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[Paraphrasing] That is not an inapt metaphor for it. It's like a wedge gets in the soul and cracks it, and investiture can fill it up.
And using allomancy breaks it further?
Yes.
Do other magic systems in the Cosmere function in a similar way?
Yes.
Which ones? Will we see them soon?
I'm going to have to RAFO that.
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That was intentional. You are on to something that no one's figured out yet.
I was thinking it could be connected to people being able to manipulate gravity.
It's not exactly what you think you're on to, but you're getting close to something that they've all wanted to know for a while.
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It cannot affect Shardblades. Well, cannot is a strong term. Things with innate Investiture are much more difficult to affect by any of the magics at all. Which is why it's very hard for Szeth to bind people or lash people wearing Shardplate to the ceiling. In the same way Allomancy wouldn't be able to push on it without some help. Duralumin with a strong Push would probably do it.
I was just wondering if it was actually metal.
It is metalish--it's metal enough for Allomancy to work on it.
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It is a little bit more like wedging open cracks in the soul by letting the Investiture come in, and it can open the cracks more.
Are there other magic systems like that?
Yes.
Will we see those any time soon?
Maybe...RAFO.
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Yes.
Where did the redstone on Feverstone come from?
Roshar.
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The 10 heartbeats is required to revive a dead shardblade
But he wasn't dead the whole time.
He wasn't. But perception--all magic systems in the Cosmere are based on perception-what you think you can do. For instance, Kaladin can't get healed because he sees himself as having a wounded forehead with the scars and that can't vanish because his perception is in the way.
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Hemalurgic spikes can be used on any planet.
Would it be potential for Parshendi to develop a form using the spikes?
Wow, that would be a really weird hack of the magic system that would be theoretically possible. But that's a really weird one. I had never even considered that one. Parshendi adopting other Investiture could happen, the spikes is not one I've considered.
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Yes...there are actual factions but they're not what you're thinking of.
Are there lifeforms that are native to the Spiritual Realm like the spren are native to the Cognitive Realm?
Yes, but they're not what you're thinking.
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That is possible. That would actually not be a very difficult Soulforge. The problem is, he's Invested. So reInvesting him, which is what Soulforgery is, is really hard. So you'd have to figure out how you could use Forgery on something that is already Invested. But forgery can get through some of those hoops a lot easier than some other magic systems can.
Do you have to be a willing subject to be Soulforged?
You do not. Working with the soul is really hard though. You have to be a supreme expert in what you're doing, because soul is Investiture
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You have not seen a Knight of all of the orders yet I don't believe.
Even one that doesn't have a spren yet?
I think you have met everybody.