Date: 2016-04-24
Type: Paraphrased
Location: Atlanta, GA
Reporter: Various (Ted, Deana, Others)
Do Scadrians have a piece of Harmony?
Yup.
Could a Rosharan be hemalurgically spiked with a gem or fabrial?
RAFO.
Does Khrissala know about the red haze and was she trying to clue Wax in on what was going on?
Khriss knows too much for me to share. (text written as personalization)
What happened to the ministries?
The Ministries, being a legacy at the time of the Lord Ruler’s rule, there are trappings of them left but they don’t use any of the same names or anything like that. There are cities you can go to where there are more echoes of that. In Elendel you can barely even find the trappings anymore, but you can find some of them. You can’t go in there and find the Ministry of this-and-that, because it was run by Kelsier’s crew, most of that did not make the transition. Though there were notable Obligators who made it through and so they have left their mark. You have to search for it though.
Does Lift’s metabolic waste include crem?
[Laughs] That’s an excellent question. I’m not going to answer that, but it’s an excellent question.
Wow, you’re RAFOing that?
You got a laugh. I didn’t say RAFO, I said I’m not going to answer that, which could be considered two different answers.
What happened in the Cognitive realm during the Catacendre?
Um… so, um, the Cognitive realm for the Catacendre in Secret History, that’s some things that happened. Its like saying ‘what happened on Earth in 1960-yeah […] what you see is what you get.
Will Dalinar have Shardplate in Stormlight Archive book #3? (asking for cosplay)
RAFO.
Can spren be put back together through the Bondsmith? Like Shards can be combined?
They can be combined, but I won’t say if the Bondsmith is the method.
I wanted to know your stance on gods were? If you have a message about god.
Not really. What I’m fascinated by ends up in the books. I am fascinated by religions. But even in something like the SA, I still don’t necessarily want there to be a definitive answer. There are god (lower case) gods. Weather there is a GOD (capital case), is still, in my opinion left to the interpretation of the reader. I’m not trying to say anything specific. I’m trying to say what the different characters say. Does that make since? Jashnah doesn’t speak my belief, but neither does Dalinar. They speak their belief, and I respect their belief the best I can. It’s more trying to be true to the characters.
Does Hoid learn the languages magically? Or is he just a gifted linguist?
He is learning them magically. He’s decent with languages, but he has to speak as if he were a local in order to pass as he does. And no matter how gifted you are, doing that across multiple tongues, that’s really hard.
When will we find out what the Nightwatcher looks like?
Dalinar in the past visited the Nightwather. The next book , Oathbringer, will be visiting important parts of his [past]. You can postulate that one of those important events might be his visit to the Nightwatcher. I would really like to see a NW costume.
Is Dalinar forgetting his wife the curse or…?
That’s a RAFO. You know that was coming.
So because the MB: Era 3 is going to be Coinshots doing ear piercings?
You’ll have to see.
Am I going to see any Dark Oculators in book 5?
You will see at least one DO in the 5th book.
When did you start writing?
First book was around 15. It was terrible.
What is your favorite book?
My favorite is Dragons’ Bane by Barbara Hambly. It may not be the best, but it’s my favorite since it made me want to be a fantasy writer.
Vivenna’s breaths – If she were to put all but 5 breaths into her shawl, could she then give the remaining 5 to someone else? Then she retrieves her shawl breaths.
Summary – it’s talked about in book. The hack can work.
In Secret history, it’s stated that uhm, Kelsier expanded his soul.
Expansion of the soul. What do you mean by that?
It’s stated that … Kelsier, that expanding the soul … world hopping?
What do you mean does world hopping involve expanding the soul? I’m trying to get you to be a little more specific. …. I’m going to say sometimes. And you get a RAFO.
Has Wax seen the influence of Shard other than Preservation, Ruin and Harmony?
Yes. He has seen the influence of another Shard.
Might that Shard be Autonomy?
It might.
Did Odium originally have a planet he was Invested in?
Uhm…So Odium’s plan always involved not getting stuck on one.
Can you clarify the structure you are planning for Dragonsteel? For some reason I have stuck in my head seven.
Yes. It was originally going to be seven. Right now I have cut out so much of the books, it will probably be at three.
As of Era 2 is Bavadin still alive?
silence… Uhm… I’m pretty sure I’ve answered this, but just in case I haven’t, I’m going to RAFO this.
Written down question
Kind of a little, but not completely. More along the little than the completely.
A pet theory is that whatever the 4th Shard that Odium shattered, people who founded Serenity.
So you should read Khriss’ introduction to the Cosmere collection.
Oh! I cannot wait for that.
Have Hoid and Sazed (as Harmony) interacted?
Uhm… yes, that has happened.
Was it meaningful?
Hoid considers everything meaningful. [laughter]
Would Sazed consider it meaningful?
Sazed considers every individual meaningful. [more laughter from fans]
Are we ever going to get an official Cosmere timeline.
Yes. Were getting really close to releasing it. I’m not sure when we will. The real trick is now that we are locking down White Sand it is close. The novel wasn’t canon, but once it’s out we will be real close to locking everything down. The trick is where is it? Like Sixth of the Dusk, we’re not sure exactly where it is.
So is it actually canon that MB:Era 2 takes place between SA first & second half?
Well I haven’t written second half so it depend on when I take a break. Maybe it takes place after 5, maybe after 7. We’ll just see how it goes when I get there. The timing there is a little more tight.
So they are much closer in the timeline.
Exactly. So that’s why I have to be a little more doggy on those. Mostly because they are a similar timeline.
How bad was the famine after Stormwind dies?
Breath intake. Yeah… well.
Depressing, but you set it up. And is salt Atlanta still growing?
So.., it’s a whole bunch of good and not so good events took place, as a result of events in the last book. Let’s just leave it at that. And let’s just leave it at that.
What is Syl’s favorite form?
Syl is kind of ephemeral. So her favorite changes quite often. I would say, she probably likes being in human form the most because she gets the best reaction from the people around her that she is interacting with. But that has not always been the case. But she is responding to those around her.
I hope to see more of her and Kaladin in the future.
They have some fun times.
I’m a huge Dalinar fan. But are you going to have more of Lift and [Ash?] and some of the interlude characters?
Lift you are going to see the most of in the later books. She’s set up to be one of the main characters in the second 5. I have already written two scenes with her in them, but I haven’t written one with her view point yet. But the Cosmere collection which is on my short list will have a new Lift novella in it and that will have an audio edition.
So I know that basically Wax and Wayne are basically 1.5, has it turned into 2?
I wish I had called it 1.5. We just have to call it Era 2 now for consistently and clarity sake. If I’d called it 1.5 from the beginning I would have liked that to prevent slips of the tongue myself. If I called the other one Era 2 (meaning 3), I’ve thought of it like that so long it happens. Now we just have to live with it.
Does the size of a piece of metal determine the amount of Feruchemical charge that can be stored in it? So how does it scale, in terms of volume?
It does. So I’ve talked about this before. It does not scale as logically as people would think. There are certain thresholds.
There won’t be a weird love triangle between Kaladin / Shallan / Adolin?
I will do my best not to be weird.
Are there more places I should look for Felt? [The hidden world hopper she asked about in the Q&A session]
Felt has been around, let’s just say. There are more places you should look for him. Whether you find him or not is another matter. There are things he said in Mistborn that are relevant in minor ways.
What character is the most fun for you to write?
Most fun is usually Wayne.
There is a scope (scale) of unreliability: some because of … or intent. of intent in unreliable narrator.
Hoid can be very intentionally unreliable. There are not many 3rd person viewpoint Cosmere stories. So when we are in the character’s POV, like Kelsier is unreliable in that he doesn’t go into his plan, which is technically by intent, but more because he’s like “I can’t think about this” than design. It also is him lying to the reader a bit.
Are there any characters that you see yourself more in?
There is a bit of me in every character. There is something very different than me in every character. The something that is and something that is not me, helps make each character. Nobody is me. The closest we get is my mom claims that Alcatraz speaks in my voice. So she laughs and likes those books the best. He’s way… a super caricature of me.
The man speaking with Nale in WoR when talking about Ash getting worse. Which is he? A Herald or a Squire?
He is not a squire.
Did Kelsier fill copperminds for any reason other than sharing knowledge? Would he want to forget certain memories?
Yes and Yes. Those may not be causally related. You asked two separate questions and got two separate answers.
Is Austre, Endowment by a different name?
RAFO.
Has TenSoon ever left Scadrial?
More RAFO. I believe I have said there are Kandra on other worlds, but I have not said if one was TenSoon.
[A very technical Rhythmatist question about the ellipses. She had drawings to go with the questions, I’m not translating.]
There is a lot they don’t know. And it has been reinforced over time. They have made assumptions they should not have made. Size of circle is not a relevant as perfection of circle and thickness of line.
What is your favorite class to play? [had 5th Edition handbook]
I like to play hyper wizard. An Illusionist. I love Illusionist if you can’t tell from my books.
Whose part are you working on right this moment?
I am writing Lift for the novella. Before that I was writing about Dalinar.
Can you give me any writing advice?
Writing advice? No. I strictly do illustrations. The best advice I can give for drawing or writing is to keep practicing.
Are we going to see Thaidakar in the next Stormlight book?[Oathbringer]
You might, but it’s not guaranteed. Next book does not have major … stuff.
Okay, so more Ghostblood stuff. I’ll wait.
Elkonar’s queen, is she being influenced by Odium? Because for her to be that stupid and for Navani to go off away and say “Eh, the queen got it” seems weird.
You are, um, thinking along proper lines.
Have you read the Deathgate Cycle?
I have read it. Rose of the Prophet is my favorite of theirs, but I did enjoy the Deathgate Cycle. It’s definitely among the Weis & Hickman classics.
What color are Kelsier’s eyes?
Blue.
Really?
Gold or Blue?
It’s never been specify described.
Peter knows.
He said to ask you.
He said to ask me?
“laughing”
This may be the first time you ever hear it. Is it in the books? It’s not in the book. Let’s say Hazel. Sound good to you Peter? “sure” Sounds good.
The only way it will matter is if he travels to Roshar and something happens.
How effective would Pewter Allomancy and Iron Feruchemy be as a Twinborn?
That would do some really cool stuff. Some really cool stuff.
[I wrote “Has Kelsier ever physically been on Sel?” in my book, to which he wrote:
RAFO!
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