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We're aware by now of eight of the sixteen Shards (Devotion, Dominion, Ruin, Preservation, Endowment, Honor, Odium and Cultivation) and seven of the ten core Shardworlds (the Dragonsteel world, Roshar, Scadrial, Nalthis, Sel, the White Sand world and The Silence Divine world). Given that you now how we love to obsessively speculate based on only the tiniest of information, and also given that it seems an endless source of amusement to you that we do, would you perhaps like to tease us with a smidgen of information about one of the remaining eight Shards or the three remaining Shardworlds?
Ha. If I give you this, what will you speculate on in the future? :) I hate to do this, but I'm going to RAFO that one for now. Sorry.
Nouf
Was the reason Radiants could safely break oaths before the Recreance, without resulting in deadeyes, because the Bondsmith broke the bond for them?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO! Good question!
patmanzero
Maya told the honorspren not to take their sacrifice. If the Recreance was a deliberate act between Radiants and spren, would spren like Maya consider new bonds?
Brandon Sanderson
That is also a RAFO. I'm sorry.
Questioner
When Odium says "We killed you." Is that RAFO, or?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO... I'm just not confirming it or denying it, what it means.
Questioner
Is Hoid the one that comes out of the lake that Rock is talking about? *photo pause* Or you can't tell me?
Brandon Sanderson
I am going to give you a RAFO card.
Questioner
(paraphrased)
Will we ever get to see a Kelsier vs. Kaladin showdown?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
RAFO
CephandriusTW
We know for previous WoBs that Truthwatchers are worried about knowledge and helping people with it (wob#8500). In the test you recently released, the new info about them says that they are worried about the use of the knowledge and the leaders trying to deceive the people they lead. So, I think they have some things in common with Windrunners and Edgedancers, because the three Orders are more worried about the common people than about the elite. Protecting those who can not protect themselves, remembering those who had been forgotten; both of this Second Ideals refers to the common people, that people that the leaders don't really care about.
Considering all of this, and following the example of the Second Ideal of Windrunners and Edgedancers, which are the most worried about the common people with no epic powers, I wrote a theoric PURE (without corrupted sprens like Glysn) Second Ideal for Truthwatchers:
"I will seek truth, to prevent others from being deceived."
I know you are RAFO'ing this, but I would only like to know if my approach of the Truthwatchers Order is correct.
Brandon Sanderson
[That] is, I'm afraid, a RAFO as I don't want to talk too much about the oaths of given orders until I write books about those orders, as it would constrain the story a little too much. Your theorizing is sound, however.
Dragon13
I was wondering, the point of views for the prologues *photo pause* will we ever see one from Gavilar's point of view?
Brandon Sanderson
That's a big ol' RAFO. Because I want it to be surprising to see who you get each book.
Firm_Spell
Probably a RAFO but whose voice Dalinar constantly hears ("unite them"), if it's not the Stormfather (confirmed in the book). I'm confused...It is supposed to be Honor, but Honor is dead.
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
yulerule
I actually had like a really-- theory I was developing the past couple of weeks about Regrowth, and healing, and the Cognitive Realm. Let's take a look at this...
*Written/Paraphrased:* In the cosmere, you have matter, mind, and soul. Obviously, the physical world is most well understood (same as ours) and the spiritual is most mysterious. When anybody dies (going off from info in Secret History) their soul, which was tied to their body, the Connection is broken and the soul/Cognitive Shadow appears in the Cognitive Realm then goes on to the Spiritual. If healing is applied at any moment while the soul/Cognitive Shadow is in the Cognitive Realm, the Connection can be reestablished and that is why Regrowth can heal recently dead. Type of wound Shardblade versus not may determine how fast the Shadow is sucked into the Spiritual Realm. Also amount of Investiture a soul contains. Souls = Investiture, or at least all of them contain some?
Brandon Sanderson
So that's a RAFO. We'll dig into that a little later.
yulerule
Oh, *inaudible*. Am I close?
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah, you're on the right track.
Questioner
Is Austre Endowment by a different name?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Questioner
Have you revealed what the primary effect is of burning lerasium is?
Brandon Sanderson
I have not.
Questioner
Can you in the book?
Brandon Sanderson
No. I can write a RAFO though.
taveren
There is a metal used to charge in the last Mistborn book, is that lithium?
Brandon Sanderson
[Sounds like he's going to say "no" but then changes his mind] I'll dig into that, that's another RAFO. But I'm glad you're thinking along those lines. Let's just say that.
Questioner
If Nightblood was in the Cognitive Realm, what damage would he do to...
Brandon Sanderson
If he were actually there? I thought you were going to go with the obvious one of, "What does he look like?" But I'll RAFO both of them.
ElephantEarwax
If Dalinar summoned his perpendicularity during a highstorm, while the perpendicularity was open, would the areas that the highstorm was over not have spheres become Invested/full of Stormlight?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO!
Questioner
Who’s the least significant living Shard?
Brandon Sanderson
That’s a big ol’ RAFO.
MarShadow
Is there a maximum amount of Investiture Nightblood can take? So like if he were to be thrown into-
Brandon
RAFO.
zas678
What would happen if Nightblood cut into a Shardpool?
Brandon Sanderson
Um, well I'm going to RAFO that for sure.
OrangeJedi
When Lift eats food, does she convert it directly into Stormlight, or some other form of Investiture?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Me, My Skirt, and I
Radiants stay Invested after death in the Cognitive Realm. Does this mean that the Nahel Bond lasts until they go Beyond or does the bond end when the body dies?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. We'll add one to the RAFOlympics. Good question, I like the way you're theorizing.
stormlightfan70
At any point did Tanavast relinquish the power of Honor to someone else?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
the_archduke
(paraphrased)
Is the woman around Wit's age named Reya?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
RAFO
yulerule
In the reading you did today, at the very end [Gurv] was saying “I have an order from someone.” Is that someone part of some secret society? Because there’s a bunch of secret societies.
Brandon Sanderson
Well, that is definitely going to be a big RAFO, because I haven’t even released the book yet. Let’s not spoil books that aren’t even out yet from readings I did. But I rarely put in an interlude that doesn’t have some tangential relationship, even if it’s just some stuff like letting you know who the Aimians are or things like that.
Questioner
I've had this question burning deep inside me since I finished RoW, is there a truest Surge of Odium? My headcanon for now is Transportation.
Brandon Sanderson
Hey! So, I'll deal with this eventually in the books, so it's a RAFO for now! But do keep in mind that the Surges on Roshar, as they're understood now, are mostly Honor/Cultivation.
Pagerunner
(paraphrased)
Which Surge is missing from the Fused repertoire?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
RAFO.
Sciencetor2
Can the gems on Roshar store other types of Investiture?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Questioner
In The Way of Kings Drehy says, "By the Brightcaller's rays."
Brandon Sanderson
Uh-huh. Oh, you want to know what that is? RAFO.
AndrewStirlingMacDonald
Did Nazh fall in with Khriss before or after the Forests of Hell were colonized by Patience's people?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. (Sorry. I am toying with a book on Threnody, and don't want to lock myself into anything yet.)
the.fulgid
Would you be willing to share the failed process that Hoid used to attempt to become an Elantrian?
Brandon Sanderson
No.
ccstat
Nalthis has 5-centric numerology.
Brandon Sanderson
Okay.
ccstat
Do regular humans count as the 5th type of biochromatic entity?
Brandon Sanderson
[laughs] Um, I will RAFO that, not for any real good reason, but for a mini-good reason.
Questioner
So, in Oathbringer, you said that Hoid still has a god worshipping him. Can you give some back story to that?
Brandon Sanderson
I cannot, I mean I can, but I'm not going to.
Questioner
It will be revealed later?
Brandon Sanderson
Maybe. I plan to get all of this stuff eventually into his memoir when he writes it. Or when I write his memoir for him.
Questioner
Did seons come into being before or after the builders of Elantris had <Elantris?>.
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
marnsvi
The visions that have Dalinar and Renarin are very different. This is related to the type of their spren ? One related to Cultivation who allows to see the future and other related to Honor who allows to see the past ?
Brandon Sanderson
Afraid this is a RAFO.
Questioner
How many diamond chips does Zahel require to survive?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. We will actually be releasing this pretty soon. But I actually have used my prerogative as a famous author to force some others to actually do the number crunching and the math of it. And so we will have a straight up unit measurement for you of various things coming up pretty soon. Once the number crunchers are done, you will know.
Louise
Is the remove of Shalash statue connected to the man speaked gibberish that Szeth met before he assasinated Gavilar?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Rayborne
From what we know, the Ghostbloods want a way to move investiture offworld. Could Thaidakar/Kelsier's reason for doing that be so that he can find a way to go offworld, given that he's Connected to Scadrial in (I assume) the same way investiture is Connected to a planet? Put in a more generalized way, is a cognitive shadow just investiture with a person's mind imprint, and if so would it be possible to move it (and the shadow themselves) offworld assuming the Ghostbloods find a way to do it?
Brandon Sanderson
Wow! Great question. RAFO!
Jaller
(paraphrased)
I also asked Brandon about that part in the Wandersail chapter of [The Way of Kings], where Syl leaves Kaladin before he meets Hoid because she gets a bad feeling. I wanted to know whether this related to why Vin decided to not meet Hoid in [The Hero of Ages].
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
He said that they both got a certain impression from him, but wouldn't say whether or not it was the same thing, and stated I would have to RAFO what that was exactly.
Aurimus
Did any Shards remain on Yolen post-Shattering? If so, how many?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO!
Questioner
Would there be a new effect if an Allomancer burned the metal of Paalm's spike?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. Excellent question
Argent
(paraphrased)
How does one erase/alter memories using Breath?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
RAFO.
Botanica
Except for in the prelude, does Kalak appear somewhere in the books? (A bit RAFO, but is he the shorter Alethi-looking man who accompanied Nale in WoK/WoR prologue?)
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Mason Wheeler
(paraphrased)
You know the principle where someone who has two powers actually has three powers, because of resonance?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
Yeah?
Mason Wheeler
(paraphrased)
How does this apply to Harmony, who has two entire Shards?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
RAFO.
Jurble
One I think might border even further on RAFO - in RoW, Dalinar accepts Kaladin's Fourth Ideal. I'm wondering, is it possible for Dalinar to... power-level a Radiant up to the Fifth Ideal by just accepting all their Oaths without regards to, you know, underlying fitness? Danger and safety issues aside. The Stormfather's comments on Ishar's powers being beyond the scope of what Honor allowed makes me assume he can.
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO, as you expected. But without Honor around, some of the things he could do are kind of up for grabs.
Badger
(paraphrased)
Has Renarin been a Radiant since before we first met him in The Way of Kings?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
RAFO, saving it for the Renarin pov parts to explore.
AllomancerSam
(paraphrased)
Rayse went after Dalinar and then Kaladin for his champion, strong fighters who would have dealt a massive emotional blow, how likely is Taravangian to use the same approach?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
RAFO
DrogaKrolow
What happened with the Shard that just drifts in the space, the one that wants to hide and survive?
Brandon Sanderson
What about that Shard? They want to hide and survive.
DrogaKrolow
Huh, something more?
Brandon Sanderson
I think I will RAFO that for right now.
Winter Wolf
In Warbreaker, how did Denth feel about Vivenna?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. I'll RAFO that. We'll get to that... I don't want to... it's more I'm worried that I would spoil things if I answered that question the right way. Complicated. How about that? He had complex feelings toward Vivenna... not easily encapsulated in a simple answer.
Questioner
What happens when you direct a stream of water at the border of a bubble in Alloy of Law Mistborn?
Brandon Sanderson
Let's do a RAFO on that.
Questioner 1
So the Sleepless kind of have me wondering about what sentience is in the cosmere. Like how would a Sleepless manifest on the Cognitive Realm--
Brandon Sanderson
That's a good question, you'll-- that I'll RAFO. But they are a single consciousness, but they would argue that all your cells are independent of you. So they are cells that can move around. They're really fun... they started in a non-cosmere book when I was 22. Obviously a bit inspired by Fire Upon the Deep, one of my favorite science fiction books. And I read that book and I'm like, "Group consciousnesses are cool!" what if you had a species that was made up of-- Not like one of these Ender's Game y'know, one, but each swarm was an individual and they could breed and evolve their own things to do different stuff. So each of these little bits, these hordelings is what I call them-- I might change because we've got cremling now. But each of these little bits is bred for a specific purpose, "Feed the swarm" and stuff like that. So they've got all kinds of cool stuff going on.
Questioner 1
Are they slivers?
Brandon Sanderson
Oh slivers. Not quite like slivers. Slivers are a little more that whole Ender's Game thing, right? And this is actually an individual that's not a hivemind. This is an individual, single consciousness, and they've got a step between cell and body. We kind of do too, like mitochondria are kind of "What are these? Are these things we ingested somehow and got working for us?" It's all very cool.
Questioner 2
So is it like Malazan Book of the Fallen, like the D'ivers?
Brandon Sanderson
Ehhh, there's little--
Questioner 2
Okay, a little?
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah.