Not quite ready to Join the Main Stage, but... [Secret History Spoilers]

[AndrewStirlingMacDonald he/him]

Between the general worry of those extremely old (or perhaps extremely new?) Elantrians and the second (as far as I know) on-screen appearance of Nazh, I feel like Threnody HAS gone ahead and officially joined the Main Stage of the Cosmere, despite the opinion of Alonoe (BTW, could you HAVE a more Aonic name, sule?).

 

This is interesting for a lot of reasons to me, but the timeline is of particular interest, as we see that Nazh is certainly alive at the same time as the Shades. This would seem to me to indicate that Nazh is quite old at, probably from the Homeland days of Threnody. We know that Shadows for Silence only took place a couple of generations removed from the settling of the Forests, but it seems that there are enough Threnodite cognitive shadows that the Ire keeps forces patrolling the border, and carry a specific anti-Threnodite device with them on their trip. We also know that Nazh was around during the Shaod period of Elantris, which was set a long time before the events of The Final Empire.

 

Does this seem correct to everyone else? And is everyone else as excited to see more Threnodites as I?

Edited January 29, 2016 by AndrewStirlingMacDonald

[Mestiv he/him]

I'm definitely excited. I haven't thought much about the Shades when I read Forests of Hell, but now it seems they might play a more important role Cosmere-wise.

[imriel452]

Maybe Alonoe is aware of the fact that Threnody doesn't have a Shard, which could be why she is almost dismissive of the capabilities of the Threnodites - maybe she associated possession of a Shard with power?

[+Authweight]

Random thought: what if Threnody tried to be a player on the stage, and the destruction of the homeland was the result of some sort of cross-cosmere assault or retaliation?