If Brandon Sanderson were an Epic, what would his powers—and his name—be?
What power I would choose depends on how rational my brain is that day. It makes the most sense to have Wolverine’s regenerative powers. At the same time, it’s not like I’m jumping off cliffs or getting into fights. So I probably wouldn’t do much with this power. But in the back of my mind, there’s a part of me that says, “Boy, would I really love to be able to fly!” Which is why a lot of the magic systems in my books wind up dealing with people having powers that let them soar in the air. What would my name be? The Great Salty One. When I was in Korea, serving a mission for the LDS church, I loved to salt my food. I like really salty stuff. The Koreans don’t do the whole table salt thing, so I carried salt in my briefcase, and it cracked them up! I would go to eat something, and they’d be like, “All right, here’s our food” and I would be like, “And here’s my salt!” I would salt all my food, and they would laugh and call me Jjan Dori, which means something like “The Great Salty One.” So that’s my superhero name.
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