Ryshadium Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 The Icewater Dynasty is side-eying you right now, RShara. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I'll hide in Roionsburg. They'll never find me there! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryshadium Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I wish there was a Tvlakvandia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elwynn Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Okay... Marabethia looks like a bridge over the purelake and reshi sea, now if anyone can actually find 'the bridge to terabithia' we might be able to find an offramp to Roshar. Anyone seen the 'Alien' movies? Sigourney Weaver? All of the mountains in former Natanatan down to and including the shattered plains make up the head of said Aliens. With the shattered plains making up the teeth. Alethkar and Shinovar actually make all their money by hoarding the world's water supply. You see, the map clearly shows that they own ALL of the rivers on Roshar. I quite nearly drove myself insane over this stuff more than two years ago, and of course here I am about to get sucked back in... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Mr. Shattered Plainson would agree! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 SORRY RShara, I just accidently downvoted on my phone while scrolling down. Someone please correct? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptic Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 this would be my first post, as i have been creeping around this forum for a year, but has anyone thought to check if drawing lines between cities on the map might make a glyph? like the sand sound patterns that kabasal made? don't have my books with my atm so i can't check names 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 No worries Swimmingly. Cryptic, interesting idea, but there are a LOT of cities (22?). Just eyeballing it, I don't think that will come up with anything decipherable. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Maybe only use capital cities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) The Purelake is a giant mouth and it's grinning at us. It's actually Brandon's mouth and he's laughing his head off at all our minds getting broken. Edit: Marabethia is its moustache. Edited March 20, 2014 by RShara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterAhlstrom Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I'll just say that there's no reason to suspect the majority of you would have any chance of figuring this out. Just looking at the map is not going to reveal anything to you, unless you have specific knowledge you are not likely to have. Some of you may have this knowledge, but I can't predict who among you might have it. Even if you do have this knowledge, you may not realize it's applicable. It's also possible you may someday make the connection while looking at something entirely different that you never expected to be related. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardbearer Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 What? Do we need to be cartographers or geologists or something to figure this out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrina Stormshard Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I'll just say that there's no reason to suspect the majority of you would have any chance of figuring this out. Just looking at the map is not going to reveal anything to you, unless you have specific knowledge you are not likely to have. Some of you may have this knowledge, but I can't predict who among you might have it. Even if you do have this knowledge, you may not realize it's applicable. It's also possible you may someday make the connection while looking at something entirely different that you never expected to be related. Any chance of a slightly more narrowed down clue? I mean Brandon's said it's not a huge deal so I'm sure it's OK for you to give us a little pointer... I mean are we looking at tides or something? Having 3 moons has got to make the tides a bit crazy right? Or is it to do with tectonic plates? Something to do with how the mountains etc are formed? Or the positions of the lakes? *SO many options head EXPLODES* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeiryWriter Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Has it anything to do with the fact that Brandon has said Plate Tectonics are not a factor on the super-continent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardlet Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) I'll just say that there's no reason to suspect the majority of you would have any chance of figuring this out. Just looking at the map is not going to reveal anything to you, unless you have specific knowledge you are not likely to have. Some of you may have this knowledge, but I can't predict who among you might have it. Even if you do have this knowledge, you may not realize it's applicable. It's also possible you may someday make the connection while looking at something entirely different that you never expected to be related. Q: From which book? A: Either book, it's the main one that will go in each copy. It's VERY hard and it won't change a whole lot. If this is the case, could you perhaps provide us with a hint that may give us a reasonable shot at it? Does the additional information come from one of Brandon's other works? The fact that we have mountain ranges but no significant plate tectonics? Some other geological or cartographical phenomenon or property? Edit: That is three consecutive posts now asking for a solid hint and even providing possible topics. Please, Peter? Edited March 20, 2014 by Shardlet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bremen Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 It looks like a lobster. Aimia is a claw. The Iri islands are antennae. Frostlands are the tail. Goes with the whole crustacean theme of the indigenous life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scriptorian Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I'll just say that there's no reason to suspect the majority of you would have any chance of figuring this out. Just looking at the map is not going to reveal anything to you, unless you have specific knowledge you are not likely to have. Some of you may have this knowledge, but I can't predict who among you might have it. Even if you do have this knowledge, you may not realize it's applicable. It's also possible you may someday make the connection while looking at something entirely different that you never expected to be related. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poolboy Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 From that clue I'm thinking something you would never think to relate such as architecture or mathematics specialty (numbers on the map). I think cartography or geology seems too obvious. Biology maybe? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Hidden in an nearly unbreakable cryptographic code concealed in a cypher based off of the name of the first building built in the U.S from the type of rock that a geologist could infer are buried beneath various cities at depths derived from the positioning of said cities and the mathematical sequence based on irrational numbers they form. This cypher contains such a high information density that, unbeknownst to us, the map actually contains the whole of the SA series encoded within. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryshadium Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I assume my degree in film will have zero impact. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkanimereal1 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I'll just say that there's no reason to suspect the majority of you would have any chance of figuring this out. Just looking at the map is not going to reveal anything to you, unless you have specific knowledge you are not likely to have. Some of you may have this knowledge, but I can't predict who among you might have it. Even if you do have this knowledge, you may not realize it's applicable. It's also possible you may someday make the connection while looking at something entirely different that you never expected to be related. Is the "specific knowledge" something like a skill (cartography, etc.) or do you mean specific knowledge about something in-world/cosmere related? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterAhlstrom Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) I mean Brandon's said it's not a huge deal Well, this is true. Once people do figure this out, it won't really lead to anything else. It's just something cool and fairly isolated. And the specific knowledge is not cosmere-related. Edited March 20, 2014 by PeterAhlstrom 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke.spence Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I've done my work. I deeply fear for my sanity should I continue on this path. I'm going back to theorizing which is only mildly crazy inducing compared to this lol. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grayv Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) All these squares make a circle Edit: this is me, now officially insane. Edited March 20, 2014 by Grayv 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkanimereal1 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Well, this is true. Once people do figure this out, it won't really lead to anything else. It's just something cool and fairly isolated. And the specific knowledge is not cosmere-related. Alright, thanks for the heads up! Even if it won't lead to something else, it'd still be cool to find. Figuring them out is fun (or at least, after the fact once the insanity is over... ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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