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TheFoxQR
Is this (see sources) a valid breakdown of known Rosharan Magic? The idea here is that two Shards on Scadriel gave us 3 systems - two mono-shardic and one di-shardic. Mono-shardic systems being each shard expressing itself, and multi-shardic systems arising from an interaction between the two. So by that logic, on Roshar, 3 shards should give us 3 mono-shardic, 3 di-shardic, and 1 tri-shardic systems. It is mentioned that Odium (the Void) is bound by the powers of Honor and Cultivation. With the caveat that the Everstorm is also probably in between Honor and Odium?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. I'd suggest the chart is worth studying, however.
asmodeus
(paraphrased)
Would the Unmade correspond to the various Knight Radiant Orders by philosophy? Would Odium's champion be his equivalent to the Bondsmiths?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
No, the varieties of the Fused do that. It's not 1-to-1, but think of the Unmade as the analogs of Heralds. Odium has no Bondsmith Analog.
Questioner
I was wondering about the pictures in the cover of this [Oathbringer]. Are they specific characters in the book, or just art?
Brandon Sanderson
They are the Heralds. I went to some artists and said, "Do me your rendition of something that would be on the Sistine Chapel in-world for the Heralds," so that's four of the ten. So that is what we ended up with.
coltonx9
Do larkins have gemhearts?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. You can assume that Rosharan creatures have some sort of gemheart, generally. That is not 100% but you can assume it's a thing they'll have. But I will RAFO specifics.
Questioner
Moash killed a god? One of the Heralds?
Brandon Sanderson
He did. One of the Heralds. And trapped his soul so he couldn't be reborn.
Questioner
That's what it is. Trapped his soul, didn't actually kill him?
Brandon Sanderson
It's killed him-- It was like, extra killed. The Heralds are bound to a cycle of rebirth that happens-- that they wanted to make sure didn't happen that time.
Questioner
How tall is Kaladin?
Brandon Sanderson
Kaladin I think is 6' 4"? But I'm not 100% sure how the equivalent-- Like he is 6' 4" to Rosharans, which may actually put him several inches taller to the 6' 4", like the feet on Roshar are not exactly the same as feet here.
Jofwu
Who or what is Vorinism named after?
Brandon Sanderson
I can't remember. I named it twenty years ago, now. In-world, it is named for somebody. The early influential writer who put the whole thing together. But that's the new continuity, because the old continuity, it was kind of put together by the Heralds.
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.
Jofwu
Roshar's moons, do they have special spren associated with them?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
KalynaAnne
Lift has lots of pancakes and you only describe six of them. I was wondering if you could tell me of any of the other three?
Brandon Sanderson
Okay, sure... One is a terrible, awful, seafood one that Rosharans would eat and I would hate, and people that I know would love. Not sure what the other two would be. Probably a very spicy one, a savory spicy one. Probably a vegetable greenish one, something that over here would look like it has spinach in it.
KalynaAnne
Is that different form the one-- she mentions one that has chopped vegetables in it?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, that would be different. It would be a pure green one as opposed to one more like--
KalynaAnne
Like a fritter?
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah. Yeah.
Jofwu
The ten gas giants, are they associated in any way with the Essences, the Heralds or the Knights Radiant other than culturally?
Brandon Sanderson
Only culturally.
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.
Questioner
Why is it called a Nahel bond?
Brandon Sanderson
That is a word in Rosharan. I'm not sure what it meant in 2002, but it basically just means "the bond to divinity." I'm not sure what the 2002 version of the linguistics played out as. I actually just called it Nahel in the original draft. I added "bond" in as I prepared this [Way of Kings Prime excerpt] for reading so it would make more sense to people.
Questioner
So... Shardblades are modeled after Honorblades. Are Honorblades modeled after something else?
Brandon Sanderson
The Honorblades were provided for the Heralds. The person doing the providing was aware of certain things. So, yes, but not really. I think it is-- I can answer a "yes," but it's more like a big asterisk.
Questioner
Do the Heralds know about AonDor?
Brandon Sanderson
I would say, conceptually, a few of them do, but not in specific detail.
Questioner
'Cause Ash's name is a combination of Transformation, Beauty, and Light. I didn't know if that was a coincidence, or--
Brandon Sanderson
There are some non-coincidences in the linguistics that people have started to pick up on, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the people who have those names know about the origins of their names.
Questioner
How do the Heralds come back? As Cognitive Shadows, how do they a physical body?
Brandon Sanderson
That system will be explained in the coming books, so that is a RAFO. I'm gonna dig into it pretty deeply. It's relevant for multiple reasons...
In the original version, Taln ended up in someone else, like they would get a body from someone else, which was part of fueling the "Is he crazy, is he not," because people were like, "I recognize this guy!" I don't use that system anymore.
Questioner
That's what I was wondering, because the Fused--
Brandon Sanderson
They use something kind of more like the Fused in the original draft, it's not that process anymore.
Questioner
Is that gonna give us lead-ins to how it worked with Kelsier?
Brandon Sanderson
Maybe. Maybe. You shall see.
Questioner
Can you turn a parshman into a Parshendi by giving them breath?
Brandon Sanderson
Parshendi is a nationality. So, no. No more than you could make someone an American by teaching them to speak with an American accent. But also, how do you define being a Parshendi when the culture is basically collapsed at this point? Basically, no.
Questioner
How did the Nahel bond manifest in Way of Kings Prime? What was missing?
Brandon Sanderson
I had a little light-and-sound show. It never actually happened on-screen. I had it-- If you've read Snapshot, it was this sort of thing that I intended to be a thing that they would see and could not be replicated, and you just kind of knew when it happened. Like, you were glimpsing the Spiritual Realm, something like that. But it never actually happened.
Questioner
Was he actually a Herald, then?
Brandon Sanderson
He was actually a Herald. The book ends with him dying, and no one believing; except Jasnah, the atheist, believed he actually was a Herald, even though she didn't believe in God. And so it was like, "Well, we have to find out how to get him back. Because he can obviously be reborn." So that was one of the ends.
Questioner
Are we ever going to get to read that?
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah, once it's no longer spoilery.
Kogiopsis
Are the rats that Spensa eats actually rats, or is this a Rosharan chicken situation?
Brandon Sanderson
I made them actual rats.
Kogiopsis
Are they native to the planet?
Brandon Sanderson
They are not native to the planet... They predate her people crashing on-- There were humans on Detritus before, when it was not called Detritus.
Questioner
You said some of those things [from Way of Kings Prime] are still canon. Is the fact that if you have one of the honorblades, you can find the other honorblade holders?
Brandon Sanderson
The 2002 version, he thought that's how it worked, but it actually just led him to the other honorblades, because he had never seen a Herald without their sword before. It doesn't even work in the 2002 version; he ends up finding the honorblades, but no Heralds. He finds the place that they abandoned them later on. So, no.
Willshaper Wallar
...Were the Heralds alive for the human exodus from Ashyn?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes. They were not Heralds then, but they all made that trip. I believe. My timeline-- You can't nail me down on that one, because it's possible that Ash was born after, but I don't think so.
Questioner
Do the Heralds know about Aons? I am asking specifically about Shalash. Shao, Ale, Ashe. Transformation, Beauty, Illumination.
Brandon Sanderson
Let's say that some of them do and some of them don't. The question is "do the Heralds know about Aons?" How cosmere-aware are the Heralds? It depends on the Herald.
Questioner
So Lift gets her awesomeness from food. Is that a Lift thing or is that an Edgedancer thing?
Brandon Sanderson
That is a Lift thing. She is a very specific thing, and what she is will come out more, as the series progresses. It's not just a little one-off, there is actually something more behind it, but it is not an Edgedancer thing.
Questioner
I was starting to think that maybe there was something that Cultivation's people had their own kind of Heralds, that had their own alternative energy so--
Brandon Sanderson
It's going to probably take until Lift's book to start to dig into it too much, but it isn't that far off, 3 books.
Questioner
*laughs* Only 3 books?
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah, she is 6th.
Khyrindor
So, I was hoping to get a confirmation on Mraize's age?
Brandon Sanderson
I'd probably-- Well, what did I say before?
Khyrindor
Not sure, I was just asking the question.
Brandon Sanderson
Okay good, I didn't think that I had confirmed this. I'm going to RAFO it.
Khyrindor
Like, is he older than a normal person?
Brandon Sanderson
I will RAFO it, yeah. Let's say though, that, though he has been off-world, he himself is a Rosharan.
Khyrindor
A Roshar native?
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah.
Questioner
Is the nation JinDo in Elantris-- Are they at all- were you thinking of Shinto, the Japanese religion that also goes by Jindo?
Brandon Sanderson
I did not know it was also called Jindo, but I was definitely working with Japanese morphemes when I was creating that.
Questioner
The second set of Stormlight books, [six] through ten, will that-- will those be more focused on the Heralds' point of view, is that the idea?
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah, so Taln and Ash, who are both Heralds, are going to be main characters, and they'll each get books dedicated to them. The characters who survive the first five will still be main characters as well, but it's gonna turn more on what happened with the Heralds and things like that. The first five are turning more on what happened with the Knights Radiant and then the last five are more what happened with the Heralds... 'Cause we'll get flashbacks to the time of the Dawnsingers and things like that.
Questioner
Are we going to see any other viewpoints from the Heralds?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, you will see-- I mean, Taln and Ash are both main characters, right? But you should see other viewpoints of other Heralds as we progress. The ones that survive long enough to get viewpoints.
Questioner
Are they gonna be viewpoints in this current timeline?
Brandon Sanderson
You will see more in this current timeline. I know specifically several that are going to be interludish sort of things coming up.
Questioner
You mentioned that the Heralds could sense each other's location--
Brandon Sanderson
Only in that version of the story... In that version of the story he actually gets his sword and it lets him sense and it leads him, not to the other Heralds, but the other Honorblades. He was mistaken even about that power because they have never separated from them before. And so, he thinks that he's going to find the other Heralds and he just finds their abandoned Blades.
It was very cool in the context of that book. But of course, where the other Honorblades are now is not necessarily a mystery anymore. It doesn't kinda work in the current continuity.
Questioner
Would Hoid be able to harm a Herald or a Cognitive Shadow?
Brandon Sanderson
Um, so, he is curious about this too. I don't know if I should canonize this. Let's say: odds are, no. Cosmere scholars would guess no.
Questioner
On Roshar, if a Herald were to die, to not-really-come-back die, would it possible for someone to take up the mantle of that Herald?
Brandon Sanderson
You're gonna need to read and find out, because this is the first time that happened was at the end of Oathbringer.
Questioner
Because he is dead--
Brandon Sanderson
He is dead dead.
R'Shara
Is a Herald being able to sense where the other Honorblades are still canon?
Brandon Sanderson
No. It's possible I will decide to canonize it, but right now it is not.
Questioner
Are the Unmade and the spheres that contain them only on Roshar or are they in other planets in the cosmere?
Brandon Sanderson
You need to rephrase that question a little bit. Ask me again, remembering there's a big difference between the Rosharan system and the rest of the cosmere. There's three planets in the Rosharan system.
Questioner
*Gestures* Particularly in these ones.
Brandon Sanderson
It's possible that Unmade influence and existence would extend beyond Roshar.
R'Shara
A long time ago, where you said that Pailiah was the elderly ardent in Kharbranth that Shallan saw, is that right?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes? If you say I said that, then I did.
Questioner 2
Does that mean it is still true?
Brandon Sanderson
Let's just say there is a Herald in close proximity to Taravangian.
R'Shara
It was in a signed book but we never got a picture of it.
Brandon Sanderson
There is a Herald in close proximity to Taravangian. I'm not being sneaky about that.
R'Shara
Is there more than one?
Brandon Sanderson
There have been in the past, but there is only one that you would call influencing him right now. But there have been others in the past.
Extesian
I'm loathed to ask two questions but this is a clarification - it was reported way back that you confirmed that the ardent in the Palanaeum is Pailiah. Are you willing to confirm?
Brandon Sanderson
There is a Herald in close proximity to Taravangian, but she's not anyone in his immediate inner circle seen commonly on screen.
unchainedt
[The Oathgate map] can't be a very early Rosharan piece, because it lists the Shattered Plains, which weren't shattered when humans came. It also list all the current kingdom names, and the human kingdoms wouldn't have existed anywhere except Shinovar during the early days before humans ventured out elsewhere.
Peter Ahlstrom
Anything on the artwork that uses that font is an annotation by Nazh.
MS-07B-3
It's noted in Oathbringer that Taln was the only Herald who was not supposed to have been one, and that he was not a king, general, scholar, or anyone "special" as it were. So what occupation did he hold before becoming a Herald?
Brandon Sanderson
He was a soldier and bodyguard.
Argent
Now that we have canon art of Ishar, Shalash, Jezrien, and Vedel, what Rosharan nationalities would you say they resemble the most?
Brandon Sanderson
Jezrien and Vedel would be seen as Alethi, most likely. Shalash would be seen as Azish, while Ishar would be seen as Shin, probably.
NightWillReign
Wait, but if Ishar looks like he’s from Shinovar, how did the Tukkari accept him as the God-Priest?
Brandon Sanderson
That's a RAFO--but is a question you're supposed to be asking.
Genabackan
Ever considered a novella set in the Silver Kingdoms or during another ancient Rosharan era?
Brandon Sanderson
I have considered earlier-era Rosharan novellas, but I don't think one is likely in the near future.
Kyrroti
What's your process for writing Rosharan Myths such as Fleet's race? They are always my favorite parts of the Stormlight novels.
Brandon Sanderson
I love folklore, and spend a lot of time looking into the folk myths and stories for various cultures. I try to make the various myths, particularly those shared by Wit, have a different "Voice" from my normal narrative voice, as I want them to feel like legitimate ephemera from the world.
Blightsong
In Oathbringer it is revealed that the humans who originally came to Roshar were the first ones to be named Voidbringers and that they carried magical powers. The Stormfather also implies that modern Surgebinding didn't exist before the Heralds. Were the original powers that the humans possessed Voidbinding?
Brandon Sanderson
So, we're getting into lots of interesting definitional problems here. And also the ways that different entities perceive the definitions of different terms. I will answer this question specifically as we do the flashbacks from Ash and Taln's viewpoints. So you've got a long ways to wait. But understand that definitions are not always-- the way that people define things cannot always be trusted. That said, humans were not using powers from Honor originally.
WhoisJohnFaust
How much of a Mistborn prequel would the game have been? Are we talking; post pit Kelsier, or more of a Lord Ruler's first days taking over the other nations? Something in the middle?
Brandon Sanderson
It was set early in the Final Empire's existence--second or third century, I believe. So a pretty deep in the past prequel.
Coltonx9
I just want to know what sort of tattoo Nazh got after getting himself drunk on Horneater lager.
Brandon Sanderson
It's an embarrassing Rosharan glyph.
XMikethetrikeX
Could Marasi's Allomantic grenade mimic Rosharan surges?
Brandon Sanderson
Plausible, with some work.
R'Shara
How many times did a Herald break and let the Fused return to Roshar?
Brandon Sanderson
Oh, so how many Desolations were there, total?
R'Shara
Between the Oathpact and Aharietiam?
Brandon Sanderson
Not as many as people say there are.
R'Shara
More than fifty, less than fifty?
Brandon Sanderson
I would guess offhand more than fifteen, but not much more. That's the sort of thing I just have to look at the timeline on. You're catching me flat-footed on that one. I would have to go look. Not as many as they think, but more than fifteen.
R'Shara
More than fifteen? Okay, because I actually asked more than fifty.
Brandon Sanderson
Oh you asked more than fifty. More than fifteen, less than fifty.
Questioner
Can a Returned be made from Stormlight?
Brandon Sanderson
How would you count the Heralds?
Questioner
I haven't read much, so I don't really know what you're talking about.
Brandon Sanderson
In the Stormlight books, there is a set of people who are constantly reborn, into full sized grown bodies that are being created for them. Would you count that as being Returned?
Or do you count Returned...What's your definition, right? You can create something that is Returned-like. But your definition of what is Returned and what is not, is going to be involved in that.
Slowswift
Connection on Scadrial. If you tried to use it in a neutral zone?
Brandon Sanderson
A neutral zone between nations? I will RAFO that, it is something I have considered.
Questioner
Are these old Radiants?
Brandon Sanderson
Those are Heralds. That's Ash, who you'll see that the very end of this [Oathbringer]. That's Jezrien who's also near the end. You haven't met her [Vedel] yet. Ishar, you have heard about. And it's identified in this book who he is. But those are artist interpretations of them, in-world. They're like the Sistine Chapel versions of the Heralds. They might not look exactly like that, but that is an in-world interpretation of them by an artist.
Stormlightning
Is there a set number of them[Dawnshards]?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Stormlightning
Are you willing to say?
Brandon Sanderson
No.
Stormlightning
Are you willing to say if they originated in the Rosharan system?
Brandon Sanderson
I am not willing to say.
Questioner
I was wondering if the Oathpact was limited just to the 10 original Heralds, or if someone could possibly take their place?
Brandon Sanderson
*Presumably hands RAFO card*
Oversleep (as Droga Królów)
Do the Heralds need to consume Investiture in order to stay in their body?
Brandon Sanderson
No. Good question. Excellent question. They're asking if they're like Returned and they need to consume a Breath each week.
