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#852
Eric
The gemstone [Gavilar] gives to Szeth in the beginning of the book [The Way of Kings], is that the gemstone that's spoken of in the epigraphs?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
#853
Questioner
We know the Shattering was done on purpose. Is it having broken up into intents the only way that it could have shattered, or could it have actually shattered into like sixteen pieces pieces that all have the sixteen intents.
Brandon Sanderson
I'm going to RAFO this, because this is not a book i will write for many years and I do not want to start giving spoilers about it.
#854
Questioner
"Most important words" that Dalinar had to say, were they the Words of Radiance?
Brandon Sanderson
You're gonna have to Read And Find Out. That one's not answered yet.
#855
Jamester86
Could a hypothetical shard of double power split itself into two different single power shards at will?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO I'm afraid.
#856
Questioner
Could the mantle of Herald be passed to another person. Could they--
Brandon Sanderson
Read And Find Out, I'm afraid.
#857
Questioner
Is Rial from Bridge 13 a worldhopper?
Brandon Sanderson
I will go ahead and RAFO that for now...
#858
Zmann966
Did Vasher seek the Nightwatcher?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
#859
SheHartLiss
Does that mean Rysn is now immortal?
Is a Dawnshard a Shard along the same lines as Odium/Honor or is it a combination of 4 of that type of shard? Or are Dawnshards entirely separate?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO on most! But the Dawnshards predate the Shattering, so they're something other than traditional Shards. Similar, but distinct in some ways.
#860
Blightsong (paraphrased)
Can a Parshendi with the right mind set transform with an Unmade?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
RAFO.
#861
zotsandcrambles
Is the silver on Threnody imbued with investiture? The presence of a silver knife in Stormlight leads me to believe Threnodoic Silver is actively different than average silver and Threnody's silver could be used off-world in a way - say - Sel's silver couldn't.
Brandon Sanderson
I'm RAFOing most questions about Threnody for multiple reasons. It's a RAFO you shouldn't read too much into, however.
#862
Thadamin
Do Shards need to be based on the same planet to create the interactions that made Feruchemy possible?
If the Parshendi are not originally from Odium and are referred to as the Ancient Ones by spren, then would that make the original Parshendi, bonded to the Splinters that existed before Honor and Cultivation arrived, the Dawnsingers?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
#863
FirstSelector
Silverlight is... old?
Bystander
No, Khriss is old. *laughter*
FirstSelector
I know Khriss is old--
Brandon Sanderson
Let's RAFO Silveright until I set something there. Here's the thing. It's weird.
#864
little wilson
Which eye did Gaz lose?
Brandon Sanderson
Which eye did Gaz lose? Did I go back and forth on that?
little wilson
I have no idea.
Brandon Sanderson
Okay, that's a Peter. I thought it was the left eye but if i did it wrong… It's entirely possible. I have no idea. It's in my notes.
little wilson
How did he lose it?
Brandon Sanderson
Well that is a RAFO! That is definitely a RAFO.
#865
Doniac
A nicrosil Feruchemist can store Investiture, could they potentially create something like a Shardblade?
Brandon Sanderson
All questions about storing Investiture are RAFOs for the foreseeable future. (Sorry.)
#866
Questioner
Is the surge Cohesion, that we haven't really seen much, strong axial, is that related to the fabrials for the half-shards?
Brandon Sanderson
Aha! Um, I'm gonna RAFO. It's not me not knowing the answer, it's me not knowing if I should say or not. I will RAFO that, because I don't want to get into that too much right now.
#867
Questioner (paraphrased)
Do you want to build up Hoid to be a character like Randall Flagg?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
RAFO
#868
triforceorder
Harmony/Sazed says in Secret History that the Beyond is a place he can’t reach, is that true for all Shards that we've met so far or?
Brandon Sanderson
That's a RAFO.
#869
TheDeathlessHorsie79
Bronze is an alloy of Copper. Maybe the cloud Smokers gives is in actuality the complementary rhythm to nullify the rhythm from the metals they are in close proximity with
Brandon Sanderson
I have to RAFO, I'm afraid, but I like this direction of theorizing.
#870
Stormlightning
Okay so, also in Oathbringer, did Wit really speak into Shallan's mind when she was confronting the Heart of the Revel--is that what happened??
Brandon Sanderson
Eh, RAFO.
Stormlightning
Can't you tell me if that's what he did? If that was him?
Brandon Sanderson
*teasing sound* Come on. I won't even tell you. You would have gotten similar RAFOs - that does not indicate any yes or no - about stuff in Mistborn that I eventually came around to.
#871
PaalmReader
Now that Bands of Mourning came out, and the Southern Scadrians. In Sixth of the Dusk, the people who show up, is that them? Because it sounds like the same technology...
Brandon Sanderson
…I've not announced it yet. But a lot of people are assuming that it was.
PaalmReader
Well that's something, it's better than Read And Find Out. Thank you.
Brandon Sanderson
It is kind of a Read And Find Out though so if you want a card you can have one.
#872
Jofwu
Is year one on the [Rosharan] calendar related to Vorinism in some way?
Brandon Sanderson
I would have to go look. I can't remember. I know it's in there.
#873
Questioner
For Jasnah, it seems like maybe a couple times it's been hinted that maybe she prefers women *inaudible*
Brandon Sanderson
Let's just have you Read on And Find Out on that one. There is-- Her book isn't 'til, like-- at the earliest, Book Eight. So, we've got a long ways to go before we're digging into Jasnah some more.
#874
BlackYeti
Suppose you had a full Feruchemist, who got enough Breath to reach the Fifth Heightening. What would happen if he started storing in atium?
Brandon Sanderson
Hehehe -- I'm going to RAFO that one.
#875
Glamdring804
In Way of Kings, Jasnah recommends to Shallan the Devotary of Sincerity. Their motto is "There is always something more to discover." That sounds very similar to our favorite Mistborn psychopath's saying; is Kelsier connected to that at all?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
#876
gurgelblaster
Where's Kaladin's old sergeant Tukks from? Is he still around?
Brandon Sanderson
I'm keeping more stories about Tukks in my back pocket, in case I need them, so this is a RAFO.
#877
Questioner
So Truthless are kind of pretty rare, right, in the Shin society?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Questioner
So how did they come by the [Honorblades] that Szeth's got?
Brandon Sanderson
They, historically, kept all of them.
Auestioner
Oh, ok. I wondered if that was the case. Interesting. Does that have anything to do with why they think stone is sacred?
Brandon Sanderson
You will find out more about that as time progresses.
#878
Questioner
What do painspren look like in the Cognitive Realm?
Brandon Sanderson
That's a RAFO.
#879
Marlon Pastor Barrantes Del Castillo
How did Shallan open the Oathgate with a deadeye spren in the second book?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO! That's all on that same sort of thing. Be asking yourself these questions.
#880
Comatose
What would a fully trained Seeker sense from Nightblood when it is influencing emotions?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO!
#881
Firerust
How did Preservation create the Terris prophecies in the first place, to make them known to people?
Brandon Sanderson
I'm gonna RAFO that, just because it gets really sticky when I have to explain this exactly, and I'm gonna shy away from that right now.
#882
Questioner (paraphrased)
Can you tell me who the herald is for the Truthwatches.
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
RAFO, sorry, good question.
Questioner (paraphrased)
How about one of the surges?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
I am RAFO'ing the Truthwatchers entirely.
#883
ArgentSun
If Rysn's Dawnshard is about Change or Remaking or something like, how do we refer to it? The Dawnshard of Change? The Change Dawnshard? I am asking purely from a semantic standpoint.
Brandon Sanderson
I haven't honestly decided yet, Argent. I am playing with several themes for the Dawnshards even still.
David-El
It seemed from the way the mural was done in the book that you were implying that there are four Dawnshards, one for each four of the shards, considering the sun was split in four, then each quadrant was then further split into four more.
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO, I'm afraid. As I said somewhere else, this was written as it was deliberately--but also somewhat vague on purpose.
#884
Questioner
At the start of previous Desolations, how long would it take the Fused to get back after one of the Heralds broke?
Brandon Sanderson
I'll RAFO that for now. I'm gonna be digging into it. We will have some-- I'm just going to RAFO it.
#885
Ness
Are the pools at the top of the Horneater peaks shardpools?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
#886
Volratho (paraphrased)
Humans on Scadrial have Investiture of both Preservation and Ruin inside of them.
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
Yes.
Volratho (paraphrased)
Feruchemically, does storing Investiture in Nicrosil store this connection to Ruin/Preservation/Harmony?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
You are on the right track, and asking the right questions but RAFO.
#887
Questioner
Are the Shardblade practice guards... Are they made of aluminum?
Brandon Sanderson
Good question! RAFO!
#888
Ankylosaurian
I wondered how silver would differ from aluminum when it comes to interacting with Shades?
Brandon Sanderson
That one's a RAFO for now.
#889
Questioner
Which of the roles Hoid has played is your favorite? And will we be seeing him in Dalinar's flashbacks?
Brandon Sanderson
So which of the roles played by Hoid is my favorite. I would probably say Dust from Warbreaker. I just like-- That's the most true storyteller he's been, kind of based on oral storytelling tradition and things like that.
I can't tell you. You'll have to read and find out whether you'll find him in Dalinar's flashbacks or not.
#890
Questioner
Has Mraize ever Ascended?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. So it's not a yes or no. It's a yes or no or other.
#891
Questioner
What's a seon look like in the Cognitive Realm?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. Good question.
#892
Sparkle Hearts
The assassin Liss. Have we seen her anywhere else?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. Sorry.
#893
Aaronator17
On the topic of aluminum, will we hear soon about how Rosharans know how to soulcast it? Was it natural on the planet and the source was depleted? Or was it brought over at some point in history?
Brandon Sanderson
Those are excellent questions, and a RAFO, unfortunately.
#894
mraize7
Have we seen any character connected in some way to actual Kelsier (era 2) in any of the Stormlight Archive books?
Brandon Sanderson
I'm going to RAFO that for now.
#895
thegatorgirl00
Is Dova is actually the Herald Battar.
Brandon Sanderson
Eh, RAFO. RAFO.
#896
Rah179
Will the Everstorm result in a influx of Radiants?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
#897
Questioner
Which is your favorite Unmade?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. We'll see, I don't know if I have a favorite yet.
#898
Chris King
Would Rock be able to see the Cryptics?
Brandon Sanderson
Would Rock be able to see a Cryptic? That is a good question, you will have to see.
#899
dgenio8 (paraphrased)
What made Vin so special?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
RAFO.
#900
zuriel45
1)Would it be possible to invest a metal such as bendalloy so that it's "active" and create a time bubble? 2)Would an invested object creating a bubble move about the bubble like Wayne does inside his? Or would the bubble move with the invested object? 3)Wayne implies that it takes a couple seconds between dropping a time bubble and creating a new one. Is this a biologically related limit, or magically related limit? 4)Would more powerful allomancy/investment increase the size of the bubble, or change the time differential?
My theory is that if someone created a large bubble that sped up time inside of it (so time outside seems slower) You would cross the bubble faster than light would cross the same difference outside of it. Of course the journey would take the same time inside as it would without the bubble which would mean the need for a generation ship. To compensate someone could then create a smaller pocket of slowed down time (cadmium) which would cancel the sped up time and create a normal time flow. This would allow living humans to experience the same flow of time as someone on scardial itself while the ship still travels are FTL speeds. If the bubbles traveled with the ship then there wouldn't be any additional strain the structure. If the bubbles couldn't travel with the ship but if the time it takes to create a new bubble could be overcome you could theoretically turn on/off the bubble maker at a very high frequency to allow the bubble to be re centered with the traveling ship.
So I'm curious if my theory is feasible?
Brandon Sanderson
You've got some serious RAFOS in there, I'm afraid, but let's see what I can answer.
First, I'd love to have your contact info through my website for running calculations. We've got some people, like Eric, who know their stuff--but having more physicists to help out is important when I start figuring things like red shift and what not.
As for the other questions, I'm digging out answers for you, where i can. Might take me a little longer, though.