Jondesu he/him Posted September 8, 2015 Posted September 8, 2015 I was rereading WoR, and came across this passage again: “He did catch Rock shooing away a lanky man in an ardent’s robe. “What was that?” Kaladin asked, catching the Horneater as he passed. “That one,” Rock said. “Keeps loitering here with sketchbook. Wants to draw bridgemen. Ha! Because we are famous, you see.” Kaladin frowned. Strange actions for an ardent—but, then, all ardents were strange, to an extent.” I don't recall it ever coming up again, but it struck me that we might be seeing another Lightweaver or else someone connected to one of our various groups of intrigue. Has there been speculation about who he is? jW
Oudeis he/him Posted September 8, 2015 Posted September 8, 2015 I thought it had been confirmed to be Nazh, a worldhopper from Threnody (spoilers through the link). However I cannot find the attribution... In short, Nazh has a tendency to travel the cosmere gathering data on items, events, people and phenomena of interest. Exactly what is interesting about them sometimes changes; realmatically interesting, historically interesting, sometimes just narratively interesting. 2
ParadoxicalZen he/him Posted September 8, 2015 Posted September 8, 2015 I think it was linked due to a comment made on page of Bridge Four Glyphs in WoR 1
Moogle Posted September 8, 2015 Posted September 8, 2015 If you look at the drawings throughout WoR, you'll find a few signed by "Nazh". He complains about how hard it is to draw the bridgemen's glyphs on one. He also complains about having to retrieve Shallan's trunk from the bottom of the ocean. 2
Jondesu he/him Posted September 8, 2015 Author Posted September 8, 2015 Thanks, ya'll, that makes a lot of sense! jW
Landis963 he/him Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 He's also the one who annotated that map of Elendel on the inside cover of The Alloy Of Law. 1
Bort he/him Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 Nazh update! WoB says that Nazh retrieved Jasnah's things from the bottom of the ocean by visiting Shadesmar, retrieving the beads, and moving them to where it would be land.
natc Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 If the stuff was underwater . . . would the beeds "spawn" buried underneath the dry shadesmar land when you step into shadesmar, or would it just be sitting there O_O The former is more intuitive, but if it's true I feel bad for Nazh. With that said, it confirms moving the beads in some sort of method can legitimately teleport the object.
Jondesu he/him Posted October 21, 2015 Author Posted October 21, 2015 I do suspect it's more than just moving them in Shadesmar, or else every time a bead was picked up it would move the object somewhat in the physical realm, and that doesn't appear to be the case. I wonder what it takes, and how Nazh got that ability? jW
Guest Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 I do suspect it's more than just moving them in Shadesmar, or else every time a bead was picked up it would move the object somewhat in the physical realm, and that doesn't appear to be the case. I wonder what it takes, and how Nazh got that ability? jW I suspect it's a matter of "Intent", similar to how random people can't just stab and make Hemalurgic Spikes unless there is an "Intent" to create them. So Shallan could fling beads around all she wanted, but unless she selected one and thought "you are coming with me" nothing would ever move in the Physical.
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