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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Warbreaker: Free Ebook
« on: February 09, 2007, 06:45:09 AM »
Er, hi. First time posting here, but I have to add my guesses.
First, I have no idea who is trying to start the war. However, there's more than one minority group in the city. One that has a lot of servants in the palace has already had one of their people make certain moves to interfere in the God king's marriage. That same person also wasn't ready to deal with the God king being married. Questions about rank and how Siri was to be treated would have meant nothing if war had started before the marriage - or because her father had chosen war rather than sending Vivenna.
Second, I'm wondering if Vasher isn't somehow the original Warbreaker.
Third, I think I see how the breath has been passed on in the royal family.
The more complex a lifeless is, the more breaths went into his or her making. Theoretically, with a nearly limitless supply of breaths, an awakener might be able to make a lifeless more like a returned. The big question is how these breaths can be taken out, given the rules as I understand them.
However, once that point is ignored, the rest begins to fall into place. The time limit isn't on the king's life, it's on the life of the awakener who has to call back his breath before he dies. I'm assuming he then passes it on to a successor who gives it to the new king - who, I assume, is murdered in his cradle so he can be awakened.
Actually, it might be better if the awakening could be done by several priests. Perhaps the larger the number, the better. That way, the deaths of a few priests before the breaths could be passed on would mean only a partial loss rather than a complete one.
In that case, the person pushing for war at this time is someone who understands that the king and the king's breaths are at their most vulnerable right now. The big question is whether this is someone after the breaths or someone out to get rid of the king. I'm guessing an enemy of both the countries we've seen.
Again, a third party seems the most likely to profit. Siri's friends may not be any more trustworthy than Vivenna's.
First, I have no idea who is trying to start the war. However, there's more than one minority group in the city. One that has a lot of servants in the palace has already had one of their people make certain moves to interfere in the God king's marriage. That same person also wasn't ready to deal with the God king being married. Questions about rank and how Siri was to be treated would have meant nothing if war had started before the marriage - or because her father had chosen war rather than sending Vivenna.
Second, I'm wondering if Vasher isn't somehow the original Warbreaker.
Third, I think I see how the breath has been passed on in the royal family.
The more complex a lifeless is, the more breaths went into his or her making. Theoretically, with a nearly limitless supply of breaths, an awakener might be able to make a lifeless more like a returned. The big question is how these breaths can be taken out, given the rules as I understand them.
However, once that point is ignored, the rest begins to fall into place. The time limit isn't on the king's life, it's on the life of the awakener who has to call back his breath before he dies. I'm assuming he then passes it on to a successor who gives it to the new king - who, I assume, is murdered in his cradle so he can be awakened.
Actually, it might be better if the awakening could be done by several priests. Perhaps the larger the number, the better. That way, the deaths of a few priests before the breaths could be passed on would mean only a partial loss rather than a complete one.
In that case, the person pushing for war at this time is someone who understands that the king and the king's breaths are at their most vulnerable right now. The big question is whether this is someone after the breaths or someone out to get rid of the king. I'm guessing an enemy of both the countries we've seen.
Again, a third party seems the most likely to profit. Siri's friends may not be any more trustworthy than Vivenna's.