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Mar 03, 2014 10:46AM
Wit (aka Hoid), what do you think is his story? I think he is a messenger of the coming of Nightwatcher!
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Hoid's story is so much bigger than that and is one of the biggest mysteries of The Cosmere not just Roshar.
Oh yeah Wit is a mystery unto himself. Been on every cosmere planet (so far) and it seems he was there when the 16 shards came into being.
I am still reading through the Mistborn series. I enjoy The Stormlight more. but I have forgotten who he went by in the other books anyway.
Hoid is the name he usually uses. He has several, but I'd have to go check 17S to remember what they are.He appears twice in the Mistborn trilogy.
I'm pretty sure it was all three wasn't it?
I know of at least the first and third books where they named him directly. I don't know about the second book.
I think I've heard Brandon Sanderson say that Hoid has been in all if his novels. But I can't remember him in all of them...
He's in all the Cosmere novels. The Rithmatist, Steelheart, The Alcatraz books, Legion, and Infinity Blade are not Cosmere books so you won't find him there.In the SA books he's Wit obviously.
In Warbreaker he's a storyteller.
In Elantris he's a beggar.
In Mistborn he's an informant and he helps Vin in that one city in the second one, and I can't remember the last place.
In Alloy of Law he's at a party, but none of the characters talk to him directly. It's very easy to miss.
The second in mistborn was the guy in Terris. Who told the Elend's troops not to return to the city.
I'm interested in world hopping. I've read the 17ths shard stuff and am going back through books to find see if I can find him. With the exception of Vasher, I miss the world hoppers the first time around. Any tips for finding Hoid and others the first time through?
What are hoid's powers? In mistborn: hero of ages how did he get the door down to the well open?
I doubt we know all that he can do, but he can travel fast as part of worldhopping. Honestly though, I don't know how that works. Knowing Sanderson, however, there is likely a balance to this power that I'm interested to learn about. Otherwise he could just pop around willy-nilly.This wiki page discusses Hoid including his abilities. http://coppermind.net/wiki/Hoid
If Hoid used the well of ascension to worldhop. Was he stuck after vin absorbed the well?Wouldn't Hoid have taken an allomancy bead to gain allomantic powers? I would have.
JaphiaHart wrote: "If Hoid used the well of ascension to worldhop. Was he stuck after vin absorbed the well?Wouldn't Hoid have taken an allomancy bead to gain allomantic powers? I would have."
ah but who said he didn't take a bead?...
Also, he was gone by the time Vin entered the well.
No, he didn't use the well, but he did visit the well. He took a bead of Lerasium which can makes someone mistborn. I don't know what he has done with it.
Ah ok. I thought he used the well to get to that world. I'm not sure what it was called.
Ah ok. I thought he used the well to get to that world. I'm not sure what it was called.
He for sure took a bead we just don't know if he used it. He's been collecting powers from each of the worlds. I'm we know he's reached the second heightening of BioChromatic Breath and possibly higher which could explain his long life
Mr. Sanderson has said that he might eventually release a short story or novella explaining what Hoid was doing during the Mistborn series on that world. But I wouldn't hope for it soon. Also, if you didn't know this either, Mr. Sanderson is planning on writing Hoid's complete story, but it won't come out until all ten books of Stormlight are done.
I believe Brandon Sanderson said that Hoid is the most powerfull non-shard being in the cosmere. There was an attempt to write Hoid story as Liar of Parthinel but he didn't continue on that much. I believe he is most active on Roshar. That world is special for him since his archenemy had some dealings there. Roshar is a special case in Cosmere too.
