Theoryland of the Wheel of Time

Interview with Brandon Sanderson - Chris King (Miyabi) (Verbatim)

What are some characteristics of and how many other wordhoppers are there that we have seen excluding Hoid, Demoux, and Galladon.

You gave me really good wiggle room on that one. Obviously the other person with Galladon and Demoux.

Chris King (Miyabi)

Right, the one from a future book.

Brandon Sanderson

His characteristics are… What is he like? Some people have read his book so they know what he's like…

Chris King (Miyabi)

Which book is he from?

Brandon Sanderson

He's from White Sand.

Chris King (Miyabi)

Okay, that's one I have but have not gotten to.

Brandon Sanderson

It's only mediocre so don't worry about it. Let's see what other worldhoppers I want to give you clues about… There’s a Terriswoman running around, if you keep your eyes open.

Chris King (Miyabi)

I have to read it, everything.

Brandon Sanderson

Who else do I want to talk about… Words of Radiance has a couple good ones, that will be pretty obvious.

The Terriswoman worldhopper was later revealed to be in Warbreaker though her identity is still unknown.

blunt, worldhopping, white sand, terris, words of radiance,

Orem Signing Report - Zas678 (Paraphrased)

Is Mraize a worldhopper?

Yes, he's been to a few planets, highly supervised by his babsk.

Question (Paraphrased)

So what planet is she [Iyatil] from?

Brandon Sanderson

Well, that's kind of a hard thing to say. She has three planets she's "from". For example, she's living now on Roshar, but then she's from a different planet, but that's not the planet that her people are from.

Question (Paraphrased)

So there was a mass exodus to that planet?

Brandon Sanderson

Not exactly. If you were to find a Japanese American, where would they say that they are from? Her people did not have a mass exodus.

Question (Paraphrased)

Have we seen mass exoduses before?

Brandon Sanderson

Yes, there are some in the cosmere. There's a mass exodus that is mentioned in one of the interludes in The Way of Kings.

mraize, iyatil, worldhopping,

Orem Signing Report - Newan (Paraphrased)

Is the kandra worldhopper MeLaan?

Good question. *gives Newan a RAFO card* In upcoming Mistborn books, you are going to get to know a lot more of the kandra, so you will have a lot more options.

Newan

Ooh. When the kandra worldhopper is off-world, er off-Scadrial, does she take the form of a human female?

Brandon Sanderson (Paraphrased)

Not all of the time.

Newan

Has she spoken a word of dialogue in a non-Mistborn book?

Brandon Sanderson (Paraphrased)

I can't remember.

kandra, worldhoppers,

WOR-University Bookstore (Paraphrased)

I picked up the Easter Eggs for Mraize being a Worldhopper. It was actually the sand that did it, having been fortunate enough to read White Sand.

Now there's something odd about that sand. What color is the sand in WoR?

White Sand, unpublished works,

WOR Signing Report - IronCaf (Paraphrased)

Do we have another worldhopper potentially, with the epilogue?

There is some interesting things happening there. Good question!

worldhopping, hoid, jasnah,

Figment Chat Q&A - January 19th, 2015

Can one give the Command, “divide and do thing X”, for Awakening? How many Breaths would it take to do something like a straw mannequin, how small could you get the pieces, how would you retrieve the Breath?

Uhm, Jason, I’m afraid I would have to pull out my notes. I mean I wrote that book a few- 2006, and so we’re nine years away from me writing that magic system. I, I have it all in the notes, but I can’t off the top of my head rattle it off for you. People use Awakening so infrequently now in the cosmere, it’s just on the one planet with the occasional worldhopper, that I just go to my notes and get it out when I need it.

breaths, awakening,

Shadows of Self-Oak Brook, IL

Kandra can eat nonhumans. What happens when they eat a spren?

Kandras have never encountered spren in any relevant way, except for the occasional Worldhopper, and they have never had occasion to try to eat a spren. Good question.

kandra, spren,

Shadows of Self-Oak Brook, IL

In your mind, what would constitute a Worldhopper? Is it someone who makes a single trip between worlds (for example, the exodus from Yolen—not that it was an exodus, but a single trip), multiple trips between worlds (such as Hoid), or simply leaving a particular world?

Here's the thing. I would call anyone who is aware that there are multiple worlds in the Cosmere and has visited more than one a Worldhopper.

Shadows of Self-BYU

It seems to be more and more apparent that different abilities are granted depending on the design of one's spiritweb. Is the design of a spiritweb, and the abilities it grants, limited to a specific shardworld, or are the designs universal across the cosmere? For example: can a worldhopper from Roshar travel to Scadrial and access previously locked portions of their spiritweb through methods such as hemalurgy?

Most abilities are free to be used across the cosmere, but some are VERY region-locked, like with Elantris. They have difficulty using their abilities outside their own country. There is a reason for this. But most are able to be used elsewhere.

investiture, Sel, cosmere,

Brandon Sanderson RAFOlympics at JordanCon 8 (Verbatim)

So is Vasher - [lady?] who was part of the process creating Nightblood a worldhopper, then?

Vasher had been to Roshar before he created Nightblood, yeah.

vasher, nightblood, roshar,

BYU Bookstore (Paraphrased)

In the signing line, I asked him what would have been included in a hypothetical Nalthian essay had there been one.

He said it would have talked about how close the scholars there were to being Cosmere aware, and how they knew more than anyone who wasn't a worldhopper. He also said he would have given clues to where the pool was. Also, he wrote "Are you listening?" In my book, although I have no idea what was meant by that.

arcanum unbounded, nalthis,

Little City Books-AU Tour (Paraphrased)

If an allomancer worldhopper really wanted to hack the magic system and knew what they were doing, could they get their hands on some Tanavast-ium or Rayse-ium or Egdli-um? Basically make god metals from the other shards?

Yes.

god metals,