Korbin Posted December 18, 2017 Posted December 18, 2017 So there is this WoB that I couldn't figure out. I was wondering if you guys could make heads or tails of it. Q: The prevailing theory on the 17th Shard is that Hoid worldhops using Shadesmar. I was wondering if you were willing to confirm or deny that? A: Hoid has indeed gotten between worlds before through Shadesmar. Q: And would you be willing to give us a hint as to how he does that? A: There are hints in the books. There is a hint in the very first cosmere book I released. [that would be Elantris] Which I thought was a huge hint, but so far I haven't seen anyone talking about it. I thought for sure once people started figuring the cosmere, they would see the massive in-your-face hint I put in that book, but so far, as far as I know, no one has. Now, the one [hint] about the map, that one I don't think is obvious. I know people have been trying to figure it out. It's going to be fun once you figure it out, but it's not something huge and obvious. The Elantris once was, like, enormously "HIIINT!"
Khyrindor he/him Posted December 18, 2017 Posted December 18, 2017 What is confusing you in particular?
Korbin Posted December 19, 2017 Author Posted December 19, 2017 What is the hint in Elantris?!?!?!?!?!
RShara she/her Posted December 19, 2017 Posted December 19, 2017 The picture in the library, of a person in front of a blue disk, iirc.
Chaos he/him Posted December 19, 2017 Posted December 19, 2017 The Pool is a Perpendicularity which lets you go to Shadesmar, like many other pools we have seen.
RShara she/her Posted December 19, 2017 Posted December 19, 2017 I believe the (Roshar?) map hint is that Roshar is shaped like the later stages of a Julia set.
+Extesian he/him Posted December 19, 2017 Posted December 19, 2017 1 hour ago, RShara said: I believe the (Roshar?) map hint is that Roshar is shaped like the later stages of a Julia set. Indeed Quote Questioner (paraphrased) Has anyone figured out what the secret in the map was, in Words of Radiance? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) Yeah, they have. That it's modeled after the Julia Set. Which is meant to indicate that Roshar was designed specifically. AndrewStirlingMacDonald (paraphrased) Did it happen through crem buildup? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) No. Source And with Peter's best comment ever Quote PeterAhlstrom Posted April 21, 2014 · Took you guys long enough. Source
+Extesian he/him Posted December 19, 2017 Posted December 19, 2017 The Julia set is a fractal, a mathematical function, and when you plot it out one of the slices of it is what the continent of Roshar is based on. I've never found an ideal match but this is the closest by shape While this is the cooler depiction you usually get A big thread on the forums eventually figured it out (before my time). Btw I'm no mathemagician so I'm happy for any of that explanation to be corrected. And fun fact. My avatar is a slice of the related Mandelbrot set, coz fractals are awesome. 1
RShara she/her Posted December 19, 2017 Posted December 19, 2017 9 hours ago, Extesian said: Indeed And with Peter's best comment ever Well it did take us over 25 pages to figure out 1
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