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Brandon Sanderson / Re: szeth and the shin
« on: September 15, 2010, 06:13:45 PM »
Wild speculation, but perhaps his sin was seeking out and learning to Surgebind. It may also be that his Grandfather was a Surgebinder and Truthless, and Szeth sought him out to learn.
It even seems plausible that the Shin Stone Shamans recognized the threat of the oncoming Desolation (from death-prophesies or otherwise), asked Szeth to learn/take it upon himself to learn the ability to Surgebind, becoming Truthless in the course of that learning, and then gave him the Shardblade as a tool of his Truthlessness.
One reason I think his Truthlessness is not just a curse, but actually something granted him/encouraged upon him is the story of the king that sailed to the far off island. The island where the people would slaughter someone for a mistake, but when it turned out their emperor was dead they went mad with guilt. It would seem that being Truthless allows Szeth (or more accurately Szeth's masters) to commit the sins he does without the normal consequences in Shin culture. In a sense, Szeth's Truthlessness is the emperor up in the tower. The real thing I am looking forward to is when Szeth finally casts off his Truthlessness and begins to follow the morality he clearly wishes he had the freedom to follow.
It even seems plausible that the Shin Stone Shamans recognized the threat of the oncoming Desolation (from death-prophesies or otherwise), asked Szeth to learn/take it upon himself to learn the ability to Surgebind, becoming Truthless in the course of that learning, and then gave him the Shardblade as a tool of his Truthlessness.
One reason I think his Truthlessness is not just a curse, but actually something granted him/encouraged upon him is the story of the king that sailed to the far off island. The island where the people would slaughter someone for a mistake, but when it turned out their emperor was dead they went mad with guilt. It would seem that being Truthless allows Szeth (or more accurately Szeth's masters) to commit the sins he does without the normal consequences in Shin culture. In a sense, Szeth's Truthlessness is the emperor up in the tower. The real thing I am looking forward to is when Szeth finally casts off his Truthlessness and begins to follow the morality he clearly wishes he had the freedom to follow.