HowlingWolf Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 For example Hoid goes by the name of someone he learned from/looked up to or the like. They could've been an elantrian and him going by hoid is a reference to how they would've become a hoed after the fall. Coulda got mispronounced and it got changed to hoid. Or maybe the other worlds just spell it wrong. I seriously doubt there is correlation between these but any thoughts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 Welcome to the Shard! Hoid was the name of our Hoid's master, who was killed by assassins when our Hoid was still pretty young, according to the unpublished Liar of Partinell chapters that were once available. This was before the Shattering, so a good 8000 years, at least, before the events of Elantris. It's also unlikely that the Arelish language has much resembalnce to the Yolish language that Hoid spoke way back then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 Hoid is from a planet called Yolen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honorless Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 (edited) Cephandrius Maxtori is supposed to be the name closest to being Hoid's real name. Hoid was... Hoid's master's name. He learned Yolish Lightweaving from him as per the Liar of Partinel, which you should be able to access via this: In the 10th Anniversary Edition of Elantris, Hoid directly objects to his name being pronounced like Hoed. Edited March 13, 2020 by Dreamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowlingWolf Posted March 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 Thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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