Kurkistan he/him Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) This is just a thread to make things a bit neater for reports from the signing tomorrow. The original thread has two pages of "who's coming?" and the like, so better to have a clean start with the proper tags. Content to follow from various Sharders (myself included, hopefully) in the next few days. Edited March 21, 2014 by Kurkistan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurkistan he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 (edited) Just got back from the signing. It was a ton of fun, met a bunch of Sharders and it's really cool to see Brandon speak in person and to actually talk to him. He really is an awesome guy. Anyway, you guys don't want all this mushy stuff: Let's get to the questions! Kurkistan Q&A Transcript Collegeville, PA 3/21/2014 Kurkistan: Speaking of [the Terriswoman wordlhopper who the previous Sharder had been asking about], is she the nurse in Warbreaker? Brandon: <Pauses; gleefully says> RAAAAAAFO! Kurkistan: Are the laws of physics in the cosmere Spiritually based? Brandon: They.. The laws of physics in the cosmere are _ours_ except where they have been changed by Spiritual influence. So I guess you could say "yes." Kurkistan: What would happen if you shot a Thug with an aluminum bullet or stabbed him with an aluminum knife? -[Editor's note: Brandon initially misunderstands the question, as you shall see.] Brandon: Ah, that's a good question. And, um.. the wound would not be able to heal _around_ the aluminum, but once the aluminum came out, and was gone from the system, they would be okay. Kurkistan: Wait, is that a Bloodmaker, not a Thug? Brandon: Oh, you're talking about Thu- Oh, okay. Yeah, ummm... It would work similarly, but it really wouldn't really have a huge effect on them. Kurkistan: Ah, okay. 'Cause Peter was implying that there was some weird aluminum interaction with Thugs. Brandon: What was he thinking of... There is some weird interaction but- Kurkistan: <rudely interrrupts> In the wedding scene [in Alloy of Law] Wax thinks that they would have aluminum bullets to deal with Thugs and I was like "oh that's a typo" and Peter was like "oh no it's not..." Brandon: No no... That would just be- it's like I said: healing it until the bullet is gone. It's just the same as the Bloodmaker. <Various pleasantries from me apologizing for all the confusion> Kurkistan: If I get a Slider, a Pulser, and a Nicroburst in a rocket with a lot of metal, do I have FTL? Brandon: Hehehehe. You're getting _closer_ but you haven't figured it out yet. Kurkistan: Are flamespren, are they all doing their own thing, or is there some Ideal of "Fire" sitting in the Spiritual Realm that they're all based on? Brandon: Each spren is based on the Ideal of Fire. Kurkistan: And is that sitting in the Spiritual Realm? Brandon: Yes, we're using sort of a Platonic Ideal, and that concept is in force, so <sounds hesitant> "yes", but [spren] are manifestations of it. Kurkistan: So these Ideals in the Spiritual Realm: Divine Breath, does that heal by accessing some Ideal of Human Health: so a guy who had never had a tongue and doesn't know how to speak all the sudden has a tongue and can speak? -[Editor's note: Talking of Susebron here] Brandon: You are... <LONG pause> You are, um, on the right track. Kurkistan: Okay Brandon: Because the Breath is... eh. How can I explain this? You are, yeah... So... So each Breath is a shade of diety, right? Kurkistan: Yeah. Brandon: And each Breath incorporates into it this sort of idea of being endowed by the diety Endowment, correct? Kurkistan: Yes. Brandon: And so each Breath you hold brings you one step closer to becoming like that, and so what you're saying is... is "yes", kind of true, yes. Kurkistan: But it's like within the Breath, not sitting off by itself- Brandon: Yes, yes yes exactly. Kurkistan: Last question: If Wayne was inside of a speed bubble and punches somebody who's standing outside it, what's happening with his fist and them: are they like sucked into the bubble, or what? Brandon: So, I have... So _exiting_ a speed bubble, while it's going, has _weird_ ramifications on lots of things. It would be really hard to punch somebody through a speed bubble- Kurkistan: So would the surface like distend around his fist- -<Illustrates with fist "stretching out" invisible film> Brandon: It's going to steal your momentum, but if you actually managed to do it, then- yes. Anything in the speed bubble that's touching through is counted as being as part of the speed bubble. Kurkistan: Okay, so the bubble would end here <Draws invisible surface in the air> and his fist would be out there <Illustrates by "punching" arm through the fake surface, demonstrating the fist extending past the bubble while he arm is within>, but still fast? Brandon: Yes. Kurkistan: Oh okay, thank you. Brandon: That's how I would imagine it so far. Kurkistan: But the bubble does _end_ at [the same place still, with the fist extending out past its boundary]. Brandon: The bubble does end, yes. Kurkistan: <Makes pleasantries and goes to leave, foolishly putting phone in pocket and so obscuring audio a bit> Brandon: And when you're punching through, it's going to- your momentum is gonna'- you're going to lose momentum and get a ricochet, because you're lurching from- <notices Kurkistan (very foolishly) acting like he's about to leave> anyway... I'll let you figure that one out on your own. -[EDIT: Cleaned up last question based on better recording. Thanks ] Note: I _did_ have a few more pleasantries in there, but cut them out for clarity's sake. ------ So that's that. There were some cool questions other Sharders asked, but I'll let them speak for themselves. 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macros he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 the signing was awesome. brandon is a really cool dude. as for my questions, i asked Q. Based on what we know about 10 heartbeats for a shardblade, why does szeth require 10 heartbeats to summon his honorblade? A: (paraphraised) A lot of things involve ones perception. Szeth believes he needs 10 heartbeats to summon it so therefore he does. So i then asked is this why shallan needed 10 heartbeats to summon pattern for the first book and a half and he said yes exactly. Then he expanded by saying this is also why kaladins scar will not heal yet. I finally asked if he could write anything in my book that we did not already know about the skybreakers. I will upload the picture when i get home but it is the second oath of the skybreakers which says "I will put the law before all else". hope everyone else had a great time. Unfortunately i showed up too late to meet anyone 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurkistan he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 That's cool. Thanks for the report, macros. I actually think Brandon might have written something in my book, but I had to run after the signing and I actually haven't looked yet... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardbearer he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 So Susebron wasn't accessing the Form of a tongue in the SR, but rather a Form of a tongue as Endowment sees it in the Breath itself? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorridgeBrick he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Now I'm even more confused on bubble physics. You can ricochet off the bubble?! Wha?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurkistan he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 @Shardbearer Kinda', I guess. It's actually cool because this tells us that the Heightenings are an effect of getting "closer" to Endowment-ness. @Porridge 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macros he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 (edited) Yea no problem. I just hope someone got more information on the bond szeth has with the blade. I was hoping my question would steer him in that direction. Edited March 22, 2014 by macros 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorridgeBrick he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Hmm. I believe that Aluminum's interference with Bloodmakers is our first confirmation that Aluminum screws with Feruchemy too. I wonder what other metals are affected. Will a tinaluminum foil hat stop a Connector from influencing you as well as Emotional Allomancy? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurkistan he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 (edited) Yeah, I was surprised about that, once my "by Harmony I've just been a total weirdo/rude-person to Brandon" wore off. I suppose that goes to explain why Miles was able to "store" his aluminum knife without it pushing out (if I'm recalling the scene correctly). Edited March 22, 2014 by Kurkistan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankets Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 xpost from Rshara's compiled post: Just got back from the philly signing, during the signing I asked:Q: Did the previous 3 Bondsmith all bonded super sprens or is Dalinar an exception? A: They did something similar Q: Can the Unmade be bonded? A: (slight pause) it is possible. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIT Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Just made the 4 hour drive back from Philly and boy was it worth it! I got to ask two questions, one during the general Q&A and another at the signing itself: First one was (paraphrased) Q: The majority of your magics use symbology and glyphs is this intentional? A: yes, there are fundamentals of the Cosmere that are adhered to so that when the different cultures meet its not a "Fantasy Kitchen Sink" and things will match up and be similar. And during the signing itself(also paraphrased) Q: on glowing shardplate and retractable helmets, is the plate similar to where blades are from? A: They are from a similar origin but not exactly alike <I mentioned Adolins observations on how all plate is similar and got this tidbit> Brandon: over time and use a shard blade will actually change its shape When I got home I checked my book and I had "There words are accepted" in it. Frankly it was my first signing and I was utterly star struck I didn't even see him write anything. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NutiketAiel he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 *Sigh* Well, I just spent the last hour transcribing noted from the signing, and my computer ate them. I'm tired, and I have to be at work in less than six hours, so I'm just going to do the highlights for now. I'll come back again and do a full report. As is my custom, and with Brandon's permission, I set up next to his signing table to take notes of the questions fans asked him while getting their books signed. Another Sharder had a recorder on the table, so with luck we will soon be getting a full recording, but I will transcribe some highlights here for the time being. Please note that, unless otherwise indicated, these are all paraphrases. Only when the words are in quotation marks should they be considered Brandon's exact words. Also, I will refrain from re-transcribing notes from the questions asked by those Sharders who have already posted. Q: How did Taravangian justify creating the Design if foretelling is considered to be of the Void? A: Taravangian would argue that he created the design using only the magically augmented strength of his own mind, not actual foretelling. Q: Dalinar doesn't have a "real" Spren. Does his bond represent an upgrade? A: Dalinar's bond is a very cool thing, but also a very dangerous thing. Q: How does dying affect a Spren bound with the Nahel bond? A: Dying, as long as the oaths are unbroken, does not necessarily affect the Spren in a really terrible way. Q: Are we ever going to know Hoid's real name? A: Eventually, but that "depends on what you regard as real." Q: Will the flute come back? A: Many are curious, but "I have been non-committal so far." At this point, and again at the end, one of our fellow Sharders asked a large number of very detailed questions about the astronomy of the Roshar system and Roshar's moons. I'll leave it to her to post the details, especially since in many cases Brandon pleaded a need to check with Peter on the precise information. Apparently, Peter is better with Astronomy. Another Sharder asked from very fascinating questions about Rosharan textiles, but again I will leave it to her to post the details of her questions. I would prefer not to usurp. Q: Is Vasher looking for Nightblood [on Roshar]? A: "Vasher misses Nightblood and feels responsible for him." Q: How many worldhoppers have their been? A: Brandon hasn;t kept track. 1 from Mistborn, and we haven;t picked out the Terriswoman yet (though she is not Tindwyl). Q: Is the Terriswoman the nurse in Warbreaker? A: RAFO Q: What happens to Allomancers who have an allergy to their metal? A: It would "definitely not be pleasant." However, Brandon noted that fewer people on Scadrial would have such allergies, owing to their investiture, but that it could happen. Q: Will there be leather bound editions of Stormlight Archive? A: Someday, but not in the near future, and a leather bound edition of Mistborn was likely to come first. Q: What would Willshapers think of Adolin killing Sadeas? A: They'd be OK with it. Q: Is the Evil on Threnody related to Adonalsum? A: Everything is related to Adonalsium. Q: Are Rhyshadium artificially created or enhanced? A: RAFO Q: Does each order of the Knights Radiant have a different Spren? A: Yes, each order has a distinctive Spren. Q: "Nohadon is still alive, right?" A: RAFO (By my judgement, Brandon seemed both amused and surprised by the question) Q: What is the likelihood of seeing a publication of White Sand? A: Currently working on a graphic novel. Q: Do you plan out the level of advancement for musical ability and technology on each planet? A: Brandon has a general idea, but does not plan it out in detail. Q: Any 1 armed Herdazian jokes? A: How do you get a one armed Herdazian out of a tree? Wave. Q: Jasnah is a very believable atheist. Was it difficult to write her? A: Brandon spent time in atheist forums to "learn how to talk to make her real." Q: How many people know Dalinar doesn't remember his wife? A: "Not very many at all." He has to fake it sometimes. Q: Have you listened to the audiobooks of your works? A: Yes, to hear their interpretations. "I love that Herdazians are Australians." Q: Is Lopen a major character in the back five books? A: No. Q: How will the shardic influence affect Harmony? A: Inability to act, trouble being proactive. "Two sides are pushing," and it will take a long time for this to become manifest. Q: Can Feruchemy only be inherited? A: Hemalurgic spikes are an option. It is hereditary, but it came from somewhere. RAFO, but not a big RAFO. There are other ways to get it. Q: Could Feruchemical Identity be used to heal damage in the Cognitive Realm? A: "Yes, but it's going to take a roundabout method." Identity is very useful for things like this. Q: Which was darker, Jasnah with Shallan in the alley, or Adolin and Sadeas? Were they on the same level? A: Adolin was less dark, from brandon's personal perspective. It was "something that needed to be done" that "no one else was capable of." There will be ramifications down the line. Q: Where is Hoid's "place where gods have died?" Was it Roshar? A: RAFO Q: Was Shallan's father actually her father? A: Yes, it was. Shallan's mother and father as presented were her parents. Q: Szeth hears his victims screaming. Was that his conscience, or a spren? A: Not a spren. Q: What idea came first, Pattern or the chalklings? A: Pattern was first. Q: Was the recipient of the letter in the Way of Kings epigraphs in Words of Radiance? A: "Not in Words of Radiance in person." RAFO, "but they have not appeared in person in the series yet." Q: Would Nightblood kill a non-Returned wielder? A: Nightblood would suck out the soul of anyone wielding it for too long without breath. Q: When does a person become a surgebinder? A: The bond starts forming before the words are spoken, but if no words are spoken, the bond will fade. Acting in a manner conducive with what the spren is looking for will draw the spren. I didn't catch the full question on one of these, but I did catch the answer- Stormlight can feed Nightblood. Q: Will we see a book focused on Lift? A: We are going to get a book with Lift as the main character, and we may see more shorts with her "because she's fun." Q: Is the 17th Shard limited in purpose to tracking down Hoid? A: Their purpose is grander than that. Hoid is one of many priorities for them. "They are very worried about what he is doing." "They have a task, they have goals, they are worried he will be working at cross purposes with them and they are trying to hunt him down." Q: Do we see Nazh? A: Nazh appears in one place in Words of Radiance. Q: Have we seen allomancy on Roshar? A: We have seen allomancy used in Roshar. Q: I didn;t get the whole question, but it was regarding the presence of alluminum on planets other than Scadrial. A: Alluminum has weird properties on all of the magic systems. Not the same effects as on allomancy, but some bizarre effects. Q: When using allomancy, does the metal have to actually be ingested? A: As long as the metal is not hemalurgically charged or hemalurgically placed, it does not have to be ingested. It can be inhaled, injected, impaled or any other way of being placed inside the body. Q: Is the Surge "Cohesion Strong Axial" related to half-shards? A: RAFO Q: Will a Radiant using an honorblade get those surges, too? A: Yes, "it is possible to get multiples." Q: Does Szeth have a puppy? What would that be like? A: "Szeth could totally use a puppy." He does not have one, but "he does now have something very puppy-like." Q: Is one of the first three lands of the Iriali Long Trail Braize? A: No Q: Did the shattering of honor happen in the Cognitive realm? A: "The shattering of a shard is something that transcends all three realms." Q: Any chance of a Nightblood POV? A: There is a chance, it is "something I have sincerely contemplated." Q: Was Nohadon a Bondsmith? A: RAFO Q: Have any Bondsmiths ever had Shardblades? A: RAFO, but Brandon said it was a good question. Q: Why do honorblades work as they do? A: They were crafted before shardblades existed. Shardblades were attempts by "certain individuals" to copy honorblades. We also were informed that the reading at our signing, the one involving a planet with a magic system based on gaining powers while ill, was from a planet in the Roshar System. And, finally, my questions: Q: Were the original 16 shardholders after the Shattering all human? A: RAFO However, Brandon did add that there were 3 sentient races on Yolen. Q: Were the original 16 shardholders all from Yolen? A: Yes. Brandon signed 3 books for me. The first was Emperor's Soul. I asked him to please write for the personalization any information about the Moon Scepter that he was willing to give us that we didn't already know. He gave it serious thought, and told me that there was very little to know about the moon scepter, but what there was to know was very spoilery. Ultimately, he wrote this: "Rafo! (But it is not Mraize's stick.)" I never believed that Mraize's stick was the Moon Scepter, but at least we can discount that crazy theory officially now. :-) I think Brandon felt sorry for me after that, because when he signed my copy of Words of Radiance, he chose to expound on one of his earlier answers about Yolen in the personalization. He wrote: "3 races on Yolen. Human Shodel Dragon" I don't know about you guys, but that is certainly new information to me. :-) All in all, despite my frustration with typing up my notes (stupid computer), I'd say this was a very informative signing. 33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 A: Nazh appears in one place in Words of Radiance. Son of a... I bet he is that ardent drawing bridgemen. This doesn't give us anything! But, man, tons of information. Love it! I really need to do some heavy duty recruiting for the 17S in Chicago so we can get more than just a few questions each signing... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NutiketAiel he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 (edited) Well, most of these questions weren't us. Brandon let me sit at the side of his table, so I got to hear almost everyone's questions for him. He let me do the same thing for the A Memory of Light signing in Dayton last year. It was most informative. :-) Edited March 22, 2014 by NutiketAiel 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Yea, most of the people in the Chicago signings ask the standard questions... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Ninja he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 "3 races on Yolen. Human Shodel Dragon" In Liar of Partinel sample chapters, Hoid meets a smaller vaguely humanoid being with a tail that is referred to as an "Eddau". I've been wondering if those beings turn into dragons between LoP and Dragonsteel. Or now that we know the name of another race, it could just be a different name for the Shodel. Or he could have written the Eddau out of Yolen entirely at this point. The readers of Dragonsteel probably know more, but they're forbidden to speak of the things that they have seen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claincy he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 (edited) Woah. There are some very interesting answers here. Excellent work everyone! I finally asked if he could write anything in my book that we did not already know about the skybreakers. I will upload the picture when i get home but it is the second oath of the skybreakers which says "I will put the law before all else". This made me rather happy. I had guessed it to be "I will uphold the law without exception." which means basically the same thing, just different wording. Which, from WoB, doesn't matter. I don't think I've got the third one quite right yet though. Edited March 22, 2014 by lord Claincy Ffnord 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardbearer he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Q: When using allomancy, does the metal have to actually be ingested? A: As long as the metal is not hemalurgically charged or hemalurgically placed, it does not have to be ingested. It can be inhaled, injected, impaled or any other way of being placed inside the body. This essentially confirms my theory that Miles burns the metal in his armbands without ingesting it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claincy he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 This essentially confirms my theory that Miles burns the metal in his armbands without ingesting it. It wouldn't be a great idea for anyone lacking Feruchemical gold though. Or for anyone who wasn't immune to pain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 He may still ingest and burn it, just because that's how you do things on Scadrial. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NutiketAiel he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 He may still ingest and burn it, just because that's how you do things on Scadrial. Indeed. The metal still would get used up during the process, I would think, so the armbands would show signs of deterioration if this was Miles' normal methodology. I suspect that, if Miles was aware at all that his allomancy could function in this way, he did so only in emergencies. For example, if someone drops a net on him and he has to blow himself to smithereens with a stick of dinamite to escape. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NutiketAiel he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 (edited) Hmm. I believe that Aluminum's interference with Bloodmakers is our first confirmation that Aluminum screws with Feruchemy too. I wonder what other metals are affected. Will a tinaluminum foil hat stop a Connector from influencing you as well as Emotional Allomancy?I was kind of shocked when he answered one person by pointing out that alluminum has "bizarre" effects on every magic system. It has made me start wondering what metal Nightblood's sheath is made from... Do we get any indication of this from the text of Warbreaker? For that matter, I'm thinking about those thingies they use to "blunt" the edges of shardblades in Words of Radiance; I need to go back and re-read those descriptions.Edit: OK, I confess. I need to reread every Cosmere book, hunting for signs of aluminum. Edited March 22, 2014 by NutiketAiel 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardbearer he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 I doubt he ingests the metal at all. Seems like a huge inconvenience and also weakness, given that he is constantly burnng Health. How long would it take to burn a vial of fHealth? And why wear spiked armbands if not? Yes, to keep the metal from being pushed/pulled, but it seemed that there was more to it than that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly he/him Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 The way compounding works, you can actually re-store the health in a metalmind and draw it again at whatever speed. You wouldn't need to burn it constantly, just frequently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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