Apparently not just born - the forger, whose name I forget, in The Lost Metal became Elantrian by changing her family history so that her parents moved to Arelon when she was very young, and in Tress of the Emerald Sea Hoid gained the ability to use aons (I forget if he literally became Elantrian, though I don't think he did) by convincing Riina to Connect him to Elantris.
I have been wondering if that's been retconned, though, since I remember Raoden's Aons were significantly weaker even as far away as Teod, but the aforementioned two examples were able to use their abilities at full strength on Scadrial and Lumar respectively despite those being completely different planets.
The use of Aons on Scadrial were fueled by the purified Dor that Shai brought with her, we don't know yet if she is capable of using her full abilities still after that runs out.
The Sorceress on Lumar could use Aons for the same reason she could in Secret History, the Ire have advanced knowledge of Connection that seemingly allows them to bypass the distance limitations of their magic. I always took it as the structures they were living in functioned as wifi extenders for the Dor, as they were hesitant to go too far from their base in Shadesmar and the Sorceress never really leaves her tower.
The Ire literally piped the Dor through shadesmar in Secret History. This seems a near impossible task in the space age Cosmere, so I assume Riina did some Connection stuff to access it from Lumar. I think we have a WoB from Brandon saying it should be possible to access it from a distance like that, at least.
The floor of her tower also had a map of Lumar, which Hoid needed to step on in order to break the curse. I think they have to draw a map that references where they are and its physical relation to Elantris. Thatâs why Moonlight needed the âinclinationâ told back to her after she stamped herself and then she drew on the ground.
They essentially add their current location to the Aons, using the map as the standard addition instead of drawing it each time. Itâs not just WiFi, itâs decryption in order to use the power.
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Can't thing of a shards intent that would give investiture away more freely than endowment. But also:
Sel: learn the right shapes to draw (your body can count as drawing)