Full Metal Rithmatist Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 We know the purelake has recently become plagued. I thought that this may be because of the 3 guys from the interlude. stomping through it with their alien bacteria and viruses that nothing on roshar has any resistance to and infecting everything. Has anyone asked brandon about something like this. because i dont think ive seen any posts about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The One Who Connects he/him Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 I can't easily pull a WoB while I'm on mobile, but there was another discussion about this the other day. Our world hopping friends brought the common cold to Roshar. It isn't deadly, but the ambient investiture (Stormlight) has made normal disease and sickness very uncommon, which makes any sickness a bigger deal. That combined with a lack of natural immunity has allowed them to blow it further out of proportion compared to how we would consider something like the common cold. They don't get sick very much, and suddenly several people all come down with something they've never seen before, it's cause for concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Metal Rithmatist Posted January 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 Makes me wonder if this is going to segue into something about Ashyn given how diseases work on that world and it is basically next door to Roshar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nervousnerd he/him Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Yeah. Worldhoppers from Ashyn are likely the equivalent of daycare kids. Walking disease factories. You would think the 17th Shard would be more mindful of that possibility though with their whole non-interference thing. I would hate to think of what germs Hoid might have. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The One Who Connects he/him Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 Found the WoB. Quote Worldhoppers brought a disease to Roshar that they didn't have before. It's the common cold. Rosharans' investiture makes it so they’re usually a healthy bunch so something like the cold is kind of frightening. "Its a plague of the sniffles”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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