Brassmind Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 Just something that popped into my head tonight as I was getting ready for bed. I'm not at all sure that it actually means anything, but I will share and hope it makes someone grin, at least. :P/> 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senor Feesh Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 Heh interesting catch, I'd not noticed. It does depend on your interpretation of Lord though - as someone who grew up in the UK, where we have the feudal system in our history, my first reading of the word Lord is a landowner/leader of men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyman Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 I'd say this is true, and not an accident. In some ways, Warbreaker and Mistborn:Final Empire are opposite books. Brandon says he did it on purpose. This is just part of the (anti)symmetry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oathbringer Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 I guess, the names are similar, but the names give a totally different view of the. For the Lord Ruler, he is essentially a tyrant, who controls all things, but is just a man with special abilities (except when he tapped the well of ascension). Whereas the God King is actually enthroned by his own people, and is human in form, but the returned have powers totally separate from normal people and awakeners, not only being increased in breath with the divine breath but having the ability to change form. In conclusion the source of their title is different, how they are viewed is different (people revere the God King, few do so to the Lord Ruler), and the title confers different meanings (absolute Authority--Lord Ruler, Enthroned divinity--God King). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morsk Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 I think the names are pretty different. "God King" combines religious and secular authority, and many real-world religions had god kings. "Lord Ruler" is a purely secular title, and even when the Lord Ruler creates a religion, he has it care more about enforcing contracts than anything spiritual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krelian Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 They both had no idea what they were getting into, but the God King looks like he'll be, at least potentially, truly fulfilling his place as savior of a deceived people. The Lord Ruler did his best, but ultimately his solution was a stop-gap, ramshackle operation. I think the wording (God King, being a stronger label than Lord Ruler) is telling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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