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Interview #769: Elantris Annotations, Entry #25

Brandon Sanderson

I didn’t originally intend for Hrathen to have a Seon. However, as I was working on this chapter, I realized how much sense it made. It lends a bit of hypocrisy to the Derethi religion, and I found that I liked that a great deal. The Seon also allowed me to move more quickly with Hrathen’s plans. I couldn’t have made the storyline nearly as compact if Hrathen didn’t have access to a Seon.

As a side note, I’m planning this Seon here to make an appearance in the sequel (if I write one.) She would be Adien’s own Seon, as he would probably be the hero of the sequel. (Along with his brother and sister.) For those of you who think I didn’t deal enough with the Seons in this book—the sequel would have strong focus on them. In fact, I’m tempted to make this Seon a viewpoint character. However, that would bump me up to four characters, which wouldn’t let me use the chapter triad system.

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