Quiver he/him Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 So..it's been a while since I read SA. Sorry if this is a really dumb question answered in them. But what is Rosharan clothing made from? From what recall, they don't have cows and sheep, at least not outside Shinovar, so presumably fabric isn't made from leather and cool. I'd expect Chulls and Greatshells to be more chitinous than anything conducive to fabric. Do they have soft undetbellies or something? Sorry for the sudden bout of ignorance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The One Who Connects he/him Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Here you go Quote I was wondering, on Roshar, what sort of plants and animals do they use for fabrics, since they don't have a lot of wooly animals and the plants are different? Brandon Sanderson Most of them are plant-based. I think I've mentioned one of the plants. EHyde They have silk though, right? Brandon Sanderson Yes. It's called sea-silk, they grow it in the water. It comes from the coasts. EHyde So they don't have anything like our silk, then? Brandon Sanderson If you looked at it, you would call it silk, but it is being produced in a very different way. EHyde Our silk comes from insect cocoons, and they have a lot of that there, but they don't use it for fiber at all? Brandon Sanderson Insect cocoons on Roshar are either, they melt in water from the highstorm cycle, or they have stone in them, so they don't work really well for textiles. There are certain rockbuds you can shred the inside of the shell to get a textile, there's sea silk that grows out in the ocean, and there are other plants of a similar nature. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymeros Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 Wow, Brandon really does think of everything. What a G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tariniel he/him Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 (edited) Quote Wow, Brandon really does think of everything. What a G. It astounds me how he can think that deeply into everything, and still interconnect it all. Coming from someone who is currently building his own fantasy world, the ways Brandon overlaps everything in his books (from social norms to storming clothing) is nothing short of incredible. I mean, just look at how far the storms go into Roshar's ecology, culture, and epithets. Edited October 21, 2016 by Tariniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weltall Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 This got me interested so I looked up a few things and found out that sea silk is (or was) a real thing. Now scale that up to match Roshar's fauna... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_silk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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