+Extesian he/him Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 (edited) I just saw this on reddit. Yes it is the tower of babel. Yes that is A DRAGON. Yes people seem to be coming through a perpendicularity. Yes it gives the location of each oathgate. Yes it's modern kingdoms. Yes I'm excited. Enjoy! Discuss! (And I apologize if someone already posted this) Edited November 2, 2017 by Extesian 12
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hoser he/him Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 (edited) Nice! Cities with Oathgates in parentheses. But only nine. Missing the one in Shinovar? Names are relatively modern. Shattered plains is obviously post-shattering. People at bottom seem to be one each of racial types. Shallan once looked at a similarly distorted map. Is this similar or did Nazh steal it from the bottom of the ocean? Edited November 2, 2017 by hoser
Araz Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 Peter replied that the "handwritten" text was added recently by Nazh but the image itself is much older obviously. Those weird glyphs around the map are awfully suspicious, I wonder what they mean. It looks like the people coming out of the perpendicularity are following a bunch od windspren.
hypatia she/her Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 Is there really a girl with white hair coming out of the perpendicularity? And it seems like the humans are followed by fire. Lion and dragon - Honor and Cultivation? 2
hoser he/him Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 Mink and big chicken Hoid did have a correspondance with a suspected dragon Shard. I don't have an association for the big mink, though. 2
hypatia she/her Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 (edited) Oh my - doesn't the flame look like a flowing red scarf? Edited November 2, 2017 by hypatia
SilverTiger she/her Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 That does not look like a lion. Very interesting as a whole, though. Is this some inside artwork from OB?
Errdil he/him Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 12 minutes ago, SilverTiger said: That does not look like a lion. Very interesting as a whole, though. Is this some inside artwork from OB? It made me think of medieval depictions of lions, drawn by people who only had the animals described to them. 2
Blacksmithki Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 2 hours ago, hoser said: Mink and big chicken Hoid did have a correspondance with a suspected dragon Shard. I don't have an association for the big mink, though. Well, symbolic lion for courage? and also, I thought Frost wasn't a shard, weren't all the people involved in the shattering human?
Subvisual Haze Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 5 hours ago, Extesian said: I just saw this on reddit. Yes it is the tower of babel. Yes that is A DRAGON. Yes people seem to be coming through a perpendicularity. Yes it gives the location of each oathgate. Yes it's modern kingdoms. Yes I'm excited. Enjoy! Discuss! (And I apologize if someone already posted this) fyi Peter states in the Reddit thread that the writing on the map is by Nazh. Just in case anyone was curious why the old Silver Kingdoms had modern names on them such as calling Natanatan the "Shattered Plains (Narak)" when both of those names would be anachronistic. I think the people on the bottom are refuges fleeing the cataclysm on Ashyn. It could certainly be a different group though, Roshar seems to have a lot of waves of settlers/refugees. 1
StormingTexan he/him Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 It the tree thing in the bottom right Cultivation, the Lion thing honor and the dragon Odium? 8
SilverTiger she/her Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 Hmmm... yes, a lion (from medieval heraldry) could represent honor, although it is more connected to courage and valor. The dragon could be Odium, since there is a lot of stuff about dragons are representative of evil/sin/paganism in, again, medieval times (St. George and the dragon, anyone?). The lion and the dragon are opposite each other, mouths open, teeth visible, and not looking too friendly- Honor and Odium fighting. The use of a serpentine dragon is confusing though, given the medieval theme. Of course, I might be reading too much into it, or am completely off the mark here. 1
hoser he/him Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 33 minutes ago, Blacksmithki said: Well, symbolic lion for courage? and also, I thought Frost wasn't a shard, weren't all the people involved in the shattering human? I thought the dragon that Hoid was corresponding with was a Shard, but it's been a while and maybe I made it up. According to the quote below, there is a non-human Shard. Quote Interview: Nov 29th, 2016 Old Firehouse Books-AU tour (Paraphrased) Question Was Bavadin nonhuman? Brandon Sanderson RAFO. There is at least one Shard who wasn't human, but I'm not ready to reveal who was or wasn't just yet.
Pagerunner he/him Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 I don't believe the image on the bottom is depicting worldhopping through a perpendicularity. The midair gateway is much more reminiscent to me of when we saw Jasnah escape from Shadesmar at the end of WoR, so I think it's depicting an Elsecaller using the Surge of Transportation. Either that, or Wheel of Time really is Cosmere. 2
+Extesian he/him Posted November 2, 2017 Author Posted November 2, 2017 1 minute ago, Pagerunner said: I don't believe the image on the bottom is depicting worldhopping through a perpendicularity. The midair gateway is much more reminiscent to me of when we saw Jasnah escape from Shadesmar at the end of WoR, so I think it's depicting an Elsecaller using the Surge of Transportation. Either that, or Wheel of Time really is Cosmere. Agreed Page, but that's what Elsecalling is. I didn't mean shardpool on this occasion Quote Yeah, Perpendicularities can be created. You'd need a lot of Investiture, right? You'd need a tonof Investiture. But, basically what Jasnah does is create a little mini Perpendicularity, right? And slips herself into the Cognitive Realm.
Subvisual Haze Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 21 minutes ago, SilverTiger said: Hmmm... yes, a lion (from medieval heraldry) could represent honor, although it is more connected to courage and valor. The dragon could be Odium, since there is a lot of stuff about dragons are representative of evil/sin/paganism in, again, medieval times (St. George and the dragon, anyone?). The lion and the dragon are opposite each other, mouths open, teeth visible, and not looking too friendly- Honor and Odium fighting. The use of a serpentine dragon is confusing though, given the medieval theme. Of course, I might be reading too much into it, or am completely off the mark here. Since Roshar has more of an Asian-theme I would expect dragons to be viewed more positively than in the Christian world.
SilverTiger she/her Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 Um, Roshar doesn't have dragons. Just greatshells. But there are dragons on Yolen, and the Dragonsteel chapters indicate that they are regarded as legends. And they are associated with demons, so they might not be very well-regarded either.
The Invested Beard Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 The windspren look to be coming towards the humans that are escaping some fiery event through a perpendicularity.
StormingTexan he/him Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 (edited) Urithiru does not really look like what I thought it would. It is probably bias on my part since it is my church but I always pictured it more of a spiral tower structure like our churches temple. Edited November 2, 2017 by StormingTexan
Yezrien Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 Could it be a representation of the expulsion from the Tranquiline Halls? And maybe the spren are Dawnsingers? Alternatively, this "portal" could just be an ignorant artist's rendition of an Oathgate. And since no one else has said it yet: Heralds? From right to left: Jezrien, Shalash, Nalan, Chana, Kalak, Ishar, Vedel. Yes? No? Maybe? 1
StormingTexan he/him Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 3 minutes ago, Belzedar said: Could it be a representation of the expulsion from the Tranquiline Halls? And maybe the spren are Dawnsingers? Alternatively, this "portal" could just be an ignorant artist's rendition of an Oathgate. And since no one else has said it yet: Heralds? From right to left: Jezrien, Shalash, Nalan, Chana, Kalak, Ishar, Vedel. Yes? No? Maybe? Yeah I could see it as a representation of Oathgate travel except it really seems like Shadesmar. I thought the exact same thing about the Heralds wish there were 10 people!
soulcastJam he/him Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 1 hour ago, SilverTiger said: Um, Roshar doesn't have dragons. Just greatshells. But there are dragons on Yolen, and the Dragonsteel chapters indicate that they are regarded as legends. And they are associated with demons, so they might not be very well-regarded either. Huh, I always thought of the larkins as being little stormlight dragons. 1
hoser he/him Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Belzedar said: Could ... And since no one else has said it yet: Heralds? From right to left: Jezrien, Shalash, Nalan, Chana, Kalak, Ishar, Vedel. Yes? No? Maybe? Maybe Heralds, but I would expect them to seem more powerful. The bottom one of the three on the left seems blue, so maybe from Natanatan? There is a diversity of racial types, but none seem clearly to have golden hair (Iri), diminutive stature (Shin) or epicanthic folds (Alethi, Veden) (maybe the middle one on the left). Edited November 2, 2017 by hoser
Starla Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 I love this style of art. I wonder what the straight blue lines in the bottom right corner represent. It looks like the blue spren are coming from it. We have stone, grass, fire, vines, and clouds. Maybe the straight lines are rain? I don't imagine Urithiru looking like that at all. I imagine it being more natural and mountain-like with a wide base. Maybe the artist has never seen it, and it's all imagination. They did get the 10 levels correct. I also doubt they've seen a lion or dragon. Perhaps tales of mythological (or real) creatures from other worlds have found their way to Roshar.
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