FeatherWriter
Is something wrong with Roshar's afterlife?
Brandon Sanderson
Uh, why do you ask?
FeatherWriter
Because of the Tranquiline Halls stuff? Needing to reclaim them?
Brandon Sanderson
Um. So, I'm... not going to answer anything about Roshar's afterlife.
FeatherWriter
Do you know what color, off the top of your head, the soulcaster is supposed to be? First book said gold and the second book said silver.
Brandon Sanderson
It depends on the soulcaster.
FeatherWriter
Is that a Peter...?
Brandon Sanderson
I believe silver is the accurate one. That's a PAFO, though.
FeatherWriter
Is Iyatil from Southern Scadrial?
Brandon Sanderson
Iyatil has heritage along those lines, but she is not.
FeatherWriter
Is her [Iyatil's] mask Invested?
Brandon Sanderson
Mmm, no.
FeatherWriter
Do the Ire age because they're not on Sel?
Brandon Sanderson
(uncertain) Uh, they do...? They... they age, but it's not the sort of aging that you and I do.
Paladin Brewer
(paraphrased)
If Preservation and Ruin created life on Scadrial but did not create Feruchemy, where does it come from? The planet?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
All magic systems come from Shards power in some way.
Paladin Brewer
(paraphrased)
Are Shard Vessels able to have children?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
Yes they are.
Paladin Brewer
(paraphrased)
Even Sazed, with his body being a eunuch?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
Yes, though technically all of Scadrial are the children of Preservation and Ruin.
Paladin Brewer
(paraphrased)
Is Threnody in the same planetary system as Sel?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
[No, they are not]
Peter Ahlstrom
(paraphrased)
Folks, I hate to be a killjoy, but I just asked Brandon about this, and he says that he answered that question with "No, they are not."
Brandon says he specifically remembers this question, and he remembers saying that Threnody and Sel were not in the same system.
In any case, Threnody and Sel do not revolve around the same star. (And they're not in a binary system system either, for those trying to salvage something out of this.)
Paladin Brewer
(paraphrased)
If a Shard's Vessel dies and drops a body and two people step in to take up the power, what would happen?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
RAFO
Paladin Brewer
(paraphrased)
Did the original 16 break Adonalsium with the intent to gain the shards and the power, or was that a happy/unhappy side effect?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
RAFO
Paladin Brewer
(paraphrased)
Why do some spren not receive the Nahel bond?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
RAFO
eagle
(paraphrased)
How close are all of the shard worlds in space?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
The cosmere takes place in a dwarf galaxy and all the worlds are close together.
eagle
(paraphrased)
Close as in say 10 light-years?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
More like 50. (He went on to say that Peter has some harder numbers and that it might have to change a little.)