Mistborn Surgebinder Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 Has anyone else noted the similarities between nalt/trell from mistborn and nu ralik/vun makik from WoK? Nu Ralik was their god, but you always pretended that he wasn’t. Vun Makak—his younger, spiteful brother—had to be tricked into thinking you worshipped him, otherwise he’d get jealous. They saw the stars as the Thousand Eyes of Trell watching them. The sun was the single, jealous eye of Trell’s brother, Nalt. Since Nalt only had one eye, he made it blaze brightly to outshine his brother. Curious as to theories, especially now that Trell is making a comeback. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSub Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 I don't want to speculate too much, but could they be adonalsium and rayse? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Bard he/him Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) DISCLAIMER: I have not read White Sand. I don't want to speculate too much, but could they be adonalsium and rayse? No. Adonalsium was the 'original' god. Rayse took one of the shards of Adonalsium after the Shattering. In regards to this, I would guess you are right, because of this WoB (although, be warned, it has implied White Sand spoilers) SourceQUESTIONIs Bavadin the only shard on Taldain?BRANDON SANDERSON He is the only shard on the planet.QUESTIONIs he the sun?BRANDON SANDERSONRAFO Seeing as Trell is strongly suspected to be Autonomy (a.k.a. Badavin's Shard), this seems highly likely to me. So, a slight adaption of the based on this. I think Bartbug (the questioner) might have it slightly wrong. The Sun is not Badavin/Autonomy/Trell/Nu Ralik. It's Nalt/Vun Makak. You may have just confirmed another Shard we know nothing about. With the intent of... Jealousy? Greed? EDIT: We'll probably be able to pinpoint this when the White Sand Graphic Novel (Part 1) comes out in June. That will make or break this theory. Edited February 21, 2016 by The Young Bard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PallonianFire he/him Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Without saying much, I'll just say that I expect this to be a mystery for a while longer. One other interesting thing to note is the similarity between Nalt and Nalthis, the Warbreaker world. I have no idea what that connection might be, but I'd be shocked if there wasn't one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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