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So, Shardblades, they're dead spren, but Syl came back. Is there any way for Shardblades, the spren who are Shardblades, to come back?
Brandon Sanderson
Mmm... You'll have to read and find out.
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So, Shardblades, they're dead spren, but Syl came back. Is there any way for Shardblades, the spren who are Shardblades, to come back?
Mmm... You'll have to read and find out.
Why do only the Terris have the sDNA for Feruchemy?
That's a RAFO, too.
Hoid was a Dawnshard at some point in the deep past, and the reason he (even still) cannot physically harm people, or even eat meat, is related to the changes this made to his spirit. (Consider this the same fundamental principle as savanthood.) The few of you who have read Dragonsteel know that him being a Dawnshard was also the source of his immortality in that book, though the terms were different back then. (The word Dawnshard was never mentioned, for example--though the primary story of Dragonsteel (which is no longer canon) was about several people who unwittingly become Dawnshards.)
And a preemptive RAFO to all questions on this point. :)
Did Gavilar see the same visions Dalinar did?
RAFO.
And there's one last question if I may: I'm really into swords and such. I couldn't help but notice king Elhokar's Blade. It's just... All the others are ornamented, and they may have some glyphs, but it is the only one where it is explicitly it is told that there are ten fundamental glyphs on it which are the glyphs of the orders. I read some of the chapters from Dalinar from Unfettered II, and I know how he got it for Elhokar. Is there also some more backstory to this Blade?
There's a backstory to every Blade and every one of them is special, that's the problem. But I will be exploring the origins of some of the Blades. Eventually. Not a ton, but a little bit.
As it is ornamented in such a way... Could it be related to a Bondsmith?
Bondsmiths didn't have Blades.
All of them? It's just... Maybe it was just the Stormfather...
No. That's a really good guess. Really good guess. I'm gonna RAFO Bondsmiths because you gonna learn a lot about them in the next book because it's the Bondsmith's book. That's a really good theory, but it's not true.
But maybe there is at least something to it.
But there's a reason to it, why it has all the 10 orders.
Is Hoid afraid of the Beyond?
*uhms* Yeah. Let's say yes.
Was Hoid a worldhopper before the Shattering?
Though there are some RAFOy things that I can't exactly say, I CAN say that I don't think most would consider Hoid a worldhopper before the Shattering.
Will we ever see Lift fight with a Shardfork?
RAFO.
What does the Red Rip look like in the Cognitive Realm?
So this is a RAFO, in part because I haven't revealed if there are any planets out there.
Do we see Hoid in this [White Sand Volume 1]?
Yes. *inaudible*
Aw! Is he Hoid though or is he hidden?
He's hidden, but the further the book progresses the more obvious it will be that it's him.
Cool.
I don't know if he's done the obvious things yet. I can't remember where this one cut off. I'll have to go back and look because you won't be the only one who asks that.
Someone else asked if Adonalsium had been self-aware.
Brandon said he couldn't answer that yet.
I saw a quote that said that there were two people who knew how to awaken metal. Is that still true?
Read and find out.
Is Hoid's inability to do harm voluntary or--
Involuntary.
Did Vasher or any of the Five Scholars visit the Nightwatcher prior to the Manywar, or have any of them visited since?
RAFO.
In Edgedancer, when Wyndle is talking to Lift, and he says the Ring chose him? Is that a council in Shadesmar? Or is that, like, one entity?
*hands over a RAFO card*
Lore question. Did <which gem> *inaudible* get swapped?
Ha ha. RAFO. Sorry. Good question.
If Hoid encountered a larkin, would anything happen?
Hoid is aware of larkin.
So he's avoiding them?
I'm just gonna say he's aware of them.
Are Khriss and Nazh still working together?
RAFO.
I've got a last question from a friend of mine. Could the light at the end of Oathbringer have been seen by another Surgebinder?
RAFO.
I expected that.
Is Hoid from Elantris, the same Hoid from The Stormlight Archive?
Yes.
Were the Sons of Honor a splinter group of the Envisagers?
RAFO, but let's just say you have the relationship backward.
What about the Selay Envisagers Kaladin saw while flying with the storm?
RAFO.
Is Trell a Shard of Adonalsium?
I will RAFO that one too, I'm afraid.
The prequel on Hoid, will it be your longest book?
I do plan it to be kind of long, so we'll see how long, "Kind of long," is but yeah.
Still not sure what the multiple mist spirits were that warded off Marsh in the deleted version of the ending - I've heard speculation they were somehow kandra (justifying the mistwraith name). Do you remember what was going on there?
By the way, the knife leras is carrying around. Would people call that a shard blade ;)?
What a nice, heaping pile of RAFOs you have there, Phantine.
So, Brandon. Hoid. I remember you saying at the Idaho Falls signing last year that he was in Well of Ascension. We, your dedicated fans who like scouring books searching for obscure characters who have any possibility of being the mysterious Hoid, have yet to find him. Peter sent us on a hunt for him (Hoid, not Peter...) in the deleted scenes, and we found his boot-print.
Now, I think he broke the pottery there too—the one holding the lerasium—and since there's broken pottery in the actual version, I think he may have snuck into the cavern and broken it as well. If so, is this Hoid's part in Well of Ascension? This trace of him? I commend you if it is. It is clever, making us think it was a person, when in fact it's just something he did.
You are on the right track, but wrong on one point. Hoid does appear in the book.
I had originally toyed with making his touch on the novel more obscure, but decided that I wanted to be consistent with the other novels by actually having him appear. Once I realized I'd probably cut the scene with the footprint, I decided I needed this actual appearance even more badly.
Fortunately, I knew what Hoid had been up to all this time, and had placed him in a position where several characters could run into him. In Well of Ascension, Hoid believed (as Vin did) that the Well was in the North, even though it was not. He spent much of the book pursuing this idea.
Through events, however, he discovered he was wrong. He made the realization after Vin did, but only because of a chance meeting. (This is recorded in the books. Let's just say he was listening in when someone implied that the Well was in Luthadel.)
He hurried to Luthadel, and was in the town, skulking about in the last parts of the novel. He isn't seen here, though he does still infiltrate the Well. (Hoid is quite proficient at manipulating Shadesmar for his own ends.)
Do Cryptics have the same general dislike of honorspren as Syl has towards Cryptics?
RAFO!!
Do Geranid and Ashir have anything to do with the creation of new Shardplate?
RAFO.
Did the Knights Radiants create the Shattered Plains?
That’s a RAFO.
If you're willing to answer it, how did Bloody Tan pull off the move in the intro to the Wax and Wayne books?
RAFO. I do think I'll actually answer that some day. If I don't I'll just put it online. Bloody Tan had influences.
Has Hoid been on Roshar before The Way of Kings?
Yes.
For a hardcore fan, one clue you'd give out... [About] Hoid, or Dragonsteel, or Restares.
...The problem is, so little of Dragonsteel is still canon. I've pulled so much out of it.
The Sho Del are still canon, and Hoid has an interesting relationship with several of them.
Was Drephrast at the Shattering, and if so, did he play a part in it?
Those are RAFOs.
What would happen if a Bloodmaker somehow burned stored <renewal>?
RAFO.
She wanted me to ask, has Zahel ever had any other well known identity *inaudible* on Roshar?
RAFO...
*inaudible* if he's one of the Heralds then her guess is Ishar.
RAFO.
*Written:* Is Iyatil wandering around the cosmere (Roshar) with a heating medallion? She's a Southern Scadrian, so she needs one of those so she won't freeze to death in normal temperatures.
RAFO on that, but it's a question you should be asking.
*Writes:* RAFO
Atium was not a basic metal. Does the Era 2 table of 16 have a similar mistake?
RAFO
My friends and I have been endlessly debating whether Wit knew what happened to him at the end of Rhythm, when he said "that went exactly as I planned," if he knew he was gonna get duped? Or if he got hornswoggled?
He legitimately got hornswoggled. One of the opening chapters of the next book is going to be him realizing that. There's a little teaser for you.
Does this mean that Rysn is immortal now? If so that's going to start causing some questions if she stops aging.
Also, would Hoid be able to tell that Rysn bears a Dawnshard? Solely from having born one before? (Maybe he'd be able to sense it with Breaths or some other mystery Investiture.)
I also want to see what would happen if you stabbed a Dawnshard (/Dawnshard bearing person) with Nightblood.
These kinds of questions are why I gave a preemptive RAFO. :)
What was the relationship between Skai and Aona prior?
That’s a RAFO.
When Kaladin helped Adolin fight in the arena, did Elhokar notice him Surgebinding?
RAFO. :)
Hoid's ability to hurt Kelsier, is that due to his perceptions and beliefs or those of an external entity?
It's going to be a bit of both but more his perceptions and beliefs. This is how a lot of things work in the Cosmere, particularly if you're where they were.
Syl always sees Shardblades as dead spren, these terrible things. But she never mentions the same of Shardplate. Is Shardplate made of non-sentient spren?
RAFO
How is the Cognitive Realm of Nalthis?
Yes, Nalthis. I'm gonna RAFO that. You will see it before too much longer, I hope.
Is Kelsier still alive during Mistborn Era 2?
RAFO.
Were Ati and Leras lovers?
RAFO.
Did the Red Scar, or Red Rip, whatever you want to call it, look the same pre-Shattering as it does now?
Taln's Scar, or the Red Rip, it's on the map inside [Arcanum Unbounded] did it look the same... before and after the Shattering of Adonalsium? RAFO.
Since Hoid is the Horneater god, are there, or at least implied, would other Shards--
Hoid is not a Shard.
Or other Shards that are related to Hoid, since they are in the same time period. Would they also be Horneater gods?
I think that the Horneaters might interpret things very differently from their reality, as they are viewing certain things happening--
So would they originally be from Roshar, or would they have travelled from somewhere else?
That's a RAFO, it depends on the person. Hoid is not originally from Roshar.
What would happen if a copper-compounder would compound copper?
A lot of people have been asking that one. I don't know why they've all suddenly latched onto it, but you are going to get RAFO-ed, but I will give you a card. *laughter* I have reserve something for later books.
Is Tanavast dead?
That is a RAFO.
When Shallan asked Jasnah about the Soulcasting with the jam, was Jasnah intentionally trying to reverse-assassinate Kabsal?
RAFO, but more I just need to make sure I look at the details before I can answer that one.