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Hey long time reader first time poster. Looking forward to being a part of the community on here.
Who is Sixteen? [Discussion]
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What if the name Sixteen is a mistranslation from another language and only sounds like Sixteen to Shallan?
When his name is first mentioned it is in Quotes and says that is what he calls himself, (RoW Ch 75 Page 864). What if he is using that to his advantage to give himself cover for why he only shows up every 16 days. It also give the Honor Spren a reason to be amused by him rather than suspicious..
I am trying to find how to pronounce 16 from glyphs and to see if any other characters names sound similar to it. I think it would be pronounced Jesash or if he is being tricky and said his real name backwards Hsasej. I used the glyphs section in the Coppermind (glyphs article, numbers section) to come up with this. I haven't been able to find any name that starts with J, Y or H that might sound similar to it though, yet.
I wonder if Sixteen is studying the statues because they are made of stone but seem to have clothes rippling in the breeze. Is this realated to Ars Arcanum about Stoneshaping and it's Connection?
The other thing I am considering are the Ten Esscences that relate to 1 and 6.This is because the individual numbers make up the sound of the full number, based on the example of 1173 in the coppermind..
Lots of Spoilers for Warbreaker and Mistborn Era 2 particurlly,.with these theories though
1 = Jes: Inhalation Gemstone- Sapphire,
Inhalation with makes me think of breath. Vasher/Zahel says at the end of Warbreaker the Returned can change their form when he talks Vivenna about the royal locks. He also doesn't appear Shin as a ardent. I don't know which one of the Returned it could be though or What Endowment would want with the Honor Spren.
6 = Shash (-ash): Blood, Gemstone: Garnet
Blood makes me think of Bleeder/Paalm. Since SA 1-5 is before Mistborn Era two it might be a stretch. But I like this one a lot! The biggest hole is that AFAIK she is not referring to herself as Bleeder at this time so the blood and bleeder connection is a moot point.
However:
A Kandra agent does make a good case though. It fits with the number 16 and the Kandra guesses others have made. A Kandra can be controlled by Harmony directly at this point too. Harmony also talks about trying to create a sword that can defend and protect in the epigraphs. Would studying the Honor Spren and their garden help him in this effort somehow. A Kandra could be an Allomancer or Feruchemist or even a compunder since all they would need an an allomantic spike or two. Which fits with other theories above.
Since it is before Mistborn ear two Could Autonomy/Trell/Bavadin have noticed this Kandra during these trips? This agent is out of the direct protection of Harmony in the Rosharan Cognitive ream,.and therefore could open to influence of other Shards. Would Autonomy have been driven to intervene at the direct control of another being by a Shard? Could this be how Paalm starts to become Bleeder later?
Also since Kelsier is the head of the ghostbloods and is most likely still making Hemelurgic spikes, and we know he has avatars, the 16 days may make sense. This is due to two reason I can think of. 1) Kelsire can only control the kandra for a short period of time across such large distances. 2) short times every 16 days prevent Harmony from taking contorl back from Kelsier. It could also be the revers with Harmony in control and Kelsier or other shards trying to gain control.