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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WoK: Kaladin and Syl *Spoilers*
« on: September 13, 2010, 08:16:52 PM »
Perhaps Stonewardens(?) used plate while Windrunners used the blades.
"Magic is what makes fantasy fantastic," someone says, "you can't apply rules to them or else it loses wonder!" I respond, "Sure, but if you want to write them you will certainly want to know how they work." Writing is all about execution, and I find applying some basic laws of physics to magic systems make them more understandable and realistic. Here, I'm going to outline my basic method for developing a magic system.
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Also, I don't think the Spren are Cultivation's creation. I think that they are the Splinters of the Almighty's consciousness/power, kind of like the mist spirit in Mistborn, and (possibly) the Seons in Elantris.Makes a lot of sense, if he's Transformation, given how the Spren accompany change.
Would they become zombie like again? Or would they become normal? or would they die?"
The thing I found odd about Spren is there are none in Shinovar. So, if the theory that Cultivation decided to hide there is correct, then the Spren are a creation of the other Shard on Roshar, no?
While I think the conversation with Brandon about Galladon makes it more likely, I still think it's more likely that it's just a Dula.
my idea was that the whole custom of fighting over gemhearts and harvesting them and the importance attributed to it was a kind of oral tradition passed down over generations so that even if written histories failed or were destroyed or were lost in translation, humans would continue to harvest the gemhearts and interrupt the Voidbringer lifecycle, keeping thunderclasts from gestating.
Q: So, Kalak says that the battle was so fierce, but only one of them died. Isn't that a bit of a contradiction?
Brandon: Yes. [everyone laughs]
Brandon: You're just gonna have to read and find out. There's definitely more going on there than has been explained so far. But I really can't talk much about the prelude.