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Are there any different effects on a larkin depending on what kind of Investiture it eats?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, but they are not enormous.
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JoyBlu
Okay, A larkin and an aviar. Could you tell us how they're related - are they a bit similar? Other than that they both fly.
Brandon Sanderson
I would not call them terribly similar. A larkin is a specific type of creature that feeds off of Investiture. And there are some other things like that in the Cosmere. But aviar don't do that. Aviar have a symbiosis with an Invested entity. Aviar are more like, they're kind of weird because they fulfill both the role of a spren, but also the person that's bonding the spren. They're an intermediary.
JoyBlu
Okay. And larkins don't have feathers, right?
Brandon Sanderson
Larkins do not have feathers. They look like little... They look like wasps.
JoyBlu
Like wasps? That little?
Brandon Sanderson
No, not that size, but that's the look of them. They're in the picture in the front of Way of Kings, the magic map. If we have Way of Kings here... We can grab it for you. If you go to my website for the art for Way of Kings, look up "Way of Kings art archive" on my website. It's not the cover, it's on the magic, the double eye symbol of the Knights Radiant in the inside cover flap. There's a pair of larkin there.
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FirstRyder
Could Aluminum be used to protect a Surgebinder from a larkin?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
havoc_mayhem
Would a larkin be able to steal Stormlight from a surgebinder wearing Shardplate? Any comments on whether Shardplate or aluminium would be more effective protection?
Brandon Sanderson
Getting through both would be relatively equal--with the problem being that Shardplate is powered by investiture, which the larkin could feed on. So aluminum is better in that specific case.
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Hoser
Can you tell me something about the larkin and their abilities?
Brandon Sanderson
You will see something about them in the second book. Their abilities are tied to stormlight.
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Lairo1
Is Chiri-Chiri's kind descended from Yolen dragons?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO! :)
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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.
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Stormlightning
Do larkins have a regular digestive system?
Brandon Sanderson
I'll RAFO that.
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Windrunner17
It seemed like from the story there is a strong connection between the larkin and the ancient lanceryn. Would you be willing to answer whether these are the same species by two names or if there is some evolutionary step between them?
Brandon Sanderson
I was a tad vague on purpose, but you're looking at it the right way. It's KIND OF the same species.
WrenElsewhere
Like a pokemon evolution? Most Larkin are charmanders, Chiri-Chiri is a charmeleon, lanceryn are charizard?
Brandon Sanderson
Have to RAFO it from here out. I'll get into it eventually, don't worry.
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Questioner
[...] For the picture of all the Radiants and their surges, in the background there’s two dragons. Are those just--
Brandon Sanderson
Those are not dragons. Those are little beasties from the world. You’ve seen them before.
Argent
Larkin?
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah. But you can call them "dragon bugs" if you want, that’s what Isaac called them when I described them.
Questioner
So are they just from the world, or do they have any over-reaching signif--
Brandon Sanderson
Well they have a certain ability that you may have seen in-world, which is pretty distinctive and different, and so they have a lot of mythological import. They are not widely known by most cultures right now.
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coltonx9
Are there types of Investiture that the larkin can't consume?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, I would say that there are, but it's going to depend on the state they're in. Pure Investiture, a larkin is always going to probably be able to grab, but lots of people can get pure Investiture. Kinetic Investiture they're are gonna have a good chance at being able to grab, but they can't get everything.
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Questioner
Can a larkin become a lanceryn?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
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William Anderson
Why are do the Windrunners, Elsecallers, Stonewards, and Dustbringers have an extra connection on the Surgebinding diagram? Why do the Edgedancer, Skybreaker, Lightweaver, Willshaper's have a broken connection on the diagram? What are the dragon type things in the back of the diagram?
Brandon Sanderson
The dragon type things are a certain animal you've seen several places in the story so far.
These connections will be explained eventually, but remember it's not the orders being connected, but instead their elemental representations. This diagram is very metaphysical, and some of the elements of it are cultural.
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Questioner
Does a larkin with a... *inaudible* draw Stormlight from a Voidbringer... *inaudible*?
Brandon Sanderson
Ah! Would a larkin feed off a-- You will have to read and find out.
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Mason Wheeler
So, Vasher has been on Roshar to live off the Stormlight. Does he know about larkins?
Brandon Sanderson
He has heard of larkins.
Mason Wheeler
How afraid of them is he?
Brandon Sanderson
He is happy that are all supposedly extinct. They would kill him.
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Sweetness
So, those things on the inside cover of [The Way of Kings]. Crabwasps, or crabdragons?
(These guys, for clarification.)
Brandon Sanderson
They range between the size of a hand to perhaps the size of a small melon. You'll find out more about them eventually. Like most things from Aimia, they're pretty odd, and are also now very rare since the Scouring.
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zas678
What would a larkin do on Scadrial around a metal?
Brandon Sanderson
A larkin on Sca-- It would have to-- *pause* I'm going to RAFO that. I mean I know what it would do, but let's let you see what larkins can do more.
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Lance Alvein (paraphrased)
The creatures on the inside cover of Way of Kings - we've had various discussion about what they actually are, and some people are calling them Crabwasps and other Dragonwasps. Can you tell me anything else about them, and can you pick one of the two for us to use?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
The decision for that image was made near the last minute to have Isaac make the image. It is an important symbol, and will be mentioned in detail in later books. While neither name is correct, they both could work until the official name is revealed (Brandon wouldn't pick one over the other).
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Questioner
Who can consume more Investiture, Nightblood or Chiri-Chiri?
Brandon Sanderson
Nightblood. Chiri-Chiri would get full a lot faster.
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Ben McSweeney
It's a Larkin [on the back of the Stormlight-themed playing cards]. It's based on a design we worked up for the icon in the book and on the cover of the novella, but I worked out the anatomy the same as I do for all the other critters. Bear in mind, any artwork you're seeing at this time remains subject to change.
It's sorta like a wasp, but the wing profile and the flight dynamics (such as they be) are more like that of a hummingbird.
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Questioner
He's asking if a larkin is capable of pushing Stormlight into someone as well as drawing it out.
Brandon Sanderson
Ahhh, that's an excellent question. They actually feed on Investiture. Like some other people and things that you've seen. *laughter*
Questioner
So is that a yes or no?
Brandon Sanderson
That is more of a no than a yes. *laughter*
Questioner
So that's highly unlikely that that's how Szeth was resurrected.
Brandon Sanderson
That is correct... You did see how Szeth came back foreshadowed earlier in the books. So if you watch for it, the means by which that happens is in there.
Questioner
How early? *laughter*