Will Gaidal Cain be spun out as a hero of the horn of Valere should the horn be sounded again? Can a hero show up there if alive? Will a hero become a “copy” that rests within the horn until called to arms?
As I understand, if you are ‘spun out’ you do not respond to the call of the Horn. So no Cain showing up if it is sounded again, as he’s been spun out.
As you understand it? Isn’t your understanding more or less canon at this point?
No, it’s not his world or book series. He can misunderstand something just as well as the next guy.
Not saying he did here, but just ‘cuz he’s finishing the series doesn’t mean, for example, he can retcon or change anything or do “whatever he wants or thinks”.
No of course not. But if there are two ways to understand something (that RJ has written) wouldn’t it be up to Sanderson to decide which of those he believes to be right?
So if he thinks that when he’s spun out he wont respond to the Horn, no one can ever prove him wrong (there are nothing in the books to contradict this), so wouldn’t his understanding be the “right” one?
Here’s the thing. There are three million+ words of notes, and RJ changed his mind about a lot of things as he wrote, explored, and made decisions. (He talked about this being his process. He saw the Wheel of Time as an organic thing.) So any time I speak on an issue like this, there’s the chance that Maria (his assistant) will come to me and say “Actually, Brandon, he changed his mind on that. Look here for the revision.” Half the time, it’s something he mentioned in passing to her, Harriet, or Alan and isn’t even written down.
So…on things I think I know, but haven’t confirmed with Team Jordan yet, I usually add some wiggle room. My knowledge is far from absolute. Fortunately, everything in the books I write gets fact-checked a half dozen times. (Even then, some of my mistakes slip through.)
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