vineyarddawg Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 I did a cursory search of the forum and didn't see any discussion of this, so I figured I'd bring it up. I only really "got" the concept of shardpools since I started reading the 17th Shard site regularly, and that was after I'd read Warbreaker. But I was thinking a little more about the Warbreaker universe recently, and it occurred to me: Ichor-alcohol was some mysterious substance that was "discovered" by Yesteel. Could it be that ichor-alcohol is some of the liquid from Endowment's shardpool? I'm initially skeptical of this possibility, since it seems that ichor-alcohol is pretty readily available (i.e. not rare) in Hallandren. But if it's only available in Hallandren and nowhere else, it could still be relatively rare as it relates to all of Nalthis. Or, possibly, the "more potent" ichor-alcohol that Vasher says Yesteel has discovered could be some of the liquid from Endowment's shardpool, if it's more rare. Or it could be that the original ichor-alcohol is a diluted portion of the shardpool liquid and the "more potent" version is simply less diluted. Just something I've been tossing around in my mind. I don't know if it makes sense or not. 3
Guest Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 That's a very interesting idea. I hope someone asks Brandon about that. I think the Tears of Edgli are a better idea though.
Blaze1616 he/him Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 I thought it was stated somewhere that they have ichor alcohol production facilities, implying that it is completely man-made, and of no relation to the shardpool. I could be wrong though.
king of nowhere Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) shardpools aren't that big that they could fuel an entire army of lifeless. Generally I don't see reasons to theorize complicated magic means when mundane ones are perfectly viable. In all likelyhood ichor-alchol is just some kind of formaldehide solution. it would be perfectly viable with the tech level of the time Edited January 12, 2015 by king of nowhere 1
Guest Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 Blaze1616, I think you're right. That, I think, implies that Yesteel found the ichor-alcohol through experiments and such, rather than the discovery of a Shardpool. Warbreaker has this quote: "Shashara had been spurred on by the knowledge that she’d been shown up by Yesteel and the development of ichor-alcohol." That, I think, implies that Yesteel found the ichor-alcohol through experiments and such, rather than the discovery of a Shardpool.
Curiosity he/him Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 I wouldn't be surprised if ichor-alcohol was something like formaldehyde.
vineyarddawg Posted January 13, 2015 Author Posted January 13, 2015 Yeah, I actually went back and found every specific mention of ichor-alcohol in Warbreaker, and the way to which it's repeatedly referred does give the impression that it's just a normal substance of some sort that Yesteel discovered/invented. So maybe my theory is bunk.
Guest Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Hey, at least you had the courage to make a theory. I haven't yet.
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