Natans Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 (edited) My personal translation. Of fires that burned and yet they were gone.(Hi i'm out of Damnation horayyy!) Of heat he could feel when others felt not.(But man that others nine dudes sure let me roast a little) Of screams his own that nobody heard.( I mean 4500 burning and screaming without anyone to help is harshman very harsh) Of torture sublime, for life it meant. ( But this are my duty with the almighty and with manking, better that one man suffer than all the mankind) Edited February 14, 2014 by Natans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aminar Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 Memories of a Herald. Totally and completely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPark317 Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 My first reaction upon reading this Glimpse was that it was from a Herald. I think the Szeth argument has some merit, but based on what we know about the Heralds' experience, it sounds like one of them is remembering this. So I would say this could be Taln, or this could be a "revelation" for a different Herald, as he remembers what used to happen to them before they abandoned the Oathpact. I like the idea that this is a "corrupted" Herald sort of having an internal battle about what his life used to be about and what it is now. Certainly wild speculation, but I thought it would be a cool way to show Nalan/Darkness or Jezrien or someone debating whether or not they should try to go back to how they used to be. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cromptj Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 The last line could be that the pain reminds him that he is alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyPilgrim Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 I'm going to go Szeth. It feels top much like someone in the midst of other people experiencing something by themselves. Taln as many have said, I feel would have felt very alone in his pain, but not so for Szeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysty Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 arranging this glimpse like a poem reminded me of the Listener song epigraph we have from the last WOR excerpt chapter. I know the tone of the glimpse is much darker, but the released epigraph was for mateform, you expect that to be lovey. what if this glimpse is another Listener song, but for stormform or another more dreadful form? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardlet Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 I am pretty dang sure that this is Taln. My guess is he is thinking about dreams (nightmares) he is having. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Rose Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 My first thought was this is literally from Words of Radiance. A book about light weavers. The first 3 lines seem to describe illusions of a sort. For the last line I don't know how it would fit in, other than it seems very cryptic. For Taln I don't think it is him directly, he'd be speaking in the third person and on the final page of WOK it mentions he speaks perfect Alethi with no hint of an accent. (He also says I have failed). I would accept it being a poem someone writes about Taln. It also would seem odd if it was just exposition in a Talon POV Chapter. Though I really would love one and hope for his POV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyPilgrim Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 My first thought was this is literally from Words of Radiance. A book about light weavers. The first 3 lines seem to describe illusions of a sort. For the last line I don't know how it would fit in, other than it seems very cryptic. For Taln I don't think it is him directly, he'd be speaking in the third person and on the final page of WOK it mentions he speaks perfect Alethi with no hint of an accent. (He also says I have failed). I would accept it being a poem someone writes about Taln. It also would seem odd if it was just exposition in a Talon POV Chapter. Though I really would love one and hope for his POV. I assume the pun was intended on the note about this being cryptic. I don't see how this doesn't have to be interior monologue. If it is Taln then it is him thinking to himself. You will he pleased that there will be a Taln interlude in WoR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masaru Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Guessing Glimpses are Mon-Fri only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyPilgrim Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Nope: Have you given up on the gemstone, now that it is dead? And do you no longer hide behind the name of your old master? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgedancermd Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 (edited) Guessing Glimpses are Mon-Fri only? Nope. "Have you given up on the gemstone, now that it is dead? And do you no longer hide behind the name of your old master?" Absolutely no idea what to do with this one, guys. edit: ninja'd. poop. Edited February 15, 2014 by edgedancermd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binnut Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Seems to me that it could be to Sizgl, and Hoid being the master. But im otherwise completely confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FollowYourMuse Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 (edited) Ahh ... this one I think is more Cosmere related? a reply to Hoids letter? Since Hoid is his masters name that he "stole" The gemstone being dead though, I have no idea.. My only ideas are that this refers to either the black sphere that Szeth hid, or whatever it was that Hoid had that he was keeping? though that is referred to as an element, not a gem. really no clue on a dead gemstone. et me first assure you that the element is quite safe. I have found a good home for it. I protect its safety like I protect my own skin, you might say. Edited February 15, 2014 by FollowYourMuse 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyPilgrim Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Well to what could a dead gemstone refer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysty Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 If someone found out about the black stone Gavilar gave Szeth, it could be talking about him...no clue as to which old master it is refering to though. Sizil also has an old master...but I wouldn't say he is hiding behind him. Rather seemed to be hiding from him. Other than that, I don't know about this glipmse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duskshard Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Ahh ... this one I think is more Cosmere related? a reply to Hoids letter? Since Hoid is his masters name that he "stole" The gemstone being dead though, I have no idea.. This is what I'm thinking too. Gemstone being dead? A reference to Honor maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcoop513 Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 My first thought was that it had to do with Szeth. Either the black oathstone he was given from Gavilar as others have mentioned, or perhaps his oathstone "died" somehow, and he can't hide behind Mr. T. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binnut Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Ahh ... this one I think is more Cosmere related? a reply to Hoids letter? Since Hoid is his masters name that he "stole" The gemstone being dead though, I have no idea.. Ah, yea. That sounds better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aminar Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 So, we've been having that discussion about the Body of Honor right? And this discusses the gemstone being dead(much like the black sphere Szeth had could be considered) What if that gem, that Gavilar had was Honor's body and Gavilar was trying to become a shard... The new Honor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgedancermd Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 One idea is it could be Szeth-related. Perhaps his oathstone is somehow destroyed, and his master killed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 I think this is addressed to a member of the 17th shard. That is a context in which "master" would make a lot more sense. Calling Szeth's oathstone a "gemstone" (when it is mainly stone with a few crystals) is a stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Portz Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Guessing Glimpses are Mon-Fri only? I didn't get one today, either :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masaru Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 (edited) Oh it was a little late is all. They've been so timely that once I didn't get it by 5 after, I assumed wrong. Cool to know they are truly daily. Fwiw, I'm in the someone-addressing-Hoid camp on this one, possibly as a reply to the letter. It would be cool if everyone book contains a letter between Hoid and the other-possibly-dragon. Edited February 15, 2014 by masaru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peet Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Have you given up on the gemstone, now that it is dead? And do you no longer hide behind the name of your old master? Like others, my first thought was that it is directed toward Szeth (who has an oathstone, and has done whatever his masters have commanded), but now I'm leaning toward it being written to Hoid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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