Mraize

[PrncRny he/him]

I don't have my copy of WoR with me right now, but I've been reading a lot on the forums about Mraize.

I'd like to see a list of all teh artifact descriptions we have thus far. I may have missed some things there. I've only listened to it twice.

For instance, I didn't get at all that he might have a Tear with him.

[lordofsoup]

There is a vial of white sand, golden hair, a silver knife, some pink crystal, a few huge gemhearts, and some metal I think.  Cant remember if there was anything else.  I think the reason that people think he might have a tear is because we are assuming that the golden hair is the Royal Locks.

[PrncRny he/him]

Ok. Good. I knew i didn't remember a flower among his artifact.

Nice to know i'm not going crazy.

 

Now...theories as to what exactly the items are? Gemhearts are a given. But are we assuming some of these items come from other Shardworlds, based on the assumption that he is a Worldhopper?

[WeiryWriter he/him]

Here's the relevant passage:

 

 

Other curiosities baffled her. A vial of pale sand. A couple of thick hairpins. A lock of golden hair. The branch of a tree with writing on it she couldn’t read. A silver knife. An odd flower preserved in some kind of solution. There were no plaques to explain these mementos. That chunk of pale pink crystal looked like it might be some kind of gemstone, but why was it so delicate? Bits of it had flaked off in its case, as if simply setting it down had almost crushed it.

 

The pale sand is probably from Taldain.  The lock of golden hair could be Royal Locks.  The silver knife would point towards Threnody.  The pink crystal sounds like an Aether from Liar of Partinel.  The flower is probably a Tear of Edgli, because we don't know of any unusual flowers that are interesting on a cosmere level at this point... Though I guess it could be one of Patji's Fingers now that I think of it.

[PrncRny he/him]

Shoot! There WAS a flower! I AM crazy! Lol

[Arondell]

I remember it being speculated that the thick hairpins might be hemalurgic spikes.

[gjustice99 she/her]

Here's the relevant passage:

 

 

The pale sand is probably from Taldain.  The lock of golden hair could be Royal Locks.  The silver knife would point towards Threnody.  The pink crystal sounds like an Aether from Liar of Partinel.  The flower is probably a Tear of Edgli, because we don't know of any unusual flowers that are interesting on a cosmere level at this point... Though I guess it could be one of Patji's Fingers now that I think of it.

Well, I know they aren't unusual but there are also Marewill flowers.

[king of nowhere]

as they are described, there is nothing to suggest they are anything special. only checkov's rules dictate that they must indeed be the trophies of a worldhopper. It would acctually be a nice twist if it turned out they were a bunch of sand from the nearest beach, some blond hair taken from her last lover, an ornamental knife, a pink rock found on the ground, and a flower from the field behind the warcamp.

[AerionBFII he/him]

Confirmation that Mraize is a Worldhopper!!!!
QUESTION (PARAPHRASED)
Is Mraize a worldhopper?
BRANDON SANDERSON (PARAPHRASED)
Yes, he's been to a few planets, highly supervised by his babsk.

QUESTION (PARAPHRASED)
So what planet is she [iyatil] from?

BRANDON SANDERSON
Well, that's kind of a hard thing to say. She has three planets she's "from". For example, she's living now on Roshar, but then she's from a different planet, but that's not the planet that her people are from.
QUESTION (PARAPHRASED)
So there was a mass exodus to that planet?

BRANDON SANDERSON
Not exactly. If you were to find a Japanese American, where would they say that they are from? Her people did not have a mass exodus.

QUESTION (PARAPHRASED)
Have we seen mass exoduses before?

BRANDON SANDERSON
Yes, there are some in the cosmere. There's a mass exodus that is mentioned in one of the interludes in The Words of Radiance

Edited January 24, 2015 by WEZ313

[taveren he/him]

mass exodus in way of kings must have missed that

[AerionBFII he/him]

mass exodus in way of kings must have missed that

I've just reread WOK and i missed it as well.... don't suppose you fancy a reread??? Already half way through WOR don't fancy diving in again just yet..

[11thorderknight]

The mythology of Rosharans getting thrown out of the Tranquiline Halls sure sounds like a mass exodus.

[RawToast225 he/him]

Confirmation that Mraize is a Worldhopper!!!!

QUESTION (PARAPHRASED)

Is Mraize a worldhopper?

BRANDON SANDERSON (PARAPHRASED)

Yes, he's been to a few planets, highly supervised by his babsk.

QUESTION (PARAPHRASED)

So what planet is she [iyatil] from?

BRANDON SANDERSON

Well, that's kind of a hard thing to say. She has three planets she's "from". For example, she's living now on Roshar, but then she's from a different planet, but that's not the planet that her people are from.

QUESTION (PARAPHRASED)

So there was a mass exodus to that planet?

BRANDON SANDERSON

Not exactly. If you were to find a Japanese American, where would they say that they are from? Her people did not have a mass exodus.

QUESTION (PARAPHRASED)

Have we seen mass exoduses before?

BRANDON SANDERSON

Yes, there are some in the cosmere. There's a mass exodus that is mentioned in one of the interludes in The Way of Kings

mass exodus in way of kings must have missed that

For the last time. It was in WoK, it was in WoR. That was my interview with Sanderson and it was *definitely WoR. Zas wrote it down wrong. We discussed it in another thread and we settled on it either being the people who talked about The Long Path, or it was the Parshendi.

Edited January 11, 2015 by Arthur Dent

[Dahak he/him]

Here's the relevant passage:

 

 

The pale sand is probably from Taldain.  The lock of golden hair could be Royal Locks.  The silver knife would point towards Threnody.  The pink crystal sounds like an Aether from Liar of Partinel.  The flower is probably a Tear of Edgli, because we don't know of any unusual flowers that are interesting on a cosmere level at this point... Though I guess it could be one of Patji's Fingers now that I think of it.

 

I'm thinking

 

A vial of pale sand.

White Sand

 

A couple of thick hairpins.

Haemelurgic Spikes, I'm thinking from Koloss rather than Kandra Blessings or Inquistor spikes.

 

A lock of golden hair.

Royal Hair

 

The branch of a tree with writing on it she couldn’t read. A silver knife.

No Idea.

 

An odd flower preserved in some kind of solution.

That Flower whose discovery appears to be the precursor for BioChroma. That's the Tear of Edgli isn't it?

 

That chunk of pale pink crystal looked like it might be some kind of gemstone, but why was it so delicate? Bits of it had flaked off in its case, as if simply setting it down had almost crushed it.

Unhardened soul stone.

[Bort he/him]

I remember it being speculated that the thick hairpins might be hemalurgic spikes.

 

Ooh, good thinking whoever came up with this theory. It didn't even occur to me.

[Guest]

For the last time. It was in WoK, it was in WoR. That was my interview with Sanderson and it was *definitely WoR. Zas wrote it down wrong. We discussed it in another thread and we settled on it either being the people who talked about The Long Path, or it was the Parshendi.

Arthur, do you have a direct source for this?

[RawToast225 he/him]

No, but it was my interview. I know what was said and I know that zas wrote it down wrong.

[Xaladin he/him]

Do we know what Mraize's darts are made out of? Because if they are metal ....

[RadiantNights]

Totally called the mass exodus I think.

I posted awhile ago about all irali being world hoppers from the line in yms interlude. He says something like "we irali are of the long path of which this is the fourth planet." or some such. Even though this is from WoR cause I can't see anything form the other interludes in WoK being a world hoppers other than the 17th sharders.

Edited January 21, 2015 by RadiantNights

[Savanorn he/him]

Totally called the mass exodus I think.

I posted awhile ago about all irali being world hoppers from the line in yms interlude. He says something like "we irali are of the long path of which this is the fourth planet." or some such. Even though this is from WoR cause I can't see anything form the other interludes in WoK being a world hoppers other than the 17th sharders.

 

"We are Iriali, and part of the Long Trail, of which this is the fourth land."

 

For accuracy.

[RadiantNights]

Yup that's it. That quote along with his talk of "one becoming many" aka andonalism makes me think the irali are more cosmere savy than most on Roshar.

There's a word for that isn't there? Like how aware a people are of what's actually happening in the cosmere?

[skaa he/him]

@RadiantNights: We use the term "Cosmere-awareness". I don't think it's an official term, though.

@ArthurDent: Maybe a mod could edit that old post to change WoK to WoR. Otherwise people finding it will keep on getting misled.

Edited January 22, 2015 by skaa

[RawToast225 he/him]

Yes, please change it great and powerful Mod.

[Moogle]

I forgot to post this a few hours ago, but I did add a note onto the end of the post. Can't do much about the version on Theoryland. I would recommend PMing WeiryWriter directly and asking him to change it.

[RawToast225 he/him]

Done, thanks.