Popular Post The Sovereign Posted December 23, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 In my copy of Elantris Anniversary edition I had asked a question that I was moderately sure would be RAFO'd... Well, it came in yesterday and: 69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Well done It was high likely but it's great to have a 100% sure proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sovereign Posted December 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) Well done It was high likely but it's great to have a 100% sure proof. Yeah, I had thought it made pretty decent sense that Edgli was Endowment but Brandon has been pretty tight-lipped about it. I had actually asked him about it at a signing last year and he nearly answered and ultimately RAFO'd me... guess I wore him down... Edited December 23, 2015 by Iron Eyes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBambam Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Nice!!! That is fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 That or the name will be let slip by a character in the near future anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sovereign Posted December 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 That or the name will be let slip by a character in the near future anyway. Zahel perhaps? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Anamaximder Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Awesome!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Weee! Shard WoBs are the best WoBs! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axies Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Weee! Shard WoBs are the best WoBs! I can see a meme of your profile picture with that phrase. XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormgate Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Please make it. I would upvote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindel Posted December 25, 2015 Report Share Posted December 25, 2015 Good to get confirmation on that, nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoidhunter Posted December 25, 2015 Report Share Posted December 25, 2015 nice...upvote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Yeah, I had thought it made pretty decent sense that Edgli was Endowment but Brandon has been pretty tight-lipped about it. I had actually asked him about it at a signing last year and he nearly answered and ultimately RAFO'd me... guess I wore him down... I think Brandon often RAFOs things like this at first but decides they're either obvious enough or that they're non-crucial enough that they can be answered after later questioning. Between that and critical re-wording of questions, it's often a good idea to repeat good questions after some time! Weee! Shard WoBs are the best WoBs! As usual Argent is on the right track hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Storm it, I'm going to have to switch around in my head that endowment is male instead of female now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeiryWriter Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Storm it, I'm going to have to switch around in my head that endowment is male instead of female now.... Why? Endowment is female. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 But isn't Edgli a male name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windrunner Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 I don't think it sounds particularly one way or another, personally. Endowment is female, though, if I recall correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeiryWriter Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 But isn't Edgli a male name? No, because Endowment is female. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknopathetic Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) I wonder if this can be taken as more evidence that the shard Endowment was taken or re-taken up rather recently? Magic seems to have been in lockdown until 500 some years ago when the first returned showed up. No magic seems to have been in use until the conquistadors arrived and drove out the Pahn Kahl. Perhaps someone took up the shard then? Or maybe they awakened the shard somehow? Where do the immigrants acquire the word Edgli from? As well, the people of Nathalis seem to have known the name of their Shardholder in living memory. Someone managed to name those flowers after her in the last 500 years (unless sit is a Pahn Kahl word). The only reason we know Leras - Lerassium is because the Lord Ruler held the power. So I think it makes sense to assume that someone either became the shard recently or interacted with Shardpools/wells in the last 500ish years. Edited December 28, 2015 by teknopathetic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyman Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 I wonder if this can be taken as more evidence that the shard Endowment was taken or re-taken up rather recently? Magic seems to have been in lockdown until 500 some years ago when the first returned showed up. No magic seems to have been in use until the conquistadors arrived and drove out the Pahn Kahl. Perhaps someone took up the shard then? Or maybe they awakened the shard somehow? Where do the immigrants acquire the word Edgli from? As well, the people of Nathalis seem to have known the name of their Shardholder in living memory. Someone managed to name those flowers after her in the last 500 years (unless sit is a Pahn Kahl word). The only reason we know Leras - Lerassium is because the Lord Ruler held the power. So I think it makes sense to assume that someone either became the shard recently or interacted with Shardpools/wells in the last 500ish years. I think it is more likely that Endowment has been the same person since the Shattering. A more likely series of events is that she eventually figured out how to/decided to start Returning people about 500 years ago. As for how they got her name: it seems extremely likely one of the many Returned in all that time learned and mentioned it at some point. Returned, in one form or another, form the basis of the only religions we see in any depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 But isn't Edgli a male name? Where'd you get that idea? Only place we've heard it iirc is in the term "Tears of Edgli". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sovereign Posted December 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 I think it is more likely that Endowment has been the same person since the Shattering. A more likely series of events is that she eventually figured out how to/decided to start Returning people about 500 years ago. As for how they got her name: it seems extremely likely one of the many Returned in all that time learned and mentioned it at some point. Returned, in one form or another, form the basis of the only religions we see in any depth. I tend to agree with you, I would guess that it was simply a matter of Edgli starting to return people at that time. Regarding the name, A returned saying it seems likely, but it may not have even needed to have been a Returned. As everyone on Nalthis is invested with her power (via Breath) they may have just intuitively knew her name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moogle Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Well, how'd people figure out how to name "atium"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Well the Lord Ruler puts it in the market, so he probably coined it with his Ascension knowhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moogle Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Well the Lord Ruler puts it in the market, so he probably coined it with his Ascension knowhow. Harmony does find out the name of Adonalsium, so there might be something to that. Atium existed before the Final Empire though - did people mine it before TLR? They probably found the lerasium, as the beads were in clay-fired plates. Perhaps it was Hoid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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