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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Cadmium and Bendalloy clarification
« on: September 13, 2010, 10:18:33 PM »
I asked Brandon about this at one of the signings I went to.  Cuz I'm an enormous nerd who went to TWO signings. :P

You are included in the speed ups and slow downs of these metals, so everything in the bubble is moving at the same speed as you.  It's what's outside the bubble that matters.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: *Spoilers* General Shard List
« on: September 12, 2010, 02:59:11 AM »
Cultivation is a Roshar Shard.  And we're not sure whether the Almighty and the Stormfather are the same entity.  Rayse/Odium is also a Roshar Shard.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hopes/Predictions/Wild Theories for Book 2
« on: September 12, 2010, 02:54:36 AM »
What I want to have happen is that when Jasnah and Shallan meet up with everyone at the Shattered Plains, we cut down the time we spend there and establish some new plot threads somewhere else in the world, maybe get the viewpoints of the characters we saw only in Interludes in WoK?

I think Kaladin with his Surgebinding and spear could take on a Shardbearer, and it might not be a good move for him to take a Blade, since he's already so good with the spear and has zero sword training.

I'm curious to see if Adolin hangs onto his Shardblade or tries to give it to Dalinar.  Though I think Dalinar is going to move into more of a strategist/leader/in-charge kind of role and let his so do more of the fighting.  Also want to see if Dalinar keeps having visions.

Hoping to learn a ton about the Shadesmar next book through Jasnah and Shallan's Soulcasting training.

More Cosmere/Shard info.

Maybe getting a Parshendi POV, that would be so cool.

I want to get a little more into Taravangian's head, see what his plans are his motives behind them.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: "Loop"
« on: September 12, 2010, 02:36:28 AM »
Then why are you posting here for?  Go on!  Read!

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Sazed, The effects of holding two shards, and Odium
« on: September 11, 2010, 07:01:52 AM »
Quote from: echigo109 on September 11, 2010, 12:36:54 AM
whats odium? i've read all but way of kings in the adolsuim universe is it something in the way of kings?
Heheheh, you're so close to knowing everything, it's just that the majority of what we know comes from WoK now.  Sorry, you're out of the loop!

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Money
« on: September 11, 2010, 06:53:48 AM »
I set aside twenty five bucks from my birthday cash (in June) for the release of WoK.  Totally worth it.  (I also won an ARC of it off twitter.  :P)

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Help!! I'm new!
« on: September 11, 2010, 06:23:51 AM »
Your questions: Yes.  Yes.  A Shard of Adonalsium is essentially a god, though they're actually pieces of God (note the capital G there).  Sazed could be on Odium's hit list since he has two Shards rather than one like he does, he's kind of a jerk that way.

It's definitely a good thing you've read all of them, that clears you for pretty much everything.  The things currently at the forefront of everyone's mind are Elantris and WoK, with bits of Mistborn thrown in.  Very little Warbreaker, though.

One thing you'll want to be aware of is Hoid.  He's in every one of Brandon's epic fantasy books.  He appears as a beggar in Elantris, Mistborn and HoA, a storyteller in Warbreaker and WoK (where he gets a lot of attention as the King's Wit), and in disguise as a Terrisman in Well of Ascension.  We're also of the mind that he wrote the epigraphs for part two of WoK.

The overarching cosmology that Brandon has created is called the Cosmere.  In this world there are three realms, the physical, spiritual and cognitive realms.  We don't know a whole lot about these, except that the Cognitive realm is called the Shadesmar (of which you have a partial map in WoK).  Each of Brandon's magic systems ties into this somehow.

Sorry, just pouring out as much as possible, it's a little scattered.  Welcome to the forum!  Feel free to ask questions about anything that confuses you, which this post probably will.  And just know that we actually don't know a terribly large amount of stuff, you can be caught up pretty quick if you pay attention.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Brandon's D.C. Signing (Sep 8)
« on: September 10, 2010, 07:57:06 AM »
Quote from: Hobbun on September 10, 2010, 07:37:05 AM
Quote from: douglas on September 10, 2010, 02:00:33 AM
I played Archenemy against Brandon at DragonCon a few times, so I've seen a lot of his deck.  Brandon's Archenemy deck focuses a lot on Eldrazi.  I think he's got all of the legendary Eldrazi (Emrakul, Kozilek, Ulamog, etc.), plus Eye of Ugin, 4 Eldrazi Temples, 4 Cloudposts, 4 All Is Dust (1 of which he got by trading with me at DragonCon ;D), and 4 Not of This World.  I don't remember much of what else he's got, but he has quite a few of the old no-drawback dual lands.

This is pretty much what he played against us tonight in Chicago. And just obliterated us with it. He is now 8-0 with this Archenemy deck.

That 15/15 flyer that has protection from every color and destroys 6 permanents is game over. It's what killed me.
Sir, you have just been Cthullu'd.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Brandon's D.C. Signing (Sep 8)
« on: September 10, 2010, 02:30:07 AM »
I played against that deck after the Barnes and Noble signing on the 1st.  He calls the deck "Cthullu to the face".  It was pretty awesome just how badly he owned us.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: A little help with images
« on: September 09, 2010, 10:42:32 PM »
A mistborn themed reception?  That's about the coolest thing ever!  Your fiance must either be really patient with you or a fellow fan.  Either way, you definitely got yourself a keeper!

Due to a copyright issue, the name has been changed from cerrobend to bendalloy.  Just FYI.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Congrats to Brandon!
« on: September 09, 2010, 08:39:10 AM »
Hooray for Brandon!  Here's to this bringing in more fans!  *clinks glass*

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WoK: The Heralds *Spoilers*
« on: September 08, 2010, 07:15:17 AM »
Quote from: Elusive Fehler on September 07, 2010, 01:42:26 PM
Quote from: Munin on September 07, 2010, 01:42:54 AM
I think it's more likely that the visions are just a recording.

Mal. Guy killed me, Mal. He killed me with a sword. How weird is that?

Sorry but the idea of them being a recording makes sense, but this is what got stuck in my head.
lol
Quote from: sdelu on September 08, 2010, 02:19:01 AM
Didn't Brandon explain a long time ago that there would be a viewpoint character who was an immortal breaking under the strain of saving the world (or some such thing?).  I think that sounds like it could very well be Taln....

As for the rest of the Heralds, well, I for one do not believe for a second that they are dead.

Quote from: Chaos2651 on September 06, 2010, 09:55:11 PM
Well, there's going to be ten different viewpoint characters like Kaladin (though there may be a second Kaladin book). Dalinar and Shallan, obviously, will get books. Szeth will get a book (squee!). Even with a second Kaladin book, that's five out of ten Stormlight Archive novels. [Source: that interview Josh, Mi'ch, and I did with Brandon for 17th Shard, which, um, hasn't come live yet. Soon!]

Eh.  I'm not sure I'm very excited about that :(  10 viewpoint characters will eventually mean some are left out of the later books.
What he means is, and I heard Brandon say this at one of his signings (in answer to a question I asked! squee!), that each book focuses around a particular character.  But that person is not the only viewpoint we get.  In WoK, the main character is Kaladin.  He gets the majority of the pages, all the flashbacks are for his storyline, the major character climaxes tend to be his, etc.  The way he put it is that WoK is "six short stories (interludes), a novella(Szeth's chapters, interludes, and the prologue) and three novels (Shallan, Dalinar and Kaladin, but with the emphasis on Kaladin) all in one book."  Each book will have a different character be presented in the way Kaladin is here.  And we're going to get a ton more of different viewpoints as the story goes on in the form of interludes and major characters like Shallan and Dalinar.  Overall, a freakin buttload of stuff.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WOK Spoilers: Parshmen
« on: September 08, 2010, 07:02:35 AM »
The Almighty didn't say he was bound by honor, just by certain rules.  I think that these rules apply to all of the Shards.  Didn't it say in HoA that Ruin and Preservation couldn't directly interfere with each other?  Or was that more of a, I can't kill you without dying myself so I won't?

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WoK: Top 5 Villians That Really Really Need to Die (*Spoilers*)
« on: September 08, 2010, 06:02:08 AM »
What if he died at the very end of the series?  Would you be okay with that?

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WOK Spoilers: Parshmen
« on: September 08, 2010, 05:07:12 AM »
Thunderclasts and Voidbringers are not the same thing.  In the Prelude, Kalak describes an enormous stone beast, that's a Thunderclast.

The Parshendi don't have Surgebinders.  They have those little bits of gems in their beards that have Stormlight in them, that may be what you're thinking of.

The only reason that the Parshendi Shardbearer didn't kill Dalinar is that Kaladin stepped in and stabbed him.

And it seems like the Parshendi were more afraid of Kaladin than anything.  They just are disciplined enough not to run from him.

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