LevenThumps Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 (edited) I'm rereading the Mistborn series right now, and I noticed the Allomantic symbols in the first book. But, as I got to book two, the symbols confused me? I looked ahead to book 3 and saw symbols that these were foreign to me as well. Does anyone know what these symbols are from? Edited March 6, 2013 by LevenThumps
Voidus Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 I think they're just earlier versions of the alphabet, book two is supposed to be just after the ascension I think and book 3 is pre-ascension. 1
Observer Posted March 7, 2013 Posted March 7, 2013 Book one has allomantic symbols, book two has feruchemical symbols, and book three has hemalurgic symbols I believe. 4
Kurkistan he/him Posted March 7, 2013 Posted March 7, 2013 (edited) Voidus has the right answer. The 3rd book has the Terris alphabet, then 2 is the development of the alphabet after the ascension, then 1 has the "modern" alphabet as of The Final Empire. (sorry, I couldn't find a more direct source, and I'm a bit short on time). Edited March 7, 2013 by Kurkistan
Windrunner he/him Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 Book one has allomantic symbols, book two has feruchemical symbols, and book three has hemalurgic symbols I believe. Feruchemical symbols look totally different, they are triangular in form. The pictures on the wiki. They'll probably be the chapter images for the second trilogy, with potential Hemalurgic symbols in the third. 1
Djando Je he/him Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) The annotation that you are thinking of should be one of the introductory annotations for book two. Edit: I found it: http://www.brandonsanderson.com/annotation/184/Mistborn-2-Maps-and-Interior-Art Edited March 13, 2013 by Djando Je
Krelian Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 For reference; Mistborn 1: Mistborn 2: Mistborn 3: Somewhat obvious progression there. 1
Phantom Monstrosity Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 Is there a sheet of the alloy of law symbols anywhere?
Krelian Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 Not on Isaac Stewart's website. I'll look around later to see if there's one available, on my phone right now.
Krelian Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 And for the people that mentioned Feruchemical symbols; Vague resemblance, but no real link to the Steel Alphabet. I'd guess the Feruchemical symbols predate even the proto-Steel Alphabet by a long time.....
BlairJ he/him Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 And for the people that mentioned Feruchemical symbols; Vague resemblance, but no real link to the Steel Alphabet. I'd guess the Feruchemical symbols predate even the proto-Steel Alphabet by a long time..... Is this from the Adventure Game? I have the book, just have not finished looking through everything.
Kurkistan he/him Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 ^Yes, it is. My understanding is that that table has the modern feruchemical alphabet, which started with the same original symbols as those in HoA, but diverged from that point on.
Joe ST he/him Posted April 2, 2013 Posted April 2, 2013 There used to be a great source on Isaac's site which described the history behind the evolution, but it was lost during an update. If someone could find it that would be awesome. In other news, the coppermind has many of the symbols, but we're missing the HoA symbols, and the Feruchemical ones could do with being turned into SVG's. I've made a (woefully inadequate) page for the http://coppermind.net/wiki/Steel_alphabet'>Steel alphabet, which will be vastly updated with the above-mentioned info from Isaac. EDIT: http://web.archive.org/web/20120510041032/http://www.isaacstewart.com/mistborn-series-artwork/'>wayback machine to the rescue The three sets of symbols show the progression of the Allomantic text through the ages. The earliest script is from Hero of Ages. It was changed and modified into the Terris script symbols we see in Well of Ascension. After more time, the Terris script morphed into what is now known as the Allomantic Alphabet or the Steel Alphabet, which are the symbols used in Mistborn: The Final Empire. We’ve extrapolated the Steel Alphabet into a script that’s more-standardized and refined for the chapter headings in Alloy of Law, which takes place 300 years after Hero of Ages.
Kurkistan he/him Posted April 2, 2013 Posted April 2, 2013 (edited) Be sure to include valkynphyre's translation of the symbols. Edited April 2, 2013 by Kurkistan
Joe ST he/him Posted April 2, 2013 Posted April 2, 2013 Indeed, there's already tables of translation spread about the wiki, but that article is probably the best place for a central table
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