Mailliw73 he/him Posted December 2, 2013 Posted December 2, 2013 Will we ever see a return to Forging, or more specifically, Shai's life? Does anyone know if Brandon has said anything about this?
bartbug he/him Posted December 2, 2013 Posted December 2, 2013 I hope so! I haven't heard anything, but it wouldn't be crazy to assume it might get some mention, no matter how small, in Elantris 2.
Iredomi Posted December 2, 2013 Posted December 2, 2013 I for one would absolutely love to read about Shai again but wouldn't mind if we never see her again really... In regards to forging appearing in elantris 2 it is quite likely to be there in a cameo role and nothing more i would think. The next elantris book is supposed to set ten years after the first one isn't it and according to the coppermind emperors soul is 30 years afterwards. So seeing Shai in elantris 2 is very unlikely unless she is a lot younger. Of course i don't know how solid the information i have is.
Windrunner he/him Posted December 2, 2013 Posted December 2, 2013 That Coppermind date is a guess. Mine actually, which someone stuck in the wiki. We have no confirmed dates for Emperor's Soul beyond that it is after Elantris.
Iredomi Posted December 2, 2013 Posted December 2, 2013 Oh okay thank you windy. I always wondered where that date came from. Are the decade gaps between the elantris books a real thing still?
Mailliw73 he/him Posted December 3, 2013 Author Posted December 3, 2013 I have heard the decade gap is still a thing. If ES was thirty years after Elantris, and Elantris 2 ten years, that would be right about when Shai began to learn Forging, I believe.
Aether he/him Posted December 3, 2013 Posted December 3, 2013 If we have no WoB on the 30 year gap, then where does this guess come from? I don't remember any particular references to this in the book.
Pechvarry Posted December 3, 2013 Posted December 3, 2013 The author post script... Thing mentions that Brandon was already working on a magic "system" for Sel when inspiration hit for TES, and that forging was a great compliment to it. Or something. I don't want to put words in his mouth (or his book), but I definitely remember thinking he was insinuating there was another new magic system, ostensibly for Elantris 2. This could be bloodsealing, or it could be something else. I mention this because, if it's something else and it somehow fits really well on the same planet as forgery, there's a decent chance forgery would return or at least get mentioned in relation to this other system.
Aether he/him Posted December 3, 2013 Posted December 3, 2013 I do not think the appearance of a new magic system in itself would warrant writing the story three decades into the future. It's not as if he have thoroughly explored all parts of Sel; he can just retroactively write it into the world somewhere.
Aether he/him Posted December 3, 2013 Posted December 3, 2013 (edited) Responding to OP; not timeline discussion. Ah, pardon. It seemed like that first line was aimed at me. Though obscurely so, now that I think about it. Edited December 3, 2013 by Aether
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