Shattered he/him Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 It seems a bit unlikely, as I don't know his backstory and seems unlikely to have much to do with Nalthis, at least not at first, but he is immortal somehow. It seems like he might have enough BioChroma to be at least of the Second Heightening. In WoR, he says: "Perfect pitch makes this all so much easier than it once was...." while tuning his Enthir. That, of course, wouldn't account for agelessness, though. That would require the Fifth Heightening. But if he did have that much Breath, it would produce a highly visible aura of enhanced color. This is what makes me wonder if he is Returned, because then he would naturally be of the Fifth Heightening, accounting for his agelessness and perfect pitch. It would also mean that he could suppress his divine Breath and appear to be a normal human without a visible aura. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeiryWriter he/him Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 It's a good idea but we know it is not the case. One must be a native Nalthian in order to Return, and Hoid is from the planet Yolen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 He is off Yolen, the very first world and origin of Adonalsium. Used to buy drinks with Honor and was good friends with a few other shards (and very much not good friends with the rest, but what can you do?) He could Lightweave eons before lightweaving was cool. With that said he can't Return like that if what we know of Returning is accurate. We don't even know if that is necessary for breath suppression do we? Ol' Warbreaker was Returned but he's also quite the expert on the matter of Breath, and either is sufficient reason for him to know how. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness he/him Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Is Returning a function of sDNA, or a peculiarity of Nalthis' afterlife? Because I could see Hoid's sDNA being compatible with all the Shards, since he was a magic user from pre-shattering times... as far as I know.. Shouldn't his sDNA be compatible with Adonalsium, and therefore all the Shards? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 I think it would be less a "compatibility" problem if that is even a thing, and more whether the Return mechanism set up on Nalthis even recognizes you as human, never mind the other requirements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaladin he/him Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 For Hoid to have Returned, he would have to have died first. For some reason, I don't think that happened. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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