Questioner 1
Are there specific reasons why opposite Shards seem to end up in the same system?
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah.
Questioner 2
So why do opposite Shards...
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO! *laughter*
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#2
Questioner
I was wondering what happens when you compound copper?
Brandon Sanderson
I will reveal this eventually. You're getting a RAFO. Do know that not all compounding does cool stuff. Not all of it does cool stuff, but a lot of it does cool stuff.
#3
Brightlord Maelstrom
Would there be a way that is reasonably feasible to use Aon Tia to teleport off-world?
Brandon Sanderson
Theoretically yes.
Brightlord Maelstrom
...Would there be a way to create it where instead of teleporting you directly there, it opens a portal?
Brandon Sanderson
We'll go ahead and start RAFOing at this point.
#4
Questioner
Do you have to have done the third oath before you can convert your spren into a Blade?
Brandon Sanderson
In most orders, yes.
Questioner
What about Shallan then? Did she do it, cause she was a kid when she first--
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, um... you will find out more.
#5
Questioner
Hoid references a place [in The Traveler] where, there's a presumption in the question, presumably he thinks he might be able to restore something he's lost. As of Oathbringer has he visited that place?
Brandon Sanderson
*hesitantly* Visited the place?
Questioner
Visited the pace he thought he could restore?
Brandon Sanderson
I won't say a hundred percent if it's a place.
Questioner
Where did he hear about it from?
Brandon Sanderson
Hear about what? Give me the exact line, if you would.
Questioner
Yeah, I can look it up for you. "Besides, I've heard of a place... it doesn't matter, I don't care."
Brandon Sanderson
Okay, so he has visited that place he is referencing, but the place is not what he wants to restore.
Questioner
Thanks for the clarification. Who did he hear about it from?
Brandon Sanderson
I will RAFO that.
#6
Maru Nui
Can you both Feruchemically charge and Hemalurgically invest in the same piece of metal?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Maru Nui
What would happen if you burned the Feruchemically charged and Hemalurgically invested metal?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
#7
Newan
I asked a question at the panel, I asked if the person you refuse to say who he is, I was trying to talk about Taln.
Brandon Sanderson
Oh!
Newan
Not Hoid.
Brandon Sanderson
So what about Taln?
Newan
Is there anything you'll tell us about him?
Brandon Sanderson
What do you want to know? Ask me a specific question.
Newan
Is he Rosharan?
Brandon Sanderson
Is he Rosharan? Taln is Rosharan.
Newan
*inaudible*
Brandon Sanderson
Define Rosharan, how about that?
Newan
Native to Roshar.
Brandon Sanderson
That I have to RAFO.
Nowan
Are the Heralds...
Brandon Sanderson
The Heralds are from the same place that Taln is from.
#8
Questioner
Are there any other spren from Odium aside from voidspren?
Brandon Sanderson
Voidspren is a name for spren from Odium, it covers entire categories of spren.
Question
So they're all just generically voidspren?
Brandon Sanderson
Voidspren is a name for them, yes, but there are sub-divisions of things like this.
Questioner
Can you break that down more?
Brandon Sanderson
You will get that broken down in future books as it becomes more obvious what does what, coz they have their own thing that, I'm just going to stop. That's a RAFO.
#9
Questioner
If it's possible for a Shard that's been shattered to be recombined, has it happened yet?
Brandon Sanderson
You have seen things be added back together. I'm not going to say whether you've seen a splintered shard fully be recombined, alright. Ah, you haven't seen it happen, I'm not going to say whether it's happened in the Cosmere or not.
#10
Kurkistan
Could Syl, or any other type of Spren, be seen in a photograph?
Brandon Sanderson
Excellent question, and I like the way you phrase it. Let's give this one a little more time before I get into the specifics of whether spren are manifesting physically or not.
#11
Questioner
Does Nightblood annihilate Investiture?
Brandon Sanderson
Investiture cannot be created or destroyed. It can only change forms. But, anything more than that is a RAFO.
#12
John203
So, at the beginning of Way of Kings, Kaladin's in the slave wagon. He sees an unusual cremling after the highstorm.
Brandon Sanderson
*enthusiastic* He does!
John203
Is that one that can see that he is a budding Radiant?
Brandon Sanderson
Let's just say that that cremling is more than it appears.
I'll give you a RAFO card, because I didn't fully answer, but you got kind of an answer. You'll be able to... Keep your eyes out for people saying, "That cremling looks odd."
#13
Questioner
What would happen if a Parshendi were to attract a spren and bring it into the Highstorm? Like, an Honorspren of some sort?
Brandon Sanderson
Sapient spren have a choice of whether they get bonded or not, unless you entrap them some way. But simply attracting them...simply going into the Highstorm with one wouldn't work, what you said is 'attracted a spren', so, to answer that actually... The thing is, honorspren, all the spren of Honor and Cultivation, not honorspren capital, Honorspren or whatever... The spren that create the orders of the Knights Radiant have not, in the past, been attracted to Parshendi because of certain events in the past.
Questioner
*inaudible*
Brandon Sanderson
You'll have to Read and Find Out.
#14
WeiryWriter
Can a person who dies but somehow hasn't passed Beyond the Three Realms (a la Kelsier) serve in place of a spren for Radiant purposes?
Brandon Sanderson
This is theoretically possible, but it would require an unusual sequence of events.
WeiryWriter
We know that the Stormfather is a Cognitive Shadow and is also acting as a spren for Dalinar but is he able to do that because the "unusual sequence of events" took place or is there something else going on specific to the nature of the Stormfather?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. :)
Carluun
If Kelsier became a "spren" for a Radiant, would he grant Surgebinding or Allomancy?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
#15
Questioner
Could a bloodmaker heal a Shardblade wound?
Brandon Sanderson
Could a...whatmaker? Oh, could a bloodmaker heal a Shardblade wound? Um, yes, yes they could. So, what...so, yes, this is possible. (Long pause) Is it possible? I haven't actually thought about it. I have to work through the mechanics of the magics. Jury's out. Jury's out. I've gotta go and look at the actual mechanics, so I'm gonna "jury's out" on that one. That's a read and find out as, you would think I'd figured that one out, because I'm planning for the conflicts but I haven't, like... So what's happening with the healing on Roshar is that they are using Stormlight to bridge the severed soul and glue it back together, right. So, the magic of bloodmaking is different to an extent, in that it is prompting healing directly from the body, right... I'm gonna go with yes, until I look at it but, jury's out.
#16
Questioner
How did Nightblood get from Warbreaker to Oathbringer.
Brandon Sanderson
He was carried.
Questioner
How?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO! He was carried by someone.
Questioner
What book will you have to read to find out?
Brandon Sanderson
You will find out eventually. Nightblood, the sequel to Warbreaker will include some, Stormlight books will also include some.
#17
Questioner
Can you tell us why he's called "Death"?
Brandon Sanderson
Because he is seen usually in creepy situations, and looks creepy, and mythology has grown up. Though that one's also a RAFO for the Secret Histories-- that's a real RAFO for the Secret Histories. I might get into that. But you can assume that the allure of... I mean, there's a little more to it. But I mean, let's say you saw him...
Questioner
*laughs* That would be... *inaudible*
Brandon Sanderson
You'd be like, "Ahhhh!" So... But no, I do intend-- there are little things like that, that if I write Secret History 2 I can get into where some of these legends started. So you'll be able to see some of the starts of those and things like that.
#18
Steeldancer
The Heralds, back before Honor died, were they directly powered by Honor?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes. You’ll find out more about that, but the Shardblades [pretty sure he means Honorblades here] were pieces of Honor’s soul that he gave them and direct access to his essence.
Steeldancer
Like Vin and Elend?
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah, a little like that. That’s why Honorblades don’t work like Shardblades do, like Radiants do.
Steeldancer
The second part of the question is, what would happen if they were directly powered by Honor and they were holding Nightblood?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO
#19
Maru Nui
What does aluminum do in Feruchemy? What does malatium do in Hemalurgy?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. We'll be releasing a chart eventually that includes all of the powers. I don't want to speak until I have everything nailed down exactly the way I want.
#20
IslayThePeaty
Does Ambition factor into Sel, either in the events we've seen on-planet or in terms of where Uli Da was ultimately spintered?
Brandon Sanderson
I'll RAFO this for now. Suffice it to say that this specific splintering has had far-reaching effects.
#21
Questioner
Dalinar Ascends, right? Like, right then, there.
Brandon Sanderson
I have RAFO'd that. Whether he is Ascending or not is a RAFO.
Questioner
Okay, because I know he kind of mentions from that, I don't know how to say his name but the older guy who has the Diagram--
Brandon Sanderson
Taravangian, yeah. Whether that deserves to be a capital "A" or not is a matter of argument. It can be disputed.
Questioner
I guess my main question would just be Dalinar's now able to pull Stormlight and give it to people now.
Brandon Sanderson
He definitely can. That is a Bondsmith power, so.
Questioner
That is a Bondsmith power, okay.
Brandon Sanderson
That is specifically a Bondsmith power.
Questioner
Because my roommate was saying well, the Stormfather was surprised he could do that or was the Stormfather surprised that he was able to bridge--
Brandon Sanderson
He was surprised by what was happening to Dalinar as a whole.
Questioner
Oh okay, that's what I thought because I was like, because I felt like the Stormlight, that power would be a Bondsmith power.
Brandon Sanderson
Let's say that the Stormfather and Odium were seeing something in Dalinar that, perhaps, the average person watching even who is knowledgeable about Surges would not completely understand... But he will be able to use that power and Bondsmiths in the past have used that same power.
#22
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.
#23
Punzi (paraphrased)
Have we seen a Dawnshard in any Cosmere book?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
Yes and no. *hands RAFO card*
#24
Jess
The black glass beads in Shadesmar on Roshar. If you could somehow get that material into the Physical Realm, would it hold stormlight?
Brandon Sanderson
So, that's a RAFO. Because getting stuff out of the Cognitive Realm into the Physical Realm is a different matter from taking stuff from the Physical Realm to the Cognitive.
Jess
Well, you don't have to weigh in on whether they could get it to the Physical Realm.
Brandon Sanderson
Still a RAFO!
#25
dgenio8 (paraphrased)
You mention that, before the shattering, there was a force opposing Adonalsium. Was it an entity like Adonalsium?
He explain that they gave him to much wiggle room when the anti-Adonalsium question was made, explaining that is answer could mean that a group of people was against Adonalsium. But, for this question, we had to RAFO.
#26
Secondskrull
Way of Kings epigraph:
"Three of sixteen ruled, but now the Broken One reigns (Odium)"
Words of Radiance back cover:
"The Bondsmith (Dalinar), born in blood and death, striving to rebuild what was destroyed."
Am I onto something?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
Phantine
Actually, I have a question for /u/mistborn about that bit. The epigraphs were dictated, and honor's shattered pieces are in the highstorm. Is it "the broken one reigns", or "the broken one rains"?
Brandon Sanderson
It is reigns. (Though that is a cool possible interpretation.)
#27
Questioner
Can one person speak the oaths of more than one order of the Knights Radiant?
Brandon Sanderson
That is a RAFO. It is theoretically possible, but we'll RAFO anything else about that.
#28
Questioner
There's an ardent in Way of Kings who's like described as short and he's at a party and he uses the word "soil". Do we know who he is, is he Nazh?
Brandon Sanderson
That is specifically a worldhopper. I don't think I've revealed who he is. But I'm still gonna RAFO just in case that is somebody.
#29
Questioner
What powers does Mizzy have?
Brandon Sanderson
I’m not telling people that yet, mostly because I haven’t decided 100% how I want it to work yet. I know basically what I want to do, but I haven’t decided how I’m going to play it out. I’m not telling people until I get the book actually written.
Questioner
Does that mean there’s another book?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, if I write another book, it will be a Mizzy book.
#30
Questioner
Will there be a book about the Southern Pole of the Mistborn world?
Brandon Sanderson
That's a RAFO. By the end of the Era 2--Alloy of Law Era--you will know more about them.
#31
Backslash330
Are Shards limited to one per perpendicularity? Can a non-Splintered Shard control where and how their perpendicularity manifests?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO, but yes on the second.
#32
Silasary
Can you make a Hemalurgical spike out of harmonium and what would it do?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, but RAFO. So half an answer and half a not-answer.
#33
Questioner
Are Odium and Harmony aware of each other, and will they ever directly come at each other?
Brandon Sanderson
They are aware of each other, and they are both frightened of the other one for different reasons. Or at least “wary of” perhaps is a better term.
Questioner
That’s interesting. Is that in the narrative perhaps at some point in the future? (another person?) [...] between Harmony and Odium?
Brandon Sanderson
[RAFO cards]
#34
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.
#35
Questioner
If Sazed got bored one day, could he split the two Shards he has?
Brandon Sanderson
Read And Find Out.
Questioner
So for right now, there are fifteen Shards?
Brandon Sanderson
Right now, there are sixteen Shards, but fifteen Vessels. Well, not even that, 'cause, you know.
#36
Questioner
On Sixth of the Dusk, First of the Sun, if humans eat the fruit or the seed of the worms, will they gain Investiture?
Brandon Sanderson
No. They tried that. Someone has tried that.
Questioner
Has Hoid been there?
Brandon Sanderson
That's a RAFO.
#37
Questioner
If you had an AI like M-Bot with subroutines that simulate emotions, if it was written well enough, could it attract a spren?
Brandon Sanderson
I will RAFO that for now, I have been asked it a bunch. Let's just say, AI in the cosmere are going to be an interesting thing to explore. We will explore that.
#38
Questioner
How exactly do you make kandra blessings using Hemalurgy?
Brandon Sanderson
I'll RAFO that for now. Even they don't quite know, right? They were provided by the Lord Ruler for them, and they didn't create them themselves. So, we'll RAFO that.
#39
Questioner
Is Marsh a worldhopper? Can he worldhop? Does he have the ability?
Brandon Sanderson
Ah, yes, yes.
Questioner
Will we ever see him do anything on the other worlds?
Brandon Sanderson
That's a RAFO. There's your card. But yes, no his Investiture would not prevent him from going offworld.
#40
Joe ST
Are we going to be seeing Eastern Slang/High Imperial throughout the whole of the Mistborn sequence? How about on any of the other Shardworlds?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. (But you will see it again.)
#41
Ben McSweeney
*in response to a discussion about RAFOs* There was the one about what painspren look like.
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah, what do painspren look like on the Cognitive Realm.
Ben McSweeney
That's a RAFO.
Brandon Sanderson
That's a RAFO because it is actually relevant to future stories.
Ben McSweeney
It'll be important.
Brandon Sanderson
Not that it's a big deal, but I got to hold some stuff back.
#42
Questioner
*inaudible* Are they getting Shardplate anytime soon?
Brandon Sanderson
That is a Read And Find Out, unfortunately... There are hints that-- if you look, there are certain people that it's implied already do have it. But I'm not gonna delve into that for another book or two.
#43
Questioner
Who is the oldest person in the Cosmere?
Brandon Sanderson
I've been asked this before, and I think I RAFO'ed it. Frost is up there. But I don't think Frost is actually the oldest.
Questioner
So to be determined?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
#44
Questioner
Her name, Lift, is it literally like 'lift', the sound, or is it translated from Rosharan, like the word lift?
Brandon Sanderson
It is translated from Rosharan.
Questioner
Is it a nickname?
Brandon Sanderson
So, I'll RAFO that. But that is actually, it's whatever in Rosharan...not in Rosh...in Reshi, whatever in Reshi...and Reshi is the Iriali language family, so...
#45
Questioner
How did Hoid get the name Cephandrius?
Brandon Sanderson
Cephandrius? Cephandrius is one of his very earliest aliases. Not his real name, but very soon after he stopped using his real name.
Questioner
Okay. Is there any relation to his real name? With that?
Brandon Sanderson
I will give you a RAFO card.
#46
Questioner
Worldbringers and Worldsingers, similar mission?
Brandon Sanderson
The similarity of the names is intentional.
Questioner
Similar origin?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Questioner
Did Hoid start them?
Brandon Sanderson
That's a RAFO. That's a RAFO, but definitely they have a similar origin.
#47
Hoidonalsium
Is the sapphire in the white-gold blade specifically for Jezrien?
Brandon Sanderson
Uh, yes.
Hoidonalsium
Do the gems swap out, or are there different weapons?
Brandon Sanderson
I'll RAFO that one.
Hoidonalsium
Are they Dawnshards? Or blades of Odium, like Honorblades?
Brandon Sanderson
Those are not Dawnshards. Good question.
#48
R.E. (paraphrased)
Does Vasher have a different way of getting access to Stormlight than everyone else? Given that he has no spren, no honorblade and he isn't a squire?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
Yes. He can use Stormlight to stay alive, but it doesn't let him Surgebind.
R.E. (paraphrased)
Could Szeth get access to this method?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
Yes
R.E. (paraphrased)
And use it to fuel Nightblood?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
Yes he could.
R.E. (paraphrased)
Can you tell me what that method is?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
*smiles*
#49
Questioner
Because of Glys' corrupted nature as a spren of Sja-anat, does that mean that Renarin's swearing different Ideals than the mainstream Truthwatcher ideals?
Brandon Sanderson
Um... I'll RAFO that for now. But there will definitely be some differences.
#50
Questioner
Is Shallan's truth, "I am hap-- It's okay that I can be happy?"
Brandon Sanderson
I'm going to dig into that, but this is a big part of it. Let me RAFO that because I'm not sure exactly how I'm going to express it as it goes along, but that sentiment is a huge part of what's going on with Shallan.
Questioner
I was expecting her to manifest Shardplate in the middle of her wedding because she had spoken such a core truth of her identity.
Brandon Sanderson
Let's just say that I'm being very careful about how I show off the first manifestations of Shardplate for narrative reasons.