Tempus Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 Yeah, I wrote this post and thought the very same thing, had a brainwave, made a theory. It's quickly sunk to the bottom of the list, though. That's what I get for naming my topic spoiler-freeish rather than just doing what everyone else is doing, haha. 1
don_karma_II he/him Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 I just sent a request asking for "white sands" and "aether of the night" to Brandon. Hope I get a reply soon.
red032 he/him Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) Since White Sands is the first novel written by Brandon Sanderson, it is somewhat safe to say that, chronologically, white sands comes way before The Mistborn trilogy. Khrissalla is an apt scholar that set herself on the path to learn everything about the Sand Masters (a magic sistem used in Taldain). We can assume that she manage to do it and, whith that body of knowledge set hersoelf to learn more about the shards, the shardworlds and Adonalsium. Edited April 22, 2014 by red032
Tempus Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 By Word of Brandon, White Sands is prior to Way of Kings. (A cast member is present as a Worldhopper) Also by Word of Brandon, many hints have been dropped that make Khriss likely to be the Ars Arcanum writer, placing White Sands before Mistborn with a high chance of being correct. The last Word of Brandon is that the books he's written were mostly chronological. This would place White Sand prior to Elantris, but according to the previous point, not hundreds of years prior to Elantris (else there would be an Ars Arcanum for it). This point is iffy, as there are exceptions, and the gap between Elantris and Mistborn is the longest known gap. So, 100% prior to Way of Kings, 85% prior to Mistborn, 50% less than a couple hundred years prior to Elantris. Also, none of these assumptions requires any knowledge of the book to have have deduced other than what Brandon has given out in interviews and signings, so it's exempt from unpublished spoiler laws.
DSC01 he/him Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 Maybe there's no Ars Arcanum for Elantris because there was no need for one. The book tells us that there is plenty of written material about Aons on Sel; whereas, on the other worlds, people are either very secretive about magic or just don't understand it very well. Also, the author of the Ars Arcanum may be from Sel. (S)he definitely knows a lot about the magic there. The Alloy of Law AA mentions that hemallurgy could be useful on Sel (I guess because you could put a spike through an Elantrian without killing them). A less interesting reason that Elantris lacks an AA could be that Sanderson just hadn't gotten the idea to include them in his books yet. It was his first published novel, after all. 1
Tempus Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 Maybe there's no Ars Arcanum for Elantris because there was no need for one. The book tells us that there is plenty of written material about Aons on Sel; whereas, on the other worlds, people are either very secretive about magic or just don't understand it very well. Also, the author of the Ars Arcanum may be from Sel. (S)he definitely knows a lot about the magic there. The Alloy of Law AA mentions that hemallurgy could be useful on Sel (I guess because you could put a spike through an Elantrian without killing them). A less interesting reason that Elantris lacks an AA could be that Sanderson just hadn't gotten the idea to include them in his books yet. It was his first published novel, after all. That is a lot of maybes, but I can only make guesses with some basis in evidence. I've listed the clues we have, and what they could mean, and their implications, and the chance that the assumptions paired with them are correct. Unless you've got some more evidence or logic by which to improve the accuracy of our guesses, that's my best guess!
theofficetroll he/him Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 If a Taldain native could be mistaken for Makabaki, it's possible that another person thought to be from Makabaki could be from Taldain. What if Nin/ Darkness also hails from Taldain? There are parts of his demeanor and ethos which are similar to a specific group from Taldain.
DoctorWh0m he/him Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 (edited) Quick question about requesting books. Does Brandon send you a physical manuscript through the mail? Cause I want to ask for White Sand and Aether of Night, but I live in Australia. Edited April 23, 2014 by DoctorWh0m
skaa he/him Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 Quick question about requesting books. Does Brandon send you a physical manuscript through the mail? Cause I want to ask for White Sand and Aether of Night, but I live in Australia. He sends them as zipped Word documents via e-mail.
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