Kobold King Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) My second theory, though I am not fully confident in its veracity. If your're familiar with TV Tropes, think of it as a "Wild Mass Guess". So, I am currently re-reading WoK again, trying to observe details I may have missed the first dozen times. It occured to me that an artist named Dandos the Oilsworn has been mentioned in both Stormlight installments so far. According to Kabsal, he was one of the great masters of pencil-art, but lived around three hundred years prior to WoK. Now, call me paranoid, but I've come to distrust any historical character frequently mentioned in a Brandon Sanderson novel. And so I have come to the conclusion that Dandos was one of the Ten Heralds, who apparently decided to take up an artistic hobby since the last Desolation. What evidence do I have to support this? Well, his full name is given as "Dandos Heraldin". So if any of the Heralds was known for his habit of taking up unimaginative pseudonyms, that's him. Discuss my tenuous grasp of logic below. I just wanted to be able to say "I told you so" in the event that this insanity becomes canon. Edited March 31, 2014 by Kobold King 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 I figured his name was a tribute to Dan dos Santos, who has done quite some art for (not only) Brandon. The Coppermind agrees with me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted March 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) I figured his name was a tribute to Dan dos Santos, who has done quite some art for (not only) Brandon. The Coppermind agrees with me.What better way to honor someone then to name a Herald after him? EDIT: Accidental double-quote. Edited March 31, 2014 by Kobold King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartbug Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Isn't Warbreaker around 300 years before Way of Kings? My money's on Vasher, or maybe another Returned. maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hoodie Mistborn Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Isn't Warbreaker around 300 years before Way of Kings? My money's on Vasher, or maybe another Returned. maybe. Maybe another Returned we haven't met, but probably not Vasher, and we've accounted for the other "5 Scholars" from Warbreaker, at least in text. I'm thinking it's a cameo for the artist as Coppermind mentions, but could Brandon turn that character into something more cosmere related? sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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