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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hoid's Shard abilities in WoK (minor spoilers)
« on: September 30, 2010, 08:14:31 PM »
great minds think alike eh?
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"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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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hoid's Shard abilities in WoK (minor spoilers)
« on: September 30, 2010, 07:54:53 PM »
Well this quote by Wit seems to corroborate your theory Pechvarry
Perhaps Hoid is an ideal, and any planet that has this ideal he can create a manifestation of himself from shademar.
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“I’ve many.” The man shook Kaladin’s hand. “I began life as a thought, a concept, words on a page. That was another thing I stole. Myself. Another time, I was named for a rock.”
Perhaps Hoid is an ideal, and any planet that has this ideal he can create a manifestation of himself from shademar.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WoK: Shalan - near end of book **SPOILERS**
« on: September 08, 2010, 07:50:36 PM »I thought I'd add one little tidbit I found. Unfortunately I don't have the book with me, and can't go look it up for reasons to complicated to go into here, but I found a quote that establishes with near-certainty that Shallan got the Shardblade from her father.
Basically, immediately before Shallan soulcasts for the first time, while being chased, she summons her Shardblade. The text itself says something along the lines of "She had a defense that was ten heartbeats away. No, not that! She had promised not to use it, the fruit of her most heinous act. But she began the summoning anyway." Then she goes into Shadesmar, and the scene becomes even more bizarre. Reading between the lines, it's about certain she got her Shardblade from her father after killing him.
I didn't get that impression when i read it but that's maybe a possibillity. It would be good to get page numbers and a second person backing it up.
you got pretty close on that quote, here is the quote from my kindle version, page 851. Don't know if the page numbers are the same for the hardback but it is in chapter 45
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Before she could consciously think of what she was doing, she was struggling with her sleeve, trying to get the Soulcaster out. It was the only thing she had resembling a weapon. No, that was stupid. She didn’t know how to use it. She was helpless.
Except…
Storms! she thought, frantic. I can’t use that. I promised myself.
She began the process anyway. Ten heartbeats, to bring forth the fruit of her sin, the proceeds of her most horrific act.
I also found this on page 158 in chapter 7 that might link to the event she got her blade from
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It still felt odd to her that she been the one to take charge after…After the incident…After…
Memories attacked her. Nan Balat bruised, his coat torn. A long, silvery sword in her hand, sharp enough to cut stones as if they were water.
No, Shallan thought, her back to the stone wall, clutching her satchel. No. Don’t think of the past.
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