StormDad Posted February 2, 2025 Posted February 2, 2025 I know Brandon has commented that Wind and Truth contains an ending that he came up with years ago while DM’ing a dungeons and dragon game and that he thought was completely epic and wanted to use it in a book. Does anyone know what this turned out to be? Which specific part in the book is this?
TwinStorm He/Him Posted February 2, 2025 Posted February 2, 2025 1 hour ago, StormDad said: I know Brandon has commented that Wind and Truth contains an ending that he came up with years ago while DM’ing a dungeons and dragon game and that he thought was completely epic and wanted to use it in a book. Does anyone know what this turned out to be? Which specific part in the book is this? from an rping perspective the easiest of all the endings to dm is either Adolin's or Venli's
bmcclure7 Posted February 3, 2025 Posted February 3, 2025 2 hours ago, TwinStorm said: from an rping perspective the easiest of all the endings to dm is either Adolin's or Venli's Actually, I assumed it was kal ending. With that whole plot line based around going from one place to another do you have a series of boss fights and puzzles tell very RPG in fact I’ve even taken an inspiration from part of that plot line. It feels very much like going to a dungeon.
Soccorro Posted February 3, 2025 Posted February 3, 2025 I made a post about it Short answer: it’s Gavinor 3
Ailvara Posted February 3, 2025 Posted February 3, 2025 I really liked how he flipped the contest to be between Dalinar and Taravangian personally, and didn't mind terribly that Gavinor was used as a tool to achieve it. But as a concept in itself, the child champion was a really cheap plot-twist IMO. I'm relieved it wasn't as simple as the moral dilemma of killing a child vs sacrificing the world, neither from T's nor Dalinar's standpoint, because that would be extremely disappointing. So I'm really surprised that this is something he was so excited to use. But then it's been a long time, so maybe it was something that genuinely appealed to a much younger Brandon, and then he just had some lingering sentiment towards the idea? Even though he, IMO, long since has surpassed that level of writing conflict. 1
ChillPenguin Posted February 3, 2025 Posted February 3, 2025 See I thought based on the conversation Brandon had about it (something about a being with less intelligence/wisdom being given a ton of power), and when Gavinor got pulled into the SR, that Gav would take up honor and then we’d have a young child at the helm of a shard which would really make for interesting choices. Children’s sense of right and wrong can be so brutal. Especially with Gav being upset about broken promises with Dalinar and Navani. I also thought it’d be hilarious to see Dalinar rejected by Honor only to have Gav take it up. Follow this up with Gav being mad at his grandparents… Well anyway that didn’t happen so we are where we are. I’m not super satisfied with the way it played out but I am glad Taravangian was proven wrong. Disclaimer, I don’t mean to say that children are less intelligent than adults but that it would be terrifying if a child held that much power. 1
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