About Warbreaker, Returned and the Royal Locks

[Felt he/him]

Hi everybody!!!

I've been a fan of Brandon's work for a long time now, but it's my first time on this fantastic website... Great job guys!!!

So I've started rereading all the books again and when I read Warbreaker I came across this site... I read some threads about the Royal Locks and the Returned and couldn't help to notice that some people believe that Denth is part of the Royal line... 

So Vo was the first Returned and the one that introduced the shape shifting ability to the Royal line. It's a mix of human and Returned. The Royal line can change their hair colour but could change maybe more as indicated by Vasher at the end of the book. The Five Scolars came after Vo. The Returned can all shapeshift. 

So my question is, when Denth dies his hair changes colour because he is Returned, not because he is part of the Royal line, right? 

Thanks for your replies in advance, looking forward to having some great discussions on this platform

[Ironeyes]

Excellent question... I didn't know either until I looked it up on Theoryland and was quite surprised. 

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Does Denth have the Royal Locks, independent of being a Returned?

BRANDON SANDERSON

Yes. (Good question.)

http://theoryland.com/intvsresults.php?kw=denth

 

 

Anyhow, welcome to the Shard! We're happy to have you. 

 

[marsoupial they/them]

16 hours ago, Felt said:

Hi everybody!!!

I've been a fan of Brandon's work for a long time now, but it's my first time on this fantastic website... Great job guys!!!

Hi there, Felt!

Welcome to the Shard! I'm bleeder; I like music and vests.

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[Felt he/him]

So wow.... Denth has the Royal Locks independent of being awakened... Pretty interesting stuff, now all we need is Brandon to have secretly already written Nightblood between books 

Thanks for the welcome guys and thanks for the link Ironeyes!!!

[Ironeyes]

7 hours ago, Felt said:

So wow.... Denth has the Royal Locks independent of being awakened... Pretty interesting stuff, now all we need is Brandon to have secretly already written Nightblood between books 

Thanks for the welcome guys and thanks for the link Ironeyes!!!

No problem. By the way, when you want to refer to someone, you can throw an "@" before their username and they'll get a notification so they know you're talking to them. Like this: @Felt