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Interview #576

Summary

Entry #1

Terez

I put all the quotes in the database earlier but I figured I’d do a roundup. There are a few questions I didn’t include either because they weren’t WoT-related or because I didn’t find them to be all that relevant to our HCFF interests. They are footnoted and slightly edited for prettiness.

Entry #2

Matthías Páll (8 November 2010)

How many rounds are there in the Age of Legends game sha’rah ?

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

MAFO

Maria Simons

And I can’t answer that MAFO off the top of my head.

Entry #3

John Lewis (8 November 2010)

Were those fellas in red veils human or Shadowspawn?

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

RAFO. :)

Entry #4

Ashiya Kapadi (8 November 2010)

Who on earth is Nakomi?

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

RAFO. :) I’m leaving that one open to interpretation.

Entry #5

Shivam Bhatt (8 November 2010)

Ch. 48-49. Was that all in Jordan’s notes? So so sad and dark!

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

I’m avoiding answering questions about what was specifically in the notes and what wasn’t, for now.

Shivam Bhatt

Ok, well, can you comment on your own feelings of those chapters, as a fan?

Brandon Sanderson

Awesome but very disturbing. As a fan, they’re discomforting.

Entry #6

Linda Sandström  (8 November 2010)

Are Aviendha’s children conceived naturally or are they a consequence of something Power-related Rand and Aviendha do together?

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

RAFO. :)

Entry #7

Jeff Edde (8 November 2010)

The names for kids in Aviendha’s vision: Were they from the notes for outrigger books? Or written up by you?

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

I’ll answer that specifically after the books are all out.

Entry #8

Brian Cayen (8 November 2010)

You’ve said in the past that Aviendha’s voice was one the hardest for you to write….is this still the case?

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

It still takes the longest to prepare for, but it is no longer as difficult as it was.

Entry #9

Matt Williams (8 November 2010)

Was the fog in The Path of Daggers during the fight between Toram Riatin and Rand a bubble of evil or did Fain control the fog?

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

RAFO.

Footnote

The glossary referred to it as a bubble of evil.

Entry #10

Ty Margheim (8 November 2010)

What did we miss that would have told us who killed Asmodean?

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

I don’t think people missed it. RJ said it was obvious, and many guessed it correctly. So I’d say they got it.

Brandon Sanderson

If you ask on a fan site, they can get you the ‘Sherlock Holmes’ style investigation of the subject. It is right.

Matt Hatch

Was Asmodean killed with balefire? And when will additional details regarding his death be released?

Brandon Sanderson

I will see if I can give additional details. I’ll ask Maria and Harriet for their read.

Entry #11

Xarra (8 November 2010)

You said at a book tour that we’d seen Demandred lots already—is this true? Has he been ‘on screen’ in Towers of Midnight ?

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

I was being jokey on that one, meaning the times he’s appeared as himself or been referenced as himself.

Brandon Sanderson

I have not answered if we’ve seen him ‘in disguise’ yet. Or I didn’t intend to. Might have sounded that way.

Footnote

Brandon has previously indicated that Demandred’s alter ego has not been seen on screen as of Knife of Dreams . RJ also had previously stated that we had not seen Demandred’s alter ego on screen as of Crossroads of Twilight .

Entry #12

Matt Hatch (8 November 2010)

Is Logain working for Demandred?

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

Oh, you KNEW I was going to RAFO that one.

Matt Hatch

How often does Demandred contemplate killing Moridin?

Brandon Sanderson

Less than the other Chosen. He is focused on Rand. He contemplates Moridin, but mostly he wants Rand.

Entry #13

sleepinghour (8 November 2010)

Who is the best swordsman in WoT right now? Lan, Galad, or Gawyn?

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

Lan. Then Galad. Then Gawyn. Gawyn is luckier than he thinks he is.

Entry #14

Adam Stillwaggon (8 November 2010)

Who was bringing the Trollocs through the Portal Stone to attack Perrin and the Whitecloaks?

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

RAFO. :)

Entry #15

Brian Cayen (8 November 2010)

I can’t figure it out….what was the “little thing” that was missed [from books 4-6]?

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

End of Chapter 55 [in Towers of Midnight ].

Footnote

This refers to the ashandarei , which provided a way out of the Tower of Ghenjei.

Entry #16

Matthías Páll (8 November 2010)

Will we see more from Shara or the Land of the Madmen?

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

RJ said there would be no major action in Shara. He was uncertain on Madmen.

Entry #17

Spencer Pranger (8 November 2010)

Why is Hoid trying to restore the Pattern?

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

Lol. Hoid has no involvement in anything WoT. :)

Entry #18

Matthías Páll (8 November 2010)

Who is your favorite character, and why?

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

Perrin, because I feel like him most of the time.

Entry #19

Ty Margheim (8 November 2010)

Are the prophecies competing a la The Belgariad (by David Eddings), or are they complementary?

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

Not competing like The Belgariad , and certainly not intelligent like in The Belgariad .

Brandon Sanderson

Some may be interpreted wrong, others may be recorded wrong, but there is not a this/that nature to them.

Entry #20

Luke Piper (8 November 2010)

Which character kept you up at night worrying the most?

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

Rand. In both books.

Entry #21

pmisir (8 November 2010)

Re: A Memory of Light , I hope there’ll be tons more Tuon/Seanchan?

Brandon Sanderson (8 November 2010)

There will be more than there was in Towers of Midnight .

Entry #22

Matt Hatch (8 November 2010)

Did Verin know the weave to hide her channeling ability from being detected by another female channeler?

Maria Simons (8 November 2010)

Sneaky sneaky Verin knew a lot. And that’s all I have to say at the moment.


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