Stranker Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 So in The Emperor's Soul, Shai is betrayed by "The Imperial Fool". Bradon Sanderson has said that the fool is Hoid. But then that makes me wonder why he stole the moon scepter. It seems that everything Hoid does has some purpose behind it, so what do you guys think Hoid's reasoning was for stealing it? Also, does anyone else feel bad for Shai? Who knows how much time she' going to waste trying to track down a world hopper (although it would be interesting if she became a member of The Seventeenth Shard and began worldhopping in search of him. I know how unlikely that is, but it would still be neat). 4
Windrunner he/him Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 We actually know why Hoid stole the Moon Scepter. This is a pretty heavily paraphrased quote from the London Forbidden Planet signing during the Shadows for Self tour: Quote In what way is the Moon Sceptre linked to the Dor? Brandon - I think we can canonise this. So the Moon Sceptre-...so the sceptre is kinda like the Rosetta Stone. You can use it to translate the symbols from one system to the symbols of another and can use it to understand their meaning (paraphrased a bit, but simply put Moon Sceptre = Seliash/Selian Investiture Rosetta Stone) 4
Jondesu he/him Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 Hmm, I thought I'd heard that. Does it only work for the Selish magic systems? jW
Windrunner he/him Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 Well, Sel has the only symbol-based magic system we've seen so far, so I'm not sure what else it would really work on. I'm not sure if I'm understanding your question correctly.
Jondesu he/him Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 Just kinda wondering if Hoid can use it to help him figure out or use other magic systems. It's Hoid, if there's a way, he'll find it. :-) jW
Yata he/him Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 My initial hypotesis was that a Selish's Magic User with the Sceptre may travel in another region of Sel and use the "ReCoded" simbols to use his Magic there as if he is a local mage. Example: An Elantrian goes to the Rose Empire, and with the Sceptre's conversion He may use AonDor through MaiPon's characters. But there are things that made me doubt of my own idea 1
DeTess she/her Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 In the deleted scene from TES, in which Hoid's presence is basically confirmed, it is suggested that Shai's involvement in fixing the emperor might actually have been one of Hoid's goals. 2
AlloyCaster Posted December 1, 2016 Posted December 1, 2016 On 6/22/2016 at 10:30 PM, Stranker said: So in The Emperor's Soul, Shai is betrayed by "The Imperial Fool". Bradon Sanderson has said that the fool is Hoid. But then that makes me wonder why he stole the moon scepter. It seems that everything Hoid does has some purpose behind it, so what do you guys think Hoid's reasoning was for stealing it? Also, does anyone else feel bad for Shai? Who knows how much time she' going to waste trying to track down a world hopper (although it would be interesting if she became a member of The Seventeenth Shard and began worldhopping in search of him. I know how unlikely that is, but it would still be neat). "The Imperial Fool" = "The King's Wit" How did I not see this the first time? 5
rohyu he/him Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) "In what way is the Moon Sceptre linked to the Dor? Brandon - I think we can canonise this. So the Moon Sceptre-...so the sceptre is kinda like the Rosetta Stone. You can use it to translate the symbols from one system to the symbols of another and can use it to understand their meaning (paraphrased a bit, but simply put Moon Sceptre = Seliash/Selian Investiture Rosetta Stone)" But why did Hoid need to translate symbols? Is it just because he wants more knowledge? Edited December 13, 2016 by rohyu format
Landis963 he/him Posted December 14, 2016 Posted December 14, 2016 Because he's working on a way to access the Dor when away from Sel. Being sure that he can access the Dor wherever he goes on Sel is a good first step. 2
ParadoxicalZen he/him Posted December 14, 2016 Posted December 14, 2016 Well, we don't actually know why. TES is early Cosmere so Hoid's aims/goals would even harder to guess at than usual but it wasn't his first visit to Sel, as he'd appeared in Elantris (but he has visited even earlier than that). We don't know exactly how the Sceptre does what it does or if it can have any further capabilities but he seems to want for something.
elezraita he/him Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 On 12/14/2016 at 7:13 AM, AnanasSpren said: Well, we don't actually know why. TES is early Cosmere so Hoid's aims/goals would even harder to guess at than usual but it wasn't his first visit to Sel, as he'd appeared in Elantris (but he has visited even earlier than that). We don't know exactly how the Sceptre does what it does or if it can have any further capabilities but he seems to want for something. Ten years earlier?
ParadoxicalZen he/him Posted January 2, 2017 Posted January 2, 2017 8 hours ago, elezraita said: Ten years earlier? Hundreds of years earlier
elezraita he/him Posted January 2, 2017 Posted January 2, 2017 It was a joke. I was tongue in cheek implying that Hoid caused the Reod. 1
Exalted Posted January 2, 2017 Posted January 2, 2017 Well, we know from the 10th Anniversary Edition of Elantris that Hoid tried to become an Elantrian at some point and failed--maybe the Moon Scepter is his next attempt at gaining access to the Dor, period? 1
Nathrangking he/him Posted July 28, 2017 Posted July 28, 2017 I would think as @randuir said was suggested that hoid would have wanted to build stability a la creating a better emperor by using one the world's best forgers.
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