POV in the Prologues of the first Arc

[Marmota he/him]

Well, there is another trend discussing the main flashback characters of the 10 books...here i wanna know your opinion about the POV characters in the prologues of the first 5 books.

 

 

Brandon Sanderson has already stated in interviews that in the prologues of each of the first 5 books we are gona see the night of Gavilar's death from 5 different perspectives.
 

Well, who do you think is yet to come =)?

Who else was there ( that we are aware of, so far): Gavilar, Szeth, Jasnah, Danilar, Navani, Amaram, Sadeas, some Parshendi liders, Liss, Elhokar, Aesudan, some random guardsmen, Taravangian.

 

IOM, i think that we are gona have, in that order:

1 - Szeth

2 - Jasnah

3 - Amaram

4 - Taravangian

5 - Gavilar

 

 

In jasnah's prologue we saw Gavilar talking with Amaram. I think we defnitevely need to hear that talk. And since Amaram is building up as a character, i think now is a good time to learn more about his intentions based in the knowledge Gavilar shared with him. Thats why i put him next =)

 

Taragavian say in the last interlude of WoR that Gavilar confided information with him in the very night of his death. That leads me to belieave that Taravangian was there is the palace somewhere, and would be a good surprise knowing that Gavilar shared with him, that led to Taravangian seek the Nightwatcher

 

Gavilar for last, because he is the one, apperentely, that possessed more informationabout whats going on. Therefore his interlude would be the ultimate one.


Of course....maybe i am wrong...Elhokar, maybe the parshman and for certain Navani seen very reasonable possibilities! And my order might not be the most wise one.


Well, i wana hear other opinions =)!

[Patrick Star]

There's a discussion on this here: http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/13169-povs-for-introduction-in-next-3-books/

 

Personally, I'm pulling for a Nalan POV in book 3 and a Parshendi (Eshonai, maybe) in book 4.

[Guest]

Yeah there's a thread discussing it and it is quite recent.

 

Taravangian is improbable, I think, as he was not at the feast. The more likely candidates are Eshonai, Amaram and Galivar: in this order. It just makes too much sense to use Galivar for the Dalinar book. It does not make sense to use Eshonai for the Eshonai book. Amaram is a nice one to have, I think, but it could also be Elhokar.

[GreyPilgrim he/him]

I personally think we will get Aesudan at some point. She is a character of whom we have not heard too much but what we have heard hints at something more sinister. Perhaps what she was doing at the feast was not important enough for her to get a prologue, but I would consider her a candidate.

The thing is, there are so many characters I want to know more about, I can't narrow the list to a mere few.

[AerionBFII he/him]

1-Szeth

2-Jasnah

3-Nalan- because it would be a prelude to Szeths book and set the scene.

 

4- Parshendi/Eshonai/Elders- Eshonais book so makes sense it would be their pov

 

5-Gavilar= we will see Gavilar brag to the elders about returning the Voidbringers and his chat with Amaram that Jasnah interrupted then Szeth mop the floor with him and his internal decision to hand over the 'Voidsphere'

[Marmota he/him]

There's a discussion on this here: http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/13169-povs-for-introduction-in-next-3-books/

 

Personally, I'm pulling for a Nalan POV in book 3 and a Parshendi (Eshonai, maybe) in book 4.

 

Ops sorry guys....dont know why this didnt show up at my shearch =S

 

 

Anyway...i didnt consider Eshonai because i though she wasnt there....was she? 

 

Taravangian is improbable, I think, as he was not at the feast. The more likely candidates are Eshonai, Amaram and Galivar: in this order. It just makes too much sense to use Galivar for the Dalinar book. It does not make sense to use Eshonai for the Eshonai book. Amaram is a nice one to have, I think, but it could also be Elhokar.

 

Taravangian wasnt there for sure? If Gavilar shared omething with him that same night he must be around doesnt he?

 

 

 

ANd, did someone think that maybe hes going to use only flashback characters for it? (vid Szeth + Jasnah)

 

It could leave us with these choices:

 

Eshonai 

Renarim

Dalinar ( unlikely i think)

Shalash (maybe she was there, breaking her ownself statue)

[Guest]

Ops sorry guys....dont know why this didnt show up at my shearch =S

 

Its OK. Some discussions have way to come back every few days.

 

Taravangian wasnt there for sure? If Gavilar shared omething with him that same night he must be around doesnt he?

 

Actually, I am not sure. I think he was not there, but I could be mistaken. I honestly would prefer to hear the scene from Amaram's POV than Taranvangian, but this is mostly because I have a growing interest of late with Amaram. This is the thing with the forum and our discussions, some characters end up growing on you.

 

ANd, did someone think that maybe hes going to use only flashback characters for it? (vid Szeth + Jasnah)

 

It could leave us with these choices:

 

Eshonai 

Renarim

Dalinar ( unlikely i think)

Shalash (maybe she was there, breaking her ownself statue)

 

I agree that Dalinar is unlikely as he was passed out drunk when it happened. Not interesting.

 

Renarin was most likely not there when the event happened. You have to remember that, 6 years ago, he was about 13 years old. The murdered occurred late in the evening when nothing more than drunken men were left. Surely a 13 years old kid, providing he was even invited to the feast to begin with, had been sent to bed by that time.... From Adolin's POV in WoK, we gather he was not there either as he did not know about most of the details surrounding the murder and he did not know Dalinar was drunk. At 16-17, he was probably still considered too young to stay up that late, so no chances Renarin was a witness.

 

I guess Shalash, providing she was there, could be interesting, especially since she is set to become an important character in the second arc of SA.

[Marmota he/him]

 

Actually, I am not sure. I think he was not there, but I could be mistaken. I honestly would prefer to hear the scene from Amaram's POV than Taranvangian, but this is mostly because I have a growing interest of late with Amaram. This is the thing with the forum and our discussions, some characters end up growing on you.

 

 

 

I also think that Amaram is more likely than Taravangian. Yeh, Amaram is one that is building up to be a very interresting character, i would like to see his POV as well. Jasnah seeing the conversation Between Gavilar and Amaram seems to be a build up to his later POV.

But also Taravangian line that Gavilar spoke with him IN THE NIGHT of his death also makes me ponder if Taravangian wasnt there as well

 

 

Its OK. Some discussions have way to come back every few days.

 

 

Actually, I am not sure. I think he was not there, but I could be mistaken. I honestly would prefer to hear the scene from Amaram's POV than Taranvangian, but this is mostly because I have a growing interest of late with Amaram. This is the thing with the forum and our discussions, some characters end up growing on you.

 

 

I agree that Dalinar is unlikely as he was passed out drunk when it happened. Not interesting.

 

Renarin was most likely not there when the event happened. You have to remember that, 6 years ago, he was about 13 years old. The murdered occurred late in the evening when nothing more than drunken men were left. Surely a 13 years old kid, providing he was even invited to the feast to begin with, had been sent to bed by that time.... From Adolin's POV in WoK, we gather he was not there either as he did not know about most of the details surrounding the murder and he did not know Dalinar was drunk. At 16-17, he was probably still considered too young to stay up that late, so no chances Renarin was a witness.

 

I guess Shalash, providing she was there, could be interesting, especially since she is set to become an important character in the second arc of SA.

 

 

Renarin was most likely not there when the event happened. You have to remember that, 6 years ago, he was about 13 years old. The murdered occurred late in the evening when nothing more than drunken men were left. Surely a 13 years old kid, providing he was even invited to the feast to begin with, had been sent to bed by that time.... From Adolin's POV in WoK, we gather he was not there either as he did not know about most of the details surrounding the murder and he did not know Dalinar was drunk. At 16-17, he was probably still considered too young to stay up that late, so no chances Renarin was a witness.

 

I guess Shalash, providing she was there, could be interesting, especially since she is set to become an important character in the second arc of SA.

 

Well, we dont know when Reanarin's bond started. Its is thw writers job to provide fun and unexpected stuff right? Maybe he got up from bed and saw something. But i dont think it is likely either, since Renarin in the present seems pretty ignorant about the facts, and so the possibility of him had gathered any information in that night is small. 

If we are going to have a POV of Eshonai, it must be i book 3. It doesnt make any sense putting her POV after her book.

[Guest]

Well, we dont know when Reanarin's bond started. Its is thw writers job to provide fun and unexpected stuff right? Maybe he got up from bed and saw something. But i dont think it is likely either, since Renarin in the present seems pretty ignorant about the facts, and so the possibility of him had gathered any information in that night is small. 

 

 

I somehow doubt Renarin's bed would be in the same compound as where the party was held....................... And you said it, the Kohlin kids are pretty ignorant of how events played that night. Dalinar is not a very talkative dad it seems.

[Marmota he/him]

I somehow doubt Renarin's bed would be in the same compound as where the party was held....................... And you said it, the Kohlin kids are pretty ignorant of how events played that night. Dalinar is not a very talkative dad it seems.

 

Yeh its very unlikely  know....i just dont wanna discart the possibility of having only flashback charactersin the prologues (since Eshonai also seems to be a likely one to appear). 

 

Yet i rope that im wrong since having Amaram and Gavilar seem much more fun