mossyfisk Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) If anyone wanted a clearer look at it. Although insufficient coffee meant I didn't clean the borders up. Edit: Although I wouldn't expect to get much from it, considering I'm pretty sure it literally reads "SasassasaS" Does look a bit like Kholinar, but that could well be my brain finding patterns in two shapes with triangular symmetry. Edited March 20, 2014 by mossyfisk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrina Stormshard Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 This hunt is driving me crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrina Stormshard Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 One question: aimia is further west/leeward than shinovar: does that mean it is also highstorm free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Shinnovar is protected by the mountains on its stormward side. Aimia probably doesn't get hit as hard as Alethkar, but it should still get some action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunSpren Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) If anyone wanted a clearer look at it. Although insufficient coffee meant I didn't clean the borders up. Edit: Although I wouldn't expect to get much from it, considering I'm pretty sure it literally reads "SasassasaS" Does look a bit like Kholinar, but that could well be my brain finding patterns in two shapes with triangular symmetry. Are you looking at the small glyph in between the black ones when you are doing this "SASASSASAS" translation, I havent been able to see it close enough to know what the little white glyph means ? Edited March 20, 2014 by PunSpren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrina Stormshard Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Peter, is it something like if we cut the continents of all the different shardworlds we can fit them together like a jigsaw is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloom Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Yikes, good work by all here. Climate wise I would suspect that Roshar has a wobble in its rotation which could help account seasonal flux. The Frostlands would have to be near a pole or equator considering that they are one of the least affected areas on the map (According to Shallan) by seasonal flux. My bet would be a pole, but I'm by no means an expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b4dave Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I'm confused about the alignment of the map. The black and white map offers a compass point looking normal--due north. This is odd because the climate apparent in the colored physical map does not align with the north/south alignment indicated by the compass. The Frostlands are at the bottom-right corner. Isn't it strange that the lands directly west of the Frostlands--but on the same assumed latitude--are brown, instead of whitish gray? That they are more temperate, in spite of their same approximate distance from the assumed south pole? But if we ignore the compass point and twist the map clockwise just slightly, something interesting happens. The Frostlands are appropriately at the bottom of the map, reflecting an accurate climate for their location. The kingdoms of Azir, Tukar, Marat, and others are pretty arid, fitting for an equatorial location. The kingdom of Shinovar is in a temperate zone somewhere beyond the equator, and the grayish-blue of Aimia and Iri are above that, indicating a return to a colder climate. Maybe the Rosharan mapmakers have presupposed their coordinates incorrectly. Or maybe I've gone loony. Either way, does that give us something worth thinking about? Are we assuming too much? Remember what Brandon pulled on Scadrial... I also think I remember somewhere on here that a recent WoB was that the north the Alethi indicate on their maps may not be the true north…and since these are in world Alethi maps, I can see this as being accurate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkanimereal1 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Okay guys, you need to talk with luke.spence We went to the signing last night and asked Brandon about this. I don't remember the exact answer (Luke's the one who asked), but basically Brandon said that the easter egg is on the main Roshar map (in any version of it--TWoK or WoR) and that it is NOT the compass rose. He also made a comment about it being really hard to find and not being a super huge thing, which was ... disappointing. lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windrunner Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Yikes, good work by all here. Climate wise I would suspect that Roshar has a wobble in its rotation which could help account seasonal flux. The Frostlands would have to be near a pole or equator considering that they are one of the least affected areas on the map (According to Shallan) by seasonal flux. My bet would be a pole, but I'm by no means an expert.Roshar actually has no axial tilt. Highstorms are apparently responsible for the seasonal craziness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke.spence Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) Here's what I got for you guys last night. The wording on these isn't exact, but this is exactly what he conveyed to me. Q: Which map holds the Easter Egg? A: The main map of Roshar. 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. Q: Does it have anything to do with the compass? A: Not the compass. Edited March 20, 2014 by Luke.spence 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardlet Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) Thanks, Luke. Now we know that it is the B&W Roshar map. It should be noted though that the map in the books does not exactly correspond to the image of the map on Brandon's website. Namely, the degrees are not on the map on Brandon's Site. But, fortunately, the hashmarks for the latitudes lines are there. Edited March 20, 2014 by Shardlet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 *stares at map* All I see is that darn dragon lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 For reference. And I don't even know anymore... the glyphs behind "Roshar" are the only thing I can think of. I am defeated. By a map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryshadium Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I took the night off last night and saw a play. I thought it would refresh my mind and I would come back and instantaneously know the answer. (In case anyone was wondering, that didn't happen). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maresia Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 im out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Isakik Shulin's signature looks surprisingly like Jon Stewart's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryshadium Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I don't even see a dragon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke.spence Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Sorry that the answers weren't really enlightening and were slightly frustrating at the same time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Don't sweat it, I think many of us are just a little burnt out. I had to take a break from glyph deciphering too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 luke, not your fault lol! It's still good to know, even though we're all apparently too dense to get it Ryshadium, kind of focus your eyes on the middle of the continent, and relax them a little. The dragon's head is the southern half of Alethkar and the Frostlands, the big lake there is the eye, and the two big wedges of the Frostlands are its jaws. Spinning around in circles a few times will also help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryshadium Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I actually laid in bed last night rotating it on my iPad over and over and over... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Also there's apparently a city named after Isasik Shulin He sure gets around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryshadium Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I noticed that early on and thought I posted it but obviously not. It made me laugh. Maybe he has a basis for his cockiness. Maybe the Shulins and the Kholins have a centuries old feud and Isasik is really just trying to win back control of Alethkar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I wonder why Kholinar is the only city that shares a surname with the family that rules it. Granted, Sadeasville isn't very harmonious, but Vamahtown wouldn't be so bad... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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