Hoid

[Hoid the Former Drifter he/him]

Why does Hoid use a corpse in Mistborn: Secret History to worldhop?

[Karger he/him]

7 minutes ago, Hoid the Drifter said:

Why does Hoid use a corpse in Mistborn: Secret History to worldhop?

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Questioner

Why did Hoid in Secret History have to ride on another person to get to the Well, when that person could float on--

Brandon Sanderson

Sooo, what he's floating on is a Cognitive Shadow. It's a spirit, it's not an actual person. He is floating on someone who is--

Questioner

Do we know them?

Brandon Sanderson

You did not know them, don't worry about them. But see, he's using that as a boat because it's easy to sink through the mist. And if you notice, he has to coat his oar with Investiture in order to move him. So yeah, he's floating on a person's soul... It was so much easier with the Pits, but that's because there were boats and things.

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[Hoid the Former Drifter he/him]

Why were there boats ant things with the Pits?

[Eternal Khol he/him]

11 minutes ago, Hoid the Drifter said:

Why were there boats ant things with the Pits?

because there was a pretty big interplanetary trade through Scadrial, using the Pits. people who are alive and making the journey, would need a boat to get through the Cognitive Realm there, otherwise they'd just sink through the mists

Edited July 21, 2020 by Eternal Khol

[Karger he/him]

12 minutes ago, Hoid the Drifter said:

Why were there boats ant things with the Pits?

It was the most reliable point of access to and from the CR(before Kel destroyed it).  There was a whole economy that went on down there.  That is how Felt(one of the Venture's spies) got offworld.

Edited July 21, 2020 by Karger