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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hero of Ages Chapter 1
« on: August 20, 2008, 04:08:13 PM »
Hello to everyone.
I am both new to the forum and new to Brandon's writing.
After having read all of my books and being bored until new ones came out, I picked up Elantris, read it in one night, and then picked up Mistborn 1 & 2, read it the following night.
Once those were done, I found myself waiting once again for another book, so I went searching for more Mistborn info and talk and came upon this forum.
I must admit that I have been reading a lot of your posts and find that the majority of them are quite valid.
Now on to the topic at hand:
After having read many of the posts, I have the following questions/comments:
1. Unless Alendi is in fact not dead a thousand years ago, he can't be the present Hero of Ages.
2. I do not believe that Elend is the Hero of Ages. I agree with Accident that it is common for the protagonist of a series to be introduced in the first couple of chapters and for them to get many POV's. Elend wasn't introduced until later in the first book and he did not get a POV until the end of the first book. I believe he is important, just not the Hero of Ages.
3. I don't believe that Rashek could have been the Hero of Ages because basically, he died. How can someone be the Hero of Ages who lived a thousand years and be killed by a girl who only really discovered her Allomantic powers a couple of years ago?
4. I believe Vin is the Hero of Ages as we know that concept to be. She was being called by the Well of Ascension and she has been able to do things with Allomancy that nobody else has been able to do for a presumably long time.
Finally, I don't believe that what we understand to be the Hero of Ages is really the Hero of Ages from the third book. Remember that Ruin has altered the mythology of the Terris people explaining the Hero of Ages for both the Alendi in the past and Vin in the present. I am just not convinced that we understand who or what the Hero of Ages really is meant to be or do.
Maybe I am just confusing things but the entire Hero of Ages thing seems a little weird to me.
I am both new to the forum and new to Brandon's writing.
After having read all of my books and being bored until new ones came out, I picked up Elantris, read it in one night, and then picked up Mistborn 1 & 2, read it the following night.
Once those were done, I found myself waiting once again for another book, so I went searching for more Mistborn info and talk and came upon this forum.
I must admit that I have been reading a lot of your posts and find that the majority of them are quite valid.
Now on to the topic at hand:
After having read many of the posts, I have the following questions/comments:
1. Unless Alendi is in fact not dead a thousand years ago, he can't be the present Hero of Ages.
2. I do not believe that Elend is the Hero of Ages. I agree with Accident that it is common for the protagonist of a series to be introduced in the first couple of chapters and for them to get many POV's. Elend wasn't introduced until later in the first book and he did not get a POV until the end of the first book. I believe he is important, just not the Hero of Ages.
3. I don't believe that Rashek could have been the Hero of Ages because basically, he died. How can someone be the Hero of Ages who lived a thousand years and be killed by a girl who only really discovered her Allomantic powers a couple of years ago?
4. I believe Vin is the Hero of Ages as we know that concept to be. She was being called by the Well of Ascension and she has been able to do things with Allomancy that nobody else has been able to do for a presumably long time.
Finally, I don't believe that what we understand to be the Hero of Ages is really the Hero of Ages from the third book. Remember that Ruin has altered the mythology of the Terris people explaining the Hero of Ages for both the Alendi in the past and Vin in the present. I am just not convinced that we understand who or what the Hero of Ages really is meant to be or do.
Maybe I am just confusing things but the entire Hero of Ages thing seems a little weird to me.