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Brandon Sanderson
Felt
Oh, and Felt gets a mention here. I don't know if you remember him from book one, but he was the spy who Elend sent to tail Vin one night and figure out who she truly was. He was loyal to house Venture, and Elend inherited Felt from his father when Straff fled Luthadel and left behind most of his servants and men.
A third son of a very minor nobleman, Felt is used to working for a living—something that does happen to a lot of nobility in this world, even if the ones you see most of the time are either too busy ruling, stealing, or going to war to bother with things like that.
Questioner
You know Felt?
Brandon Sanderson
Felt, I know Felt.
Questioner
Is Felt originally Scadrian?
Brandon Sanderson
Yep... You guys know about that, right? I don't think that's a big secret. But, he is, and that should be raising other questions.
Questioner
About his name? Or how he's showing up on Roshar?
Brandon Sanderson
About that and the fact that-- He should stand out more.
Questioner
So I noticed in Mistborn Era 1, there-- the head guard of the Venture House was a man named Felt.
Brandon Sanderson
Yes. Well… yeah.
Questioner
He was in the guards.
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah.
Questioner
There's also a character in Words of Radiance--
Brandon Sanderson
Yes!
Questioner
--a scout called Felt. Is that the same person?
Brandon Sanderson
It is the same person. *audience murmurs/laughs*
Moderator
You didn't repeat that one.
Brandon Sanderson
Is the Felt from Mistborn the same as the Felt from Stormlight. Yes it is.
That's one of the two things I can remember surprising Peter. Which was, when he's like, "This name is kind of interesting. It's kind of different. You sure you want to use this? Shouldn't he have more of a Vorin name?" I'm like, "Go read back in Mistborn." He's like "OH!" *laughter* I'm always happy when I surprise Peter, because-- The other big one that surprised Peter was when I put Vasher into Stormlight, right? He's like, "Huh... Vasher-- Vasher is in Stormlight?" And I'm like, "Go read Way of Kings Prime." Which he had read, which is the Way of Kings I wrote in 2002, where lo and behold Kaladin's swordmaster is Vasher, named Vasher at that point. He hadn't realized that I had written Warbreaker after as a exploration of this character who'd already been in The Stormlight Archive. Those are the two things I can remember Peter not catching about the cosmere. He gets most everything but those two surprised him.
Questioner
Is the Felt question the one that you got away with?
Brandon Sanderson
No, that really is-- Felt really is Felt. He's been around, let's just say.
Questioner
Are there more places I should look for him?
Brandon Sanderson
Eeehhhh, there are more places you could look for him, whether you find him or not is a matter of…
Questioner
I'm going to guess that he's going by a different name in other places.
Brandon Sanderson
Things that he s-- There are things that he said in Mistborn which are relevant in minor ways... These are not huge big things, when you read them you'll be like "Oh, interesting".
Hoiditthroughthegrapevine
*written* Is Felt and agent of Harmony? If not, is he a member of a secret society that we have seen?
Brandon Sanderson
*written* Felt is different in his allegiance depending on the part of his life.
*spoken* Felt's allegiance has changed at various times during-- yeah, we'll just say that. His allegiance has changed over the years. There are times he's been a rogue agent.
Questioner
Felt. Was he involved with Scadrial's atium pit mercantile system?
Brandon Sanderson
Let's say, he was aware.
Questioner
How old is he? Was he born around first Era, or so?
Brandon Sanderson
Felt is a little older than that. Not a lot.
Khyrindor
Was Felt cosmere-aware during Era 1?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Khyrindor
Was he directly involved in the interplanetary trade through the Pits?
Brandon Sanderson
He was involved. Whether directly is the right term or not I will not say.
Khyrindor
And is he part of the Seventeenth Shard?
Brandon Sanderson
He has been a member of various different groups and had various different motivations over the years. I would not put him, right now, as a member of the Seventeenth Shard.
Khyrindor
As in, like, Stormlight Archive--
Brandon Sanderson
As of Stormlight Archive Era: Not a member of the Seventeenth Shard. Obviously--well, I won't go any further on that.
Questioner
So, I heard you talk about cameos, are there any other cameos besides Hoid and Nightblood in the books?
Brandon Sanderson
So, Galladon from Elantris, Baon from White Sand, and Captain Demoux all show up in Way of Kings. They're the Purelake scene. Let's see... the character of Felt is a worldhopper, you see him in a couple of books. Watch out for him. Khriss is in a couple of the books, she's the one who writes the Ars Arcanums. Nazh is in a couple of the books, Khriss's assistant. Vasher is in the book. They're all over the place.
Hoiditthroughthegrapevine
Can modern-day Felt get his hands on atium?
Brandon Sanderson
He would know how to try going about it, he would not be able to get ahold of it right now. It would be outside-- It's not something he can just pop off. He would have some ideas on how to try to go about it. I doubt he could pull it off.
