masaru Posted September 18, 2011 Posted September 18, 2011 With 3 for sure and 1 almost sure, it means there is 1 more Herald in WoK that hasn't been speculated upon...
Zas678 he/him Posted September 26, 2011 Posted September 26, 2011 With 3 for sure and 1 almost sure, it means there is 1 more Herald in WoK that hasn't been speculated upon... Peter has said that 5 is the wrong number. It may be high, and it may be low, but it is definitely not 5.
Sunblesser Posted September 26, 2011 Posted September 26, 2011 and i hope it's over, because it would be awesome if i was right about ishar being in the prologue. however, the way peter first replied makes it seem like there is only four.
Wispsy he/him Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 i want some1 to ask if there is more about the fish then we give them credit or are they really just superstition :/
Zas678 he/him Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 That one is almost certainly a RAFO. We haven't seen any use of their powers, so it may just be belief based on magic of the past, or it may in fact be some form of magic we haven't seen before.
Wispsy he/him Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 fair one but with all the hints in that short bit of writing the fish better turn out to be awesome
Zas678 he/him Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 I have some (more) questions: Why does Marsh kill an Allomancer for the spike used on King Penrod? Can Ruin not speak to non-allomantically spiked people? Yet he still is able to speak (and control) the Kandra, who have normal, non-allomantic spikes. Can a Drab return? And the inverse question of that is, Can an Awakener return? And then if an Awakener Returned, would he keep those extra breath that he won? EDIT- I don't want to make another post. Is the smoke we see coming from people's eyes who have been stabbed by Shardblades Nightblood?
CrazyRioter she/her Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 I think the reason for the first bit is that spikes that contain "human attributes" rather then actual allomatic and feruchemical powers tend to distort the recipient physically and mentally much more see the koloss. He didn't want to distort Penrod in a way that would be immediately obvious.
darniil he/him Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 Yet he still is able to speak (and control) the Kandra, who have normal, non-allomantic spikes. Are kandra Blessings normal spikes? They may not be allomantically-charged, but I got the impression that Blessings were true hemalurgic spikes. (Maybe just used on regular folk to steal regular intelligence/strength/endurance.)
Chaos he/him Posted October 10, 2011 Author Posted October 10, 2011 The kandra spikes are charged with those human attributes. You can see that the four Blessings correspond to the four human attributes currently known.
Green Hoodie Mistborn he/him Posted November 7, 2011 Posted November 7, 2011 Hiya all! I'll be hitting up the signing down in Huntington Beach, CA on 11/10/11 Which of the open questions would you like me to throw out and fish for answers? Thanks 1
PeterAhlstrom he/him Posted November 7, 2011 Posted November 7, 2011 Site admins will be at tonight's signing, so tomorrow maybe they'll post what they should have asked but forgot.
Zas678 he/him Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 @Green Hoodie Mistborn- Peter is most certainly correct. I have two questions that I would like you to ask if you can. Is the smoke that we see when Shardblades cut a person Nightblood? Do people on other planets have a Breath? Like people from Scadrial, and Roshar and such? Another way to ask it is if the only difference with the Breath in Nalthis is that the people can give their own Breath.
mycoltbug Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 Here's an interesting new question about the ARS Arcanum. We now know that it was written by the same author (which we did have it confirmed it was a member of the 17th Shard or Hoid.) So then why is the voices/styles slightly different between the versions? My opinion though I would like to have it confirmed is that the first version was when the first world travelers start arriving at other worlds and didn't fully understand the implications of what they were learning and as they learned more they found a much larger cosmere relevant information that needed to be related. I see it much more like when you are writing a research paper of the same genre but different topics within it. The more you write the more fuller you understand the full implications. That's a personal theory but I think verification on if the reason it has changed is because the understanding of the writer has expanded due to his learning would be good information to have rather than just assuming it.
Green Hoodie Mistborn he/him Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 @Green Hoodie Mistborn- Peter is most certainly correct. I have two questions that I would like you to ask if you can. Is the smoke that we see when Shardblades cut a person Nightblood? Do people on other planets have a Breath? Like people from Scadrial, and Roshar and such? Another way to ask it is if the only difference with the Breath in Nalthis is that the people can give their own Breath. I think I understand the 2nd question, but for your first question to clarify, do you mean "is the smoke that we see when shardblades cut a person related to or similar to the smoke that Nightblood leaks when he is drawn"? 1
Chaos he/him Posted November 9, 2011 Author Posted November 9, 2011 I will try and get the list updated tomorrow. Zas, if you have time you can probably update the questions that we found out last night, but you don't have to.
Zas678 he/him Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 I think I understand the 2nd question, but for your first question to clarify, do you mean "is the smoke that we see when shardblades cut a person related to or similar to the smoke that Nightblood leaks when he is drawn"? Sure. The way I wrote the first question was because in one of the annotations, it says that Nightblood was named after the Corrupted Breaths that he creates when he Destroys Evil. But the second way is more clear. And Chaos, I'll go ahead and edit the original post. With what I remember.
Chaos he/him Posted November 9, 2011 Author Posted November 9, 2011 Just like, put the answers like I've been doing them so far. That'd be great.
Catalyst21 he/him Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 (edited) Can a Drab return? And the inverse question of that is, Can an Awakener return? And then if an Awakener Returned, would he keep those extra breath that he won? A drab cannot return. 17thshard Seventeenth Shard Drabs cannot Return. Theory confirmed. #alloyofline 8 Nov Edited November 9, 2011 by Catalyst21
Eri she/her Posted November 13, 2011 Posted November 13, 2011 (edited) Two AoL questions: Are there still no Splinters on Scadrial? Do Allomancers still need to Snap? Edited November 13, 2011 by eri
Green Hoodie Mistborn he/him Posted November 13, 2011 Posted November 13, 2011 (edited) @Green Hoodie Mistborn- Peter is most certainly correct. I have two questions that I would like you to ask if you can. Is the smoke that we see when Shardblades cut a person Nightblood? Do people on other planets have a Breath? Like people from Scadrial, and Roshar and such? Another way to ask it is if the only difference with the Breath in Nalthis is that the people can give their own Breath. Ok... so the signing was great fun! It was my first time getting to meet Brandon and/or see him in person, he's as fun in person as all of his online communication suggests, and he read a selection from a little project called Legion that he wrote on the plane ride back from Paris as a pilot idea for a TV show and it was really fun! He also said that it would be put into ebook and print in the next year or so for everyone. Basically it's a crime/mystery type idea with a great Sanderson twist to it, if anyone has any other questions you can PM me and I'll tell you what I know, but I'm not sure how much we're supposed to talk about things like that in the public boards since they're not out yet... Anyway, I was able to ask one question in the Q&A time and a couple more when he was signing my book... here are the responses to my questions: 1.Is the smoke that is released when a shardblade cuts someone related to the smoke that Nightblood releases when it is drawn? "Is there any relation between the smoke that someone emits and the smoke Nightblood emits" (Brandon's paraphrase) - "Yes there is (a relation)" 2.Is there only one Shard on Silence Divine? - "Yes" 3.Can people gain the magics of other worlds? I.e. could Galladon gain breaths on Nalthis? - "I'll answer this specifically: Anyone can gain Breaths on Nalthis. Becoming an Allomancer is much harder So that is a couple of questions off the list at least! I tend to think that for the last question, he was implying that the ease of gaining each magic system depends on which realm it relates to: Physical,Spiritual, or Cognitive. I.e. breaths are easy to gain because they are tied to the spiritual realm, whereas Allomancy is hard to gain because it requires a certain physical DNA to access those powers, you have to have your DNA changed via Lerasium or be born with the right code... thoughts? zas678 - Brandon thought the question about the smoke was a "really smart question" and he knew immediately I was from the 17thshard when I asked so kudos on the smart question also - I realize that the 3rd question isn't exactly what you had wanted asked zas, but it was a spin on it, so while your question wasn't answered directly there, it was sort of answered! I have audio of the Q&A that I'm going to transcribe, is there somewhere specific that I should post that or link to a Google Doc or something? Edited November 13, 2011 by Green Hoodie Mistborn
Zas678 he/him Posted November 14, 2011 Posted November 14, 2011 No, that totally works! Thanks for asking the question. If you want to, you can post your transcription here: http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/1150-signing-111011/ Note- I already typed up the last ten minutes of the general Q&A (Starting with the Shardblade/Nightblood question) that someone else posted.
Chaos he/him Posted November 14, 2011 Author Posted November 14, 2011 In today's Tor chat with Brandon on Twitter, Brandon RAFO'd me on if Endowment's holder was female. He had a smiley face on that, though, so I think we're right.
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