Arcanist Lupus Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Joel's father found the line, but couldn't get it to work. How did he know that it was a valid line? He drew it and went "yes, I think this is Rithmatic!" It doesn't look like any of the other lines, and he couldn't make it do anything. So how did he figure it out? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethling Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 It is mentioned in the text that he had some Rithmatists that would try out his theories for him. As to where he got it, he spent a ton of money traveling to see if he could find them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyman Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 I've always assumed that he got it through deep theoretical considerations that we really aren't privy to in the books. It's strongly suggested that there is more advanced theory that neither Joel nor the readers are far enough along to understand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Monstrosity Posted June 20, 2013 Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 I'm guessing he's been investigating ruins and stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isomere Posted June 20, 2013 Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 (edited) He snuck into the Tower of Nebrask, got possessed by a Charcoal stick figure. Woke up several years later with a very angry Rithmatist standing over him amidst the debris of a chalk battle. After that he had a disturbing obsession with the pattern for silencing, but didn't know how it was used. Then he decided to settle down, get a girl pregnant, make lots of chalk and fill his son's mind with rithmatic formulae. And that folks, is the honest truth right out of the horse's mouth. EDIT: the horse was lying by the way, so don't trust him. Edited June 20, 2013 by Isomere 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion2001 Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 What if Joel's dad was a rithmatist and he was really good, so the forgotten had him killed, and Joel actually was a rithmatist from the beginning, but his mom didn't want him to be one, so she talked to the priest and had it set up where he would live a normal live 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the winter system Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 What if Joel's dad was a rithmatist and he was really good, so the forgotten had him killed, and Joel actually was a rithmatist from the beginning, but his mom didn't want him to be one, so she talked to the priest and had it set up where he would live a normal live But Joel's dad wasn't, because he wouldn't have needed other rithmatists to try out his theories, and if his mom didn't want him to be, then he would've gotten it in the second try. Right? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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