Islipperyharp he/him Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Who were the higher ones? Along with that, who created the laws that held them back from just taking over three 1st of the sun? And where were they from?
1 Pagerunner he/him Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 We don't know much about them yet. A lot of people think they're from Mistborn's planet, far in the future, but Brandon has remained closed-lipped.
0 Jondesu he/him Posted January 18, 2017 Posted January 18, 2017 One thing we do know is that First of the Sun is set very late in the timeline of Cosmere books, after all the others that have been published so far, even after the back half of the Stormlight Archive that hasn't been published. That means it is likely a more advanced group from a particular planet, or some combined group (perhaps even an expedition from Silverlight, which would explain the rules possibly) containing peoples from multiple worlds. Brandon has said that we've seen them before, but we don't yet know how clear that might be.
0 Naurock Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 On 1/17/2017 at 11:42 PM, Jondesu said: Brandon has said that we've seen them before, but we don't yet know how clear that might be. This makes me want it to be the merchants from the interludes of SA. I have 0 clue how these people gained incredible technology on a kind of primative world, but they had some strange rules... 1
0 Vissy Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 It might even be Scadrial. Harmony probably doesn't want his people murdering and conquering their way through other planets.
0 Spoolofwhool Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 18 hours ago, Naurock said: This makes me want it to be the merchants from the interludes of SA. I have 0 clue how these people gained incredible technology on a kind of primative world, but they had some strange rules... Which merchants? Rysn and her babsk? They didn't have incredible technology, just fabrials.
0 Kered he/him Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 See I whenever I think about this, I think of 17th shard. It's slightly more heavy handed then they usually are, but it's the first thing that pops in my head when I think about it. And since the story is placed so far in the future, the motives of 17th shard could have changed.
0 Jondesu he/him Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 4 hours ago, Spoolofwhool said: Which merchants? Rysn and her babsk? They didn't have incredible technology, just fabrials. I think he was saying he didn't know how Rsyn and the traders would have gotten advanced tech (i.e. the spaceship and other machines), but it would be cool if it was them. 1
0 Naurock Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 14 hours ago, Spoolofwhool said: Which merchants? Rysn and her babsk? They didn't have incredible technology, just fabrials. What @Jondesu said.
0 Weltall Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 We know from WoB that the Ones Above are part of some planet or group we'd already seen by the time Sixth of the Dusk came out. We've generally assumed that means they're from Scadrial since we already know that Mistborn is eventually going to have a sci-fi era with interstellar travel and most of what we see/hear about the Ones Above could be explained easily with feruchemy and/or kandra, plus some technology we haven't yet seen them develop but which is plausible given the timeframe. That said, while Scadrians are still the most likely we've certainly got other options. By the time the book came out, we'd already been introduced to characters from Silverlight (the city of worldhoppers) even if we didn't know it yet and with the release of Arcanum Unbounded we know that they take an active interest in First of the Sun. It's possible that at some time between when Khriss' essay was written and the events of the book took place, they've gotten their hands on FTL technology. Or it could be some other group that's learned to use technology to move between worlds.
0 Jofwu he/him Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 7 hours ago, FiveLate said: On AU...do we have any word on if all of kriss's essays were written at the same general timeframe...say 10 years....or are were just assuming they were? They're in the same general time frame and at some point in the future end of the Cosmere. So, after Stormlight 10 and Mistborn Era 3, but definitely before Sixth of the Dusk.
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Who were the higher ones? Along with that, who created the laws that held them back from just taking over three 1st of the sun? And where were they from?
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