Theoryland of the Wheel of Time

Brandon Sanderson Book Signing at JordanCon 8 (Paraphrased)

Are there more places I should look for Felt? [The hidden world hopper she asked about in the Q&A session]

Felt has been around, let’s just say. There are more places you should look for him. Whether you find him or not is another matter. There are things he said in Mistborn that are relevant in minor ways.

Felt, worldhopping,

Brandon Sanderson RAFOlympics at JordanCon 8 (Verbatim)

So I noticed in MIstborn Era 1, a guard of the Venture house was named Felt. There’s also a character in Words of Radiance, a scout called Felt. Is that the same person?

It is the same person. That’s one of the two things I can remember surprising Peter, when he’s like, “This name is kind of interesting. It’s kind of different. You sure you don’t want to use more of a Vorin name?” I’m like, “Go read back in Mistborn.” He’s like “OH!” [laughter] I’m always happy when I surprise Peter, because the other big one that surprised him was when I put Vasher into Stormlight. He’s like, “Huh...Vasher is in Stormlight?” And I’m like, “Go read Way of Kings Prime.” Which he had read, which is the Way of Kings I had written in 2002, where lo and behold Kaladin’s sword master is Vasher, named Vasher at that point. He hadn’t realized I’d written Warbreaker after as an exploration of this character who’d already been in the Stormlight Archive. Those are the two things I can remember Peter not catching about the Cosmere, he gets most everything.

Felt, Worldhoppers, Vasher,