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Questioner

Have we seen the lady in the mask-- who's like related to the Ghostbloods--

Brandon Sanderson

Iyatil?

Questioner

Have we seen her in another book, by any chance?

Brandon Sanderson

No, you have not.

yulerule

*Written:* Is Iyatil wandering around the cosmere (Roshar) with a heating medallion? She's a Southern Scadrian, so she needs one of those so she won't freeze to death in normal temperatures.

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO on that, but it's a question you should be asking. 

*Writes:* RAFO

Questioner

So Iyatil, is she from Scadrial?

Brandon Sanderson

Her heritage is Scadrian but she actually wasn't born on Scadrial. But yes and no in that way.

Questioner

So she has a relation to the Hunters then?

Brandon Sanderson

Yes, that's her heritage but she's actually from a city in the Cognitive Realm.

Ace0003

[Can you write] something interesting about the Seventeeth Shard? ...Or how about this, a character that's in the Seventeenth Shard that we don't know about?

Brandon Sanderson

*spoken* ...I can do that--

*written* So... Iyatil was once in the 17th Shard...

FeatherWriter

Is Iyatil from Southern Scadrial?

Brandon Sanderson

Iyatil has heritage along those lines, but she is not.

Overlord Jebus

Is Iyatil a Misting?

Brandon Sanderson

...That's a RAFO.

Overlord Jebus

Is she a Ferring?

Brandon Sanderson

That's a RAFO.

Overlord Jebus

Is she a Mistborn?

Brandon Sanderson

Iyatil is a RAFO!

Questioner

The Ghostblood that's from the southern part of Scadrial. Does that mean she can use the [Allomantic] metals?

Brandon Sanderson

She was not born there. Iyatil is from somewhere else... She has a.. Scadrian heritage. Whether she's an Allomancer or not, I will RAFO. It is possible that someone with her lineage could.

Questioner

So she doesn't have to be born on--

Brandon Sanderson

No.

FeatherWriter

Is her [Iyatil's] mask Invested?

Brandon Sanderson

Mmm, no.

Arthur Dent (paraphrased)

Is [Mraize] a worldhopper?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Yes, he's been to a few planets, highly supervised by his babsk.

Arthur Dent (paraphrased)

So what planet is she from?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Well, that's kind of a hard thing to say. She has 3 planets she's "from". For example, she's living now on Roshar, but then she's from a different planet, but that's not a planet that her people are from.

Arthur Dent (paraphrased)

So there was a mass exodus to that planet?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Not exactly. If you were to find a Japanese American, where would they say that they are from? Her people did not have a mass exodus.

Arthur Dent (paraphrased)

Have we seen mass exoduses before?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Yes, there are some in the cosmere. There's a mass exodus that is mentioned in one of the interludes in [Words of Radiance].

Dragon13

Is Iyatil of Malwish descent?

Brandon Sanderson

In the same way that I am of Danish descent.

Dragon13

Would she perhaps have been born on either Taldain or Threnody?

Brandon Sanderson

She was not born on either one.

Eric

Have we seen Iyatil in any other context, published or unpublished?

Brandon Sanderson

You have not.

Phantine

Is Iyatil left-handed?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO

Questioner

I have a question about Iyatil, can you tell me what world she is from originally.

Brandon Sanderson

Originally? That is a question i can dodge pretty easily im afraid. Iyatil is not from a world you have seen.

Questioner

Does she use the Shardpools to get between various worlds.

Brandon Sanderson

The Shardpools are the primary method that most people use to get between worlds.

Questioner

In Words of Radiance, a character named Iyatil... Is she a member of the race that we see in The Bands of Mourning in the--

Brandon Sanderson

She is related to them in the same way that I am Danish.

Questioner

Okay, so not.

Brandon Sanderson

Well, I am, my heritage is Danish.

Questioner

Okay, so a branch of...

Brandon Sanderson

Mmhmm.

Questioner (paraphrased)

Is Iyatil from Scadrial?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Her heritage is from Scadrial, but she actually is from Silverlight. It's more recent than my heritage from Denmark.