WitSpren he/him Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Why would Kings pay fortunes for dead ones. Elhokar apparently has a dead one encased in crystal on his desk at the Shattered Plains. Just cruious if anyone has any ideas on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makromag he/him Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 I don't think they particularly want dead ones, it's just near impossible to find any living larkin. They are apparently, for all practical purposes, considered extinct. Also I think it's more as a kind of trophy than anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moogle Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 They are status symbols. That would be enough in our world. However, they also seem to be able to absorb Stormlight (at least, while alive). It's very possible they were used in ancient times as defense against Surgebinders, even dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binnut he/him Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 If there was a custom like that in ancient times, then it cold have continued as a tradition for the wealthy even now after their use is forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster he/him Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) I think it's cuz they're so damnation cute. It's like having a stuffed Koala Bear on your desk, minus the Chlamydia. Edited February 21, 2014 by AG Rooster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoser he/him Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Seems totally weird: for a status symbol paperweight, the thing would be totally rotted before the traders got it anywhere. Do they even have refrigerators? Bizarre speculation: For use to create fabrials? Weird tiny gemhearts? Necromananimalcy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makromag he/him Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 From the sound of it, it seems they incase it in crystal. Perhaps they soulcast it for purification? or maybe something similar to creating spheres? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloom he/him Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Well, I would hypothesize that kings kept larkins pre-recreance to defend themselves against, well, Szeth or rather rogue Surgebinders. They may have also been effective against lesser viodish creatures like midnight essence. Post-Recreance, kings may have kept larkins specifically to protect themselves from any remaining Surgebinders. Over time (4500 years) the real reason was forgotten, but kings continued to keep larkins around because they were somewhat rare coming only from one part of the world. After the scourge, finding live larkins became much more difficult, so someone decided that a dead larkin on the mantle would be good enough. That's my guess anyways. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitSpren he/him Posted February 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly he/him Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 My friend, this post is empty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitSpren he/him Posted February 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 My friend, this post is empty... Yes, & I did not notice until just a few minutes ago. It Was not anything big, Just telling everyone thanks for their input. Mostly on the lines that I was thinking. I mostly just started the thread to see if someone had seen a little tidbit that I had missed. BS is getting good at putting them in in such a way that they can be missed. Just overall, unless they still have some kind of power, I can see that they might be rare & expensive, but hardly rating a fortune. But that is mostly just me and my values. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duskshard he/him Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 (edited) Sort of makes me think of chasmfiends in it's chrysalis, sitting on a plateau awaiting a highstorm. *Wild speculation* Maybe the Larkin's like that, at some point in it's life it creates a hard clear chrysalis around itself to await a highstorm. Then when it's taken in enough stormlight it transforms into something else. The one on Elhokar's desk might just be in stasis and if it was left out in a highstorm it would "hatch" I don't actually believe any of that, just a random thought that popped into my head. It would be pretty cool though if Elhokar's paper weight suddenly became his pet that could defend him against a surgebinder. *New Theory* Elhokar's pet Larkin defeats Szeth and saves Dalinar. Edited February 22, 2014 by Duskshard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorridgeBrick he/him Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Lirin? So Kaladin's dad is a stormlight-sucking bug? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrono she/her Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Does this mean that when Kaladin has that happy family reunion with his parents, his dad will constantly suck out his Stormlight as a recurring practical joke? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duskshard he/him Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Oops!! Lmao! I've fixed it, what can I say, I guess all this anticipation finally broke my brain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AerionBFII he/him Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Because there rare? It's like why do rich people have stuffed rare animals...same logic..rich people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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