Cracknut Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 A few months? I SWEAR it took just one single day in my case, and one friend of mine had to wait the same time than me sending the mail at a different time. By the way, we have seen a worldhopper who comes from White Sand (everyone who has read the book might know who is he), so at least we can confirm that some of the major characters still there for the official version (at least Khriss and B***). You mean one of three 17thsharders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterAhlstrom Posted March 25, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 From what I've heard, she was a mighty whitey style womanOn Roshar many people would mistake her for Makabaki. 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Bam! Human(oid) and dark-skinned. Canon. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hoodie Mistborn Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Mighten Khriss be Iyatil? Mraize's Babsk? She is described as having dark tan skin, and seems to be the leader of a group dedicated to gathering knowledge related to different cosmere worlds? She's obviously a world hopper: "My name," the woman said. "Iyatil" "I've never heard one like it." "Unsurprising..." Page 756, Words of Radiance. Kindle Edition, location 15081 Maybe she's Khriss as well? I'll have to re-read her description in White Sands... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pechvarry Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Iyatil is basically the perfect diametrical opposite of how one would describe Khriss. Except skin color, apparently. Edited March 25, 2014 by Pechvarry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windshard Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 White Sand is still being sent out to people who ask for it. How do I ask for it? Can this count as asking for it?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterAhlstrom Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Just do what it says in the first post on this page. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khyrindor Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 On Roshar many people would mistake her for Makabaki. So this means we've seen her on page... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 No, I wouldn't make this conclusion. On Roshar, I would probably be considered Shin, but that doesn't mean you've seen me on page... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartbug Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Or have we... Dun dun DUNNN! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Worst comes to worse, he can change established canon. It's not the end of the world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red032 Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 After just 3 days, Mr. Sanderson sent me the copies of "White Sands" and "Aether of Night". I would like to publicly thank him for this. Besides being a terrific writer, he is a very cool guy! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorridgeBrick Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 After just 3 days, Mr. Sanderson sent me the copies of "White Sands" and "Aether of Night". I would like to publicly thank him for this. Besides being a terrific writer, he is a very cool guy! Huh. Weird. I still haven't gotten mine yet. Oh well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 I got mine a couple days ago; it took 1 week. I already read them both 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 It's been a few weeks for me - I should consider sending another message soon, perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmosofclay Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 (edited) Gah, thats unfair. I've emailed him twice about it over the past year and a half and never heard back... Edited April 8, 2014 by cosmosofclay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninch Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 (edited) http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/6416-szeths-unique-aquisition-spoilers/page-7#entry111604 Hoid's penpal. Hoid calls him an old reptile, and Brandon confirmed that he was a dragon from Dragonsteel. Trying to find where khriss was aslos refered to as a dragon Edited April 8, 2014 by ninch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeiryWriter Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/6416-szeths-unique-aquisition-spoilers/page-7#entry111604 Trying to find where khriss was aslos refered to as a dragon To my knowledge Khriss has never been refered to as a dragon. She also definitely isn't The Dragon to whom the letter is written since he is a he. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSC01 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Oh, man! I think she's Baxil's mistress! He says she looks Makabaki but has Shen-like eyes, and I don't think . I know everyone thinks she's Shalash, but could she be both? Her full name is Khrissalla, which could easily be corrupted to Shalash, especially by a culture that wants symmetry in their names. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 I sent the email, and I've been waiting about a month. But given that I waited about 2 years before getting Dragonsteel from BYU library, I suppose I can wait a bit longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Oh, man! I think she's Baxil's mistress! He says she looks Makabaki but has Shen-like eyes, and I don't think . I know everyone thinks she's Shalash, but could she be both? Her full name is Khrissalla, which could easily be corrupted to Shalash, especially by a culture that wants symmetry in their names. Ooh, interesting idea. As a general question, do we happen to know when White Sand takes place relative to the general Cosmere timeline? Before or after Elantris? And welcome to the 17th Shard, DSC01. I hope you enjoy your time here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 We don't know where in the timeline White Sand takes place, but we can take a few educated guesses. We know by WoB that Blunt in Way of Kings, is from White Sand. So, for certain before then. We suspect Khriss is the Ars Arcanum author, because we have a WoB she is the most knowledgeable. That would put White Sand prior to Mistborn. Given that the rest of the Sanderson novels were written approximately in chronological order, and White Sand was the first book written, we can guess that if the approximate pattern holds true White Sand should be a bit before Elantris, but not too much. That's the best we have at the moment, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSC01 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Well, if my hypothesis is correct, and Baxil's mistress is both Shalash and Khriss, then White Sand happens a LONG time before most of the other books. She would have to have since learned a ton about the Cosmere, been roped into the Oathpact, and been running around Roshar (or maybe some other Shardworlds) for a number of centuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 (edited) If by centuries, you mean millenia.... The oathpact was broken 4500 years prior. There were apparently 99 Desolations before that, and they were long enough to consistently eradicate iron age technologies, so they would have had to have been at least a decade between each one and probably closer to 50-300 years. If the 99 is accurate, that would make Shallash anywhere from 5500 to 34500 years old. Edited April 20, 2014 by Tempus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorridgeBrick Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 If by centuries, you mean millenia.... The oathpact was broken 4500 years prior. There were apparently 99 Desolations before that, and they were long enough to consistently eradicate iron age technologies, so they would have had to have been at least a decade between each one and probably closer to 50-300 years. If the 99 is accurate, that would make Shallash anywhere from 5500 to 34500 years old. I'd say considerably more than a decade. 9/10 of the population died every Desolation iirc, and it should take a very long time to get back to normal– at the very least 300 years. I kinda doubt the 99 Desolations bit, seeing as by this point all the other planet's populations should be flying around in FTL spaceships zapping each other with giant lasers with that much technological delay on Roshar's part. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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