Trellium and Soul Stone

[Philomath Ghostblood]

So I just re-read The Emperor’s Soul because it felt necessary to brush up on after The Lost Metal. I noticed something about the description of soul stone that felt similar to how Trellium is described. They both are described as having red spots or flecks in them. Now, I’m not a geologist, but I don’t think there is a real world analog for soul stone. So a part of me is now wondering if Autonomy seeded something on Sel which lead to some small co-opting of one of the magics there similarly to what they did on Scadrial. Which could possibly give Shai/Moonlight another possible reason to want to be a part of the Ghostbloods if she found Autonomy messing with both worlds. 

[Shacharma Bridgeman]

We do know from WoBs that autonomy is indeed messing at Sel, including a common fan theory that Jaddeth might be one of her avatars.

[alder24 Kalad's Phantom]

Here is important WoB:

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strican

In The Lost Metal, it mentions Autonomy having avatars in other worlds. In Shu-Dereth on Sel, Jaddeth speaks directly to Wyrn, who then propagates his will down the hierarchy-

Brandon Sanderson

Yes.

strican

Within the religion, ambition is rewarded, but only if it aligns with the orders of the hierarchy. That sounds similar to the philosophy used in the Set, but replacing Jaddeth with Trell. Is Jaddeth an avatar of Autonomy?

Brandon Sanderson

*chuckles and points at screen in very satisfied way* RAFO. You're a very smart person.

It's [pronounced] "Yaddeth", by the way. That is also one of the Y-J's. ...

So, I will say this. Here's what I'll canonize. There is something happening, and the people there legitimately believe, and have reason to believe, that their god is going to return. And I have said before, many times, that Book 2 of Elantris begins with the return of their god. 'Cause they've said "God can't come back until everybody converts". But they've found a loophole. They're like "well, except those heretics in Elantris. And also that other little place, that tiny little region that's over in the mountains, where they talk about roses, they don't count either. Because they're, um, not actually part of the planet." Um, so. So that's something to look forward to, if I ever get around to writing Dakhor, is the return of Jaddeth, the god of [Shu-Dereth].

YouTube Spoiler Stream 5 (Dec. 2, 2022)

Autonomy is messing with Sel, and Bavadinium is on it. Good catch.

Edited January 4 by alder24

[Philomath Ghostblood]

Oh I remember that WoB now. Thanks for bringing that up too.