Stormpapa he/him Posted November 27, 2016 Posted November 27, 2016 Quote Page 325 of SoS -These creatures were no longer bipedal, but traces of humanity laced them- fingers that were too long, hands with opposable thumbs. The joints bent the wrong way at the elbows and knees, the eyes... The eyes were dead. Pure black. This may be wrong, but didn't Dalinar fight creatures similar to this in one of his Stormfather visions- the one in which the Knights Radiant came to help. When I read this, my mind immediately thought of these, so I decided to see what all of you think.
Flywinged he/him Posted November 27, 2016 Posted November 27, 2016 You're thinking of Chapter 19 in WoK. The description given is "The creature's smooth, dark-as-midnight skin reflected light like a pool of tar. It had no visible eyes and its black, knifelike teeth bristled in a head set on a sinuous, boneless neck. The six legs were slender and bent at the sides, appearing far too think to bear the weight of the fluid, inklike body" WoK Chapter 19 (Page 298 in my hardcover copy) Based on this description, I'm not convinced these are the same creatures. Correct me if I incorrectly assumed the creature you were talking about.
Stormpapa he/him Posted November 27, 2016 Author Posted November 27, 2016 1 hour ago, Flywinged said: You're thinking of Chapter 19 in WoK. The description given is "The creature's smooth, dark-as-midnight skin reflected light like a pool of tar. It had no visible eyes and its black, knifelike teeth bristled in a head set on a sinuous, boneless neck. The six legs were slender and bent at the sides, appearing far too think to bear the weight of the fluid, inklike body" WoK Chapter 19 (Page 298 in my hardcover copy) Based on this description, I'm not convinced these are the same creatures. Correct me if I incorrectly assumed the creature you were talking about. Yep! Those are the creatures I was thinking about. I guess I just had the wrong picture of them in my mind. I'm just realizing how many far-fetched, impossible theories I come up with.
natc Posted November 27, 2016 Posted November 27, 2016 One is a very painfully distorted human-ish thing from what I can tell, while Midnight Essence seems very much like what the name suggests; jet black and filled with/made from smoke.
The Ninja Yodeler he/him Posted November 27, 2016 Posted November 27, 2016 12 hours ago, Stormpapa said: Yep! Those are the creatures I was thinking about. I guess I just had the wrong picture of them in my mind. I'm just realizing how many far-fetched, impossible theories I come up with. I always pictured the midnight essence looking like those dog things from Avatar(not the last airbender). Probably completely wrong, but thats what I see
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