Renarin Kholin

"A story doesn't live until it is imagined in someone's mind... It means what you want it to mean. The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon." - Hoid, The Way of Kings

Definitely not Syl. She would get distracted and transform into a raindrop or a flower or something.

7 hours ago, garlick said:

Tinfoil hat theory this thread put in my head.

 Rock has a bond or proto bond with the sibling. The going idea is he powered Urithiru and the gemstone library said the sibling was withdrawing around the time of the recreance. With the history rock told of going to the 3 spren for help building a place for his people. Maybe its hiding in the horneaters peak helping make it habitable. His oaths could be why he refused to fight. Would also explain rocks "perks". The shin might not be the only one hiding secrets.

Ooh, I love this theory! Time to scour Oathbringer for possible evidence of this

I don't want to see all the female Heralds glossed over. All five male Heralds have made appearances and been at least mildly important, but of the female Heralds, I believe we have only seen Shalash. I just don't want the other four female Heralds to exist only as characters for Moash to kill.

Ok, so if that is not a timeline, do we have a timeline at all for the Cosmere?

My understanding of nightblood's appearance in Oathbringer was that it took place after Warbreaker. I know that Vasher and Nightblood were around for a long time before Warbreaker took place, but Nightblood also mentions Vivenna to Szeth, and he would not have known Vivenna before the events of Warbreaker. But in the State of the Sanderson 2019, the Cosmere sequence places Warbreaker after Stormlight books 1-5.

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• Elantris 1
• Elantris 2
• Elantris 3
• Mistborn Era 1: Book One
• Mistborn Era 1: Book Two
• Mistborn Era 1: Book Three
• Stormlight One
• Stormlight Two
• Stormlight Three
• Stormlight Four
• Stormlight Five
• Mistborn Era 2: Book One
• Mistborn Era 2: Book Two
• Mistborn Era 2: Book Three
• Mistborn Era 2: Book Four
• Warbreaker 1
• Warbreaker 2
• Mistborn Era 3: Book One
• Mistborn Era 3: Book Two
• Mistborn Era 3: Book Three
• Stormlight Six
• Stormlight Seven
• Stormlight Eight
• Stormlight Nine
• Stormlight Ten
• Dragonsteel Book One
• Dragonsteel Book Two
• Dragonsteel Book Three
• Untitled Threnody Novel
• Untitled Aether Book One
• Untitled Aether Book Two
• Untitled Aether Book Three
• Mistborn Era 4: Book One
• Mistborn Era 4: Book Two
• Mistborn Era 4: Book Three

Is the Cosmere sequence meant to be more of the general order in which he plans to write the books, or is it an actual timeline of when the books take place chronologically? And if it is supposed to be a timeline, why is Warbreaker after Oathbringer?

Sorry if someone has suggested this theory before. In Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection, in "The Scadrian System," it says,

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Yes, the Shards undoubtedly used humans from Yolen as a model (indeed, both of the Vessels for these Shards were human before their Ascensions) in creating life.

That seems to imply that not all Vessels for the Shards were human; otherwise it would be unnecessary for Khriss to state this. Please correct me if I'm wrong about this, but Yolen is where Dragonsteel takes place, so I think that it is likely that the Vessels of some of the Shards may have been dragons, not humans.

I really like the idea that some of the Shards were dragons, but what do you think? Is this theory plausible?

3 hours ago, Rask said:

Hello and welcome! WoK is also my favorite on the books. Who is your least favorite character in the Cosmere? 

My least favorite has to be Moash. No contest.

Hey everyone! I've been reading Brandon Sanderson books for a couple years now, and I've read all of the Cosmere books. My favorite has to be WoK, but Mistborn is a close second. Obviously from my username, my favorite character is Renarin. I took a quiz to see which order of Knight Radiant I would be, and I got Elsecaller.

Anyway, I'm excited to join the discussion instead of just watching it!

Ok so I don't know if someone has suggested this before, but I suspect that the beggar Axies encountered in Kasitor (Interlude 1-5) might be a herald. Kalak, perhaps? His actions seem similar to Jezrien's as a beggar in Kholinar. Nale says that all the other heralds have lost their minds, except Ishar. He could just be a throwaway character, but it seems like possibly foreshadowing to me.