MartyrX Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 I have just started reading this book and was wondering what the pre-death quotes at the beginning of each chapter was all about??
name_here Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 It is a mystery. Finish the book, and all will be made slightly more clear. But not much more.
Link Von Kelsier Harvey he/him Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 You will at least know where all these people are and some of the reasons they are being recorded.
fiveAM he/him Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 You don't have to memorize them or anything, but it might be fun to pay attention to them and try to decipher the meaning as you read along. Don't dwell too much on them though, because as name_here has said, still pretty unclear towards the end, but clues my friend, clues! (I feel like Brandon is using them as clues/foreshadowing to future revelations so)
Cheese Ninja he/him Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Well, there's two I encourage you to pay attention to: Above the final void I hang, friends behind, friends before. The feast I must drink clings to their faces, and the words I must speak spark in my mind. The old oaths will be spoken anew.” —Dated Betabanan, 1173, 45 seconds pre-death. Subject: a lighteyed child of five years. Diction improved remarkably when giving sample. “A woman sits and scratches out her own eyes. Daughter of kings and winds, the vandal.” —Dated Palahevan, 1173, 73 seconds pre-death. Subject: a beggar of some renown, known for his elegant songs.
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