Ok, now responding to things. I think we've all finished it now, but spoilers for the whole book, just in case.
I interpreted it as she could do this because she had a... trellium? lol a spike of Trell's metal. Presumably he's a Shardbearer of some sort, and his metal obviously grants her extra...
Well I finished it so I guess I can go read the spoilers now :lol I enjoyed it, overall, but it wasn't my favorite. One somewhat unfortunate thing I've noticed reading all of these back to back is how often Sanderson says "he/she Pushed on... etc" and it gets very old :lol
The twist wasn't...
Ok so thus far I have studiously avoided reading any of your posts :lol I have now read the first 6 chapters. I'm guessing someone is a kandra, although I thought they were all dead. But that would easily explain why Wax keeps seeing Bloody Tan.
ETA: Very pleased I figured it out :D
Huh, so, there's a typo in my copy, because cadmium was correct according to the chart in the Ars Arcanum. My book definitely said chromium at one point though.
I finally started reading it! Apparently I remember almost nothing at all from it.
So there are no Mistborn anymore, interesting. Also it sounds like if I understood correctly they still don't know all 16 metals? And if bendalloy is bismuth and cadmium, which one is its partner metal, bismuth...
So I definitely remember the name Nazh from maps etc in Stormlight, is the name Khriss ever mentioned? Also this is making me realize it's been a looong time since I read Elantris and that I remember very little of it.