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Brandon Sanderson / Re: What's Brandon up to now?
« on: April 18, 2009, 01:58:33 AM »Well he let out a quasi small spoiler in the 4th Age Podcast.
And are you going to tell us what it is?
News:
Max is a Shadowblade, a supernatural--and supernaturally competent--warrior bound to protect her witch Giselle. As a Shadowblade, Max doesn't age. She is better, faster, stronger than any ordinary human being. And she hates it. Giselle betrayed her trust to make Max what she is, and though she is magically compelled to protect Giselle and follow orders, Max works against her witch in every way she can. Continue reading Bitter Night
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And are you going to tell us what it is?
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WOT Help
« on: April 18, 2009, 01:57:53 AM »
Well, in KoD, Matt gives an explanation about where he thinks the memories came from, which makes a lot of sense. But this probably isn't something we need to discuss further in Joe's thread. We'll most likely find out in the next book anyway.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WOT Help
« on: April 17, 2009, 10:10:50 PM »
But Mat has memories that are from people on two different sides of a battle. He can't be more than one person at once; therefore, not all the memories are his.
ETA: Just checked the FAQ. RJ did make a statement about this:
RJ: Mat's memories are NOT from his ancestors. He said [he wanted] to have the holes in his head filled but he did not specify exactly what he wanted them filled with and so he received scraps and bits and pieces of memories stolen from other men.
See http://www.steelypips.org/wotfaq/2_nondark/2.1_taveren/2.1.5_mat-memory.html
Oh, and apparently my original statement was false. My bad.
ETA: Just checked the FAQ. RJ did make a statement about this:
RJ: Mat's memories are NOT from his ancestors. He said [he wanted] to have the holes in his head filled but he did not specify exactly what he wanted them filled with and so he received scraps and bits and pieces of memories stolen from other men.
See http://www.steelypips.org/wotfaq/2_nondark/2.1_taveren/2.1.5_mat-memory.html
Oh, and apparently my original statement was false. My bad.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WOT Help
« on: April 16, 2009, 02:42:41 AM »That was random. But cool.
@Shaggy-here's a link with a lot of sources RJ took material from:
http://linuxmafia.com/jordan/3_sources/index.html
(May not be safe for Joe, didn't check).
I noted you didn't ask but I wanted to save you any frustation but Sammeal is dead. The sooner you know that the better, Mashadar btw was what got him and no the book will not tell you that.
How do you know? The WOT encyclopedia? It seems odd that RJ would leave such an important death so vague. Thanks for telling me though, I would have been expecting Sammael around every corner LOL.
From WOT FAQ:
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Killed by Mashadar during his battle with Rand in Shadar Logoth at the end of ACOS; this was confirmed by RJ during the CNN chat on December 12, 2000: "Mashadar killed Sammael. Sammael is toast!" (reported by Erica Sadun and Patrick Cotrona)
Yeah, it was kind of weird that he didn't make it more obvious in the book. But it is definitely fact.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WOT Help
« on: April 14, 2009, 02:39:27 AM »Damodred Demandred ... hmmm
Don't think so.
I guess it's lucky for Rand that Cairhienin and Andoran nobles are okay with kissing cousins.
They're really not that closely related. Rand asks someone about it and she tells him that if the houses weren't noble, they wouldn't really be considered related.
Also, here's a link to the family tree that I think is spoiler-free.
http://linuxmafia.com/jordan/2_nondark/2.5_lurv/2.5.1_whos-who-fam.html
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Mistborn movie
« on: April 14, 2009, 02:32:52 AM »
I think that was a very evil joke. Almost died for a minute there... Lindsay Lohan, seriously? 
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WOT Help
« on: April 14, 2009, 02:31:27 AM »
Caraline Damodred and Moiraine are cousins. Elayne's father was also a Damodred, not sure exactly how related, but Morgase married him for political reasons. So they're all one big happy family. And yeah, the gholam is pretty cool. You'll see him again. Fortunately for Mat, the medallion is pretty much the only way to defend yourself.
We appreciate it whenever you update, JoeC!
We appreciate it whenever you update, JoeC!
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Let's try something new with Alcatraz!!! (May include **SPOILERS**)
« on: April 02, 2009, 10:43:56 PM »
@Champion Kaz - Yes, definitely read them! They are written cleverly enough to be entertaining for all ages. Just means there won't be any huge words in there, and you'll be able to breeze through them. Besides, there are hints to Brandon's cosmology that you may miss out on. (Not the same universe as Adolnasium, but similar ideas)
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Let's try something new with Alcatraz!!! (May include **SPOILERS**)
« on: April 02, 2009, 09:42:50 PM »The funniest part of it being - Her name is Shasta and her major . . . Library Sciences.
Haha...and Brandon can't even put a disclaimer in that book about any resemblance being coincidental because it is a factual account, not fiction. Maybe that's why she didn't want to read it...
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WOT Help
« on: April 02, 2009, 09:35:15 PM »
Probably not technically a spoiler, but everyone remember to keep it spoiler-free for Joe so he can enjoy his first WOT read-through. And the rest of us can enjoy it vicariously.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Dragonsteel **SPOILERS**
« on: April 02, 2009, 07:49:45 PM »
hahaha...maybe you should've written it down for her. When do you get it?
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WOT Help
« on: April 02, 2009, 01:44:49 AM »
If a Warder's Aes Sedai dies, he goes crazy and tries to kill himself. She did it to keep Lan alive, although it was a pretty crazy thing to do.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: **SPOILERS! The Shards of Adonalsium
« on: April 01, 2009, 02:39:04 AM »
Yes, Kel spoke to Spook twice. Which I guess would mean that he was using some aspect of Preservation.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WOT Help
« on: March 31, 2009, 11:16:03 PM »
Yay! Another post from Joe! Don't have time for a lot of comments right now, but I will say that Herid Fel (one person) is the philosopher guy from the school in Cairhien that Rand has been talking to. Apparently he was on to something. Glad you enjoyed the ending, it is one of the better ones. (Especially when you don't have to wait for the next book!)
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Splitting A Memory of Light...
« on: March 31, 2009, 01:08:37 AM »
Well, I'm just glad that we will still be getting a book in November! And I'm sure all the books will be high-quality. They made the right decision.
So anyone care to speculate on where the splits will take place? I'm guessing that the first book will end after resolving the White Tower situation (i.e. the Tower will be made whole again with Egwene as Amyrlin.) This is something that needs to happen before the Last Battle and it seems like it is the situation most ready to be resolved.
So anyone care to speculate on where the splits will take place? I'm guessing that the first book will end after resolving the White Tower situation (i.e. the Tower will be made whole again with Egwene as Amyrlin.) This is something that needs to happen before the Last Battle and it seems like it is the situation most ready to be resolved.