Djarskublar he/him Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 I feel like our hunt for Heralds has been... lacking so far. We just kinda pick out a couple characters who seem interesting and debate them. I feel that to truly live up to Brandon's expectations of overanalyzing things, we need to make a catalog of every appearance of every character we can't definitively rule out as a Herald, like, say, Kaladin or Dalinar. I am talking sentence level analysis. For example, maybe the prostitute that Adolin helps out is one, or maybe the girl Shallan impersonated to get into Amaram's camp (this is a thought I've had in the past). I wouldn't mind managing this project or just being a contributor. Would we want to set up a Google doc for it? How would we organize it? Character, then list appearances by page? Is this even a thing we should bother doing? If 20 or so people put in an hour, I bet we could knock out half of WoK. I have done similar cataloguing in the past, so that estimate should be good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsidqiyah he/him Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 I am up to help, BUT not until December. I am moving this week and am doing Nanowrimo next month. I'll be back though if nothing else to help sift through everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djarskublar he/him Posted October 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 32 minutes ago, Tsidqiyah said: I am up to help, BUT not until December. I am moving this week and am doing Nanowrimo next month. I'll be back though if nothing else to help sift through everything. That's totally fine. It is a work intensive project, and moving takes priority. Another point I failed to mention originally: it could be used to look for more than just Heralds. We could look for proto-Radiants, Ghostbloods, Worldhoppers, Sons of Honor, Diagrammists, WalDo, etc. We could eventually look at every character and conclude on their likelihood of being a member of various groups. That girl that Shallan impersonated is likely a Son of Honor, since Amaram was apparently giving her preferential treatment. She could just be a squeeze though. Things like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero-of-Pages he/him Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 I was considering doing such a runthrough anyway, I would be willing to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sovereign Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 This thread will likely be of some interest to you. It is not a full catalog like you describe but it is a good starting point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Star Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 If I remember correctly, there was a suspicious medical worker for Taravangian that Shallan saw in WoK that may be a herald (one of the healing ones, probably, like Paliah). Don't have the book atm, so can't join up with you on your quest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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