been reading too much cosmere stuff but Verity’s whole “come to me” thing on Fitz in Assassin’s Quest feels so much like the weird shardic Intent and Command stuff. Like I know there’s absolutely no intentional similarity or overlap or whatever, two completely different books, but it’s like “huh. That seems like cosmere magic”

the Skill is cognitive realm adjacent

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[kainekron]

Argent

Back in ['14] you referred to Honor's Purposes to me at one point. Is that still a thing in the cosmere?

Brandon Sanderson

Honor's purpose?

Argent

Honor's purposes. You referred to ten of them. Using the concept of Shardic numbers. But I don't have that on record, I don't know anything about it, it's been a confusing topic ever since.

Brandon Sanderson

So that's still a deal. It just plays into the ten names of the Almighty and the ten attributes of the Fools and the ten attributes of the Almighty.

Argent

Are Purposes something every shard has?

Brandon Sanderson

I wouldn't say-- No. It's playing more into the nature of Honor itself. https://wob.coppermind.net/events/332/#e956

Argent

Back in, I think, Words of Radiance I asked you-- Somebody asked the question that had to do with the number 10 on Roshar and I didn't get the question on the recording--which was horrible--but your answer talked about Honor's purposes. Is what you said, and you mentioned 10 of them and that is why the number 10 is so sacred. Could you say something so I have something on the record? So we know what you said about that?

Brandon Sanderson

Honor's purposes...

Argent

Or Shard's purposes... Like what is that all about?

Brandon Sanderson

That will become-- I said it vaguely on purpose. Firefight Chicago signing (Feb. 20, 2015)

Argent (paraphrased)

Brandon talked about something he called "Honor's purposes" or maybe "Honor's Purposes," and how they are the reason 10 is such a holy and dominant number - I assumed it meant Honor has (had) 10 of those Purposes. It was heavily implied in the conversation that Odium, if he has similar Purposes, does not have 10 of them. Words of Radiance Chicago signing (March 22, 2014)

MoriWillow

You once mentioned something called "Honor's purposes" to Argent/Evgeni. Are these purposes the same or related to the core theme of each of the Knights Radiant Orders? For example, unity, protection, justice.

Brandon Sanderson

That gives me a lot of wiggle room. Related to, yes, but that's a wiggly answer. YouTube Spoiler Stream 4 (June 16, 2022)

ok so after actally looking at the copper mind and cut out a bunch of unrelated tags this is all the wobs that directly mention honor's purposes and fuck does this vague ass section of the lore piss me off

[waffle-sorter]

The Lost Metal Ch74

Astrophysics is picky like that.

Huh. I wonder how hard it is to get into a Shardic mindset.

Was there any kind of law enforcement under Elend?

Good advice.

I mean, do we count when Rashek set off the Ashmounts in the first place? Apparently not.

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[butwhybother]

Shards have Intent, Dawnshards have Command.

What happens when a person holds both a Shard and Dawnshard, and the Intent and Command contradict?