Sine2001 Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 hello, it's been great to discover this site as I'm a massive fan of Brandon Sanderson, I have a few head scratchers regarding the stormlight archive and was not sure where to post them so here goes. Firstly, from what I can gather when the Shin make someone truthless they exile them but also give them an honour blade, exile as a punishment seems understandable but giving also giving someone a shard blade seems incredibly irresponsible. They're unleashing a deadly weapon on the world, someone who will almost inevitably become an assassin. The devastating effects of this can be seen in Szeth who kills several world leaders leading to possibly millions of people being killed and displaced, whilst I understand that being forced to kill but be responsible anyway is part of the punishment that doesn't justify the number of deaths the only reason I can think that the Shin would allow this system is if they just didn't care about anyone who isn't Shin. secondly, I've been wondering about year lengths on Roshar in Arcanum Unbounded Khriss writes that the years are longer and a 1000 day two year storm cycle is mentioned suggesting that the days are 500 days each I've just been wondering whether earth years or Roshar years are being used, Roshar years would make sense (and Khriss also writes that stories from Roshar use Roshar years) but that would make all the characters older (Kaladin would be 27) this isn't much of an issue in fact it makes some things (like the young age of army recruitment or marrage) seem more acceptable but I just want some clarification. If somebody could point me to an answer I'd be grateful 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Forgetful Archivist Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 Welcome to the shard, its great to have you here. Wile, I can't answer to your first question I can answer your second question. Days on Roshar are approximately 19 hours in length, this means that one 500 day Roshar year is equal to about 1.1 earth years. There is a great thread that discusses the life expectancy on Roshar here. P.S. If anyone offers you cookies just say no. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staphylococcus Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 3 hours ago, The Forgetful Archivist said: P.S. If anyone offers you cookies just say no. But...but...they are so good! And don't you want superpowers?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sine2001 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 8 hours ago, The Forgetful Archivist said: Welcome to the shard, its great to have you here. Wile, I can't answer to your first question I can answer your second question. Days on Roshar are approximately 19 hours in length, this means that one 500 day Roshar year is equal to about 1.1 earth years. There is a great thread that discusses the life expectancy on Roshar here. thanks, that's really helpful I'll check out that thread 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ammanas Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 For your first question we simply don't have enough information to understa5ns Shin motives. Originally Stormlight 3 was going to be Szeth's book (where he has the flashback chapters) and the title was going to be Stone Unhallowed. We would of gotten our answers about that then, but Brandon decided to push that book back. Who knows though? We still might get deeper insight into Shin culture in Oathbringer anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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