I found Hoid in Liar, and he was a master storyteller but with magic powers.
Coincidence? I think not.
“Thank you,” Siri said quietly. “It was good of you to speak of it. Tell me, where did
you lean such an. . .unusual method of storytelling?”
Hoid looked up, smiling. “I learned it many, many years ago from a man who didn’t
know who he was, your majesty. It was a distant place where two lands meet and gods have
died. But that is unimportant.”
Gods died in Mistborn. But the "where two lands meet" doesn't fit, and I'm sure it's not a metaphor. Brandon has written one book so far about a place where two lands meet: Dragonsteel.
And Gods died in Dragonsteel too.
When Midius, Hoid's apprentice, is telling a story to the public and talking about the path he mentions that the gods die.
Also, the storytellers in Dragonsteel use dirt and sand
and Hoid in Warbeaker used colored sand.
In Warbreaker, Hoid constantly repeats that he only tells stories. Why is it necessary?
And it's clearly evident that Hoid is special in Liar:
"
Something is going on, Midius thought.
But Hoid couldn’t have known of it. He’d been gone from Partinel for decades when I met him. We had no contact with the city during my training, save for the assassin.
And yet. . .he said that the city needed me. That it was urgent.And it had to do with the summons. The reason that the Bear of Partinel had sent for, then killed, Hoid the jesk. Why?"
"The boy’s claims about Teraxos were, obviously, lies. Theus’s son was more than skilled enough to deal with an old man and his storytelling apprentice.
And yet, Hoid had proven surprising on more than one occasion"
"Theus felt a chill.
He knows. The identity of the assassin. Of course Hoid would know."
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Ha ha ha ha ha... I don't think I read that version of Warbreaker. Oh yeah, that's a major clue.
I believe it's the most recent version available. Or the most recent I have on my computer, and I'm pretty good about downloading the most recent ones.
I'll have to wait to scan through mistborn but can anyone tell me around where in Elantris Hoid appears? I know he's a beggar but I'm looking for a specific chapter because I've read Elantris only about twice while Mistborn, numerous. I want to overanalyze the little information available to us?