Hoid and his Breaths

[coldfuzion76 he/him]

So I'm going back through Warbreaker for the second time, trying to fill in all the holes I missed on the first go around of the Cosmere. One thing that I can't wrap my head around is Hoid using his breaths to store memories. From what I remember of Warbreaker from the first time, and where I'm at now in the book, that doesn't seem to make sense, as in that book everyone seems to be using their breaths to animate and DO stuff. What am I missing?

 

BTW, I would LOVE a Hoid novel. I think it could be a fun diversion.

[Qianweilian He/him]

19 minutes ago, coldfuzion76 said:

What am I missing?

Nothing. We know you can store your memories in Breath, but we don't know how.

19 minutes ago, coldfuzion76 said:

BTW, I would LOVE a Hoid novel. I think it could be a fun diversion.

Dragonsteel

[coldfuzion76 he/him]

Oh, cool. I listen to the books in the background a lot of times anymore and I was afraid I had just not been paying attention enough.

 

Dragonsteel sounds awesome! Some backstory on Hoid is great, and I think there's a lot we don't know about Yolen for sure.

[Trusk'our he/him]

6 hours ago, coldfuzion76 said:

So I'm going back through Warbreaker for the second time, trying to fill in all the holes I missed on the first go around of the Cosmere. One thing that I can't wrap my head around is Hoid using his breaths to store memories. From what I remember of Warbreaker from the first time, and where I'm at now in the book, that doesn't seem to make sense, as in that book everyone seems to be using their breaths to animate and DO stuff. What am I missing?

 

BTW, I would LOVE a Hoid novel. I think it could be a fun diversion.

Well, we know that Vasher knows a Command that a person with Breath can use to remove their memories and uses it in WaT to stave off the longterm negative effects of torture, and he tells it to that girl he rescued in Warbreaker to erase her memories of capture.

So Hoid is probably using a similar Command, though given how the end of RoW plays out I think he just expanded his memory storage as a whole rather than using Breaths like a Coppermind. 

Edited May 20 by Trusk'our
My former spelling suggests I had a stroke

[coldfuzion76 he/him]

1 minute ago, Trusk'our said:

Well, we know that Vasher knows a Command by with a person can remove their memories help uses it in WaT to stave off the longterm negative effects of torture, and he tells it to that girl he rescued in Warbreaker to erase her memories of capture.

So Hoid is probably using a similar Command, though given how the end of RoW plays out I think he just expanded his memory storage as a whole rather than using Breaths like a Coppermind. 

Ah, ok, I haven't gotten that far in this listen of Warbreaker, but I kinda remember that now that you mention it. 

It's interesting that you mention him using them like a Coppermind, I think that's exactly how I was thinking of him using it based on how he talked when he lost time to Odium. The expanding of the soul does make a lot of sense, though for sure. I think that's how I'm going to think of it until we're told differently.

[Trusk'our he/him]

1 minute ago, coldfuzion76 said:

Ah, ok, I haven't gotten that far in this listen of Warbreaker, but I kinda remember that now that you mention it. 

It's interesting that you mention him using them like a Coppermind, I think that's exactly how I was thinking of him using it based on how he talked when he lost time to Odium. The expanding of the soul does make a lot of sense, though for sure. I think that's how I'm going to think of it until we're told differently.

Glad I could help