Bremen Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Also I very much agree with Sarn's thoughts wrt Devin's skill. I find Brandon's explanation very unsatisfactory. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterAhlstrom Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 I was thinking there were 23 chapters for some reason, but 22 is the final one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alliare Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 I was thinking there were 23 chapters for some reason, but 22 is the final one. *cries* So... Devin would have been a klutz, and that's why he was only average and not your normal KKoloss, and that's why now he's the king, he is awesome? Then... he might be awesome now, but he will never be as uber-awesome as a normal Kkoloss king would be. Just following the story's reasoning, and basing it in what Brandon told you. I liked best old King Dunn, Prince Sarn and the priests' theory that he was the son of the son of the son... of a bastard, so until the killing he had actually been twentieth Sept, or something like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posaune Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 He would have been above the fifth sept, as when someone is adopted, they gain about the fifth sept. (chapter 5, if you want to know where I got that) I also find this explanation more reasonable. He then would still be higher than King Dunn, but low enough to avoid notice. 4th sept would probably be perfect to hide him, but for him to still be higher than Dunn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
name_here Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 I think inheritance goes down direct male lines, so the last living descendent of the old king would become the new king no matter how many generations (and thus sept positions) were in between. At least, that's what I got from the chapter where they were discussing the illegitimate heir possibility in the first place. It's still odd, though. A bottom-level Kkoloss had a stronger power than a Guard, right? He'd have to have been pretty incompetent naturally for even Guard powers to only boost him to average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bremen Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) So Ralan is koloss Ala Breeze. How does he eat? Such a big dead was made over vvenna's specific dietary needs. Is Ralan perhaps part eruntu, or are the dietary restrictions pure lies from the priesthood (doubtful). I like the idea that lower Sept koloss are interbreeding with eruntu similar to mistborn. Edited January 18, 2012 by Bremen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterAhlstrom Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Ha. I totally forgot to wonder about Ralan eating. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.S.A.M.K.M Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 So devin will go to the other house, tel them that he is the whole of his house power but in hiding due to house sserein, so ask aid to strike back. What if the priestss keep the emporer isolated as he is the head of that power, so capable of stripping it from all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alliare Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Good points for the end, Peter. Didn't think about the seizures. However, it seems to me, that the whole Demon God plot is left too much aside, even though bthe title is Mythwalker. And I think, too, that the Demon God is good and Hess bad, in a Ruin/Preservation kind of way. The problem is, I don't think the priests would serve a bad good willingly... they seem to think... that they god is a pushover, or just a puppet they can control like the Emperor, and so are corrump, honestly. And the fearsome apparitions Davin saw at the start of the novel? Hess' doing? Oh, and I think they're going to the mainland because there Septs are unimportant, money is important. Maybe Devint will learn to be a master thief and they'll get a lot of allies that way! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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