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Question about Vashar? [Warbreaker/Stormlight]


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Okay, I know who Vashar is in Stormlight.  I forgot his name, but I know he’s the grumpy guy who taught Adolin the sword as well as Kaladin.  Anyway, I just finished Warbreaker last night.  It was great.  However, today I thought of something that I’m confused about.  Okay so I read somewhere that Vashar went to Roshar, because it’s easeir to get stormlight than breaths, so this way he can keep living.  That makes sense, but what does Vashar do during the weeping?  It’s weeks long and halfway through all the spheres are dun.  Where does he get the stormlight or breath to survive the last week or so of the weeping?  We know he’s been on Roshar at least since Adolin was young and he taught him the sword.

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Presumably he has some larger gemstones squirreled away to hold light through the Weeping. And if a Nalthian week is seven days, then the four 5-day Rosharan weeks of the Weeping would only cost him three breaths. And that's on a Light year, when there isn't a highstorm in the middle.

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And returned don't require a breath until the eight day. 

Warbreaker spoilers (kinda pointless in this thread at this point, but still) 

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Brandon Sanderson

Siri Enters and Sees Returned

Just a little note here. Returned live for eight days without a Breath, though the week is seven days long in this world. Why? Well, I figured that they'd need an extra day as leeway. On day seven, they start to grow weak and sluggish. If they don't consume a Breath, their body will consume their own on the eighth day of their life, and they'll die again.

In some parts of this world, Returned aren't worshipped, but instead seen as something akin to vampires. They draw in Breath to survive, and need a supply of people to feed off of. They tend to wear black, since it's the most powerful color for draining to Awaken things.

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9 minutes ago, Calderis said:

And returned don't require a breath until the eight day. 

Warbreaker spoilers (kinda pointless in this thread at this point, but still)

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Brandon Sanderson

Siri Enters and Sees Returned

Just a little note here. Returned live for eight days without a Breath, though the week is seven days long in this world. Why? Well, I figured that they'd need an extra day as leeway. On day seven, they start to grow weak and sluggish. If they don't consume a Breath, their body will consume their own on the eighth day of their life, and they'll die again.

In some parts of this world, Returned aren't worshipped, but instead seen as something akin to vampires. They draw in Breath to survive, and need a supply of people to feed off of. They tend to wear black, since it's the most powerful color for draining to Awaken things.

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Man, annotations contain enough info for another half of a book.

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