Arin he/him Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Crazy question/theory. Why is Roshar the shape of a storm? In WoR we saw floating islands. It looks like those islands appear to be part of the map of Roshar and of Shadesmar. So they look permanent. Does all of Roshar float? And in turn take the shape of the storm? Will it change now there are two storms? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShogun he/him Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 If this is the thing that Brandon has said is hidden in the maps I swear to god I will be so angry with myself.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isomere Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 I suspect the land mass is spinning. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eltari Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 In one of the WoB, someone pointed out that it looked like a spiral galaxy. And Brandon got a bit excited that someone noticed.There was also something about each world in the Cosmere syncing up with Shadesmar and what I took away from it was that important landmarks in one world are "connected" to landmarks in another.Haven't pondered the implications much but something for people that care more to think about. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 (edited) So....is Roshar like, a big whirlpool in Shadesmar or something, and Aimia is a stationary section of it? Edited April 7, 2014 by Observer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cstryon he/him Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 In one of the WoB, someone pointed out that it looked like a spiral galaxy. And Brandon got a bit excited that someone noticed. There was also something about each world in the Cosmere syncing up with Shadesmar and what I took away from it was that important landmarks in one world are "connected" to landmarks in another. Haven't pondered the implications much but something for people that care more to think about. So was Sazed aware of this when he remade Scadrial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortaan he/him Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 I wonder if maybe it's not the storms that move, but Roshar... but then the stars would change. Still, that sounds like it'd be pretty interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mckeedee123 he/him Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Reading the thread "Hidden things in the map of roshar", Roshar looks to be based on a frame in the 3-d animation of the Julia Set (look it up on Wikipedia) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natanaj he/him Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 I suspect the land mass is spinning. thats a good idea IDK how the plate tectonics would cause that though. a portion of the mantle grew cold and sunk down, which is causing the upper-crust to slowly sink-spin into the planet. It would have to take place over millions of years though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natanaj he/him Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 So....is Roshar like, a big whirlpool in Shadesmar or something, and Aimia is a stationary section of it? good idea. but what makes you think Aimia is still? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incheoul Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Maybe Urithiru is actually located in the mountains near the center of the map and is in the "eye of the storm" so to speak which would explain why the buildings weren't built in a way to protect from highstorms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Reading the thread "Hidden things in the map of roshar", Roshar looks to be based on a frame in the 3-d animation of the Julia Set (look it up on Wikipedia) A (2D) projection of a (3D) cross-section of a (4D) Julia set, but right. A cool mathematical construct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggai Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 A (2D) projection of a (3D) cross-section of a (4D) Julia set, but right. A cool mathematical construct. Just clarifying for everyone else here: There's almost certainly no Cosmere significance to the shape of Roshar. Unless you want to believe that Brandon specifically made and uploaded the animation to Wikipedia, there's no Cosmere reason it should be that specific projection of that specific cross-section of that specific Julia set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mckeedee123 he/him Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 A (2D) projection of a (3D) cross-section of a (4D) Julia set, but right. A cool mathematical construct. Well, yes, but one of those frames is such a perfectly exact match that it is almost certainly the source of the world's shape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 Well, yes, but one of those frames is such a perfectly exact match that it is almost certainly the source of the world's shape Well, yeah. I am not arguing against you, I am just formalizing the definition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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