u/Tacod-Rex

I recently reread that wonderful scene with Kaladin and Hoid in the vision and noticed something very weird to me.

Hoid puts up a bubble the second Kal is close enough, a bubble I always assumed was from allomantic Bendalloy (the power Wayne used to make time bubbles).

However, Kaladin's pov describes the wind outside as still blowing. Now, it's totally possible he's just not noticing that the wind has greatly slowed down.

But I have a much cooler explanation: The bubble isn't a bendalloy bubble. But actually a bubble made by burning Trellium that was alloyed with Bendalloy.

We know Trellium spikes hide the spiked person from the eyes of Harmony and presumably all shards except Autonomy. This WOB confirms that it was the metal of Paalm's spike, rather than how the powers were stolen, that allowed the kandra to hide from Harmony.

Which makes me think that Trellium is all about hiding from other Shards who might impede your "Autonomy". So I bet burning Trellium-Bendalloy creates a bubble that hides those within from the eyes of shards. Now, RoW does take place before Mistborn era 2, but if anyone could get Trellium before then, it would be the ancient worldhopper who tries very hard to hide from Shards.

This would leave one small mystery: Does this mean Hoid and Kal were still visible to Autonomy? Well it wouldn't matter, because Shards are limited by how many things their humanoid mind can focus on at a time. So why would Autonomy be searching the Spiritual Realm at that particular moment? And would she even be able to spot the two inside the vision Odium created? Based on my vague memory of WaT, I doubt it.

I have some Nalthian mercenaries in my CosmereRPG game being attacked by a group of mean Radiants that don't want these friendly guys to cash in a bounty to the Godking of Tukar.

An Elsecaller, Skybreaker, Windunner, and Dustbringer have snuck into our hero's home and are trying to break a Willshaper outta her makeshift cell (with aluminum gauntlets covering her hands, no spheres allowed in the building). And all the Awakeners have going for them is a dozen or so veteran footsoldiers under their command.

(If those glowing jerks try to run, the mercs can pursue any cowards into Shadesmar because people love these Nalthians enough to give them a small gift of a Transportation-Surge-Fabrial)

If you want these poor mercs to finally get enough money to be understood, please take a moment and drop an idea in the comments about how they can stand their ground.

TLDR: You don't need to worry about the exact context and give me RPG advice, I just want fun ideas of how Awakeners can fight Radiants

Magic-system context edit: Most Awakened Objects are physically cut by Shardblades, but their Breaths don't seem to be destroyed by this. However with enough Breaths in one object, they can block a Shardblade. Check out this fan discussion for more on this: https://www.17thshard.com/forums/topic/190833-awakened-object-vs-shardblade/