CosmereQuestioner Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 So this "Rial" guy seems out of place. 1. "he was a little pale for an Alethi and had dark brown hair." (More of a description than we'd normally see, and specifically [but minor-ly] NOT like the Alethi) 2. Recognized a watch and knew what it was. Ways to identify him: Has a habit of rolling a sphere across his knuckles (maybe does this with coins in another world?) (Wax does this once, but the other descriptors don't seem to fit.) Has a unique way of talking "ta" instead of "to". Very perfect salute, yet lazy attitude. Unfortunately I only have Stormlight in electronic form, and hence cannot search the other books for keywords. Any ideas? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Crabs Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 I always consider if someone is a worldhopper when brandon decides to give someone seemingly random a bit more personality and description. Rial was not an exception! He seems like a likely candidate for this, though his accent was placed by dalinar as being from a region he knew but rarely heard. Perhaps brandon just wanted someone who had a strong personality for a brand new sub-culture that he wanted to explore. (I think it's a region within alethkar near some mountains?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymeros Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 (edited) .....................................a worldhopping slave...................................nah I don't think so. Edited October 3, 2017 by Nymeros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmereQuestioner Posted October 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 Slave? Just because this guy claims he is from bridge 13 doesn't mean he was a actually ever a slave. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+eveorjoy Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Nymeros said: .....................................a worldhopping slave? .....................................nah I don't think so. I don't think he had been a slave or even a bridgeman. His attitude doesn't fit a former bridgeman. People have slipped into the bridge teams before. Consider all of Lopen's cousins in bridge four. I like the idea of a Worldhopper over a Ghostblood or assassin. Edited October 3, 2017 by eveorjoy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypatia Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 The name of this guy is also odd - in this scene are fab-rials and a pain-rial mentioned and he tells us his name us Rial. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lidolas Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 7 minutes ago, Nymeros said: .....................................a worldhopping slave...................................nah I don't think so. Vasher/Zahel? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ElephantEarwax Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 26 minutes ago, Lidolas said: Vasher/Zahel? He's an ardent. They can leave the ardentia at any time and they way I see that, is he gets food and board for teaching people the sword, which is what he knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duladen Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 The way he rolls the sphere over his knuckles immediately made me think of someone rolling coins over their knuckles. Pretty sure this is a worldhopper from ScadRIAL. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllNsickly Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 (edited) 12 minutes ago, duladen said: The way he rolls the sphere over his knuckles immediately made me think of someone rolling coins over their knuckles. Pretty sure this is a worldhopper from ScadRIAL. And we do have an apparent sighting of Demoux in Urithiru. The Bouncer with the noted scar. The 17th Shard keeping close to the Alethi while looking for Hoid does make sense. Edited October 3, 2017 by IllNsickly Because I am really good at incomplete thoughts. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmereQuestioner Posted October 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 I agree, Scadrial was my first thought.(though not because of the "rial" as many words like fabrial and sebarial also end in rial) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 20 minutes ago, IllNsickly said: And we do have an apparent sighting of Demoux in Urithiru. The Bouncer with the noted scar. The 17th Shard keeping close to the Alethi while looking for Hoid does make sense. I don't think Jor is Demoux. The attitude doesn't fit at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sart Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 1 minute ago, Calderis said: I don't think Jor is Demoux. The attitude doesn't fit at all. Not Jor, the bouncer in the second bar, who didn't say a word, but was described as having a scar, and mentioned as scowling at one point. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 12 minutes ago, Sart said: Not Jor, the bouncer in the second bar, who didn't say a word, but was described as having a scar, and mentioned as scowling at one point. Eh, I want more than just a scar before I believe that's Demoux. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confused Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 The name Rial is an anagram for "liar." Brandon's done this before with Sebarial, an anagram for "base liar." To me, that's a big tip-off. He might even be Sebarial because I think Rial is a Dysian Aimian. At first I thought he was Zahel/Vasher's newest incarnation, but Zahel appears later in the scene, when Rial is also present. But when Rial says, "I’m a new man. Reborn in the bridge crews,” I see a Dysian rearranging itself into a "new man." It also seems to me a Dysian is uniquely qualified to be the organizational genius Sebarial is. And his "lazy expression" sounds like Sebarial. Of course, that raises questions about Palona. Is she something besides a two-armed Herdazian? Does that explain the couple's calm during the Narak battle? Sebarial might have reasons to tail Dalinar as a guard and learn things he might not learn as the Highprince of Commerce. Just some speculation to add to the mix. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnsworth Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 Rial could be a Dysian, but not Sebrial. I feel like if he didn’t sleep, we would have figured that out. Haven’t we seen him sleep? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsdaughter613 Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 My first reaction was "this guy sounds just like Wayne!" Then "wait, timelines don't work... but the similarities are too strong to be a coincidence... hmm... a Scadrian world hopper?" So I'm going with: this is a Scadrian worldhopper. Maybe a Kandra? If not, he's definately part Terris - no mention of Shin eyes. But the fact that Rial sounds just like Wayne only makes sense to me if it as an Easter egg for us Sharders. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Kingsdaughter613 said: My first reaction was "this guy sounds just like Wayne!" Then "wait, timelines don't work. Wayne also would have no problem imitating local accents. But still, timelines don't work, as AoL is placed between Stormlight 5 and 6. Timetravel (backwards) is not a thing in the Cosmere, is it? My first reaction was Nazh. But he does not seem to play with stuff like coins or spheres. He did appear in Bridge Four to get a look at their tattoos though, so this could be some other worldhopper from Khriss's entourage, trying to get more information on what's going on there. Edited October 4, 2017 by Pattern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsdaughter613 Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 I mentioned the timelines not working. That's why I think this is a way of letting us know that this is a Scadrian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 1 hour ago, Confused said: The name Rial is an anagram for "liar." Hoid. He uses his form of Lightweaving to assume a new persona. He would get bored with Jasnah, eventually. His comments would be fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace21 Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 I dont think he is a Dysian Aimian, Arclo mentions in Edgedancer that his disguise doesn't hold up under close scrutiny and I doubt any Dysian will. He could definitely be a worldhopper though, all the signs are there and Scadrial seems likely. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbour Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 I dont know who Rial is but Brandon did too much emphasis on him. He isnt just a usual guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toaster Retribution Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 Agreed, Rial is odd. He reminded me a bit about Olem from Powder Mage in his attitude. It is fully possible that he is a worldhopper, but at the same time, every single wierdo in Stormlight can't be one, so maybe he is just what he says he is. Anyhow, I'm sure we will see more of him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChazBolt Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) I'm not 100% why, but my initial gut reaction was "Rial is Mraize". Thoughts? EDIT: well after the next chapters, im wrong lol. Edited October 23, 2017 by ChazBolt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllNsickly Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 4 hours ago, ChazBolt said: I'm not 100% why, but my initial gut reaction was "Rial is Mraize". Thoughts? I'd have to go through the Mraize chapters again, but I sort of remember him being a bit more formal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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