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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WoK: The Heralds *Spoilers*
« on: September 24, 2010, 08:53:26 PM »
I dont think Hoid is a herald, and I guess it does make sense that he wasnt wit at the time
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She communicated with the goblet's somewhat intelligent manifestation in the Cognitive realm, which was represented by a bead.thats really interesting, if everything is represented in the cognitive realm, and the greater the cognitive ability, the greater the representation, so a goblet with little or no intelligence is represented by a bead. Its interesting, just not particularly important
The drunk guy is actually Shalash, and he got rid of his statue using his Heraldic powers because he thought it would be a good practical joke. He's not actually speaking in gibberish, just a language unknown to Szeth.I guess the theory makes a lot of sense, but t seems kind of silly to me, why would a herald be around an Alethi peace treaty? one would think Hoid would recognize him. The druk guy could be Dalinar, he said that when his brother was killed he was dead drunk