basstrace
Is Sazed the "Seventeenth Shard", as referred to in the epigraphs of part two of The Way of Kings?
Brandon Sanderson
Sazed is not the Seventeeth Shard. Whether he's IN the Seventeenth Shard is another question. It is an organization.
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lightylantern
In The Hero of Ages, Demoux gets together with a woman named Aslydin. He's then seen on Roshar in The Way of Kings. Knowing how loyal Demoux is, he wouldn't just leave Aslydin behind like that. Is she connected to his reasons for becoming a member of the Seventeenth Shard?
Brandon Sanderson
Aslydin is in the Seventeeth Shard, and had her own work to be about. I've given subtle clues about her before, but the ethnicity of the name should strike you.
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Questioner
Is there ever gonna be a book dedicated to the Seventeenth Shard?
Brandon Sanderson
I don't have a book right now for the Seventeenth Shard. More that they'll be involved in other things. It's possible you will see a short story, but I don't have a book planned specifically about them.
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Questioner
What are you willing to reveal about the Seventeenth Shard?
Questioner
The three guys that you meet in Ishikk's interlude are all from teh Seventeenth Shard. And it is an organization of people who about... They aren't convinced that what Hoid is doing is what he should be doing.
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Questioner (paraphrased)
Demoux. Him, also being in the Interlude. How is that one...
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
He is part of a group called the Seventeenth Shard. [They] are is cosmere-aware and travel around the planets and have a kind of pact of non-intervention. Which they aren't doing a very good job on, because they brought the common cold to Roshar.
Questioner (paraphrased)
How did he actually find out about this?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
I will give you [a RAFO card], because I will answer about the Seventeenth Shard eventually.
Questioner (paraphrased)
*inaudible*
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
The Seventeenth Shard will have a big role to play in future books.
Questioner (paraphrased)
Is Hoid part of the...?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
Hoid is not part of the Seventeenth Shard. They're trying to chase him down.
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Questioner
Will Thinker+Grump appear again? Or is this a RAFO?
Brandon Sanderson
They will appear in the cosmere some day again.
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Questioner
The Seventeenth Shard—is their purpose limited solely to tracking down Hoid? Or all Worldhoppers or is it something grander than that?
Brandon Sanderson
No, they have other stuff. It is grander than that.
Questioner
He's just one of many priorities?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes. They are very worried about what he's going to be doing.
Questioner
But there's others they're worried about as well?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes... They have a task, they have goals, and they are worried that he is going to be [at] cross purposes to them, so is trying to hunt him down.
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Questioner
Is one of the guys that is looking for Hoid in the Purelake Galladon from Elantris?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Questioner
*inaudible*
Brandon Sanderson
You’ll have to find out. He’s part of a group called the Seventeenth Shard, who have kind of been recruited from different planets.
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Ace0003 [PENDING REVIEW]
[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 [PENDING REVIEW]
*spoken* ...I can do that--
*written* So... Iyatil was once in the 17th Shard...
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Argent
Is the Seventeenth Shard a fairly recent organization (in relation to the published books), or have they been around for a while?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO
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KING [PENDING REVIEW]
What would it take for a member of the Seventeenth Shard Shard to convert over to a member of the Ghostbloods?
Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW]
Oh, the Ghostbloods would actively recruit from them. So, I think it would not be terribly difficult. It 's gonna depend on which kind of Seventeenth Sharder. Because there are a lot of non-field-agent Seventeenth Sharders, which would be less interesting. Field agents, they would actively recruit.
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Geoffray
Are the Ghostbloods and the Seventeenth Shard working together?
Brandon Sanderson
No.
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WeiryWriter
How aware is Odium of the Seventeenth Shard? Hoid mentions that he has to be careful to keep his head down as he doesn't want Odium to catch him. Given the history between the two that makes sense, but would Odium have the same policy for the Sharders, or does he not view them as a threat?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO
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Dragon13
Are there requirements to join the Seventeenth Shard, and would they accept, for lack of a better term, a non-enhanced member?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes and yes... Baon is not Invested...
Questioner 1
What would they not like? 'Cause, like, we know they don't like Hoid, and what he's doing-- *laughter*
Brandon Sanderson
They do like what Khriss is doing, alright? This is an acceptable thing to them.
Questioner 1
...What about when people start integrating themselves with a culture, is that gonna make problems?
Brandon Sanderson
They would prefer that people didn't do that.
Questioner 2
So not Vasher?
Brandon Sanderson
Not Va-- Vasher is very far from being Seventeenth Shard. *laughter* So very far.
Argent
Would you say they are a community of scholars?
Brandon Sanderson
They are a community-- They are not all scholars, so I would not say that. I would say they are interested parties who do not want any planets to get destroyed.
Questioner 3
So they're the Apocalypse Guard? *laughter*
Brandon Sanderson
No, they aren't really able to prevent these sorts of things. They're more like the-- Oh what do they call them in DC? The Watchers? ...But those guys are super powerful and stuff, so it's not like that. But you can imagine it's something like that. "We're watching, we're studying' we're investigating, and we're trying to prevent-- ...They're like Starfleet, right? They've got some Starfleet stuff right? "We're gonna go research and study these people, but we shouldn't be involved." It's less about Prime Directive, and more about "What if something we do causes-- exacerbates the conflict between the Shards." the Shards split up for a reason, is what they think, right? Shards split up for a reason, they should continue to be split up, we should not dabble in bringing them together.
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Questioner
What's the intent of the Seventeenth Shard.
Brandon Sanderson
That has not been revealed yet.
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Arcanist Lupus
Is the Seventeenth Shard meant to represent a specific Shardic intent?
Brandon Sanderson
The Seventeenth Shard has a specific purpose, and the name was chosen very deliberately.
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Questioner [PENDING REVIEW]
I see Shai as one of the founding members of the Seventeenth Shard trying to hunt down Hoid. Is there any...
Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW]
I'm gonna RAFO you on this. I'm gonna RAFO you on that. I'm not even going to say whether or not she ever managed to get off planet, even.
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Questioner
See *inaudible* and other signings that Hoid had both long life and lived through time when we was worldhopping, how about other members-- or not "other," just members of the Seventeenth Shard? Like are they time travelling or they have long life--
Brandon Sanderson
It is a mixture of both. Either, or, and.
Questioner
And the RAFO question: where did they get it from?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO! There are many methods and there is no one method, and you know some of them already.
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Khyrindor [PENDING REVIEW]
Was Felt cosmere-aware during Era 1?
Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW]
Yes.
Khyrindor [PENDING REVIEW]
Was he directly involved in the interplanetary trade through the Pits?
Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW]
He was involved. Whether directly is the right term or not I will not say.
Khyrindor [PENDING REVIEW]
And is he part of the Seventeenth Shard?
Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW]
He has been a member of various different groups and had various different motivations over the years. I would not put him, right now, as a member of the Seventeenth Shard.
Khyrindor [PENDING REVIEW]
As in, like, Stormlight Archive...?
Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW]
As of Stormlight Archive Era: Not a member of the Seventeenth Shard. Obviously--well, I won't go any further on that.
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Dirigible (paraphrased)
Did Demoux achieve immortality by manipulating his Connection age?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
Demoux uses the same method as most of the Seventeenth Shard. That method slows aging by a lot, but doesn't stop it completely.