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Interview: Jan 31st, 2015
Sirce Luckwielder
"When Kelsier is teaching Vin about the basic eight Allomantic Metals, he talks about not flaring metals, especially Tin and Pewter, as it does strange things to people. Does this imply that there were other savants before Spook?Brandon Sanderson
His answer was that there were other savants before Spook.Tags
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Interview: Oct 9th, 2015
Question
There is quantitative difference in Allomancy (e.g. Elend is stronger than Vin), there is skill difference (e.g. Breeze is better than Vin with zinc), but is there a qualitative difference too?Brandon Sanderson
That’s the scale of what we call savant. Wax can do more with less. It’s not just skill, the burning for long, using for so long, will actually adapt your soul to the power.Question
So can bronze savants pierce Copperclouds?Brandon Sanderson
Yes, a bronze savant should be able to pierce copperclouds. It depends on the strengths of the Coppercloud and the strength of the savant, but yes.Question
So Elend could theoretically learn to pierce Copperclouds?Brandon Sanderson
Weaker ones, yeah, totally. He can learn how to do it by brute force.Tags
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Interview: Feb 22nd, 2016
Alterodent
If a hermit were to take a whole lot of Cadmium and go off and live by himself, how far within a lifetime, reasonably, could he get into the future by essentially time-capsuling himself?Brandon Sanderson
Alterodent
Assuming they live to be 70 or 75.4
Interview: Nov 30th, 2016
Borderlands SF-AU Tour (Paraphrased)Question
So my quick question: Can you use Identity (I love the speed bubbles!) to anchor speed bubbles to yourself?Brandon Sanderson
Uh, this is possible. That’s less a matter of Identity. What’s gonna happen there, like, the more someone uses the powers, the more familiar and intermingled with their soul the powers become, and they are able to accomplish things that others can’t. This would be like a mistborn learning to hover a coin, right, which they can do, but most think you can’t. That’s the sort of level we’re going with.Necarion
So a savant could?
Brandon Sanderson
A savant could totally do that. The problem is, things moving in and out of a speed bubble, there’s a transference of energy. This is how we keep speed bubbles from irradiating people when light moves through them, right, red shift. And so there’s a transfer of energy directly from the spiritual realm, which means that moving with a speed bubble, you’re gonna run into that, and it’s gonna be, it’s gonna cause all kinds of problems, but it would be possible.
Footnote
[Necarion’s note: This might be a very interesting method of harnessing energy, much more efficient than my earlier Terris Wheel idea]Tags
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Interview: Dec 6th, 2016
Harold Washington Library Center-AU Tour (Paraphrased)Question
So Allomantic Savants. When that happens, is that purely physiological, or is there something else happening in terms of…Brandon Sanderson
Uhhhh, it’s physiological in a Cosmere sense, but that can involve your Cognitive and Spiritual aspects.Question
Yeah, the question there is, are there other similar processes to savantism with other--Brandon Sanderson
Yeah, yeah you’ve seen it. So, Soulcasters. Where their spirit is being slowly being merged and infused with Investiture that is having physical ramifications. It’s the same thing.Tags
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Interview: Dec 6th, 2016
Harold Washington Library Center-AU Tour (Paraphrased)Argent
Staying on Scadrial, have we seen the Resonances of either Wax or Wayne?Brandon Sanderson
Yes, well, Wax is really good a sculpting bullets and things away from him.Argent
The bubble.Brandon Sanderson
Yeah and things like this. This is playing with the fact that he is-- let’s just say that the abilities make this happen, and I’ll let you theorize on why, but it’s just an enhancement to what he can do.Argent
I might be wrong, but I thought you said it was because he was becoming a Steel Savant.Brandon Sanderson
Yeah, definitely, but this is what that’s coming from.Argent
But being a Savant has to do with being really good with one power, and Resonance--Brandon Sanderson
Being a savant has to do with using Investiture a lot, and it’s starting to permeate your soul.Argent
So he’s more of a Savant with both of--Brandon Sanderson
He’s used them a lot, and they are changing his soul, and so the powers are morphing and changing, just in slight, little ways, you’re not gonna see a whole bunch. Well, you can imagine these powers are sort of becoming one to him.Argent
Yeah, I can see that. And Wayne?Brandon Sanderson
Wayne’s is not as obvious, I’ll go ahead and RAFO that right now.Tags