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Interviews: TOM Signing Report - Matt Hatch
Summary:
Entries
12
Date
Nov 2nd, 2010
Type
Paraphrased
Location
Provo, UT
TourCon
Towers of Midnight Book Tour
Bookstore
BYU Bookstore
Reporter
Matt Hatch
Links
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Matt Hatch
Questions and Answers During Signing
(Many of Brandon's answers are paraphrased until I can go back and transcribe the chat.)
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Matt Hatch
Can someone without the Talent for Dreamwalking or Dreaming, but with access to Tel'aran'rhiod through a ter'angreal be taught to find dreams?Brandon Sanderson
As far as I know, no. That's an 80%.
The question they should be asking is could Perrin (be taught to find dreams)?
Matt Hatch
Can he?Brandon Sanderson
I don't think so.Matt Hatch
Well, what he can do is similar to Dreaming and Dreamwalking.Brandon Sanderson
But the wolves don't know about them.Matt Hatch
Well...Brandon Sanderson
I'm not sure, but that's what I would be asking (paraphrased).Tags
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Matt Hatch
Can the True Power be used to create a Mask of Mirrors?Brandon Sanderson
Yes.Matt Hatch
Do True Power Mask of Mirrors have different attributes than One Power Mask of Mirrors?Brandon Sanderson
Everything done with the True Power will be slightly different.Matt Hatch
Can you place a True Power Mask of Mirrors on another person?Brandon Sanderson
Yes.Matt Hatch
Would a True Power Mask of Mirrors persist into that person's dreams, how they see themselves?Brandon Sanderson
They would see who they saw themselves as (it wouldn't persist).Tags
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Matt Hatch
Is the Bore larger or smaller than it was at the time of the Sealing?Brandon Sanderson
The same size (95% sure).Matt Hatch
So, are the seals, even in their weakened state, the reason the Bore has not grown any larger?Brandon Sanderson
As far as I know, yes.Tags
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Matt Hatch
Can Slayer dreamwalk in Tel'aran'rhiod or only go there in the flesh?Brandon Sanderson
Slayer cannot dreamwalk (100% sure).Matt Hatch
Did Slayer's employer in Winters' Heart use the True Power to weave a gateway?Brandon Sanderson
RAFO—I need to look it up, but you can tell True Power gateways if you know what to look for, wouldn't you agree Matt?Matt Hatch
Yes.Tags
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Question
Was Narg an especially smart Trolloc?Brandon Sanderson
Narg was a smart Trolloc; there are other Trollocs that can speak the human tongue...we are talking the the top one percentile.Footnote
Brandon probably meant the 99th percentile. Or the top 1%.Tags
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Matt Hatch
Is there a distance to pain sensitivity with the Warder bond? In essence, would I still know my Aes Sedai was being tortured or would it just be a dull pain if I was at a great distance?Brandon Sanderson
Yes, distance does matter. But no, you would know that she was being tortured, even at a great distance.Tags
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Matt Hatch
How did the Forsaken in charge of the gholam learn of Herid Fel?Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. (Smile)Tags
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Matt Hatch
What happened to the large packs of Darkhounds that were patrolling Altara back in Crossroads of Twilight?Brandon Sanderson
We already know, don't we?Matt Hatch
Honest, can't remember.Brandon Sanderson
Well, I know, but I think we do know.Footnote
Brandon is probably referring to the passage in Winter's Heart Chapter 13 where Moridin reveals that Isam (Slayer) is hunting Fain. The connection between Slayer and the new breed of Darkhounds is not explicit, but it is still pretty obvious. Luc and Isam are mentioned in connection with the Darkhounds in the Dark Prophecy written on the dungeon wall in The Great Hunt Chapter 7. He was killing wolves in Tel'aran'rhiod in The Shadow Rising Chapter 28, and the reality-bending properties of the Unseen World might explain the T2 Darkhounds.Tags
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Matt Hatch
Did Verin know Fain was a Darkfriend, when we first met Verin?Brandon Sanderson
Not sure.Matt Hatch
Did Verin ever work with Fain?Brandon Sanderson
No. She's been around him, but working with him is something different.Footnote
When we first meet Verin, Fain is a known Darkfriend being held prisoner in Fal Dara.Tags
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Matt Hatch
We are told that the mindtrap is somehow connected to the soul. Is it possible to create ter'angreal that can hold a soul, or be tied to a soul in such a way as to capture it at death?Brandon Sanderson
Many things are possible, but are improbable.Matt Hatch
Was such a ter'angreal created during the Age of Legends?Brandon Sanderson
Many things are possible, but are improbable.Tags
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Matt Hatch
We are told the male Aiel channelers go to the Blight to "to kill the Dark One." And it is said "None survived long enough to face madness." Is this point of view or truth?Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. It's not that I don't know, it's that I think in reading the text you can answer that question yourself.Tags
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