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Your search for the tag 'ambition' yielded 6 results
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Interview: Nov 22nd, 2016
BYU Bookstore (Paraphrased)Question
not specifiedBrandon Sanderson
There is a Shard on Threnody called Ambition.Footnote
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Interview: Nov 29th, 2016
Old Firehouse Books-AU tour (Paraphrased)Question
Were the planets in the Threnodite System named like that in response to Ambition's demise?Brandon Sanderson
It is not a coincidence that so many of the planets have to do with songs of mourning or passing, in that system. So, you are on to something.Tags
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Interview: Nov 29th, 2016
Old Firehouse Books-AU tour (Paraphrased)Question
What was the name of Ambition's Vessel?Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.Tags
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Interview: Dec 6th, 2016
Harold Washington Library Center-AU Tour (Paraphrased)Question
Does the Shard of Ambition have anything to do with the Bondsmith?Brandon Sanderson
Shard of Ambition have anything to do with the Bondsmith, no, good question. I see what you guys are getting at, who’s the third Bondsmith. So, uhh, this is a RAFO. I will eventually start talking about the third Bondsmith. I’m gonna RAFO all questions about it for a while though.Tags
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Interview: Dec 6th, 2016
Harold Washington Library Center-AU Tour (Paraphrased)Argent
I want to take us back to some Shards before we skip me for the fourth time. So there were a few of the Shards that Rayse Splintered, included Ambition, Dominion, and Devotion.Brandon Sanderson
Yes.Argent
And those were all way back in history. So, we know that the Shard’s personality overrides the Vessel’s personality over time?Brandon Sanderson
Strongly influence, and depending on the Vessel, override.Argent
So, did Rayse choose those Shards because--Brandon Sanderson
He went after Ambition first, but didn’t find Ambition until after going after Devotion and Dominion. But Ambition was number one on his hit list.Argent
Was it because of the Shard or because of the Vessel, or the person.Brandon Sanderson
In this case it was the Shard primarily. He was afraid that this was a Shard that would rival him. But, he then got trapped in the Rosharan system.Argent
Which is segue to Shards Investing in Shardworlds. So is it kind of a...passive...the more a Shard stays on a world, the Investiture kind of seeps…Brandon Sanderson
Yes, it does. Once you’ve got a Perpendicularity, you are starting...That’s trouble for going other places. But you’ve gotta remember, going other places means multiple things to someone actually holding a Shard. They can exist in the Spiritual Realm, where all things are one. And they can even kind of comprehend it.Tags
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Interview: Dec 6th, 2016
Harold Washington Library Center-AU Tour (Paraphrased)Question
Did Ambition fight back?Brandon Sanderson
Yes.Question
And...Was Cultivation close enough to when Odium got [Splintered] Honor, to know how to fight back? Brandon: Heheheheh. I would say yes.Question
And Cultivation, is she--Brandon Sanderson
She is still there. Alive and kicking.Question
And she can probably know how to not turn her back to the--Brandon Sanderson
Well, maybe. She has learned from the experiences of others.Tags