AtiumSeer Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 I have not seen anything posted about this, and I'm new to the forums so sorry if this is a repeat. Elhokar claims that he see's assassins in the shadows, and at first i though it was nothing, but when i was rereading The Way of Kings i came across this part "They watch me. Always. Waiting. I see their faces in mirrors. Symbols, twisted, inhuman...". This is said by Elhokar on page 826 in the hardcover version. And this made me think of the things that Shallan saw that had symbols instead of heads. Is he seeing the same spren that Shallan saw in her drawings? Has he also bonded spren as well? I just wanted to get your thoughts. Once again this is my first post so I'm sorry if I messed up.
Shardlet he/him Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 (edited) Welcome, AtiumSeer. The quote certainly suggests the Cryptics (the symbolheads that Shallan sees). I belive the prevalent thought in the forums is that Elhokar also sees the Cryptics. However the nature of Shallan's bonding with the cryptics (is it progressive or transient) is currently being debated. Some of that debate is in this thread if you are interested. Your post seems to be just fine to me. Here is some useful tips that I had to pick up along the way. If your posts have spoiler material in them you should use spoiler tags to contain that info (except in the Cosmere therads). The spoiler tag is this (minus the quotation mark): ["spoiler]Text you wish to conceal which then produces the following: Text you wish to conceal. If you wish to provide a link within your post, then use the url tag which is "link text" this will appear like the link I used above. If you wish to include a quote from a book or a posting outside the thread then there is a button in the reply text entry box which looks like a voice bubble in a comic strip. Try it, you should be able to figure out what needs to be done. Edited July 3, 2013 by Shardlet
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