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AptoCanavalian
Dear Brandon, If you could have a dinner party with six of the characters that you have written about, which six would you choose and why? Would your answer change if the party was in someone else's house?
Brandon Sanderson
Well, it would be tough--I'd have to decide if I wanted the party to be crazy, interesting, or low risk.
For example, inviting Hoid and Kelsier to the same party could result in murdering. Having Sazed around with someone like Jasnah would lead to some great discussions of philosophy.
unknown
Wait--are you implying Hoid and Kelsier would want to murder each other, or that they would team up to murder other people?
Brandon Sanderson
Hoid and Kelsier do not get along. At all.
wicktacular
If Hoid were a Magic card, what colors would he be?
Brandon Sanderson
Uh, he would be five-color. But most most likely if he's gonna drop a color it's white.
Questioner
I was actually going to ask where you came up with the idea of Hoid?
Brandon Sanderson
Hoid is inspired by my desire to tell a story that spans other stories. I would say the origins of that are probably Asimov, when he made the Robots books and the Foundation books tie together. Something like that. Maybe Michael Moorcock, he had a similar sort of cross-world thing. I was reading both of them a lot right when I started coming up with that. So I would say, that's the origin of it. Stephen King has done it, but I didn't know he'd done it. I hadn't been reading him as much.
Kalinque
Wait, Hoid can't eat meat, despite the fact that he loves bacon? That poor, poor man.
Makes me wonder if this extends to Soulcast meat, though.
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah, that's usually part of the joke when I mention his love for it.
There's a cognitive aspect to it, though--but whenever he's around food, you'll often note him acting a little oddly.
kaggzz
So does that mean he was extra mean to the Alethi because he had to show up to all their feasts as Wit?
Brandon Sanderson
No, taking on the Wit persona was his choice.
neonmarkov
Is that inability to eat meat and harm people related to the Intent of the Dawnshard he took up? Is he like a Sliver in a way?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO, I'm afraid. But these are the right questions to be asking.
Blightsong
Was Hoid trying to become an Elantrian kind of in a way how Kelsier was able to connect to Preservation to take up the Shard?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, the thing about it is you're getting Hoid before he knew as much as he did in Scadrial era, so what he was trying to do was completely ineffective and it couldn't have worked.
Questioner #1
Doesn't it get weaker the farther away you are, so it wouldn't help at all.
Brandon Sanderson
Mhm.
Questioner #2
Well we have an example of an Elantrian on Roshar, so.
Brandon Sanderson
Yes we have an Elantrian on Roshar, but we don't see him use any powers, and his skin is dark on Roshar rather than glowing, granted that could be a disguise. That is something to be aware of.
Questioner
Probably a question you are not going to want to answer but how old is Hoid?
Brandon Sanderson
How old is Hoid? ...Hoid is older than the Shattering of Adonalsium. Hey there is an answer for you! He is very old.
Questioner
Hoid seems to have an unability to be able to harm people *inaudible*. Why is that?
Brandon Sanderson
That is a RAFO. That's a read and find out.
drughat
Is Hoid's home base a place that can only be accessed through Shadesmar?
Brandon Sanderson
Hoid has a home base on Shadesmar, yes.
Chaos
Can Hoid jump through time? If so, can Shards jump through time?
Brandon Sanderson
Hoid, so far, has only moved forward in time. He has not 'lived' all of those years, but has used some time dilation techniques. That said, he is far older (both in relative and real time) than a normal person can live.
ParadoxicalWims
Was Elantris (the book) the first time Hoid has even been to Sel. If not, how deep is his connection with the Enefel(s)? ;) and was Hoid on good terms with Aona and Skai before their deaths?
Is Cultivation 'broken' in some way?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFOs all around.
i_am_a_watermelon1
I've heard somewhere that you already have a backstory for Hoid written, but you're waiting to release it as it would reveal too much about the Cosmere universe... is this true?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, this is true.
i_am_a_watermelon1
Do you ever plan on bringing different realms together?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes I do.
Sapphire_Bombay
Is Wit still capable of producing children, given his situation?
Brandon Sanderson
He...*thinks for a long time* What do I wanna say? I will say RAFO. I'll say RAFO. This is one of the RAFOs where I absolutely know the answer, and I'm not going to give it to you yet.
Kythis
Is there anything Hoid was scared of? And if so, is it still around, and regardless, was it a person...
Brandon Sanderson
There are many things that Hoid is scared of. He is really scared of Odium, but there are others.
Undercoverwillshaper
Are we going to see any of the truths that Wit-- that Hoid speaks in [Stormlight 4]?
Brandon Sanderson
*slides RAFO card across table*
Questioner
Is it possible to Compound your Spiritual Connection to a location on a planet while storing your Spiritual Connection to all other locations on the planet to kind of pull yourself through the Spiritual Realm to that location?
Brandon Sanderson
That's not how that would work. Parts of what you say are possible, but the teleportation aspect wouldn't actually do anything.
Questioner
Was Hoid trying to Compound his Spiritual location in the scene you added in the 10th Anniversary [Elantris]? Was he trying to Compound Connection to that location to try to become Elantrian?
Brandon Sanderson
...So at that point chronologically he was not an Allomancer.
Windrunner
Why does Hoid want the Moon Scepter? Or was it just a convenient excuse to get Shai imprisoned?
Brandon Sanderson
He wanted it for more than just getting Shai in prison.
Questioner
Does Hoid learn languages magically or is he just a gifted linguist?
Brandon Sanderson
He is learning them magically. He does-- He's decent with languages but he needs to be able speak as if he were a local in order to pass the way he does. And no matter how gifted you are, doing that, particularly for multiple tongues, is-- Yeah.
Xandeis
Who is HOID? I have read Elantris and all three Mistborns but don't remember the name, am I missing something?
Brandon Sanderson
Hoid is a mystery which I cannot speak on other than what has been written in the text of the novels. However, I'm sure that others have explained it by now.
tiabwwtws
Kelsier went and touched Hoid, and then he [Kelsier] got hurt. Can you tell us anything about that?
Brandon Sanderson
Could I tell you? Yes. Will I tell you? RAAFFOO card!
Questioner
And is Hoid now, like he can already basically Lightweave...
Brandon Sanderson
He can already-- I will have to delve into that during Hoid timed, but he was limited, and he's still limited. But there's stuff that he's been trying to do for a while that he can't quite get working.
Questioner
'Cause it seemed like when he and Shallan were creating that story together of the wall--
Brandon Sanderson
Right, he was using her power, right? And guiding it, he wasn't doing it himself.
Questioner
Is that something he can do in general, just help people with their powers?
Brandon Sanderson
Not necessarily. That was pretty special circumstances.
Brandon Sanderson
And we changed Hoid's appearance, in the White Sand.
Questioner
I couldn't even find him.
Brandon Sanderson
He's just, as I remember it--it's been a long time--I think he's just one of the cases Ais mentions talking about.
Questioner
Oh yeah, he's in the letter, no that’s someone else.
Brandon Sanderson
No he's just one of the people Ais' been chasing. There's just this one case that is mysterious to him. Like remember a lot of the early Hoid things were really obscure mentions.
Questioner
How many different kinds of magic does Hoid know how to use? I know you can't tell me exactly but is it hundreds or like dozens?
Brandon Sanderson
It depends on your definition of types of magic, in some ways you could say they are all one. He knows multiple varieties, but not hundreds.
Questioner
So the one thing I've been wondering since the one statement where he [Hoid] said he didn't want to watch Roshar fall, but he would. Has he seen any worlds die?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, he has.
Questioner
In the Cosmere, are we going to get any more worlds or is like what we have enough?
Brandon Sanderson
No. If I can get myself to do it, I have some other worlds that we'll show. They'll be short story stuff though. They are not major players in the actual Cosmere other than Yolen which you haven't seen yet but that's where Hoid's from and that's where the Shattering happened. That's a major one but yeah.
The Only Joe
(paraphrased)
Was Hoid offered one of the Shards we know about?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
You know, I can't remember which Shards I've shown you, Wait, no I haven't shown you that one.
paperstones
Has Hoid ever visited the planet Braize?
Brandon Sanderson
*singing* RAFO! Such a big RAFO! The biggest RAFO!
Is there a plan for a book focusing on Hoid or will he always remain an enigma?
The final Mistborn sequence will have him as a main character, as will the Dragonsteel prequel novels.
JoyBlu
But then [Hoid] has to have a flute [to Lightweave], I don't think he had to have the flute? He thought he had to have help [Lightweaving], so he found other things instead of spren. Is that right Brandon?
Brandon Sanderson
[Asking for clairification on question not contained in audio]
In Way of Kings?
*Makes RAFO face*
Freelancer
(paraphrased)
In the opening of The Emperor's Soul, I see a scene familiar to Warbreaker; the first character we meet is in jail. Was this "connection" intentional?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
Yes and no. Originally there was a prologue which featured Hoid speaking with the main character and setting some of the plot in motion, but it was cut before final revision. Also, it's convenient to begin with a character who is already in trouble.
Snote85
I feel (strongly) that Hoid might be a conjured being. As he states he started life as words on a page. Either he knows that he's a character in a book or someone wrote a spell and poofed him into existence. (or you have another origin for him that I'm not considering) I just figured I'd ask and see what you thought.
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. (You expected something else?)
:)
Hoidonalsium
Was Hoid's Cryptic the same one that was meant for Elhokar?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Hoidonalsium
Is there anything more to the Cryptic than Pattern? Like Shallan's Pattern?
Brandon Sanderson
There's more to every individual! But it is not a more powerful Cryptic or anything like that.
Questioner
How would Nightblood react to Hoid?
Brandon Sanderson
Nightblood would probably try to be very friendly to Hoid, and then-- But Nightblood tries to be friendly to everybody. He's a very friendly, uh, demonic terrible sword that sucks your soul.
Dragon13
In the Way of Kings epilogue, Hoid was playing an enthir. That instrument looks very similar to the one played by the musician in White Sand.
Brandon Sanderson
Yes. They are related.
Hoid has never drawn his sword on Roshar, which looks similar to Nightblood. Is Hoid's sword also Awakened?
That is a RAFO, I'm afraid!
Questioner
Can you tell me something about Hoid that nobody really knows?
Brandon Sanderson
So, I get asked this enough that I've run out of the easy facts. So usually, I have to RAFO that, just because rattling them off is really hard to do, the random facts ones. I used to be able to 'em, like early, I'm like, "This, that." But now, what do I say that won't be a spoiler? That's not known by anybody?
Questioner
Let me ask you this. Is Hoid basically collecting these different Investitures from all the different planets?
Brandon Sanderson
You have definitely seen him trying to do this on multiple worlds. You have seen evidence of him using Breaths and Allomancy, and you have seen him... do something like Lightweaving that he calls Lightweaving, and you have also seen him try to get AonDor and fail. That's in the extra bonus scene in Elantris.
Questioner
Does Hoid go to the same place the Elantrians are going?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Questioner
On Sixth of the Dusk, First of the Sun, if humans eat the fruit or the seed of the worms, will they gain Investiture?
Brandon Sanderson
No. They tried that. Someone has tried that.
Questioner
Has Hoid been there?
Brandon Sanderson
That's a RAFO.
Skaiiwalker
(paraphrased)
Does Hoid use his Feruchemical abilities with the atium to see the future?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
Ah ah ah, I haven't confirmed that Hoid had Feruchemical abilities.
Skaiiwalker
(paraphrased)
You haven't?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
*grinning slyly* No, but most people think he has Allomancy.
Questioner
Has Hoid had a direct interaction with the Nightwatcher at this point. You said he'd be calling her very nasty names?
Brandon Sanderson
*nervous laughter* Hoid is… let's go ahead and RAFO that one.
Questioner
Will Hoid be appearing as a major character in other books besides Stormlight and Dragonsteel?
Brandon Sanderson
Will Hoid be appearing as a major character in books other than Stormlight or Dragonsteel. Yes, he will have a major role to play in the end sequence of the Cosmere, where he will be a major viewpoint character.
Javi
(paraphrased)
I'm really curious about Aimia and I hope to see more about in the fourth book. Have the Heralds or Hoid been there and will they reveal some stuff about it?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
Yes, the Heralds have been there and yes, Hoid has been there. However, I don't think there will be info about Aimia in book four, but in a novella I'm planning to write, like Edgedancer. The story will be about some characters travelling to Aimia.
Questioner 1
Does Wit go to-- uh... what's that one place in The Way of Kings... The one place they go to, aft... The end of the book. Uh, I can't remember it now. *someone suggests something* The city they go to at the very end.
Brandon Sanderson
Of Way of Kings?
Questioner 1
Not Way of Kings, uh...
Questioner 2
Words of Radiance.
Questioner 1
Words of Radiance, yes. Does Wit go there?
Brandon Sanderson
Radiance. Urithiru?
Questioner 1
Urithiru! Does Wit go to Urithiru?
Brandon Sanderson
By the time that a certain somebody at the end shows up there. Wit is no longer with her, and nobody knows where he went.
Questioner 3
Oh, he disappeared again! *others comment*
Brandon Sanderson
He tends to do that. What's that? So Wit has been lost. He will show up at some point in the book... But yes, he will at least have the Epilogue.
zandi
(paraphrased)
Is the Fleet story indicative of future events/ending of SA?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
Yes. Hoid is telling Kaladin things he needs to know. But Hoid's knowledge of the future doesn't extend that far... [or something like that].
little wilson
Is Hoid talking to a skaze?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Miss Silver
Did anyone actually try to assassinate Wit in The Way of Kings or Words of Radiance?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
AllomancerSam (paraphrased)
Where did Hoid get the shirt? Is it widely available on Scadrial?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
The really loud, colorful shirt? It's not a Scadrian shirt.
MistbornTaylor
What do you mean it's not a Scadrian shirt BRANDON
Brandon Sanderson
It's not a Scadrian shirt in the same way that a lot of very kitschy products in our world are not a product of the culture they propose to represent...
Questioner
What was Wit doing during the hunt of the chasmfiend near the beginning of The Way of Kings?
Brandon Sanderson
That's a RAFO.
Questioner
So we'll find out?
Brandon Sanderson
A RAFO does not mean you'll find out. A RAFO just means I'm not answering this right now.
electricdelta
I'm pretty sure Mark Twain inspired Wit/Hoid from Brandon Sanderson's cosmere of books. Care to comment?
Brandon Sanderson
Most certainly he had an influence.
GoufCustom
So, Hoid. He seems to know all of the legends and lore in the worlds he goes to. Is this by mundane or magical means?
Brandon
Both!
Questioner
Can Hoid eat Soulcast bacon?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes. He could probably eat lab-grown meat if he knew it was (or magic-grown meat). He probably could. His psychology will be influencing this, right? Which is why I say "probably." But the magic would allow it.
Billy todd
If somebody lied to him about the nature of the meat, could he eat that?
Brandon Sanderson
No. Well, okay, if they lied and said it was Soulcast, yes, then he probably could.
Questioner 2
It's based on his perception.
Brandon Sanderson
It's based on his perception, yeah.
