Overlord Jebus
Has Eshonai left for the Beyond?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes. I'll canonize this. I'm sorry.
Overlord Jebus
*sounds of horror and shock* Noooo, nooooo, RAFO it!
Brandon Sanderson
You wanted-- That was a RAFO-bait but, so I never intended that-- If you want to leave this one out there-- But I never intended Timbre to be Eshonai's soul. When people said that in the beta, I'm like, "Oh, I guess you could see that, but I mean that's not how spren work, right?"
Overlord Jebus
I was going to say, so you're saying Timbre is not Eshonai's soul.
Brandon Sanderson
No. I never even thought they would make that connection. Because we saw Timbre in the previous book... I mean, I don't want to kill people's fan theories. But that one kind of blindsided me in the beta. I'm like, "Well I guess we'll go ahead and let people think that but no." No.
You can leave that one off if you want to tease people and things. Some people really want to believe that.
Overlord Jebus
I made a bet that Eshonai was not only still be alive after Words of Radiance, but would also become Radiant. And then the bet was if not I had to eat a shoe.
Brandon Sanderson
Oh no!
Overlord Jebus
So I've been trying to get out of it for like--
Brandon Sanderson
Well you could eat a gummy shoe or something like that...
But no, I didn't intend this. No. There are-- Yeah.
Emerald City Comic Con 2018 (March 1, 2018)