LinkasZelda Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 DID ANYBODY ELSE LOVE THIS GUY!?Seriously, of all of the interludes, Axies was the only one I remembered long after my first read-through of WoK. He's hilarious and I really wanted to see more of him. His work is so interesting!(Axies is the guy who wakes up butt naked in an alley when trying to discover if Alespren exist. He can manipulate his physical appearance and documents his research on his skin)And then I read WoR and realized: He's in an interlude again! Although it's not explicitly mentioned, I have a very strong belief that he's the Aimian mentioned in Rysns interlude when she is on the Greatshell island. On her way to meet with the one she's supposed to make the trade with, Rysn passes by an Aimian man hanging by his feet(iirc?). The personality fits right. There isn't a huge dialogue, but given that Axies is the only other Aimian we've had any real encounters with, I feel like this is too random of a connection to NOT be him. Words could not describe my joy of having him put in the series again, regardless of how slight his addition is. Did he stand out for anybody else? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcee8 Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Yes! I believe there is another thread floating around here about favorite Stormlight characters. Mine are Kaladin, Syl, and Axies. Axies because he's so crazy and colorful. Could he be a KR? He sounds like a Willshaper: "'capricious, frustrating, unreliable'" and "inconsistent in temperament save for a general love of adventure, novelty, or oddity." Lift is an interesting one, too. At first I was annoyed with her, but after re-reading her section she has grown on me. As an Edgedancer, she is supposedly able to "ride the thinnest rope at speed, dance across rooftops, move through a battlefield like a ribbon on the wind." I think she will be a favorite of mine when she is older and we get to see her fight in battle (hopefully!) in the 2nd half of the 10 books. I hope Axies gets his own book as well in the 2nd story arc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinkasZelda Posted April 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 I agree about Lift. She was pretty irritating at first. But she's actually quite adorable. And how she treats her spren is hilarious. Axies having his own book would be amazing! Hopefully we see that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 I suspect Axies exists just to give us more detail about spren, but we can always hope he'll turn into more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinkasZelda Posted April 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 But we really didn't get THAT much detail from him. We also didn't get very much action from the Aimians. So hopefully, in an attempt to widen our cultural understanding of Roshar, we get a few more features of him and his ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AerionBFII Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Wasn't fond of Lift at first but she grows on you Axies on the other hand just seems so awesome to me!! Hope Kaladin runs into either of these characters when he goes to Hearthstone and Kholinar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Wasn't fond of Lift at first but she grows on you Axies on the other hand just seems so awesome to me!! Hope Kaladin runs into either of these characters when he goes to Hearthstone and Kholinar. It's more likely that Dalinar will go to Azir to organise an alliance with their new government and encounter Lift. His mission is to find the other Surgebinders and unite humanity, after all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Wasn't fond of Lift at first but she grows on you Axies on the other hand just seems so awesome to me!! Hope Kaladin runs into either of these characters when he goes to Hearthstone and Kholinar. I trust you are not saying that Axies is more awesome than Lift? By our current definitions, this is impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyPilgrim Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 (edited) And then I read WoR and realized: He's in an interlude again! Although it's not explicitly mentioned, I have a very strong belief that he's the Aimian mentioned in Rysns interlude when she is on the Greatshell island. On her way to meet with the one she's supposed to make the trade with, Rysn passes by an Aimian man hanging by his feet(iirc?). The personality fits right. There isn't a huge dialogue, but given that Axies is the only other Aimian we've had any real encounters with, I feel like this is too random of a connection to NOT be him. Words could not describe my joy of having him put in the series again, regardless of how slight his addition is. I too loved Axies, and hope we see more of him! However... I have it in my mind, though this could be totally wrong and I don't have my book to read that section again, that the Aimian in the Rysn interlude was of the other type, not the one Axies is. I could have made that up, though. Edited April 14, 2014 by GreyPilgrim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeiryWriter Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 I too loved Axies, and hope we see more of him! However... I have it in my mind, though this could be totally wrong and I don't have my book to read that section again, that the Aimian in the Rysn interlude was of the other type, not the one Axies is. I could have made that up, though. Brandon has confirmed that that is Axies. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyPilgrim Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Brandon has confirmed that that is Axies. Oh, ok, thank you. (I get a little afraid every time I see that you've quoted one of my posts... No hard feelings, of course. Always good to be well-informed. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinkasZelda Posted April 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 I trust you are not saying that Axies is more awesome than Lift? By our current definitions, this is impossible. I think that's subjective! Lift is obviously more relevant but personality wise, I still prefer Axies. Also the Aimian ability is very very neat. I'm glad it was confirmed that the two Aimians we see are the same! Much joy. Such happy. What Aimian. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwiftSteel Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 I think that's subjective! Lift is obviously more relevant but personality wise, I still prefer Axies. Also the Aimian ability is very very neat. I'm glad it was confirmed that the two Aimians we see are the same! Much joy. Such happy. What Aimian. Wow. Oh Stormfather, Doge has been brought to Roshar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinnny Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 I'm new to the whole cosmere theory, since I've been reading up on it, I was thinking, is there any way that Aimians can be linked to Kandra? With the ability to change the appearance of their skin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 I think it's just that there powers are similar, not that they're actually linked together. Similarly to how Yolish lightweaving- which is what Hoid uses- is different, but related to Rosharan lightweaving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardmancer Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Yes hes was great.. keeping ledgers on his body cause hes so messed up.. Best was finding the intoxication spren or something like that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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