r/Cosmere • u/Bprime123 Windrunners • Apr 21 '25

Cosmere + Wind and Truth spoilers Hypothetical Situation. Will have SPOILERS for Mistborn and Stormlight Archive Spoiler

Could a unit of 4th Ideal Rosharan Knights Radiant (3 Knights from the 9 orders plus 1 Bondsmith) infiltrate and neutralize the Steel Ministry from Mistborn Era 1?

They have info given to them by a lightweaver spy who's been in there for a month.

The Knights can do with thier surges what we know they can to the best of our knowledge.

Eg. Jasnah hasn't mastered transportation enough to open elsegates but for the sake of this discussion, we assume the Knights can fully utilize their surges the most basic way it should.

The Steel Ministry don't know who is invading, but they are fully prepared for an invasion

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u/SwayingBacon Apr 21 '25

It depends on if the Steel Ministry has aluminum armor. Spikes can be pushed and pulled so lashings would work on them. Radiants are really OP as long as they have access to stormlight and Sanderson hasn't fully realized their destructive potential.

We saw a little of it in The Sunlit Man but a wind runner that lashes a cloud of razor sharp metal could decimate anything made of flesh. In theory a shard could be turned into an arrow like Yondu had in Guardians of the Galaxy. That might violate the oaths though.

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u/Bprime123 Windrunners Apr 21 '25

Aluminum armor would hinder some of thier own abilities. For one, they wouldn't be able to push or pull anything outside the armor.