AndrewStirlingMacDonald Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 This could simply be a stylistic choice, or a slight change in the way Brandon sees the character, but it is very interesting to me that in Wax's perspective chapters in AoL he was always referred to as Waxillium, but in SoS he now seems to have come to think of himself as simply Wax. Perhaps it's simply the change Marasi pointed out, spending so much time around nobility has made him take the opposite approach he took in the roughs, encouraging him to bring a little roughness to the city, but it could also be still be something deeper. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaeggs Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Maybe. Not to be overly cynical, but that could have just been a change of mood for Brandon. He just didn't feel like writing out the entire name so he shortened it. It could also have been changed by the editors. Your theory is good, but it seems to me like there could be a simpler answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 This is Mistborn, Gibletish. The series where you can discern the identity of the Hero of Ages from the first three words of the first epigraph of HoA through tone of speech alone. Mr. Sanderson pays attention to these things. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaeggs Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 True. Reading the Shadows of Self prologue again, he again refers to himself as Waxillium, meaning that this was definitely intentional. And about the HoA epigraph, I did nto notice that. I will have to re-read that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus52980 Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 True. Reading the Shadows of Self prologue again, he again refers to himself as Waxillium, meaning that this was definitely intentional. And about the HoA epigraph, I did nto notice that. I will have to re-read that. If you are like me and consumed it by listening to the audio book, the voice actor even does the reading of it in Sazed's voice... TOTALLY gives it away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterAhlstrom Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Also note how he thinks of himself in the Alloy of Law prologue. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAmTheBeard Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Also note how he thinks of himself in the Alloy of Law prologue. And chapter 1 of AoL. He stops thinking of himself as Wax after he makes the intentional decision to become the House Lord instead of the Lawkeeper. Apparently in SoS he thinks of himself as the Lawkeeper again, or at least as comfortable as both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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