Rhythm of War Typo Thread

[gammawulf]

 

Edit: Nevermind. This is his son.

At the beginning of chapter 40 it says High Prince Roion gathered the millitary officers in the tower, which would be quite a feat, since he died in Words of Radiance.

Edited August 26, 2024 by gammawulf
I realize this was likely his son

[Treamayne]

2 hours ago, gammawulf said:

At the beginning of chapter 40 it says High Prince Roion gathered the millitary officers in the tower, which would be quite a feat, since he died in Words of Radiance.

The Highprince's Father died at the end of WoR. Oathbringer mentioned the son became the new Highprince.

Spoiler

OB Ch 2:

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“Order?” Aladar said. “Dalinar, have you seen our armies? They fought an impossible battle only six days ago, and despite being rescued, we technically lost. Roion’s son is woefully underprepared for dealing with the remnants of his princedom.

OB Ch 86:

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Word had come from Kholinar via spanreed, one that somehow still worked. An assault on the palace, an attempt to reach the Oathgate.

Outside, the gathered Kholin, Aladar, and Roion armies clogged one of Urithiru’s Oathgate platforms, waiting to be taken to Kholinar to join the battle.

 

 

[Jofwu he/him]

Rhythm of War ch 45 is nine years ago and says:
"[Eshonai and Venli] were nearly adults, only a year off for Eshonai and a little more than two for Venli."

Rhythm of War ch 57 is eight and a half years ago and says:
"But Venli was still months away from official adulthood."

With only half a year passing between the two this seems like an error. I assume the ch 57 should say something like "over a year away" with her birthday having happened between the flashbacks?

That said, "months away" could technically mean more than a year's worth of months, so its not explicitly incorrect.

[justnoah]

Chapter 16, Page 228:

"Shivering and nauseous, Navani fled his presence."

"Nauseous" should be "nauseated". 

[Jofwu he/him]

Could have sworn this has been flagged somewhere, but I'm not seeing it, so...

In RoW chapter 22:

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That was fortunate, for while Shallan could slip into Shadesmar using her powers, she couldn’t take anyone with her—and she couldn’t return on her own. Even Jasnah, whose powers supposedly allowed it, had trouble bringing herself back from Shadesmar.

This is saying that Shallan can FULLY move herself into Shadesmar, and I think it was a mistake as written.

We've seen her enter in some sense, but Brandon has always stated that it is more of an astral projection sort of thing. When Jasnah pulls Shallan out of the beads and back into the Physical Realm at the end of TWoK, for example, she sees Jasnah's body still in the Physical Realm before Jasnah snaps back herself. So they have some kind of ability to enter it in their mind as if they had a body there, while not actually bringing their body in.

I believe this is all affirmed by the RPG handbook. All I'm seeing on the topic is a sidebar on page 235:

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"The surge of Transformation grants a limited ability to look into the Cognitive Realm."

Entering fully, I think, is intended to be something entirely associated with the Surge of Transportation.

All of that said...

I suppose that, knowing what we do now about how STRANGE Shallan is due to her double-bond, it's possible she CAN do this after all and is just a very special case. I'm skeptical Brandon wrote it with that in mind. I would think this would be a pretty big deal with the characters wondering how this is possible. It's a useful ability even if it's a one-way trip for Shallan. I would expect her to be considering how she could use that ability to get out of danger for example.

But maybe I'm wrong, or maybe it's okay to "retcon" with Shallan's unique nature as the explanation.