Joe ST he/him Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Well, I was messing around today on google translate, with the 10 Herald's names. Here are the results: Chach → Welsh: Small [*]Nalan → Azerbaijani: Lament Basqe: Resource with a view Welsh: Halloween [*]Kelek → Malay: Banisher Azerbaijani: Artlessly Hungarian: Wake [*]Vev → Haitian Creole: Widow Hungarian: Receiver Indonesian: Armrest Swedish: Crank Vietnamese: Distinguished Road So far those are the ones I've found. Any more are welcome, and any conclusions/links/etc would be lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truthless he/him Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 I'm inclined to say this is coincidence. The Heralds have Roshar-ian names. It would be very odd for them to have meaning in a real language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyRioter she/her Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 also "Kalak" (apparently the original spelling of his name) is a type of boat traditionally used in Asia. but yeah, probably just co-incidences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe ST he/him Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 No doubt some of them are coincidence yes. But writers usually do like to do that kinda thing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos he/him Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 I just find them to be entertaining coincidences. Brandon's great, but he's not omniscient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaDad he/him Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Brandon's great, but he's not omniscient. Agree to disagree. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordofsoup Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 So i was rereading and got to the part when Dalinar has the vision with the midnight essence. At one point the woman says "sweet wisdom of Battar" 298. I was wondering if Battar might also be a Herald? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe ST he/him Posted May 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 So i was rereading and got to the part when Dalinar has the vision with the midnight essence. At one point the woman says "sweet wisdom of Battar" 298. I was wondering if Battar might also be a Herald? I've discovered (from the stormblessed wikia <http://stormlightarchive.wikia.com/> though I cannot find it any more >.<) that the ten heralds are known by these names (the numbers are the names of the numerals in Vorinism (?)): Jes: Jezrien, Jezerezeh Nan: Nalan Chach: Vev: Vedeledev Palah: Sash: Salash Betab: Battar Kak: Kalak, Kelek Tenat: Talenelat Ishi: Ishar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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