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Brandon Sanderson / Re: First Interlude *Way of Kings SPOILERS*
« on: September 09, 2010, 09:52:56 PM »
All of the Elantrians alive when the chasm was created suffered the same affliction that newer ones did afterward. Everything related to the Dor was affected. The Dor was not tainted, nor was it weakened, but the basic symbol needed for it to interact with the world was changed. Remember the first time Raoden used a glyph that worked? The pressure that built up was enormous.
As for whether or not they would lose their coloring with distance, I would say the glow of their skin would certainly wane as they got further from elantris. It would then be easy enough to disguise your skin and hair. Also remember that Raoden was able to disguise himself completely even before he added the chasm line to Elantris itself. It would seem that very little power is needed to affix a disguise.
Earongal:
I have to disagree with you. Occam's Razor is fine, but all facts have to be put into account, and I feel you are missing a couple of things in this instance. First, Brandon goes out of his way to describe Grump, making sure to include that, while he had the skin color of the Mubakanaki(??), he was not built like one. in fact, it is noted that none of the three strangers really fit in with any nationality the viewpoint character knows. Second, do you remember the epigraphs from HoA? Brandon likes giving special characters a unique way of speaking so they can be identified more easily. As for the tall grumpy blonde analogy, it works if your in Sweden, but if you were in China, there's a good bet it's the same guy, especially if he speaks in a unique pattern, and even more especially when the author goes out of his way to make the guy speak one of the four or five words of his native tongue that is known to the reader.
As for whether or not they would lose their coloring with distance, I would say the glow of their skin would certainly wane as they got further from elantris. It would then be easy enough to disguise your skin and hair. Also remember that Raoden was able to disguise himself completely even before he added the chasm line to Elantris itself. It would seem that very little power is needed to affix a disguise.
Earongal:
I have to disagree with you. Occam's Razor is fine, but all facts have to be put into account, and I feel you are missing a couple of things in this instance. First, Brandon goes out of his way to describe Grump, making sure to include that, while he had the skin color of the Mubakanaki(??), he was not built like one. in fact, it is noted that none of the three strangers really fit in with any nationality the viewpoint character knows. Second, do you remember the epigraphs from HoA? Brandon likes giving special characters a unique way of speaking so they can be identified more easily. As for the tall grumpy blonde analogy, it works if your in Sweden, but if you were in China, there's a good bet it's the same guy, especially if he speaks in a unique pattern, and even more especially when the author goes out of his way to make the guy speak one of the four or five words of his native tongue that is known to the reader.