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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Way of the Kings
« on: December 18, 2009, 09:24:41 AM »
HAHAHA. i must officially congratulate you for being the first person i know to take up the Alcatraz conversation challenge 
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Max is a Shadowblade, a supernatural--and supernaturally competent--warrior bound to protect her witch Giselle. As a Shadowblade, Max doesn't age. She is better, faster, stronger than any ordinary human being. And she hates it. Giselle betrayed her trust to make Max what she is, and though she is magically compelled to protect Giselle and follow orders, Max works against her witch in every way she can. Continue reading Bitter Night
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: The Way of Kings : pre-release
« on: December 18, 2009, 09:16:52 AM »
i assume ur talking about the warbreaker paperback right? when is that scheduled to come out anyways?
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hoid Compendium :: Spoilers
« on: December 16, 2009, 07:40:11 PM »
Horror Of Impenetrable Darkness
Holy Oracle and Instrument of Destruction
Happy Old Innocent Dude
Hope Of Inept Dieters
Handler Of Infamous Dictators
Harbinger Of Imminent Death
...
This is actually kind of fun
Holy Oracle and Instrument of Destruction
Happy Old Innocent Dude
Hope Of Inept Dieters
Handler Of Infamous Dictators
Harbinger Of Imminent Death
...
This is actually kind of fun
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Way of the Kings
« on: December 16, 2009, 07:24:16 PM »
way to go Vortx! i think eveyone should spread the gift of BS this holiday season... 
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hoid Compendium :: Spoilers
« on: December 14, 2009, 09:07:49 PM »
That's true. though the fact that Hoid is a lightweaver isn't necessarily cannon. It's just that Topaz seems to have the Hoid personality. storyteller, connected with almost all the mentioned societies in an "spy-like" way... plus there's the very end of the novel which definately suggests something that seems to be a characteristic of Hoid.
Frost seems more to be part of an in-world secret society.
I hate when i think myself into RAFO corners...
Frost seems more to be part of an in-world secret society.
I hate when i think myself into RAFO corners...
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hoid Compendium :: Spoilers
« on: December 14, 2009, 08:47:36 PM »
i have personal confirmation from Brandon that Hoid is the old Terris steward in WoA. it is unconfirmed whether he broke the pottery in the Well chamber or not. all we have that might suggest that is the footprint in the deleted scene.
And assuming Hoid is in Dragonsteel, who is he? I keep going back and forth between Topaz and Frost. Right now i'm leaning towards Frost, but Topaz is the storyteller...
And assuming Hoid is in Dragonsteel, who is he? I keep going back and forth between Topaz and Frost. Right now i'm leaning towards Frost, but Topaz is the storyteller...
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hoid Compendium
« on: December 14, 2009, 08:38:12 AM »
Going off of what it says in WoA, i think it may be possible that all the traveling between worlds that Hoid does is effecting his body somehow causing the strange shaking. either that or he's not used to the climate of this particular planet...
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Way of Kings concept art
« on: December 14, 2009, 12:31:29 AM »
I like how the continent itself seems to have been swirled like a storm. the shadesmar picture has me confused though. isn't shadesmar supposed to be the connection of all three planes of existence or something like that? why then is it a map of a large body of water? and does its outlining mean land? i'm confused...
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Magic Systems
« on: December 06, 2009, 11:01:18 AM »
Unfortunately this is not me, meaning my idea is not as original as i thought (and trust me, i didn't think it was incredibly original to begin with). i think the idea of knowing how you are going to die is an intriguing one. it doesn't surprise me too much that someone else decided to use it in a story too.
however, in my defense although the basic idea is the same, the way we have executed and developed the idea is different, as is the setting and direction of the stories. My story is a fantasy, while this other one is science fiction. In my story the knowledge of a person's fate comes from magic rather than science. It's interesting to see another person's take on the idea. thanks for posting it.
however, in my defense although the basic idea is the same, the way we have executed and developed the idea is different, as is the setting and direction of the stories. My story is a fantasy, while this other one is science fiction. In my story the knowledge of a person's fate comes from magic rather than science. It's interesting to see another person's take on the idea. thanks for posting it.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Where's the annotation?
« on: December 04, 2009, 08:21:38 AM »
yeah i checked last night and it wasn't up so i figured it would be up sometime during the day, but no such luck...
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Magic Systems
« on: December 04, 2009, 08:16:01 AM »
you keep asking questions that have me reveal more and more of my story, but then i shouldn't be complaining, at least someone is interested.
one of my characters is actually an Age Mark who at one point in the story goes suicidal. as for whether she succeeds or not, i did say that a person's fate is absolute, but then it may be possible her mark is a fake.
one of my characters is actually an Age Mark who at one point in the story goes suicidal. as for whether she succeeds or not, i did say that a person's fate is absolute, but then it may be possible her mark is a fake.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Magic Systems
« on: December 04, 2009, 01:56:55 AM »
The fate divined by the participating member of the clergy is absolute and will happen no matter what, but like i mentioned earlier it may be possible for a mark to be faked. plus, there is no absolute assurance that a person's divined fate is the same as the tattoo they are given. some members of the clergy may have been corrupted when the government took over...
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Magic Systems
« on: December 03, 2009, 11:36:15 PM »
The way i've thought about it is that you find out at a coming of age ceremony type thing in which you get a kind of symbol tatooed on your arm that tells you how you will eventually die. because this is very personal information, normally it then is up to that person who they show their mark to, but the member of the clergy who performs the ceremony will always know. the history leading up to the story i'm developing involves the government taking control of this process in order to find the Age Mark super soldiers needed for conquest. The story begins with the nearing of an end of an Age Mark generation when, for some reason, no more Age Marks are being given.
as for whether someone could lie about how they are going to die or fake a mark, it's possible i suppose...
as for whether someone could lie about how they are going to die or fake a mark, it's possible i suppose...
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Magic Systems
« on: December 03, 2009, 09:30:03 AM »
my thoughts on magic systems are that they don't necessarily have to be complicated, but they do need to be well thought out, and the ways in which people interact with the magic are always complicated, but should still make sense.
For example, right now i am developing a story that revolves around the "magic" of a god "blessing" his people with the knowledge of how they are going to die. the concept is simple, but the ramifications are enormous and need to be thought through. it would make sense for the government to train all the people destined to die in battle for war, since that where they will be when they die, but a more clever leader might send all the people destined to die of old age to war, creating a force that could be captured at worst, but never killed. and if this is a religious gift how does it tie into religion? what would the clergy think of their Lord's gift being turned into a weapon?
also, within the society, how would this knowledge of how u r going to die affect how people interact? would a person be more likely to marry a person destined to die of the plague or someone destined to be murdered? would a person destined to die of old age have a higher or lower social status then someone else? how would a person who knows they will eventually be murdered act? How would people from other cultures view this gift if it consistently proves to be accurate?
but yeah, that's what i'm working on right now. any thoughts?
For example, right now i am developing a story that revolves around the "magic" of a god "blessing" his people with the knowledge of how they are going to die. the concept is simple, but the ramifications are enormous and need to be thought through. it would make sense for the government to train all the people destined to die in battle for war, since that where they will be when they die, but a more clever leader might send all the people destined to die of old age to war, creating a force that could be captured at worst, but never killed. and if this is a religious gift how does it tie into religion? what would the clergy think of their Lord's gift being turned into a weapon?
also, within the society, how would this knowledge of how u r going to die affect how people interact? would a person be more likely to marry a person destined to die of the plague or someone destined to be murdered? would a person destined to die of old age have a higher or lower social status then someone else? how would a person who knows they will eventually be murdered act? How would people from other cultures view this gift if it consistently proves to be accurate?
but yeah, that's what i'm working on right now. any thoughts?
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Table of Allomantic Metals *Spoilers*
« on: December 03, 2009, 08:54:20 AM »
any word on the smaller, more numerable posters?