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Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

On Shallan's origins as a character: mostly derived from a character in Dragonsteel and Mat Cauthon. Specifically mentioned that she has issues with authority figures.

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

On being asked if an Elantrian could wield Nightblood, he said yes it's possible but would be very dangerous - you'd have to figure out a way to connect Nightblood with a local source of Investiture.

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Brandon threw us a bone on what the big world-hopping hint in Elantris could be: Raoden has misinterpreted one of the Aons.

Wyrmhero (paraphrased)

What would happen if you made a cup of tea from the Tears of Edgli?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

You would have a very interesting cup of tea.

Wyrmhero (paraphrased)

Can you Hemalurgically spike a dead thing, similar to how Breath goes into dead things? Could you spike a Lifeless?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Yes, if there was enough of the soul left for the spike to take.

Sabrina Stormshard (paraphrased)

Could an awakened sentient object (e.g Nightblood) bond a spren?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Technically but the specific circumstances you would need are so bizarre, in practice no.

Sabrina Stormshard (paraphrased)

Where is Nazh from?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Threnody!

DeployParachute (paraphrased)

Will Kaladin ever get Wit's flute back to woo a certain red haired young lady?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Wit is very mad about Kaladin losing the flute. If he recovers it, he wouldn't let Kaladin have it again.

DeployParachute (paraphrased)

What is the effect of the Nahel bond on human lifespan

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

RAFO.

Questioner (paraphrased)

Is there time travel in the cosmere?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

We haven't seen time travel into the past, but we have seen it into the future in Alloy of Law.

Questioner (paraphrased)

Where did you get your ideas for knights?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

A knight has a sword, armor and a horse.

the_archduke (paraphrased)

How do you pick names?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Each group is based on real world naming conventions, Alethi = near-palindromes + Semitic, Central Dominance = French, Emperor's Soul = Ancient Zoroastrian

the_archduke (paraphrased)

Were Shardblades influenced by lightsabers?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Yes *long aside about how everyone in the last 40 years was so influenced*, but not sure how direct of an influence

the_archduke (paraphrased)

Who are your biggest literary influences?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Robert Jordan *laughter* and Victor Hugo.

the_archduke (paraphrased)

Is chouta based on food from Korea?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

*long explanation about industrializing societies developing portable food* and no, it is Mexican/Italian, think deep fried meatballs in a sopaipilla.

the_archduke (paraphrased)

Does Hoid have all the abilities of the planets he's visited?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Not yet.

the_archduke (paraphrased)

Was Szeth's resurrection done with Rosharan Investiture or that from Nalthis?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

RAFO.

the_archduke (paraphrased)

Is the Moon Scepter an object of Investiture?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

The Moon Scepter is an item that is important to Hoid, but I won't say why yet.

the_archduke (paraphrased)

Is the woman around Wit's age named Reya?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

RAFO

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Brandon also clarified that the oaths, with the exception of the first ideal, are not restricted to specific words. Rather, a specific idea must be conveyed for the oath to be accepted.

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

He said that Dalinar has had a bond with the Stormfather "for a while." He also only said one oath at the top of the Urithiru tower, not two. Dalinar conveyed a single idea in that particular oath.

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

He said that at one point Shallan may have said all the oaths for her order (or may have been capable of saying all of the oaths by the end of the book) but has since regressed due to "memory loss/repression."

tganchero (paraphrased)

How many oaths can a Radiant swear?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

There is an upper-limit/threshold to the number of oaths a Radiant may make. By the end of WoR, Shallan was a step higher than Kaladin.

tganchero (paraphrased)

Did the mistress from the interlude in book 1 destroy the Shalash statue on the night of Gavilar's death?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Yes, and also all the other ones that we've seen, including the one in Shallan's vision in Words of Radiance.

tganchero (paraphrased)

Is the mistress Shalash?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

RAFO.

tganchero (paraphrased)

(Brandon mentioned changing Kaladin's plot so that he chose the "hard" path) What was the hard path?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Kaladin initially accepted the Shardblade and Plate in the first book, and the rest of the book was about him fighting with them. Really boring.

tganchero (paraphrased)

So, is shardplate created as a result of a spren bond?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

RAFO.

tganchero (paraphrased)

Is it true that humans can bond to multiple spren?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

They can theoretically bond to multiple spren.

gpmushu (paraphrased)

Has the Thrill existed longer than the Death Rattles or have they both been occurring for about the same period of time?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

The Thrill and the Death Rattles started around the same time, but the locations for the two fluctuate and have been since they appeared.

gpmushu (paraphrased)

Do highstorms get weaker as they move west because of normal meteorological reasons the same way a hurricane gets weaker over land or is it because they slowly drain investiture as they infuse spheres over the whole continent?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Both. He said that anything like that will be affected by both normal science as well as the magic, but then he added that the highstorms are a natural occurring phenomenon that were on the planet before stuff started going down.

gpmushu (paraphrased)

Do darkeyes feel the Thrill?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Yes, they do

LairdDuncan (paraphrased)

Dalinar, in one of his visions, sees the stars wink out one by one. Are these the stars of other shardworlds and does this imply that the final Desolation is going to affect more than just Roshar?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

You earned yourself a RAFO card!

LairdDuncan (paraphrased)

Is there a pattern to Taravangian's stupid/smart cycle, or is it actually random?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

His aides are convinced that it is random, but if you plotted it out, it's really a distribution curve that is only made to look random.

PrncRny (paraphrased)

What are the plans for a Legion television series?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

The studios option on it explores here in December. If they renew it, they have another year to begin production. Nothing firm yet.

PrncRny (paraphrased)

Alcatraz follow-up?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

I've had enough asking about it that I really should do the last one. It's back burner for now, but I want to.

PrncRny's wife (paraphrased)

If using their abilities slowly drives them mad, how can good Epics rise up to help?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

That is kind of the point of the novel isn't it?

PrncRny (paraphrased)

I asked if we had met any other Rithmatists who gained any their abilities from some other method than the Inception ceremony besides Nalazar.

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

That was a flat out no. "Unless you include what Harding was doing."

PrncRny (paraphrased)

What can you tell us about anagrams in what Wit says to Dalinar? Like how "Balderdash" is an anagram of "Shardblade"?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Everything Wit says is significant. How much or how little varies, but it's all significant.

Questioner

The Epilogue of Words of Radiance.

Brandon Sanderson

Yes.

Questioner

Hoid makes particular note of a cremling.

Brandon Sanderson

Yes.

Questioner

Dysian?

Brandon Sanderson

Hehehehe. You're starting to learn! You're starting to learn.

Questioner

That epilogue just got so much--

Brandon Sanderson

Yes, he was speaking to one of the Sleepless there. He has spotted them and they--

Argent

So, he knows.

Brandon Sanderson

Oh, he knows!

Questioner

Because he makes a comment about having “no intelligent audience.”

Brandon Sanderson

Yes, yes, yes. *laughter* Of course he doesn’t have an intelligent audience!

Oneyespike (paraphrased)

Can a Shardblade interrupt iron or steel lines?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

*after mulling it over a bit, he was very interested in this question* "It would be theoretically possible, because steel lines manifest themselves on the Spiritual Realm. Also, there are other things that can cut/interfere with steel lines."

PallonianFire (paraphrased)

Have we seen [Khriss] in any of the books out so far? Is Vathi Khriss?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

No, someone else. But you'll see Khriss in a soon-to-be-published book.

PallonianFire (paraphrased)

Does Khriss have a way of changing her appearance?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Yes.

Granvil4 (paraphrased)

I asked if Sazed is the only one to hold more than one Shard.

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

"Sazed is the only one to currently hold two Shards." After a few seconds, he added, "I'm not going to say he is the only one to ever hold two."

Kogiopsis (paraphrased)

Anything you can tell us about santhids?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

They're one of a few Rosharan animals with a degree of sentience. It's easier on Roshar for this to happen.

Kayla (paraphrased)

Because of Cultivation?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Yes.

Also, santhids aren't based on anything in particular on Earth.

Kogiopsis (paraphrased)

Sarene's eye color?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Email Peter.

Kayla

Is it possible to use a Steelpush while wearing Shardplate?

After some confusion re: not Pushing on the Plate, but something else.

Brandon Sanderson

Yes. And we… think the mass of the plate would be what determined the force needed, not its (much lighter) effective weight to the bearer.

Kayla (paraphrased)

Is the use of the color red before/during bad events a deliberate pattern?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Yes.

Chaos

Give us the name of a Shard's intent we have not seen before.

Brandon Sanderson

There is one who just wants to hide and survive.

Chaos

Is the reason why it is hard to get to Shadesmar on Sel because Devotion and Dominion being Splintered?

Brandon Sanderson

That is part of it (a little).

Has to do with the name of that expanse.

StormAtlas (paraphrased)

Were Cultivation and Honor romantically involved?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Yes.

StormAtlas (paraphrased)

Is Cultivation's holder still alive?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Yes.