trevorade Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 Hoid appears to have an innate ability to recognize individuals who are in a pivotal position to improve their world. He also seems to know when important events are afoot. Do we have any clear explanation of how he manages this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cem Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 He uses Feruchemy to have limited foresight into the future. He doesn't precisely know what's going to happen but only that something will happen. That's as much as Brandon divulged so far. You also might want to read this article on Coppermind: http://coppermind.net/wiki/Hoid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonelymagician Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 probably feruchemy, since that's how he knows to be in the right place at the right time. I'd bet, knowing what he knows, it's pretty easy to figure out who is important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hoodie Mistborn Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 Perhaps in addition to the slight future foretelling that Hoid gets from the Feruchemy, people in the Cosmere also have something similar to the WoT Ta'veren where they create a focal point, which if you know where to look you can easily see who events are going to spin around? That might be reaching too much and trying to draw in too much from Brandon's association with the WoT, but could be... GHM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 We don't see half the stuff that guy gets up to, anyhow. Almost all the time, he meets with people after they're widely know of already, or while in pursuit of his own goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natans Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 (edited) He whoopworld to earth and ask Brandon Seriusly there is a picture of Brandon in a Con talking with a stange guy that I' m sure is Hoid. I think he compound Gold, to see the possible futures and act according =) Edit: Worldhop LOL, no prob Shardlet I know that my english is severely lacking no offense taken, and be free to correct me whenever I ashame myself Edited November 20, 2013 by Natans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardlet Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 (edited) He whoopworld to earth and ask Brandon I think that this is the most amazing mispelling I have ever seen. Whoopworld instead of worldhop. (Not a criticism of your spelling, Natans. Just an expression of amusement). Edited November 22, 2013 by Shardlet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Ninja Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 I like to imagine that Hoid uses Luck Feruchemy, a dartboard on top of a cosmere map, multiple dice for years and months and days, and another darboard on top of a phonebook to figure out where and when he should be, and who he should be talking to. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 I like to imagine that Hoid uses Luck Feruchemy, a dartboard on top of a cosmere map, multiple dice for years and months and days, and another darboard on top of a phonebook to figure out where and when he should be, and who he should be talking to The 17th shard is actually a worldhopping census society. They compile the phone book for Hoid. They're irate because the last Cosmerical phone book they gave him was a misprint that listed the entire population of Sel as the occupants of a non-existent Parshendi metropolis overlapping a section of Nalthis roughly three hundred kilometres southeast of Hallendran, and they want to give him the corrected copy before he goes looking to hint the secrets of a new Form to Raoden and runs across a vampiric Returned (these exist, WoB. Not actually vampires, but they dress all in black (good for awakening) and tend to act gothy, being back from the dead and needing a human Breath every week to survive and all. I'd find the quote, but...I won't. You'll have to take my word for it ) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aether Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 (edited) The 17th shard is actually a worldhopping census society. They compile the phone book for Hoid. They're irate because the last Cosmerical phone book they gave him was a misprint that listed the entire population of Sel as the occupants of a non-existent Parshendi metropolis overlapping a section of Nalthis roughly three hundred kilometres southeast of Hallendran, and they want to give him the corrected copy before he goes looking to hint the secrets of a new Form to Raoden and runs across a vampiric Returned (these exist, WoB. Not actually vampires, but they dress all in black (good for awakening) and tend to act gothy, being back from the dead and needing a human Breath every week to survive and all. I'd find the quote, but...I won't. You'll have to take my word for it ) You seem to be seriously campaigning for up-votes these days xD. Didn't want to give you another one, but you tend to be so damned funny! Edited December 13, 2013 by Aether 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 You seem to be seriously campaigning for up-votes these days xD. Didn't want to give you another one, but you tend to be so damned funny! Thank you. My humor and wakefulness have an inverse relationship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aether Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 A good and working relationship then. I tend to have a rather turbulent and inconsistent one with my mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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