Theorymaker he/him Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 I am starting this topic to see how often Brandon secretly puts the number 16 into his books. An example is in Way of Kings Dalinar had 2,653 men left after the Parshendi attack and 2+6+5+3=16. Another example is in Alloy of Law, Wax found some numbers that added to 16 (can't remember what they were and don't have a copy to look it up). So if anyone else finds some hidden like these post them here. 5
Aonar he/him Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 (edited) It's also the number of Shards of Adonalsium. (This is the probably reason the number is so important in the Cosmere.) There are other important numbers as well. For example, ten (the number of primary Shardworlds) crops up a lot, even outside of the Stormlight Archive. Completely misread your post, sorry. 1024 (the number of years it takes the Well to refill) is 16^2*4 (4 being the square root of 16) Edited December 11, 2013 by AonarFaileas
Windrunner he/him Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 That thing you've got in the spoiler tag is a nice catch. I don't believe I've seen anyone mention it before.
bartbug he/him Posted December 12, 2013 Posted December 12, 2013 Can we add instances of the number 'ten' to this thread, if only for Stormlight Archive significance? Lift says that she's ten years old, and anything above that is unlucky.
Aether he/him Posted December 12, 2013 Posted December 12, 2013 Let's go! 10s in the Stormlight Archive: The Rosharan year is composed of ten months, which is again divided into 10 weeks, each one 5 (10/2) days long. There are 10 Heralds and 10 Orders of the Knights Radiant 10 Deaths and 10 Fools 10 Alethi Princedoms 50 (5*10) ways to leave your lover
KiManiak he/him Posted December 12, 2013 Posted December 12, 2013 (edited) I'll play: 10 Silver Age Kingdoms 10 Surges 10 heartbeats to summon a Shardblade 10 Essences 10 Soulcasting-related gemstones 10 Soulcasting properties 10 Levels of Voidbinding Edit: As for sixteens: Kaladin was going to go to Karbranth to study to be a surgeon at 16 (isn't that the earliest students can be accepted?) Adolin inherited his Shardblade (or Plate) at 16, I believe (from his mother's side, which I hope we find more about in Dalinar's book) Dalinar took 1600 troops with him when confronting Sadeas after the Tower (I had to "research" this one, as that's one of my favorite Chapters of WoK to read over and over and over...) Edit again: Oh, well, this wasn't all that secret as the number is spelled out. How about a subtle slipping in of the number 16 instead? Edited December 12, 2013 by KiManiak
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