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Interview: Sep, 2012
Cosmere Q&A - 17th Shard (Verbatim)Zenith
Are Dawnshards the same thing as Honorblades?Brandon Sanderson
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Interview: Mar 21st, 2014
WOR Signing Report - macros (Verbatim)macros
Based on what we know currently about the ten heartbeats, why does Szeth require ten heartbeats to bring forth his Honorblade?Brandon Sanderson
Perception is a very important part of how these things all work, and remember, the Honorblades work differently from everything else. Everything was based upon them. Why don’t you read and find out what’s going on there, but remember, the characters’ perception is very important.
macros
So then that’s why at one point Shallan requires ten heartbeats and now she doesn’t.
Brandon Sanderson
Right, just like—it’s the exact same reason why Kaladin’s forehead wounds don’t heal, because he views himself as need—as having those, somewhere deep inside of him, and that can’t heal until that goes away. And it’s the same reason why in Warbreaker, when you bring something to life your intention, rather than really what you say, is what matters. It’s all about perception.
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Interview: Mar 11th, 2014
WoR Signing Report - Awesomeness Summoned (Verbatim)Question
If a non Windrunner picked up Jezrien's honorblade would they gain Windrunner powers as well?Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
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If a Windrunner picked up that blade, would their abilities be enhanced?
Brandon Sanderson
There would be some compounding but strength is not as much an issue with surgebinding as is the strength of the spren bond and how much Stormlight you are using.
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Interview: Mar 11th, 2014
WoR Signing Report - Awesomeness Summoned (Verbatim)Question
Why were all the shardblades swords when they can take on any weapon form they want? Would they all revert to swords when they die?Brandon Sanderson
When they die they'd revert to the basic form which was a sword since they were patterned after honorblades.Tags
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Interview: Mar 6th, 2014
WoR Signing Report - Bartbug (Verbatim)Question
At the very end of Words of Radiance, Dalinar touches a Shardblade and it screams at him. Should that particular Blade have been safe?Brandon Sanderson
No it should not have. It's a clue that something has happened. There are other clues that something is wrong with what the story you've been told is.
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Because Option 2 is that it's unsafe to touch an honorblade, but there's no evidence of that.
Brandon Sanderson
There is no evidence of that. There's much stronger evidence that something else is going on.
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Did Hoid switch out the blades?
Brandon Sanderson
Hoid did not switch out the blades, but good question.
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Interview: Oct 14th, 2013
Steelheart Signing Report - Shardlet (Verbatim)Question
Is Szeth's sword noticeably smaller than other shardblades?Brandon Sanderson
Yes.Tags
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Interview: Mar 13th, 2014
Macen
If someone is using an Honorblade, would they be able to bond a spren?Brandon Sanderson
It is indeed possible. It does not block it. Good question. You do not have to bond Honorblades. Honorblades work with whoever holds them.Tags
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Interview: Mar 13th, 2014
Kythis
Can they hold more than one Honorblade at a time?Brandon Sanderson
That is theoretically possible.Tags
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Interview: Mar 19th, 2014
WoR Signing Report - darkanimereal1 and luke (Verbatim)Question ()
You mentioned that human can’t bond Honorblades, but Nalan tells Szeth that his bond with his Honorblade has been broken. Can you clear this up?Brandon Sanderson
Humans CAN bond Honorblades. There's a crucial difference between Honorblades and Shardblades. When you drop an Honorblade, it does not disappear, even if it has been bonded. A Shardblade will disappear when dropped.Tags
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Interview: Mar 21st, 2014
WOR Signing Table Q&A (Verbatim)Question
For the Honorblades, if somebody that was already a Radiant used an Honorblade, would they get that Surge also?Brandon Sanderson
It is possible to get multiples, yes. Good question.Tags
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Interview: Mar 21st, 2014
WOR Signing Table Q&A (Verbatim)Question
For the Honorblades, if somebody that was already a Radiant used an Honorblade, would they get that Surge also?Brandon Sanderson
It is possible to get multiples, yes. Good question.Tags
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Interview: Mar 21st, 2014
WOR Signing Table Q&A (Verbatim)Leiyan
I'm guessing it's a RAFO, but why do Honorblades work the way they do?Brandon Sanderson
Honorblades were crafted before Shardblades existed--
Leiyan
So they were crafted.
Brandon Sanderson
They were crafted before Shardblades existed, and all Shardblades that exist came about as certain individuals trying to find out how to copy Honorblades.
Leiyan
So would it be fair to say that Honorblades are analagous to fabrials in some sense? Trap spren in a crystal yada yada Stormlight power?
Brandon Sanderson
There is an analogy there, that I think would pass the SAT's rigor for analogies.
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Interview: Mar 29th, 2014
WOR Signing Report - Herowannabe (Verbatim)Question
Does Hoid have 2 Honorblades?Brandon Sanderson
Hoid currently has no Honorblades.Tags
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Interview: Apr 16th, 2014
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Why was the base form of Shardblades chosen to be blades, as swords?Brandon Sanderson
It's because the Shardblades were devised-- I can't spoil the second book-- They were devised as imitations of the Honorblades, which were created and given to the Heralds. So since the original pattern was the Honorblades, they were built to feel like the Honorblades.Tags
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Interview: Feb 20th, 2015
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I know at the end of Words of Radiance Syl shows she can turn into different forms, not just a sword. Why do they not-- Or why do none of the other past Radiants really show that they have done that. Because normally in the flashbacks they are shown just being swords.Brandon Sanderson
So the shardblades came from spren seeing the Honorblades, which were created for mankind, and being like “I can do that”. That is what they were imitating.Question
So that’s what they wanted--Brandon Sanderson
No, that’s how they see themselves and how they are seen. They can change into other things--Question
They just never--Brandon Sanderson
But when you let go of one it’s going to become a sword again.Question
Oh, I just meant in all the visions they were always portrayed as swords. Was that just for--Brandon Sanderson
That’s cultural, like this is-- One thing that is interesting is you are going to see that the new Radiants don’t have-- I mean the Radiants you have seen almost all of them are after thousands of years of Radiants and Orders and you have certain things that you do. So the writing reason was I didn’t want to give away--Question
That’s what I was going to ask.Brandon Sanderson
There is a writing reason behind it. I didn’t want to do that and give too much away. I already worried that having Syl shift shapes as often as she did through the first book was going to be a big clue to people and I wanted to hold off on giving away too much.Tags
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Interview: Feb 22nd, 2016
Argent
Returned, they don’t quite fit the other splinters—their Breath, rather—because it’s the divine breath that’s the splinter right?Brandon Sanderson
Ehhhhhhh…. Ehhhhhhh....Argent
Okay, that was vague.Brandon Sanderson
Not a 100% correlation thereArgent
So in that case it’s not entirely fair to say that the Returned are vessels for...Brandon Sanderson
No… Well, more vessels than the people that are in T’Telir… So, Endowment is in control of what’s happening, right?Argent
The giving of _____Brandon Sanderson
Yes. So what you’ve got to remember—and this is something that people keep mistaking is- something like a spren is still part of the god, and it’s not that different from the fact that the rock has a part of the body in it, and that everything is kind of made—in [the] Mistborn world in particular—everything is made out of their essence. And so… the breath _are_ similar, but it’s less that- they’re not autonomous in most cases and it’s more like- it’s like a hybrid of what’s happening in Mistborn where everybody’s got a bit of Preservation in them. Everyone’s got a bit of Endowment in them.Argent
Innate investiture.Brandon Sanderson
Innate investiture that they are born with.Argent
I was looking to _Divine_ Breath, _____ specifically.Brandon Sanderson
Oh _Divine_ breath! Divine Breath is it’s own special thing, and it’s more like what happened with the Honorblades, in that the god is pouring a bit of its investiture, infusing the magic ____.Tags