If Hoid was on Scadrial during the original Mistborn trilogy, and took a bead of lerasium and gained Allomantic powers, could he go to Roshar and still have those Allomantic powers? Yes… Most of the magics are not area centric, though a few are.
Well, ‘Hoid’ the name is an alias that a certain person is using, and he stole it from someone else. But the person named Hoid in Elantris, Mistborn, and Warbreaker are all the same individual. For the record, this is not a ‘name cameo.’ This is, indeed, the very same…
Hoid is hard to find in Well of Ascension. Where is he? Hey, all. Brandon here. With the release of this book, there have been some minor updates to continuity that I think some of you will find relevant. The big one has to do with Hoid’s visit to Terris…
Hoid is a mystery which I cannot speak on other than what has been written in the text of the novels. Mostly this is for you to piece together. As I said before, this is a story I’m telling, and if I have to explain the story outside the story,…
The confusion about where the chasm line is drawn is actually related to several problems. The first is because of errors on my part, the map just didn’t end up looking like it needed in order to match the text. In the Tenth Anniversary edition, Raoden draws the line in the right…
There will probably be an ELANTRIS sequel eventually. My writing time has been dominated lately by other projects but I do intend to get back to Arelon and tell more of that world’s story. The second book will probably take place ten years after the first one, and deal with…
Believe it or not, Elantris was the sixth novel I wrote. I took a creative writing class at BYU from David Farland where he said that when you start writing, your first million words will be crap and not to worry about that. The experience and practice you get from writing a…
As with all of my books, there wasn’t one single inspiration, but a number of them. A few of them here were: Chinese and its writing system, and how it relates to Japanese and Korean. The difference between teaching others of your faith in order to help them, as opposed…
Can you explain how Allomancy etc are powered by gods’ bodies? The powers of Ruin and Preservation are Shards of Adonalsium, pieces of the power of creation itself. Allomancy, Hemalurgy, Feruchemy are manifestations of this power in mortal form, the ability to touch the powers of creation and use them….
I did. I have several people in my life who have Aspergers specifically, and they were a huge resource, as you might imagine. There is a specific person who tries to anticipate future needs and therefore always seems to have exactly the thing you’re looking for when you want it. One…