Wit

[SamM he/him]

I've heard that Wit is in every book, I understand where he is in the Stormlight Archive, but what about mistborn? 

[WeiryWriter he/him]

Mistborn: The Final Empire - He shows up as an informant that Kelsier speaks to, he tells Kelsier about the "connection" between Houses Renoux and Venture. He is named as Hoid.

Mistborn: The Well of Ascension - He is the leader of the Terris refugees that Elend meets up with near the end. He is unnamed.

Mistborn: The Hero of Ages - He is an informant that Vin is supposed to meet with in Fadrex City but she gets a "bad vibe" (which gets explained in Secret History) and decides not to. He is named as Hoid.

Hoid's Coppermind page also lists all of his appearances.

[william.sexton3 he/him]

 

On 9/12/2016 at 9:53 PM, Assassin in Burgundy said:

In case you were wondering, he doesn't appear in the Reckoners. 

Hoid is a Cosmere character. He would not appear in the Reckoners, because they are on Earth. 

[Spoolofwhool]

Coppermind has information relating to his appearance in every book.

 

[KnightRadiant she/her]

We know him better as Hoid. At least, I do. His most common disguises are a beggar, an informant, and the Wit. He tends to use these in the different books.

[Assassin in Burgundy he/him]

In case you were wondering, he doesn't appear in the Reckoners. 

[Spoolofwhool]

Nor does he appear on Threnody.

[jtburrup]

On ‎9‎/‎12‎/‎2016 at 7:20 PM, Spoolofwhool said:

Nor does he appear on Threnody.

How do we know he doesn't appear on Threnody? Has that been WoB'd?

[Spoolofwhool]

2 hours ago, jtburrup said:

How do we know he doesn't appear on Threnody? Has that been WoB'd?

Yes. Very much so.

[Oversleep]

1 hour ago, Spoolofwhool said:

Yes. Very much so.

Isn't it even said in Brandon's introduction to the story? I vaguely remember him talking about somebody else choosing a name for planet/story?

[Spoolofwhool]

50 minutes ago, Oversleep said:

Isn't it even said in Brandon's introduction to the story? I vaguely remember him talking about somebody else choosing a name for planet/story?

Maybe. Don't have a copy so I can't confirm. I believe so though. I remember reading somewhere that he said that Hoid was busy somewhere else at the time, and it wasn't in the WoBs on Theoryland so I guess it was in the intro.

[Yata he/him]

Some people think that Hoid is mentioned in Shadow for Silence in the Forests of Hell as the one who inspired the legend of the true white fox....but it's speculation

[ParadoxicalZen he/him]

We know he doesn't appear physically in the book on Threnody but theory has merit that he has visited before given what we know of his character and his tendency to be involved (I'm thinking the cloudy events to Threnody's beginnings

[jtburrup]

On ‎9‎/‎16‎/‎2016 at 0:50 AM, AnanasSpren said:

We know he doesn't appear physically in the book on Threnody but theory has merit that he has visited before given what we know of his character and his tendency to be involved (I'm thinking the cloudy events to Threnody's beginnings

Right. That's my real question. Brandon just said he wasn't in the novella, NOT that Hoid has never treaded Threnody. I'm going to theorize that if Threnody has had anything important happening there (which there is a TON of stuff that could be useful in the cosmere such as silver, shades, the white fox, etc) then he would be present. Brandon just stated that there was no reason for Hoid to be on Threnody DURING the short story, but before or after is unknown.