WardAgainstLogic Posted February 24, 2013 Posted February 24, 2013 Regarding Kredick Shaw and north, I think Brandon said in the annotations of one of the books that magnetic north is directly under the it due the magnetic field being moved when the Well was.
Windrunner he/him Posted February 24, 2013 Posted February 24, 2013 Mmhmm, but it still could be a compass rose for geographic north, couldn't it?
TheChronicFeruchemist she/her Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 Mmhmm, but it still could be a compass rose for geographic north, couldn't it? I dunno, it always looked more like the basis for the alphabet itself to me. As if the entire writing system stems from it. Which could make sense if you see the writing method as something invented by TLR himself. I don't know, I feel like the key is in examining the two different alphabets and working on that.
Phantom Monstrosity Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 I dunno, it always looked more like the basis for the alphabet itself to me. As if the entire writing system stems from it. Which could make sense if you see the writing method as something invented by TLR himself. I don't know, I feel like the key is in examining the two different alphabets and working on that. Three different alphabets.
Windrunner he/him Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 The Steel alphabet was not invented by TLR. The HoA symbols are from even before the Ascension. They split off from the Terris script way back when.
TheChronicFeruchemist she/her Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 The Steel alphabet was not invented by TLR. The HoA symbols are from even before the Ascension. They split off from the Terris script way back when. Thanks for the clarification. (Sorry I've been out of the world for the past year or so. I hope I'm not being too much of a idiot.) What time are the symbols in WoA from? Also why would people who had no cultural connection to the metals adopt an alphabet based of them? Do we know anything more about pre ascension culture other than what is in the books?
Windrunner he/him Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 Not too much. The TFE symbols are from the TFE time period. The WoA symbols are from around the Ascension. The HoA symbols are from long before the Ascension. No worries about not knowing, it's not exactly common knowledge. Welcome back!
TheChronicFeruchemist she/her Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 Not too much. The TFE symbols are from the TFE time period. The WoA symbols are from around the Ascension. The HoA symbols are from long before the Ascension. No worries about not knowing, it's not exactly common knowledge. Welcome back! :D/> Oh good. I'm going to go with that the HoA symbols are with a brush, and terris are with a reed or quill. Though I don't know what the "standard" alphabet would be written with. I'm now really curious as to how the strikes evolved into what are clearly spikes.
Kurkistan he/him Posted February 27, 2013 Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) I'm now really curious as to how the strikes evolved into what are clearly spikes. I can see that being completely intentional on TLR's part: "Hey guys, I kind of rule the world now. Also, coincidentally, I've decided to standardize the alphabet a bit. Hey, don't those strikes look just a bit like spikes!? They are somewhat similar--no doubt also coincidentally--to the spikes driven through the eyes of my unstoppable minions! Whadya' know!" Edited February 27, 2013 by Kurkistan 1
TheChronicFeruchemist she/her Posted February 27, 2013 Posted February 27, 2013 I can see that being completely intentional on TLR's part: "Hey guys, I kind of rule the world now. Also, coincidentally, I've decided to standardize the alphabet a bit. Hey, don't those strikes look just a bit like spikes!? They are somewhat similar--no doubt also coincidentally--to the spikes driven through the eyes of my unstoppable minions! Whadya' know!" That is totally what happened. That or the lines(terris) represent preservation and the spikes ruin, seeing that preservation and ruin existed long before the ascension and seeing that feruchemy is the balance of ruin and preservation. So TLR took something that was abstract and made it concrete.
Senor Feesh Posted February 27, 2013 Author Posted February 27, 2013 There is another option (although I don't buy it) that the strikes evolving crossed ends is analogous to writing developing serifs for easier reading. like I said, I don't buy that, and I fo believe they intentionally look like spikes.
TheChronicFeruchemist she/her Posted February 27, 2013 Posted February 27, 2013 There is another option (although I don't buy it) that the strikes evolving crossed ends is analogous to writing developing serifs for easier reading. like I said, I don't buy that, and I fo believe they intentionally look like spikes. This is a good theory, and it may be part of the reason but I think your right that the TLR theory is much more likely.
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