Xaladin he/him Posted June 27, 2016 Report Share Posted June 27, 2016 Did anyone notice the Lastclap in the Way of Kings before chapter 16: Cocoons? It is in the "Alethi Codes of War" illustration. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magestar he/him Posted June 27, 2016 Report Share Posted June 27, 2016 Yeah, I saw that. Pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightness Enna she/her Posted June 27, 2016 Report Share Posted June 27, 2016 No, I didn't see that until now, actually. Good observation skills to all those who did! I wonder what the illustration on the right is about... a guy meditates and levitates and the Shardblade doesn't hurt him? Or is he training the other guy? I didn't look at these earlier. I guess I assumed that they weren't important but why on earth would I? This is Sanderson we're discussing here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jondesu he/him Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Nice catch, I originally read that on my Kindle and those were completely impossible to make out, but I haven't seen it in subsequent readthroughs in the paperback or my iPad/iPhone either. The levitating guy is weird, looks like a monk who can float, but we've heard of nothing like that… Also interesting to see the spear blocking a sword just below that, and it's not exactly the way I pictured their spears (but makes more sense now than the classic spearpoint I had in mind). I'm assuming from now on that's how all their spears look. jW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hoodie Mistborn he/him Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 I've always assumed that the guy hovering is either a Windrunner or a Skybreaker training a new Radiant... a hold over of training manuals from before the Recreance. I could be very wrong though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jondesu he/him Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 1 hour ago, Green Hoodie Mistborn said: I've always assumed that the guy hovering is either a Windrunner or a Skybreaker training a new Radiant... a hold over of training manuals from before the Recreance. I could be very wrong though! I would have expected that to be scrubbed in the Hierocracy if so. Would surprise me if something like that slipped through when so little else did. jW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasarr she/her Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 If multiple copies of Words of Radiance did, then this could, too, and Words is much more explicit about what it is. It could be that the Hierocrats (how do we call Hierocracy rulers? Arch-ardents?) thought someone forgot to draw a chair or somesuch. Though if it was a hovering Windrunner/Skybreaker indeed, then it's a really cool easter egg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hwiles Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 21 hours ago, Brightness Enna said: No, I didn't see that until now, actually. Good observation skills to all those who did! I wonder what the illustration on the right is about... a guy meditates and levitates and the Shardblade doesn't hurt him? Or is he training the other guy? I didn't look at these earlier. I guess I assumed that they weren't important but why on earth would I? This is Sanderson we're discussing here... Spoiler The way I interpreted it...It sort of looks like the blade is passing through the man in robes who is refusing to fight and remaining unhurt. Which could be an artistic representation of the section of the Alethi Code of War labeled "Restraint": "The officer will refrain from needless duels, arguments, or squabbles with other officers in camp to prevent injury to men who may be needed to command." 1. He is levitating above the other man, symbolizing an elevated status, either literal or moral (IE: the man with the sword is under his command, or possibly a fellow officer who, momentarily, isn't following the codes) 2. He is sitting to meet the other man at eye-level as a sign of respect despite his elevated status 3. The robes and uplifted palms indicate a desire for peaceful resolution and the lack of a visible weapon demonstrates commitment to that end 4. The cross-legged sitting position shows that he is demonstrating a relaxed patience rather than simply throwing his hands up and surrendering The swords in the pictures don't really look long enough to be shardblades and no one in any of the panels looks like they're wearing shardplate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jondesu he/him Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Yeah, I think it's all regular swords and no Shards. I like that potential interpretation, @hwiles, it's not in line with current Alethi mentality (like the Codes themselves), and that makes me think in this context it's perhaps even more likely. jW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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