Quantus he/him Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 Taravangian has a Herald influencing him currently (per the WOB below). He believes that Dova, the Ardent who warned him of the coming desolation (and is running his Death Rattle factory) is Battar (per OB Ch 121). However the WOB is a little vague about which Herald is actually near him. It was sparked by a different WOB (below) that was supposedly written at a book signing but we never got a picture, which seems to have prompted the follow-up question. Is it possible that the original statement was always intended to be Battar and was never actually Pailiah? The selfish reason why I ask is that I have a theory about Odium's creation of Voidbinding: Odium seems to be avoiding too much in the way of direct Investment in Roshar, preferring instead to alter things that are already present and/or Invested to serve his ends rather than Investing too much of himself. The theory is that he cannot Create/Unlock full bonded Voidbinders (like Renarin) without first Killing&Trapping their corresponding Herald Patrons. Thus he would not have been able to create Voidbinding equivalents of Windrunners until he after he had Vyre kill Jezrien with that special knife (which Im leaning toward it a Dawnshard, by the way). Id abandoned this theory entirely once I found the WOB that said Pailiah (Patron of Truthwatchers) was spotted alive in WOK when I think Renarin would have already been manifesting the beginnings of his abilities and scrawling numbers on walls, but if there is reasonable doubt that the referenced Herald is not Pailiah and is instead Battar, it would make it all possible once again. Not sure I have the timeline correct, and Im not sure it fits entirely with Ash's reaction to Jezrien's death if it were not the first time (though Jezrien was her father so it would make sense for her reaction that death to be more dramatic...) Thoughts? Quote R'Shara [PENDING REVIEW] A long time ago, where you said that Pailiah was the elderly ardent in Kharbranth that Shallan saw, is that right? Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] Yes? If you say I said that, then I did. Questioner 2 [PENDING REVIEW] Does that mean it is still true? Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] Let's just say there is a Herald in close proximity to Taravangian. R'Shara [PENDING REVIEW] It was in a signed book but we never got a picture of it. Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] There is a Herald in close proximity to Taravangian. I'm not being sneaky about that. R'Shara [PENDING REVIEW] Is there more than one? Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] There have been in the past, but there is only one that you would call influencing him right now. But there have been others in the past. source Quote Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) The old ardent in the Palanaeum is Pailiah. source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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