Stonebender

It's possible that Hoid has Taln's blade, though I don't think this is the case.

So what's the deal with world hoppers and their apparent immortality (or at least the ability to live a really long time)? I mean, Joe blow average guy characters are showing up as world hoppers (Baon, Demoux). Is there any information as to how someone becomes a world hopper? Are they getting help from someone we haven't met yet? I guess we can make that assumption for people that are members of the 17th shard. I don't know, it just seems like world hopping should be something rare, but apparently it's no big deal. And how does age play in to it? Khriss is thousands of years old, and yet when we first meet her there isn't anything special about her.

He's not mentioned in volume one anywhere. Haven't read volume 2 yet.

At one point he someone says to him something like "pick someone your own age". He responds by saying the only one around that's his age doesn't like him. Does anyone know whom is he referring to? I'm sure this has probably been brought up before.