Aryanath Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 (edited) I was reading the last week's issue of The Economist magazine today and I came across this article in the science section: http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21709287-piece-sea-floor-stranded-dry-land-may-hold-clues-lifes-origin-topsy It describes the Danakil (aka Afar) Depression in Ethiopia, "a piece of the sea floor stranded on dry land." Strongly reminded me of Roshar. Edited November 2, 2016 by Aryanath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manukos he/him Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 nice one!! but if it comes to roshar on earth i rly like our similarities with shinovar chickens , horses , grass and the rest of plantlife only place with soil no carapace animamals no spren we dont have that big eyes but that could be a contrast with the rest of Roshar's inhabitans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eki Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 I like this. I'm having a hard time imagining (eastern) Roshar as anything other than a dull gray. But that's not true - there are lots of plants, and not all stones are gray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jondesu he/him Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 2 hours ago, Eki said: I like this. I'm having a hard time imagining (eastern) Roshar as anything other than a dull gray. But that's not true - there are lots of plants, and not all stones are gray. I don't remember, are the stones described as gray specifically in the text anywhere, or with any other colors? There are tons of potential colors for rocks, and while I also just pictured it all as dull gray, that's probably not really accurate. For all we know, most of Roshar could look more like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eki Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 7 minutes ago, Jondesu said: I don't remember, are the stones described as gray specifically in the text anywhere, or with any other colors? There are tons of potential colors for rocks, and while I also just pictured it all as dull gray, that's probably not really accurate. I don't remember. I mean, the vast majority of it comes from crem, so there might not be THAT much variation. I'd like for it to be, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jondesu he/him Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Just now, Eki said: I don't remember. I mean, the vast majority of it comes from crem, so there might not be THAT much variation. I'd like for it to be, though. Yeah, but it's possible the crem mixing with different things as it hardens could do that. Crem itself is a brownish color I think I remember, so the continent is almost certainly not gray like I was originally thinking, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weltall Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Yeah, nice find! 4 hours ago, harambe said: we dont have that big eyes but that could be a contrast with the rest of Roshar's inhabitans Their 'large eyes' are relative. Word of Brandon is that pretty much everyone on Roshar other than the Shin have epicanthic folds. https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1ced7z/iamstilla_novelist_named_brandon_sanderson_ama/c9ftd2b/?context=3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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