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[16Istheallimportantnumber]

Anyone know how the ShardGuards even exist? Early Radiants didn't need them.

 

[+Ark1002]

Yeah, dunno. I've wondered as well.

[Lunamor she/her]

I think that (if what you are talking about is the guards made of that weird metal that they put on the blades to keep them from hurting others) they were made for radiant squires who were practicing fighting with their master’s blade.

[Vargo Seldon he/him]

20 hours ago, Lunamor said:

I think that (if what you are talking about is the guards made of that weird metal that they put on the blades to keep them from hurting others) they were made for radiant squires who were practicing fighting with their master’s blade.

Huh.  Who'd a thunk it?

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[16Istheallimportantnumber]

On 1/27/2019 at 4:15 PM, Lunamor said:

I think that (if what you are talking about is the guards made of that weird metal that they put on the blades to keep them from hurting others) they were made for radiant squires who were practicing fighting with their master’s blade.

That's actually quite a good answer. I cannot believe I didn't think of it before. Thank you. This has been bothering me. I've been trying to figure out if Sanderson put that as a hint of some other force at work.

[16Istheallimportantnumber]

1 minute ago, 16Istheallimportantnumber said:

That's actually quite a good answer. I cannot believe I didn't think of it before. Thank you. This has been bothering me. I've been trying to figure out if Sanderson put that as a hint of some other force at work.

Now I think of it, its a testament to how good a writer Sanderson is that I think of potential literary mistakes as intentional hints to the reader.