aray171717 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Hey sorry to completely run everyone off topic but i just wanted to know what people thought of my Hoid theory. is it possible that hoid was or is the holder of adonalsium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triasmus Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 (edited) It's always possible that he was the holder of Adonalsium at one point (although I don't think it's likely) and Adonalsium is currently shattered, so I don't think it's possible for him to currently hold it (although there's a chance that the "element" has something to do with gluing Adonalsium back together and if Hoid did write the letter then I guess one could think of Hoid holding Adonalsium if he currently is holding the means to put Adonalsium back together). EDIT: DON'T pull a thread off topic when you have already created a different thread about the new topic Edited May 15, 2012 by Lantern13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurkistan Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 NECRO! Brandon's been answering questions on Redditt again, and Nepene fished this gem out of him: NEPENE:Would Ruin be more compatible with Rayse, would he pick up that shard had he visited Scadrial and shattered him? All the shards we have seen that he has shattered seem rather different in intent than him- Honor, Cultivation, Love, Dominion. But Ruin seems more in line with Odium. Rayse has ruined the days of quite a few people.BRANDON:Technically, Ruin would be most compatible with Cultivation. Ruin's 'theme' so to speak is that all things must age and pass. An embodiment of entropy. That power, separated from the whole and being held by a person who did not have the willpower to resist its transformation of him, led to something very dangerous. But it was not evil. None of the sixteen technically are, though you may have read that Hoid has specific beef with Rayse. Whether you think of Odium as evil depends upon how much you agree with Hoid's particular view.That said, Ruin would have been one of the 'safer' of the sixteen for Rayse to take, if he'd been about that. Odium is by its nature selfish, however, and the combination of it and Rayse makes for an entity that fears an additional power would destroy it and make it into something else. So that's settled. Hoid wrote the letter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aradel Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 So that's settled. Hoid wrote the letter. I'm pretty sure that Rayse could have cheesed any number of people off. But I'm just playing devil's advocate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windrunner Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 That's possible. But where else would we have read about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Monstrosity Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 That's possible. But where else would we have read about it?To play devil's advocate? On the 17th shard forums, in this very thread. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted March 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Hah! Still, the only reason we know about the grudge is from the Letter. I feel it is essentially confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvereye Sliver Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Another point of interest is that the letter writer states that: "Let 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." Brandon has confirmed that Hoid has a nugget of Lerasium, the godmetal of Preservation. This could be the element mentioned above, which would add further evidence to the theory of Hoid being the author of the Letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windrunner Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 The element has confirmed to be the lerasium Hoid is indubitably the author of the letter now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedMisting Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Can I resurrect this post to point out that this theory has been confirmed by Word of Brandon? one of the Tor rereaders asked a question at a signing 'Is the recipient of Hoid's letter a dragon?' and Brandon answered yes. So two things confirmed in one question. Hoid is the author of the letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oudeis Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Can I resurrect this post No, you cannot. =D j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aether Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Can I resurrect this post to point out that this theory has been confirmed by Word of Brandon? one of the Tor rereaders asked a question at a signing 'Is the recipient of Hoid's letter a dragon?' and Brandon answered yes. So two things confirmed in one question. Hoid is the author of the letter. Sure you can, but I do not see what one could add other than confirm it. If you know want to discuss the implications of it, then maybe it would be best to start a new topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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