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Interview: May 21st, 2012
jean_santos45
I'm definitely excited for your upcoming books. Are you going to sell signed and numbered copies of Legion and Emperor's Soul? Just got used to having my Sanderson books numbered and signed. a bit spoiled, i know.
Are Legion and Emperor's Soul contained in their own worlds or are they part of the universe of The Stormlight Archive, etc (anywhere with Hoid in it. lol)
BRANDON SANDERSON
The Emperor's Soul is set on Sel, the world of Elantris. It's far off, though, so you have to have your eyes open to catch the clues. Hoid shows up in a deleted scene, and is referenced in the story.
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Interview: Apr 15th, 2013
Reddit AMA 2013 (Verbatim)Herowannabe ()
Hoid has Lerasium and breaths, Does Hoid have anything from Sel? Soul stamps perhaps?Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. :)Tags
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Interview: Sep, 2012
Cosmere Q&A - 17th Shard (Verbatim)Kchan
Can anyone with access to Shadesmar learn how to worldhop?Brandon Sanderson
In theory. Getting to Sel is really tough...Tags
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Interview: Sep, 2012
Cosmere Q&A - 17th Shard (Verbatim)Kuri Shardweaver
I've heard tell of an upcoming book where the magic is based on forging. This excites me greatly, and I was wondering if you could give us just a smidge more information regarding it? Either the world, the magic itself, or how it impacts said world? Though something like the Shard behind it would be awesome too..Brandon Sanderson
Sure, the story is The Emperor's Soul, and it actually takes place on Sel. (Same planet of Elantris.) The magic system works by using a carefully designed stamp to rewrite the past of an object--creating a 'forgery' of its past, and that changes what it is in the future. Rewrite the past of a beat-up chair so it was owned by someone who cared for it, and suddenly it's polished and maintained. It's not illusion; it's an actual transformation.
It works on the same mechanics of AonDor and its kin, using written characters to access the Dor and channel its power.
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Interview: Sep, 2012
Cosmere Q&A - 17th Shard (Verbatim)Odium's_Shard
Can magic systems from one world work in any given other?Brandon Sanderson
For some, it will take quite a bit of work, but it's possible to get them each to work. Sel's magics are regional, and so they are going to be tough. Scadrial's magics are the easiest.Tags
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Interview: Sep, 2012
Cosmere Q&A - 17th Shard (Verbatim)ROSHtafARian
There's been enough speculation that an Elantrian world hopper appears in Way of Kings and that an Elantrian world hopper wrote the Ars Arcanum in Alloy of Law to make it likely that by the time of both books, at least some Elantrians can world hop. So my question is, at the time of Way of Kings, does Sel have the most cosmere-awareness out of any of your shardworlds (including ones we have not seen yet), or is there another Shardworld that's more aware of the greater cosmere at this time?Brandon Sanderson
Sel is very cosmere aware at this point, but getting to and through Shadesmar (that's not the local term, by the way) is very difficult on Sel. That stunted them for a long while. They're still fairly far ahead.Tags
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Interview: Oct 30th, 2012
Hal-Con Report - Lance Alvein (Paraphrased)Lance Alvein
Is Sel realmatically knowledgeable by this point, or is it specific to forgery?BRANDON SANDERSON (paraphrased)
Sel is the most realmatically knowledgeable of any of the shardworlds, but much of the knowledge demonstrated in the book is directly related to forgery - it's tied to the theological aspects of forgery more than anything else.Tags
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Interview: Oct 30th, 2012
Hal-Con Report - Lance Alvein (Paraphrased)Lance Alvein
You said to not travel to Shadesmar on Sel. Is this a consequence of Odium Splintering Aona and Skai?BRANDON SANDERSON (paraphrased)
It is indirectly related to the splintering. There is a clue to why it is dangerous in Way of Kings.Tags
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Interview: Nov 6th, 2012
Weller Book Works Signing - Josh & Mi'ch (Verbatim)Question
I want to know if the Seventeenth Shard members come from all of the planets, not just Sel.Brandon Sanderson
They come from multiple planets. You have seen Seventeenth Shard members from several planets already.Tags
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Interview: Apr 15th, 2013
Reddit AMA 2013 (Verbatim)Shadowsaber223 ()
Were any of the other magic systems of Sel affected by the fall of Elantris, such as soulforging?
Brandon Sanderson
No.
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Interview: Apr 15th, 2013
Reddit AMA 2013 (Verbatim)Windrunner17 ()
Why does Scadrial, which has two Shards, only have three manifestations of investiture, (Allomancy, Feruchemy, and Hemalurgy) but Sel, also with two Shards, has five manifestations of investiture (AonDor, Dakhor, ChayShan, Forgery, and Bloodsealing)?
Brandon Sanderson
Sel's magics are much more regionalized than Scadrial's. Each area has its own manifestation, but they're all actually the same magic. So really there is one magic on Sel—much as Windrunning and Lightweaving on Roshar are kind of different magics, but also kind of the same.
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Interview: 2013
Kaladin_Stormblessed (March 2013)
Discussion of the week: Shadesmar & Truthspren
http://coppermind.net/wiki/Shadesmar
sufficientlyadvanced
It says that it's dangerous to travel to Shadesmar on Sel. Why?
Brandon Sanderson ()
It has to do with the Dor and the lack of an entity controlling much of the power Odium left in his wake on Sel.
Phantine
Woah, that's interesting. I had no idea Odium left little bits of his power on Sel... I guess it kinda makes sense for evil monks to be powered by pure hate, though.
Brandon Sanderson
Odium did not leave his power behind, one should note. He left several other powers which are now, to a large extent, mindless...
Windrunner17
This is an awesome answer!
If you wouldn't mind answering, does Roshar have a similar problem, with Honor being Splintered?
Thanks!
Brandon Sanderson
No, Roshar does not have the same problem. There are some differences going on. (One reason being that the spren are far more extensive on Roshar, and provide something of a "release valve." The Seons and the Skaze on Sel are not numerous enough to fulfill a similar function. Though, of course, that's only one part of the puzzle. Raw power is dangerous.
It's one reason everyone should be thankful Kelsier was around on Scadrial.
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Interview: Mar 16th, 2012
A "Late-Breaking" Report (Paraphrased)BRANDON SANDERSON (paraphrased)
Seons are remnants of a dead Shard.
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Interview: Dec 6th, 2012
West Jordan Signing Report - Josh & Mi'ch (Verbatim)Question
So, are you planning on doing anything else with Elantris or Warbreaker universes?
Brandon Sanderson
I am. I don’t know if you read Emperor’s Soul but it’s in the Elantris universe. It’s set on a different continent, so you have to keep your eyes open to see the connections but the magic systems are working on the same fundamental formula. You will enjoy that one if you liked Elantris and Warbreaker I will get back to eventually.
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Interview: Dec 6th, 2012
West Jordan Signing Report - Josh & Mi'ch (Verbatim)Question
Brandon, have we seen a point of view chapter from the character who writes the Ars Arcanum?
Brandon Sanderson
I’m not gonna tell you that. That would be way too much giving away.
QUESTION
Is the character who writes the Ars Arcanum from Sel originally?
BRANDON SANDERSON
I’m not gonna tell you anything about the character who writes the Ars Arcanum.
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Interview: Dec 8th, 2012
Clues in signed things (Verbatim)Chaos ()
In Emperor's Soul, I asked: "Is the reason why it is hard to get to Shadesmar on Sel because Devotion and Dominion being Splintered?"Brandon Sanderson ()
That is part of it (a little). Then, hidden later in the book: "Has to do with the name of that expanse."Tags
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Interview: Mar 20th, 2014
WOR Signing Report - IronCaf (Paraphrased)Outis
Is it very difficult to worldhop from Sel because most of the world in its Cognitive realm version is ocean?Brandon Sanderson
No that is not the reason, good question.Tags
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Interview: Apr 24th, 2016
Brandon Sanderson Book Signing at JordanCon 8 (Paraphrased)Question
[I wrote “Has Kelsier ever physically been on Sel?” in my book, to which he wrote:Brandon Sanderson
RAFO!Tags
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Interview: Jan 31st, 2015
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You've mentioned several times that traveling to Shadesmar on Sel is incredibly dangerous. Would reassembling Devotion and Dominion solve this problem? Also, what about the three individuals we know to have traveled to and from Sel? Did they use the Shadesmar anyway, or have they accessed an alternate method of worldhopping?Brandon Sanderson
Yes, I suppose that could work, yes. For the second question, I'm going to have to answer that with a yes as well.Tags
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Interview: Oct 12th, 2015
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On Sel, it seems like a lot of the magic is tied in to the location on the planet. Could you take something like Soulforging and do it on another planet, or is it just tied into Sel?Brandon Sanderson
It is tied into Sel, and there's this distinct reason for that, and it has to do with one of the big differences between the magic there and other places that people haven't picked out of me yet.Question
So is that tied into how you can get Investiture there?Brandon Sanderson
Yeah. It's all tied in. I’ve only made it vaguely- It's not obvious, but I think you could pick it out if you worked at it.Tags
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Interview: Oct 6th, 2015
the fulgid
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?Brandon Sanderson
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.Tags
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Interview: Aug 19th, 2015
KChan
Are all magics on Sel their own individual systems, or are they different manifestations of the same system?Brandon Sanderson
They are different manifestations of the same system.Tags
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Interview: Aug 19th, 2015
KChan
Are all magics on Sel influenced by both Devotion and Dominion?Brandon Sanderson
Yes.Tags
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Interview: Nov 28th, 2015
PrncRny
Did Hoid have anything to do with Bavadin showing up on Sel?Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. (Though interestingly, he asked me why I asked this question. I said I got it off a question list here and he stated that people had been trying to get him to say something on the subject for a while. Trying to pry information from him. Hence the RAFO.)Tags
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Interview: Feb 17th, 2016
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We’ve seen the Cognitive Realm now on Roshar, with the spheres, and on Scadrial with the mists, but what does it look like on Nalthis and Sel?Brandon Sanderson
That is a big FAT RAFO.Tags
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Interview: Feb 17th, 2016
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In Bands of Mourning we saw the medallions that can give people Connection to the area that they are in. Two thoughts on that. One… if a person were to get a connection to one of the areas from Elantris would they be able to gain the powers from the area?Brandon Sanderson
Yeah that’s a good question, it’s not that easy. But it is an excellent question.Question
And if there was an area where the primary language was sign language, would a person gain the ability to speak sign language to the people present by using that connection?Brandon Sanderson
Yes. It is definitely related to the Cognitive Realm and how people are thinking about language.Tags
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Interview: Feb 27th, 2016
Paladin Brewer
Is Threnody in the same planetary system as Sel?Brandon Sanderson
No it is not.Tags
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Interview: Feb 19th, 2016
Dirigible
"The Expanse of Broken Sky, is that Sel?"Brandon Sanderson
(something I can't make out....it was a RAFO; I don't think he said anything more)Footnote
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Interview: Feb 19th, 2016
Dirigible
"Can you be Connected to two locations at once?"Brandon Sanderson
"Yes"Dirigible
"Will that help with doing Sel magic off-world?"Brandon Sanderson
"RAFO"Tags
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Interview: Apr 8th, 2016
Blightsong
Does magic happen on Sel because areas have a stronger cognitive presence, like, more sentient life in that area?Brandon Sanderson
Uhhh, no, good question, good question. That is not the answer. I am going to give it in the Cosmere collection (Arcanum Unbound?) if people don't guess it by then. So I'm going to leave off, I could tell you right now but, I can't remember if anyone has guessed it or not.Question
Is it related to tectonics?Brandon Sanderson
No, it's all kinda going in the wrong direction. I haven't really given you the clues to figure it out, I don't think. Once I say it, it will make a lot of sense.Tags
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Interview: Apr 23rd, 2016
Brandon Sanderson RAFOlympics at JordanCon 8 (Verbatim)Question
The Aons on Sel, they’re all based on - I assume the Inshape of the landscape around Elantris. Covestiture in Elantris itself, all the sigils are based on the general uld that magic work in other places based on geography on the other places with their Investiture, or is that exclusive to Sel?Brandon Sanderson
That is an aspect of the Selan magic system… did I say Selian or Selan? Can’t remember which one we settled on, Peter knows…Question
Selish.
Brandon Sanderson
Oh, Selish, that’s what we settled on, isn’t it, yeah, Selish magic system. This is why we have copy editors [laughter] That’s a feature of the Sel’s magic system that… as far as I know, no-one has pulled out in any decent reason for. But there’s a distinct reason that could be figured out, but it’s… one of these things that will make sense when I explain it, but I’m not sure if it’s quote-unquote “intuitively obvious” to the average reader. I don’t really think that it necessarily is that, but it will make perfect sense once it’s explained.
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Interview: Nov 29th, 2016
Old Firehouse Books-AU tour (Paraphrased)Question
If you were on Roshar, and tapped Connection, would you be unable to use Scadrial magic?Brandon Sanderson
No, but that's a good question. You would not be able to use Selish magic though, because that is dependent on location.Tags
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Interview: Dec 3rd, 2016
Little City Books-AU Tour (Paraphrased)wicktacular
Based on the bit during the open Q&A about Odium splintering Dominion and Devotion and shoving their power into the Cognitive, and that blocking off the Spiritual, which makes Sel's magic so location (or Identity of location) based - if a Shardbearer traveled to Sel, could they still summon their Shardblade?Brandon Sanderson
That's interesting. Nobody's ever asked me that before. That's a RAFO! (I got a card!)Tags
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Interview: Dec 6th, 2016
Harold Washington Library Center-AU Tour (Paraphrased)Question
The two Shards on Sel were kind of pressed into the Cognitive Realm. Is that what makes travel there so difficult?Brandon Sanderson
Yes. Because you usually travel through the Cognitive Realm, but that’s not exactly what you want to be doing on Sel.Tags
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Interview: Dec 6th, 2016
Harold Washington Library Center-AU Tour (Paraphrased)Argent
I have a follow-up on the map? Most of the constellations seem fairly straightforward. The one containing Roshar has a Shardbearer or Herald…Brandon Sanderson
There are a couple that don’t make [sense]. Sel gets a lamp, yes.Question
Why?Brandon Sanderson
Ask Isaac about that, he came up with the symbolism. And I like all the symbolism. But I would go to him about the symbolism of that. Ask him to write an essay for my website about it, because he has really cool-- Cause again, cause I said to him, ‘I want a star map’ and I wasn’t gonna put constellations on it, right? Just, the one in the back cover that doesn’t have constellations, that’s what I asked for and he came back and said ‘I did a constellation map with these things, what do you think?’ and I said ‘that’s cool!...Can you explain these to me?’ so I’m just gonna let Isaac go with that, he chose it, he chose the perspective and the point of view, so it’s his map, and he’s canon on that.Tags