Sarevok Posted December 22, 2016 Posted December 22, 2016 During Lift's visit to Yeddaw, among all the other people she sees, she descibes an Alethi man in the city, towering over the people around him. For some reason this seemed to me like Brandon screaming "Look, there's something interesting to find here!" However, I can't think of an Alethi man we're aware of who might currently be hanging around in western kingdoms. Anyone have an idea? 1
Savanorn he/him Posted December 22, 2016 Posted December 22, 2016 3 hours ago, Sarevok said: During Lift's visit to Yeddaw, among all the other people she sees, she descibes an Alethi man in the city, towering over the people around him. For some reason this seemed to me like Brandon screaming "Look, there's something interesting to find here!" However, I can't think of an Alethi man we're aware of who might currently be hanging around in western kingdoms. Anyone have an idea? I don't think it is anyone special. If he'd described more details I might buy it. Like, if he'd been branded or was wearing special colours or whatnot. That's a scream or a notice. I think it's just to show there's a flow of people around the world.
Jondesu he/him Posted December 22, 2016 Posted December 22, 2016 Shallan mentions several times that the Alethi are "freakishly tall". I think Brandon was just further emphasizing that difference. 1
Mirdrim Posted December 23, 2016 Posted December 23, 2016 I agree with JW. Spending so much time around Alethi with only other Alethi, it's not really clear how tall they actually are.
Kinnsayyy Posted May 10, 2017 Posted May 10, 2017 Maybe the man wasn't Alethi at all.. Terris people are described as being tall. Maybe there was a terrisman there and Lift just thought he was Alethi cause of his height
Weltall Posted May 10, 2017 Posted May 10, 2017 Yes, but once you start down that path discussion devolves pretty quickly because it's not hard to find reasons to imagine that pretty much anyone could be a worldhopper based on apperance cues. It's like ASoIaF where you could argue that anyone we see is really a Faceless Man pretending to be someone else; possible and maybe even entertaining, but not really enlightening. Nah, when Brandon wants us to know someone's a worldhopper he usually has them say or do something that stands out. Like 'Zahel' using lots of color metaphors and getting obviously frustrated that they don't translate well, or Galladon's speech pattern when he shows up in WoK as 'Grump', or Mraize with his trophy wall of Significant Things (even if he's native to the world he's then on it's still a clue he's been off it).
Mestiv he/him Posted May 14, 2017 Posted May 14, 2017 On 11.05.2017 at 1:44 AM, Weltall said: Nah, when Brandon wants us to know someone's a worldhopper he usually has them say or do something that stands out. Like 'Zahel' using lots of color metaphors and getting obviously frustrated that they don't translate well, or Galladon's speech pattern when he shows up in WoK as 'Grump', or Mraize with his trophy wall of Significant Things (even if he's native to the world he's then on it's still a clue he's been off it). Except the Terriswoman in Warbreaker 2
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