Eki Posted June 2, 2016 Posted June 2, 2016 A question: The Nightwatcher apparently removed Dalinar's wife from his memory. Was that his curse...or his boon? A lot of people have wondered about this, but I don't think we've ever been given an answer. The next book will most likely answer it though, so just... a bit less than one and a half years left I guess!
DevSinger Posted June 2, 2016 Posted June 2, 2016 Another question: When the audio versions of your books are being made, do you coach the narrators on voices and accents? I've noticed, for instance, that Michael Kramer's accent for Sigzil in Stormlight closely resembles Sazed's accent (or the Terris accent in general) in Mistborn. Is that a coincidence?
Dunkum he/him Posted June 2, 2016 Posted June 2, 2016 A lot of people have wondered about this, but I don't think we've ever been given an answer. The next book will most likely answer it though, so just... a bit less than one and a half years left I guess! I've seen several people refer to it as his curse, but I've always assumed it was his boon, personally
ParadoxicalZen he/him Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 (edited) Aside from Lightweaving, can hoid change his appearance similarly to the Returned? Why do Returned need one breath a week? Edited June 3, 2016 by ParadoxSpren
Eki Posted June 4, 2016 Posted June 4, 2016 Has anyone asked Brandon if we've ever seen a Herald outside of the Stormlight Archive? I mean, they must have done something during the millennia between the prelude and the present events. Seems likely they worldhopped... 1
WeiryWriter he/him Posted June 4, 2016 Posted June 4, 2016 Another question: When the audio versions of your books are being made, do you coach the narrators on voices and accents? I've noticed, for instance, that Michael Kramer's accent for Sigzil in Stormlight closely resembles Sazed's accent (or the Terris accent in general) in Mistborn. Is that a coincidence? He will often send a pronunciation guide but he has no input on accents and such, that is solely up to the readers.
Asperity he/him Posted June 4, 2016 Posted June 4, 2016 Has anyone asked Brandon if we've ever seen a Herald outside of the Stormlight Archive? I mean, they must have done something during the millennia between the prelude and the present events. Seems likely they worldhopped... Seconding this. I really wanna know more about the Heralds and why they're so special.
Oversleep Posted June 6, 2016 Posted June 6, 2016 Is it possible to attract more than one spren of the same type? (I'm talking about Nahel spren) We know it's theoretically possible, while very difficult to be a member of two Orders. But is it possible two attract and maintain a bond with two or more spren of the same type? A Windrunner with two honorspren, for example.
natc Posted June 7, 2016 Posted June 7, 2016 The Rider of the Storms/Stormfather seems to predate Honor's death, so he must have been some sort of investiture-being already, and somehow took on the form of a cognitive shadow later."Mundane" Cognitive shadows of normal humans are very much a thing though. And they were humans initially and not some spren-thing. Are Returned something similar? The person's cognitive shadow "merged" with the divine breath splinter and put back into the body to biochromatically reanimate the corpse?
ParadoxicalZen he/him Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 When you happen on something you forgot in a partial reread of WoK; Who did sigzil try to kill, why did it fail and what did Hold have to do with the situation?
Oversleep Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 When you happen on something you forgot in a partial reread of WoK; Who did sigzil try to kill, why did it fail and what did Hold have to do with the situation? IIRC Sigzil tried to woo a woman and it got him into jail and he was thrown into jail just because they knew Hoid could pay much to get him out of it.
ParadoxicalZen he/him Posted June 13, 2016 Posted June 13, 2016 IIRC Sigzil tried to woo a woman and it got him into jail and he was thrown into jail just because they knew Hoid could pay much to get him out of it. Where's that from?
SamsonSeaBorn Posted June 13, 2016 Posted June 13, 2016 If it's not been asked already, are Seons and Spren related? I would have to say no an Seon is invested with a stamp but it's also the only object that works outside of its landmass of origin. However it's more likely part of the spirit world made manifest through the dor where as spren are made manifest from shadsmar the cognitive realm through the shard honor which was hinted at being the creative force of shadsmar.
SamsonSeaBorn Posted June 13, 2016 Posted June 13, 2016 (edited) I would have to say no an Seon is invested with a stamp but it's also the only object that works outside of its landmass of origin. However it's more likely part of the spirit world made manifest through the dor where as spren are made manifest from shadsmar the cognitive realm through the shard honor which was hinted at being the creative force of shadsmar. and by that I mean honors death helped lay the foundation for the cognitive realms and the shards from elantris did the same for the spiritual realm. This plays into another theory I have about the fraction (when shards are combined like harmony) Integrity which is simple the power of thought, will and action combined. Honor is of the mind and hope is of will (spirit) Edited June 13, 2016 by SamsonSeaBorn
Eki Posted June 13, 2016 Posted June 13, 2016 and by that I mean honors death helped lay the foundation for the cognitive realms and the shards from elantris did the same for the spiritual realm. This plays into another theory I have about the fraction (when shards are combined like harmony) Integrity which is simple the power of thought, will and action combined. Honor is of the mind and hope is of will (spirit) The three realms are a fundamental part of the Cosmere. I'm sure Honor's death changed much in the Cognitive Realm, but it was always there.
Oversleep Posted June 13, 2016 Posted June 13, 2016 Where's that from? WoK, chapter 46, "Child of Tanavast". Sigzil says he was thrown into jail three times but once he really earned it and then he talks about Babath woman.
Argel he/him Posted June 14, 2016 Posted June 14, 2016 (edited) Wow, a question from 2014.... el_warko, on 24 Feb 2014 - 12:55 AM, said: Quote If it's not been asked already, are Seons and Spren related? On 6/13/2016 at 0:54 PM, SamsonSeaBorn said: I would have to say no an Seon is invested with a stamp but it's also the only object that works outside of its landmass of origin. However it's more likely part of the spirit world made manifest through the dor where as spren are made manifest from shadsmar the cognitive realm through the shard honor which was hinted at being the creative force of shadsmar. Actually, we have some recent WoBs on the subject. IIRC, seons are splinters (or their aon (sp?) is). And "spren' is Roshar for something sentient invested, so they could be considered spren in that context. And then there are comparisons to the Stormfather, Nightwatcher, etc. Also, the three realms are all part of the Cosmere, so honor did not create Shadesmar. Note also that Roshar predates the shattering of Adonalsium. I appreciate your desire to help, but you should do some reading to catch up on the meta-knowledge out there. Edited June 17, 2016 by Argel
Asperity he/him Posted June 15, 2016 Posted June 15, 2016 Are there any Shardpools being actively monitored by any entities or groups/organizations in the CURRENT time?
Yata he/him Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 Did Ars Arcanum's author make some mistake with the Hero of Age's one ? 1
Aleph he/him Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 If another shard traveled to Scadrial, would they produce a new god metal? Would this also reveal/create (exactly four) new metallic arts? If the answers are yes, this could explain Brandon's previous, slightly cryptic statement that there are either 10ish or 30ish magic systems on Roshar, depending on how you count. Also: Do the 16 shards account for 100% of what is left of Adonalsium after being shattered? 1
Landis963 he/him Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 4 hours ago, Aleph said: If the answers are yes, this could explain Brandon's previous, slightly cryptic statement that there are either 10ish or 30ish magic systems on Roshar, depending on how you count. Brandon's cryptic statements to that effect were assuming that each Surge was a different magic system, purely for the sake of obfuscation.
Emerald101 he/him Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) 11 hours ago, Aleph said: Do the 16 shards account for 100% of what is left of Adonalsium after being shattered? Well, we know that there are Adonalsiumspren on Roshar (source), so the shards clearly aren't all of Adonalsium's power. Whether or not there are more shardish-level pieces left might still be an open question. I'd expect not, but you never know. Edited June 17, 2016 by Emerald101
WeiryWriter he/him Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 14 hours ago, Yata said: Did Ars Arcanum's author make some mistake with the Hero of Age's one ? Do you have a specific mistake in mind? Because we know that the Ars Arcana may not be entirely accurate since they are based on in-world experience and knowledge.
Yata he/him Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) 12 hours ago, WeiryWriter said: Do you have a specific mistake in mind? Because we know that the Ars Arcana may not be entirely accurate since they are based on in-world experience and knowledge. I suspect the Hemalurgy's chart is wrong. In the basic metals we saw some kind of pattern... the pure metals steal Human Attributes and the Alloys steal Magic Abilities. This pattern changes for the enhancement metals where Alluminium and Duralluminium both steal Magic abilities. I think the Author made a Mistake trying to complete che table with the metal knowed at that time (and I don't think we never see an Inquisitor Spiked with Spiritual Feruchemy). If every Ars Arcanum's information is about Author's knowledge during the book timeframe, we may see how the Ars Arcanum of W&W's era don't talk about Hemalurgy... My idea is the Hemalurgy isn't there because now the Author know much more about Hemalurgy and if He writes about Hemalurgy, He have to put an fixed Hemalurgy's table. Edited June 18, 2016 by Yata
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