ericpeters
What exactly is a dueling cane anyhow?
Brandon Sanderson
Some are flexible, like sparring swords, and are used for duels where blood is not needed.
Others are basically a big length of wood for hitting people, like a tonfa without the grip.
ericpeters
Do canes have a hilt like a sparring sword then? I always picture something like pic being used
Brandon Sanderson
Many have a hilt. However for most, there is no crossguard or the like.
And most don’t taper like that one. They are often of a uniform diameter all the way down. #torchat
ericpeters
You mentioned friday night in Seattle Allomacy has “FTL” built into it, any more hints you can share on how that would work
Brandon Sanderson
It involves where the lost energy from thermodynamic issues goes in certain Allomantic interactions
ShimmerGeek
Will some of the loose ends in The Alloy of Law be tied up?
Brandon Sanderson
All of them will, but some are foreshadowing for the second main-line Mistborn trilogy.
CorbyCampbell
your side characters often have physical infirmities. Can you explain why?
Brandon Sanderson
I feel that often, fiction tends to gloss over or ignore people like Clubs. So I find myself sticking them in.
AshleySMoser
i messaged earlier regarding #alloyoflaw appendix narrator, unaware of today’s torchat. maybe you can respond in the chat?
Brandon Sanderson
I haven’t been telling people the name of the appendix author. It is either Hoid or one of the 17th sharders. #torchat
atheistcanuck
The Almighty’s original name was Tanavast, yes/no?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes and no. The concept of the “Almighty” in Roshar has a lot of meanings, many of them wrong.
atheistcanuck
But the person who held the Shard Honor was originally named Tanavast?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes. You wiggled it out of me. That was the name of the original holder of the Shard Honor.
Chaos
So Aona is a synonym for love, hmm? Is Charity the correct Shard name?
Brandon Sanderson
Not quite. I’m trying to remember what the guesses were for the other Shard on Sel. I may have dismissed them too quickly.
Chaos
How about Mercy for Aona, then? The guesses for Skai’s Shard include Devotion, Obedience, and Order
Brandon Sanderson
Okay, I was right, then. Ha There’s something very ironic in all of this.
keithpishnery
was reading the Liar sample chapters again today. Really want this book to come out… any idea when/if it will show up?
Brandon Sanderson
It’s a long way off. I’m displeased with some of the aspects of it mid-to-late in the book.
feelieking
Is Roshar *broken* in some way? Shards, storms, Spren—everything there seems very fragmented.
Brandon Sanderson
Roshar is broken in some way. You are on to something there.
CameronAndersen
Do allomantic pushes and pulls apply forces only to an allomancer’s center of gravity?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, they do.
BigIllyStyle
Why is Sazed “unfortunately” the hero of ages? Why by depressed about it? He became a god and gets to see Vin etc.
Brandon Sanderson
He did not want the responsibility, and so he regards it that way.
atheistcanuck
whatever happened to the flute that Wit/Hoid gave Kaladin, why do I think it’s going to be insanely important in book 2?
Brandon Sanderson
Kaladin still has it
CoffeeHolick
Did you intentionally make Kredik Shaw resemble hemalurgic spikes coming from Luthadel?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, I did. The modern symbols of the metals (Spikes piercing skin) are also done intentionally.
fbstj
is Sazed important? >.< as in is he (Sazed) as important as, say, Hoid?
Brandon Sanderson
Sazed is both more important and less important than Hoid. It depends on who you talk to and which story you’re in.
atheistcanuck
Can you paralyze somebody’s individual fingers with a Shardblade, I mean theoretically, they’re a bit big to actually do it
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
feelieking
If Vivenna travelled to Scadrial, could she awaken stuff there? Could Vin burn allomantic metals on Nalthis?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO, I’m afraid. Note that at least one of the magics—AonDor—is directly influenced by location.
velinion
Noticing similaritys between Fabrials/Radiants and Lenses/Smedrys… comments?
Brandon Sanderson
Well, being a Smedry is hereditary while being a Radiant is not. Lenses can only be used by Occulators, Fabrials by anyone.
So, there are bound to be similarities, but I see them as being very different.
talonnolan
How do the Shin get Stomlight, if the storms are broken up by the mountains before reaching Shinovar?
Brandon Sanderson
An excellent question that you should be asking. (So…RAFO.) Note that they don’t use it as extensively as outlanders do.
Also note that though the storms aren’t as strong there, they do still reach Shin lands, to an extent.
mistlepro
my question was Aona/Skai Shards shattering the event we saw the aftermath of in Elantris? Or a further final apocalypse?
Brandon Sanderson
The events in Elantris happened many years before The Way of Kings. That’s all I’ve said for now.
mistlepro
But I thought the monks of Dakhor and the ChayShin(?) were all AonDor related? The energy familiars are related to Skai?
Brandon Sanderson
What the Dakhor did accessed the Dor, but it was not AonDor—they weren’t using Aons, but different symbols.
RyanL1986
Do you have any plans to do cross over stories? I would love to see Stormlight v Mistborn fight
Brandon Sanderson
The Cosmere cycle is 32-36 books total. There might be something like that in there.
KevinPavon
Other than Hoid?
Brandon Sanderson
It has been discovered that Way of Kings has several characters from other worlds in it. One has a Dula accent.
spencerpanger
Does Frost make any incognito appearences in any other books other than Dragonsteel? If so Book/chapter?
Brandon Sanderson
He does not appear on screen in any published books, though he is referenced. He has a non-Interference policy.
spencerpanger
Is this reference you are referring to in TWoK in form of a letter or does it show up elsewhere?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. :)
mistlepro
Ati is very obviously (atium) Ruin, Aona and Sel clearly refer to Elantris though I don’t know who/what Skai is (Wyrn?)
Brandon Sanderson
There is a group mentioned at the end of Elantris which has something to do with Skai.
mistlepro
regarding “bumps” in TWoK, did the events referred to in the Part 2 bumps already occur in your other novels?
Brandon Sanderson
So far, the books have been chronological. Alloy of Law is a little out of order, happening before KINGS.
Have you decided which future book Adolin character will be the focus of Stormlight series? Book 3-4 He is the best character
We shall see. Talking too much about which characters get which books risks spoiling who survives long enough to get a book.
Any way we could ever read Harmony's Words of Founding in total?
Maybe someday…
Wait. You sold the rights for TV before it was published?
Yes. I actually wrote a proposal for the TV series, sent that out first, then wrote this to prove it would work.
We have conflicting reports on chronology. Is this link right, or is this link right?
The second. I revised my placement of KINGS relative to HERO after realizing a behind-the-scenes conflict.
ALLOY had to happen after KINGS for Cosmere reasons. I had two timelines arguing, and in plotting Stormlight 2, I fixed this.
Quick question to help me settle a debate. Could Allomancy affect a Shardplate/blade?
No. Investiture interferes with most magics.
Wait, are Mistborn and Stormlight Archive somehow connected?
Multiple people from Mistborn appeared in The Way of Kings.
The81stShephard
So, do you have a final scene in mind like RJ did that you’re working toward?
Brandon Sanderson
I do indeed!
word_thief
What would happen if a Mistborn ingested the metal of a Shardblade/Plate?
Brandon Sanderson
A Shardblade is Invested. A Mistborn isn't likely to have a tie to that type of Investiture. So probably nothing would happen…
deafdragonrider
When you will write a book with a deaf character?
Brandon Sanderson
Original draft of The Way of Kings had Taravangian as a deaf man, but I felt I did it poorly.
I have a second story I'm planning with a deaf protagonist, but I need to do more research.
angie_rasmussen
Are there any female Shardbearers? Or would they be considered immodest for not covering their safehands?
Brandon Sanderson
Eshonai, who is Parshendi, is female. (You saw her fight Dalinar in Book One.) There are others. (One is in the WoR prologue, for example.) It is easy to hide that you have a Shardblade. Historically there were many more than there are currently.
Arithered
Do you ever write cosmere stories NOT intended for publication, i.e. just for fun, sans meticulous planning?
Brandon Sanderson
I have written a few.
tsieberhagen
Will there be a Stormlight book with Parshendi flashbacks?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
OmoiDake
I want to #AskBrandon if Jasnah’s second Surge is Electromagnetism or Light?
Brandon Sanderson
Great question! It is not one of those.
j_papshmere16
How long did it take you to develop the idea / world of The Stormlight Archive?
Brandon Sanderson
I wrote down the first ideas 1993. Kept working on the world through college. First draft done 2002.
SimonGrisinger
I have a question about copper. Wouldn't a coppercloud also end up hiding their enemy's allomancy?
Brandon Sanderson
That is one of the dangers of using one.
logosgal
If you cut a plant with a Shardblade, does it die like an animal, or cut like an inanimate object?
Brandon Sanderson
Shardblades would treat plants as they would an animal, not cutting them, but severing the soul.
Arithered
Would it be correct to view pre-Shattered Adonalsium as either a perfect God or perfect power of creation?
Brandon Sanderson
That would be one way of viewing things. Depends on your perspective.
Arithered
So basically, RAFO??
Brandon Sanderson
Not TOTALLY a RAFO. More a “That works. But some would not agree.”
ericpeters
Are spren alive? Can splinters be alive?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO!
WeiryWriter
Is “Cryptics” the canon name for the spren Shallan draws? Should we use that instead of symbolhead/truthspren?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, you may call the symbolheads “Cryptics” which is what they call themselves.
dswint916
Will Marsh continue to shadow the Mistborn series?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes that character will continue to play a role in the future of Mistborn.
fryman1701
Would burning atium and duralumin together grant view of single far future or widespread of everyone's near future?
Brandon Sanderson
I haven't answered specifically what happens, but there is a hint at the end of Hero of Ages.
TAlanHorne
So, does every Stormlight book begin with the sound of drums playing?
Brandon Sanderson
The first five books will all offer a different perspective on the same night.
Espeon200
Is the plan still for all books in the series to be named after in-world books?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
sunraven01
So, I have to wait until book three to get Szeth’s book?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, Szeth is 3. Eshonai (she is the Parshendi Shardbearer) is probably 4. Dalinar rounds out the first five.
CameronSouri
Will all shardholders from all the worlds/realms eventually meet in one "place"?
Brandon Sanderson
They have been in the same place before. Many are dead now, though.
irothtin
How many pages of notes do you have on your own universe?
Brandon Sanderson
I’m only around 1,000-2,000 or so, at this point. (I guess I’m slacking.)
wilde4fitness
If a live Elantrian entered the pool outside of the city, could they also use it to travel to the Cognitive Realm?
Brandon Sanderson
Let’s just say that the characters in the book do not fully understand the pool or its power.
lamguin
How many shards has Hoid received powers from, whether taken, stolen, given, etc?
Brandon Sanderson
Well, he has a bead of lerasium.
