Every island is Roshar is atop a dead Tai-na

[Jondesu he/him]

PeterAhlstrom, on 27 Feb 2014 - 11:37 PM, said:

They are very small. Think Phobos and you'll be in the ballpark.

http://www.17thshard...books/?p=102426

Thanks (that link doesn't actually work, but with the full quote, Google found it for me).  As noted, though, there are still tides as discussed in the books, whether they're caused by the moon (which could easily be the case even with small moons, if they're closer or if there is something about their makeup that would affect the oceans) or something else, so erosion would still be an issue, even without the high storms adding to that.

 

The chances of every island being a dead Tai-na instead of just being, you know, islands, seems far-fetched to me.

 

jW

[ecohansen]

Hoidhunter, you asked if there had been much speculation on the nature of crem.  There was a pretty lengthy discussion of the possibilities downthread in my first-ever thread:

 

http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/30579-theory-co2-and-roshars-atmosphere-and-ecology/

[Voidus]

Thanks (that link doesn't actually work, but with the full quote, Google found it for me).  As noted, though, there are still tides as discussed in the books, whether they're caused by the moon (which could easily be the case even with small moons, if they're closer or if there is something about their makeup that would affect the oceans) or something else, so erosion would still be an issue, even without the high storms adding to that.

 

The chances of every island being a dead Tai-na instead of just being, you know, islands, seems far-fetched to me.

 

jW

They do orbit significantly closer, and with eliptical orbits that occasionally carry them within the bounds of a geosynchronous orbit.

[natc]

Maybe Shinovar, the "weirdly Earthlike (or I guess Yolen-like)" place was there first, and then the crem just piled up on one side?

On the topic of Tai-na being non-terrestrial, neither are whales. This isn't Earth crustacean biology, it sort of depends on whether their ancestors were purely terrestrial or purely aquatic. They're basically the dominant type of animal, morphological history can be pretty diverse.

[hoidhunter he/him]

Hoidhunter, you asked if there had been much speculation on the nature of crem.  There was a pretty lengthy discussion of the possibilities downthread in my first-ever thread:

 

http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/30579-theory-co2-and-roshars-atmosphere-and-ecology/

Thanks for the link. (upvote)

 

It's just such a weird thing...I'm sure we're going to get some form of explanation later on.  I don't expect anything as impressive as "Crem can be used to kill Odium!"...but maybe something akin to "the mists were actually the body of preservation', or "special microbes had to be created to break down the ash or it would have buried everything."

 

EDIT: I really liked the part of the discussion where one of you suggests that cremlings may actually spawn from crem like brine shrimp in isolated puddles.

 

Hey guys...what came first...the Pangaea sized crab, or the god-like entity that would have to have been responsible for it's purposeful creation? 

Edited March 6, 2016 by hoidhunter