dants he/him Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 I'm seeing a few connections between Warbeaker and SA. For one, Nightblood. Nightblood was a very main character in Warbreaker and just came in at the end of WoR. Also, they have the same names for at least one of their letters (Shash). I think that it's possible that Brandon did this on purpose. What if Nalthis is IN Greater Roshar? It would also explain why Hoid (in my opinion) was able to use Lightweaving while telling his story to Siri. Remember how he was able to throw some sort of sparks up into the material he had just thrown? Anyway, just an idea. Please post any other connections you find. And feedback.
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 No. We have a Confimred WOB that there are 3 planets in Grater Roshar, Nalthis isn't one. (Roshar, Braise, Ashyn 2
dants he/him Posted July 23, 2014 Author Posted July 23, 2014 No. We have a Confimred WOB that there are 3 planets in Grater Roshar, Nalthis isn't one. (Roshar, Braise, Ashyn Well, it could at least be close by....
Moogle Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) The map of Shadesmar apparently has the "Expanse of Vibrance" on the bottom left, so Roshar and Nalthis seem to be next to each other in Shadesmar, but I don't think that has too much bearing on their closeness in the Physical. WoB: So I ust got back from the signing. The Q&A didn't have anything Cosmere related but I asked a couple questions when I was getting my books signed. So I asked whether the Teoish and Duladen could get their own magic systems. The answer was theoretically yes. The other question I asked was what the name of the expanse on the Shadesmar map that was covered up by the word Shadesmar was. The answer was the Expanse of Vibrance. (source) Edited July 24, 2014 by Moogle
dants he/him Posted July 24, 2014 Author Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) Quote: No. We have a Confimred WOB that there are 3 planets in Grater Roshar, Nalthis isn't one. (Roshar, Braise, Ashyn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Could that be this one? http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/3934-qa-at-spokane-barnes-noble/ It makes no mention of there being JUST those three. He could be hiding it for a plot twist later, just to surprise everyone. Edited July 24, 2014 by dants
WeiryWriter he/him Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 Technically there are more than three planets in the Greater Roshar system, however there are only three significant planets (which would be Ashyn, Braize, and Roshar). Q: There are three planets in the system, are they all in the habitable zone? At least two of them must be …Q2(I think this was NutiketAiel?). When you say three, is it actually three in the solar system, or is it three-?A: There are three planets with sentient beings on them.Q: There are more than three planets in the solar system?A: There are. With non-sentient beings. There are three planets of importance. So I didn't give you very much, you already knew … here's something. You may have heard a reading from one of those planets today.Q: Ashyn. I knew that too!A: I have not revealed that though! (source)
ShyGuy Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 The map of Shadesmar apparently has the "Expanse of Vibrance" on the bottom left, so Roshar and Nalthis seem to be next to each other in Shadesmar, but I don't think that has too much bearing on their closeness in the Physical. WoB: This would make a lot of sense considering how similar the shards function. Vasher is subsisting on Stormlight, afterall, so it's quite possible that they are more closely connected Cognitively than Physically.
dants he/him Posted July 24, 2014 Author Posted July 24, 2014 This would make a lot of sense considering how similar the shards function. Vasher is subsisting on Stormlight, afterall, so it's quite possible that they are more closely connected Cognitively than Physically. where did that come from?
Voidus Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 This would make a lot of sense considering how similar the shards function. Vasher is subsisting on Stormlight, afterall, so it's quite possible that they are more closely connected Cognitively than Physically. I'm pretty sure that closeness in the cognitive realm still mirrors closeness in the physical realm, it's just that space gets shrunk a lot there since there's no cognitive activity going on between planets.
king of nowhere Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 worldhoppers use shadesmar to travel, so ease of traveling between planets has little to do with physical distance.
Darkarma he/him Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 Wouldn't be surprised if they were adjacent star systems though. However the Shadesmar strikes me a bit like Dresden File's Nevernever where cognitive aspects of a similar nature act as neighborhoods. Odium's invested planet and say the Land of Happy Cheer* could be very near in the physical realm but in the shadesmar they could be opposite ends of the map. * The Land of Happy Cheer is merely the speculative place that I have dubbed as Hoid's own territory. More than likely it is not called this. 3
Voidus Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 I thin it would definitely be called the land of Happy Cheer 2
WeiryWriter he/him Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 Wouldn't be surprised if they were adjacent star systems though. However the Shadesmar strikes me a bit like Dresden File's Nevernever where cognitive aspects of a similar nature act as neighborhoods. Odium's invested planet and say the Land of Happy Cheer* could be very near in the physical realm but in the shadesmar they could be opposite ends of the map. * The Land of Happy Cheer is merely the speculative place that I have dubbed as Hoid's own territory. More than likely it is not called this. Except that isn't how the Cognitve Realm works, it isn't a separate plane of existence, it is a different way of viewing existence. Distance in the CR is determined by how much stuff is "thinking" (it doesn't have to be sentient thinking either, a rock "thinks" in its own way as well) in that area. This is why it is so easy to worldhop in the Cognitive Realm the distances between planets that are massive in the Physical shrink to virtual non-existence because there is nothing there to think, it is an empty void. But things that are next to each other in the Physical are still next to each other in the Cognitive, nothing is appearing between them. Like wise if there is *something* between to places, that something will be between those places no matter what the Realm. Distance might change but relative location doesn't. 1
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