Farnsworth Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 The Terris Prophocies told the future, and Ruin is the only being on Scadrial that can do this, and we don't know of any other way to figure out the future on Scadrial. So were the Terrismen who wrote the prophecies using Ruin? Did Ruin tell them? Was Ruin aware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 Preservation created Terris prophecies which were later twisted by Ruin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnsworth Posted January 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) How did preservation know? Why was honor worried st all then if he know what would happen? EDIT: sorry, I meant Preservation, not Honor. Edited January 20, 2017 by Figberts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoolofwhool Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Figberts said: How did preservation know? Why was honor worried st all then if he know what would happen? What does Honor have to do with this? Also, I don't think Preservation created the prophecies knowing who was the true Hero of Ages. They feel more like guidelines on who Presevation thought should be the Hero of Ages. There were after all many Hero of Ages during the millennia as it was also the person who took up the Well's power to right the world. Edited January 20, 2017 by Spoolofwhool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 12 hours ago, Spoolofwhool said: What does Honor have to do with this? Also, I don't think Preservation created the prophecies knowing who was the true Hero of Ages. They feel more like guidelines on who Presevation thought should be the Hero of Ages. There were after all many Hero of Ages during the millennia as it was also the person who took up the Well's power to right the world. Just a detail, there aren't many Hero of Ages in the Terris's Prophecies. There are many Heroes who periodically are called to the well for different reasons, the last of this Heroes is the Hero of Ages. But returning to the main point, yes Preservation made the Propechy thanks to his future sight, the prophecies were made including almost all the Ruin's actions into them. So also the Ruin's interference/twist was still part of Preservation's plan. Preservation was far better than Ruin at future sight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsdaughter613 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Actually, the hero of ages was not the one called to the well, but the one who would take up both Shards and fix the world. That's why the ambiguous gender (Saze being a eunuch.) There are actually quite a few hints... Vin isn't the Hero of Ages; Sazed is. She is the Heroine of Mistborn though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackYeti Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 On 1/20/2017 at 1:56 AM, Figberts said: How did preservation know? Why was honor worried st all then if he know what would happen? EDIT: sorry, I meant Preservation, not Honor. Why was Preservation worried? Because he sacrificed most of his mind to imprison Ruin, thus he could no longer remember his plan or what his predictions of the future were. He remembered that he had a plan, but not the specifics of it. He simply had to hope that it was good enough to work without him and to withstand Ruin's potential interference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoolofwhool Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 I was under the impression that the prophecies listed the Hero of Ages for two things. Firstly, they would be the ones who would use the Well to fix the world and reinforce Ruin's prison every 1000 years, and secondly the last one would be the one who took up the power of both shards to save the world. That's why Alendi was called the Hero of Ages as well, because he was chosen to take up the Well's power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyman Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 57 minutes ago, Spoolofwhool said: I was under the impression that the prophecies listed the Hero of Ages for two things. Firstly, they would be the ones who would use the Well to fix the world and reinforce Ruin's prison every 1000 years, and secondly the last one would be the one who took up the power of both shards to save the world. That's why Alendi was called the Hero of Ages as well, because he was chosen to take up the Well's power. Don't forget that Preservation had to plan ahead with Ruin's interference. The secrets hidden in the prophecies had to be obscure/ambiguous enough that Ruin wouldn't be able to counter them. It makes sense, then, to create a prophecy with multiple interpretations, all true. Thus it makes sense, strategically, to have a series of heroes whose job is to fight Ruin, all to mask the identity of the very last hero who would finally fix things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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