Questioner
I have a bit of a problem with the first Desolation timeline. I'm wondering how old were the Heralds when they became Heralds.
Brandon Sanderson
The age that you would see them as when you met them. They basically are the age they look. When they became Heralds, they are the age that they appeared.
Questioner
So they were like in their younger middle age?
Brandon Sanderson
Some of them. I mean Ishar is older.
Questioner
So that means that the entire timeline of the first Desolation happened within a single lifetime?
Brandon Sanderson
A lot of the ancient chronologies are wrong and you won't get the actual answers until the Heralds themselves explain it in their flashback sequences in the back five.
Questioner
You've said that the Heralds came over from Ashyn.
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Questioner
Okay. How old were they then?
Brandon Sanderson
Younger than they were when they became Heralds.