Hoid

[Mayalaran]

In the chapter, the dog and the dragon (Or that one chapter where Hoid tells his new story) in ROW Hoid says that he got the story from someone whos name was lost and that the owner of the inn who Hoid got his story form, was someone he should have loved. In WOK, Hoid is asked if Hoid is his actual name. He says he stole it from someone he should have loved. I believe there is a connection here. Is it important? I don't really think so, but it is interesting. I would love to hear any other ideas about Hoid. Thanks

 

                   Mayalaran

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[Honorless]

On 1/8/2021 at 0:24 PM, Mayalaran said:

In the chapter, the dog and the dragon (Or that one chapter where Hoid tells his new story) in ROW Hoid says that he got the story from someone whos name was lost and that the owner of the inn who Hoid got his story form, was someone he should have loved. In WOK, Hoid is asked if Hoid is his actual name. He says he stole it from someone he should have loved. I believe there is a connection here. Is it important? I don't really think so, but it is interesting. I would love to hear any other ideas about Hoid. Thanks

Not quite. Here's what he said about the barkeep who told him the story:

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There is an inn,” he whispered, “that you cannot find on your own. You must stumble across it on a misty street, late at night, lost and uncertain in a strange city.
“The door has a wheel on it, but the sign bears no name. If you find the place and wander inside, you’ll meet a young man behind the bar. He has no name. He cannot tell it to you, should he want to—it’s been taken from him. But he’ll know you, as he knows everyone who enters the inn. He’ll listen to everything you want to tell him—and you will want to talk to him. And if you ask him for a story, he’ll share one. Like he shared with me. I will now share it with you.”

and here's what he said about his Lightweaving master, the OG Hoid (we don't know our Hoid's real name, just his pseudonyms: Topaz, Dust, Imperial Fool, Wit, Lunu'anaki, Hoid, Midius, Cephandrius Maxtori: the last two seem to be his oldest known names): "[He] stole it from someone [he] should've loved" (I don't remember the full quote, but it also referred to "a stone (Topaz "The First Gem") that became worthless for him holding it"), that probably refers to his Lightweaving master, whom we see in the unpublished Liar of Partinel, under whom he was learning Lightweaving on Yolen. Our Hoid went by the name Midius there. (In the published works, "Midius" is the name by which the Heralds know him, while the Shardholders / Vessels call him Cephandrius.)

Edited January 17, 2021 by Honorless

[Kingsdaughter613]

On 1/16/2021 at 11:53 AM, Honorless said:

Not quite. Here's what he said about the barkeep who told him the story:

and here's what he said about his Lightweaving master, the OG Hoid (we don't know our Hoid's real name, just his pseudonyms: Topaz, Dust, Imperial Fool, Wit, Lunu'anaki, Hoid, Midius, Cephandrius Maxtori: the last two seem to be his oldest known names): "[He] stole it from someone [he] should've loved" (I don't remember the full quote, but it also referred to "a stone (Topaz "The First Gem") that became worthless for him holding it"), that probably refers to his Lightweaving master, whom we see in the unpublished Liar of Partinel, under whom he was learning Lightweaving on Yolen. Our Hoid went by the name Midius there. (In the published works, "Midius" is the name by which the Heralds know him, while the Shardholders / Vessels call him Cephandrius.)

Spoiler

The Topaz was a ring he wore in Dragonsteel, I think. He was called Topaz and Cephandrius interchangeably there. I’ve never actually read Dragonsteel, but I came across that from someone who had. I can’t swear to its accuracy though as - again - I’ve never read it.

It has been theorized that the name is related to a Dawnshard, but it may also be connected to whatever position he held in Dragonsteel’s time period assuming the above was correct and still relevant.

Spoilers for unpublished stuff.