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Lore question. Did <which gem> *inaudible* get swapped?
Brandon Sanderson
Ha ha. RAFO. Sorry. Good question.
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Lore question. Did <which gem> *inaudible* get swapped?
Ha ha. RAFO. Sorry. Good question.
Is Edgli Endowment's real name?
RAFO, however the flowers are related to Endowment somehow...
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 Trell a Shard of Adonalsium?
I will RAFO that one too, I'm afraid.
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.
Hoid has Lerasium and breaths, Does Hoid have anything from Sel? Soul stamps perhaps?
RAFO. :)
Wit says an expression, "Speak your fears at a mirror when you get home tonight." I've never heard that. Is that a real-world thing? Or is that, like, a Yolish thing?
Yeah, that's not a real-world thing.
Any clues to what's going on with that?
No, I won't give any clues. I'll RAFO that.
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.
Way of Kings epigraph:
"Three of sixteen ruled, but now the Broken One reigns (Odium)"
Words of Radiance back cover:
"The Bondsmith (Dalinar), born in blood and death, striving to rebuild what was destroyed."
Am I onto something?
RAFO.
Actually, I have a question for /u/mistborn about that bit. The epigraphs were dictated, and honor's shattered pieces are in the highstorm. Is it "the broken one reigns", or "the broken one rains"?
It is reigns. (Though that is a cool possible interpretation.)
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.
Was Drephrast at the Shattering, and if so, did he play a part in it?
Those are RAFOs.
Has TenSoon ever left Scadrial?
RAFO. I believe that I have said that there are kandra on other planets, but I haven't said if it's TenSoon or not.
The Girl That Looked Up. Is that a real story that happened in Roshar? Or just a metaphor?
So, Hoid heard it from someone. He did not make it up.
Because I think Shallan told the story...
Well, he told the story, too- He knew the story, she knew the story... What you're asking is if it's actually historical?
Yes. Did it happen?
I'll give you a RAFO. Because there's actually a little bit to it that I can't talk about. That probably tells you more than I even should already...
There are some weird things about that story, particularly the version that Hoid is involved in.
...Shallan tells half the story, and then later on, Hoid comes, and the story happens again differently. But there are weird things when Hoid is involved in the story that are relevant.
What would happen if a Bloodmaker somehow burned stored <renewal>?
RAFO.
Atium was not a basic metal. Does the Era 2 table of 16 have a similar mistake?
RAFO
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. :)
So, is Adonalsium limited to the cosmere galaxy? I don't think he created the universe?
That is a RAFO. But the cosmere is a dwarf galaxy... They don't know about that.
Will they?
Maybe.
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. :)
Ash is a Lightweaver... The ten Knights Radiant books, and Ash is gonna be a character; she can't be a Lightweaver?
That's a RAFO. But you are noticing something real.
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.
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.
Is the Nameless Angel supposed to be the same one referenced in the official Magic story A Gaze Blank and Pitiless? If so, do you know if the story team is planning on addressing how she came back to life?
You're speaking of the fourth sister, the WB one? The team asked me to RAFO this, meaning leave it ambiguous for now.
You have described ettmetal as some kind of super-cesium. After the reaction with water, is there residual ettmetal hydroxide and what are its properties?
Yes, there is. There's the potential they'll find it and use it, but as far as the properties are concerned, you get a RAFO.
You've stated that the sapphire in the knife that Moash used to kill Jezrien was specifically for Jezrien. Was it that for actual mechanical reasons, or more of a symbolic gesture?
RAFO
Eshonai mentions that the Stormfather (rather, the Rider of Storms to her) was one of the spren who betrayed the listeners for the humans.
Was the Rider of Storms around before Honor and Cultivation arrived on Roshar?
Is the Stormfather composed partly of Cultivation's Investiture?
RAFO. :)
I was curious if Nightblood was the only one of its kind, or if Vasher and Shashara have made any others.
That's a RAFO. Good question. Very good question. There was a point in time when Nightblood was the only one of its kind, and it may have continued until now.
Question about timelines—Was Honor splintered BEFORE or AFTER the Day of Recreance?
You know, I'm going to RAFO that for now.
Once we do get to Dalinar's flashbacks
Will we get to learn his wife's name?
Is his wife's name one that astute readers would recognize?
Will we learn why he want to the Nightwatcher - and the boon and curse he received?
You had to know I'd RAFO this. :)
If you tap Connection in one area, for location, would that remove your Connection to your original place, where you're actually from?
Um, RAFO.
Does Odium control/manipulate/possess Trell? As a pseudo-<counter?> philosophy on the modern era?
RAFO.
If Adonalsium was whole, would there be other powers in the cosmere that could threaten it?
RAFO. But I would say the fact that Adonalsium was Shattered answers that question, itself.
When will we learn more about the Cognitive Anomaly on Nalthis?
RAFO
Was Melishi bonded to the Sibling?
RAFO, good question. Very good question.
Is silver invested in the Threnody system?
RAFO.
Can a single Sleepless swarm (say, Nikli, or Arclo) form 2+ humanoid bodies and essentially pretend to be two people at the same time?
Possible, but difficult. Splitting their consciousness risks accidentally birthing another Sleepless, and splitting them into two people permanently. It's much easier if one of the bodies doesn't have to interact in an intelligent way.
Is this the only way for a Sleepless to create a new Sleepless? Splitting an existing one into two, where each of the two retain some personality/consciousness of the combined, but different enough to be two distinct individuals? Is the process extremely painful and hence prevents them from trying to create more?
That's all RAFO material indeed. I will get into it eventually.
What would happen if you Allomantically burned an Awakened piece of metal?
RAFO.
The capital 'u' in Unity at the end of Oathbringer, is that important?
RAFO.
What is it like at the poles of Roshar, where the highstorms are circling around?
We've thought about this a lot, and I'm going to RAFO this for now. Because I need some meteorological help on some of these things. And so I'm not gonna speak until I'm sure that I know... Like, the meteorology of Roshar is bizarre anyway, the storms are magical, they're dropping crem. So it doesn't mean we have to keep to it exactly. But this is one that I don't quite want to answer yet.
Here's a Dragonsteel question. If I were to wave Leras' knife over a candle, would it light?
...We'll RAFO that.
Does Ba-Ado-Mishram have similar traits to a Borg Queen? In other words, does she consume individuality itself?
RAFO.