u/DouViction

...and I'm beginning to suspect curtain, well, reservations Brandon allowed himself in StormA are because he supposed the reader would be familiar with certain concepts already.

I mean the >!Lord Ruler's logbook!<. My standing theory is that the >!Darkness was a Shard of Adolnasium, a Power longing for a new Vessel after something (Rayse?) happened to the previous one.!< [Cosmere General?]>!Or maybe a Dawnshard, although I don't yet know much about these other that they are parts of a whole used in the Shattering or something, and need to be carried much like Shards are, only I don't know if they grant any powers on their own!<

The thing is, in StormA Odium [Wind and Truth] >!and then Honor as well!< are rather one-dimensional and evil. Which may come off as lazy writing.

Unless, of course, you are already familiar with the journey of a man who uptook divinity and ended up losing his humanity and soul overtime.

Curious to read and find out whether this is the case.

... and I can't help thinking three things.

* Mare didn't betray Keslier. The Inquisitors are simply stationed there 24/7, and the Lord Ruler's thanking her for the betrayal was simply some added cruelty to make Keslier feel even worse. ED: Heck, maybe the whole Lord Rules visits this mysterious room every week is a ruse made specifically to draw would-be assassins.

* Alternatively, given what the Lord Ruler probably is really >!(a Vessel)!<, he simply saw the likelihood of an intrusion into his sanctum sanctorum and posted Inquisitors as a counter. Both times. If this is true, the whole Kesliers plan is very storming futile. Maybe he will realize this in time as Sazed translates the diary (unless, of course, Sazed himself is working for the Lord Ruler in exchange for being let live or something).

* Elend is storming Pawbert from Zootopia 2, and if you haven't seen Zootopia 2, do, it's a good movie, even if it's less stellar than the first one.

Discussion invitation: if this was a movie in the Zootopia universe, which character would be which animal? With Elend as a lynx and Vin as a young black stray cat, methinks.

Naturally , please don't spoil, I'd much rather read and find out myself. I simply thought some people here would like to be mildly amused, since they already know whether these guesses have any bearing in reality).

... and am several chapters in (Vin and Keslier are preparing to sneak into the Lord Ruler's keep because of course they are). Things I have to say so far.

* The atmosphere is a w e s o m e. This is Legacy of Kain meets Thief done justice on paper, finally, I thought I'd never run into something like this.

* This would've made an amazing Dishonored-like game, only we already have Dishonored.

* I absolutely chuckled when Keslier told Vin what atium does because it suddenly clicked into place that >!Mistborn are *literally* storming Jedi in terms of abilities. Soothing? Qui Gonn Ginn. Iron and Steel abilities? Obi Wan in the same movie and every Star Wars game since Jedi Knight series. Copperclouding sounds like something the Dark Side would favor and so on.!<

ED: obviously please don't spoil. XD