IcyLetters Posted March 22, 2019 Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 (edited) So I recently asked Brandon on Reddit about how Hoid sent the letters to Frost and vice versa during stormlight. He got back to me with this " He's not using it, but there is active trade between several of the planets (and a version of a postal service.)". So that had me wondering what other kind of parallels there were in the cognitive realm. Like how huge is trade in between realms, I assume pretty large. Here are the messages. Edited March 22, 2019 by IcyLetters 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ryshadium Posted March 22, 2019 Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 Hoid also talks about interplanetary trade through the pits of Hathsin in Mistborn SH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcyLetters Posted March 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 5 minutes ago, The Ryshadium said: Hoid also talks about interplanetary trade through the pits of Hathsin in Mistborn SH. I do remember that. So I wonder how he sent it, probably just hired someone to deliver it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ryshadium Posted March 23, 2019 Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 We know Hoid has many protégés throughout the cosmere. It’s possible he could be using some of them as messengers? Maybe he has access to a long distance communication device similar to a spanreed which can be used without stormlight. Frost probably doesn’t have much access to stormlight. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcyLetters Posted March 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, The Ryshadium said: We know Hoid has many protégés throughout the cosmere. It’s possible he could be using some of them as messengers? Maybe he has access to a long distance communication device similar to a spanreed which can be used without stormlight. Frost probably doesn’t have much access to stormlight. I did not know Hoid had proteges at all. It's not on the Coppermind as far as I know. Everything is more or less pure speculation at this point. I believe Frost isn't a world hopper so the only way he could get stormlight is if someone delivered spheres to him, which is possible just less easily available. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ryshadium Posted March 23, 2019 Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 12 minutes ago, IcyLetters said: I did not know Hoid had proteges at all. It's not on the Coppermind as far as I know. Everything is more or less pure speculation at this point. I believe Frost isn't a world hopper so the only way he could get stormlight is if someone delivered spheres to him, which is possible just less easily available. I know I’ve seen at least one WoB about it. Can’t find it right now but he’s talking about how he might eventually right a novella about “one of Hoid’s protégés on a planet trying to figure out the local magic system.” The only way I see Frost having stormlight is if he has one of those stormlight storage devices used in Oathbringer in the cognitive realm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcyLetters Posted March 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, The Ryshadium said: I know I’ve seen at least one WoB about it. Can’t find it right now but he’s talking about how he might eventually right a novella about “one of Hoid’s protégés on a planet trying to figure out the local magic system.” The only way I see Frost having stormlight is if he has one of those stormlight storage devices used in Oathbringer in the cognitive realm. So I looked through all the WOB about Hoid and I believe the quote you are talking about is referring to one of Brandon's first stories about Hoid and not a protégé. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Invocation Posted March 23, 2019 Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 (edited) 20 minutes ago, IcyLetters said: I did not know Hoid had proteges at all. It's not on the Coppermind as far as I know. Everything is more or less pure speculation at this point. I believe Frost isn't a world hopper so the only way he could get stormlight is if someone delivered spheres to him, which is possible just less easily available. I think Sigzil would technically be one of Hoid's proteges, honestly. Or at least was meant to be. Edited March 23, 2019 by Invocation 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcyLetters Posted March 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 Just now, Invocation said: I think Sigzil would technically be one of Hoid's proteges, honestly. That is pretty interesting. I should really reread stormlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ryshadium Posted March 23, 2019 Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 20 minutes ago, IcyLetters said: So I looked through all the WOB about Hoid and I believe the quote you are talking about is referring to one of Brandon's first stories about Hoid and not a protégé. Brandon has said that Hoid would no longer work in that story. If he writes it, it will be about one of his "apprentices." Finally found the WoB. https://wob.coppermind.net/events/378/#e12466 Glamdring804 Yeah, it’s dangerous to leave him unsupervised for extended periods of time, as a random novella might suddenly appear. Brandon Sanderson The latest one is a story I really want to write about one of Hoid's apprentices, set in the future of the cosmere (between era 3 and 4) stranded on a minor shardword and trying to figure out their kite-based magic system... (No time right now, though. Stay on target...) yahasgaruna That sounds very much like the first story you wrote about Hoid, doesn't it? About him landing on a new planet and trying to figure out the local magic system? Brandon Sanderson Yes, it would be the spiritual successor of that story. I don't think it would work any more for him, the way he has developed, but I think it could play out very well with one of his many apprentices across the worlds. (Particularly if he's a little more organized about this in the space-age era.) Someday, I really need to send my old discs from the early 90s out for data recovery, to see if anything is on them. It would be a hoot to read these old stories and really see how much of the Cosmere existed in embryo back when I was a teenager. Stormlight Book Four Update #1 (Jan. 2, 2019) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcyLetters Posted March 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 Thanks for finding that. Yeah one of his apprentices could run mail for him. I wonder how many he has. Hoid over here making a counter group to the 17th shard/Silverlight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenBossanova Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 What makes me wonder, is if there is postal service to Yolen, then how does Khriss know nothing about Yolen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 13 minutes ago, ZenBossanova said: What makes me wonder, is if there is postal service to Yolen, then how does Khriss know nothing about Yolen? I have to assume that there isn't. Notice that Brandon didn't actually answer the question. He specifically said that "Hoid isn't using it" but there's a postal service. He dodged the question and gave an interesting tidbit. And it's not the first time on this subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Oltux72 Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 On 3/23/2019 at 1:03 AM, The Ryshadium said: We know Hoid has many protégés throughout the cosmere. It’s possible he could be using some of them as messengers? Given the rather hostile reaction some of those letters caused, having somebody clearly associated with you is not the safest method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ryshadium Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 5 hours ago, Oltux72 said: Given the rather hostile reaction some of those letters caused, having somebody clearly associated with you is not the safest method. Good point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scion of the Mists Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 The postal system in Shadesmar is not as formalized as a standard postal system - it's more independent. Quote Overlord Jebus [PENDING REVIEW] Cosmere postal service. Can you tell us anything about this? How many people are involved? Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] It is more UPS than USPS, if that makes sense. Meaning it is enterprising individuals who are traveling and trading between planets. Some places are easier to deliver to than others. Footnote: UPS is United Parcel Service (a package delivery company) and USPS is the US Postal Service.Oathbringer London signing (Nov. 28, 2017) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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