The Cosmere series is on-going, so the works that are part of it will grow. But you don't need to worry about meta and tagging to answer this. The motivation for this question is this meta post - before starting to retag, I want to be sure which brandon-sanderson questions are actually cosmere questions. I'm looking for an exhaustive list of Sanderson's works, clearly split into Cosmere and non-Cosmere books/series. Sanderson's own website, as well as this SFF.SE question, both mention various books which are part of the Cosmere, but they don't state whether this is all the Cosmere books published so far, nor do they give proper lists of non-Cosmere Sanderson books. It's certainly not all of them, but I'm not sure exactly which ones are the exceptions. In the end, the Cosmere Cycle will include between 32-36 books.īut Wikipedia doesn't specify precisely which of Sanderson's books are part of the Cosmere. Because of that, he hides connections to his other works within each book, creating this "hidden epic". This idea came from his desire to create an epic length series without requiring readers to buy a ridiculous number of books. The Topaz connection and Stoneward Oath is suspicious though, I'll give you that.The Cosmere is the name of the universe in which many of Sanderson's books exist. Another option is that Hoid actually does view Taln as a role model, and Hoid based the idea off of Taln rather than the other way around. There's an option that he was a Herald, but didn't betray them so they have no ire towards him. No, I'd guess that Hoid wouldn't have been trying to get to Braize, but maybe he was there to convince Tanavast to trap Rayse, or maybe he was looking into what the Nightwatcher could offer him. Before the Oathpact, I'm assuming there wasn't the storm in the Cognitive Realm that prevented the Fused from escaping Braize, though I guess it could have been there. There's other components that may not make sense, such as why Hoid would have wanted to get to Braize before Odium was trapped there. Either the Heralds have never found out over millennia of torture, the Fused never told them that their friend betrayed them (which would be a logical torture component), have forgiven Hoid for millennia of torture (yeah right), or have forgotten. that's low, even for someone ready to leave a planet to burn. I won't deny the possibility that Hoid could do this, but. then his current treatment of Taln feels nauseating to me if there is no visible sign of remorse. If Hoid knowingly kicked off the torture of the Heralds. Taln and Ash are pretty much the only two individuals that Hoid shows actual reverence towards, and he seems to respect them. Let's extrapolate out a bit from this concept. Why Taln is not a Herald, well not the original Herald. Why do the Stonewards sound so similar to Hoid. When/why was Hoid on Roshar before, dancing with ancient singers and able to recognize fused. This Theory answers a couple of questions. When the Knights Radiant are formed, Taln uses Hoid as a role model when making the Stonewards, in honor of Hoid making the Oathpact exist in the first place. Through the strength of Taln's resolve to protect, desolations became hundreds of years apart.
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Hoid is then free to leave Roshar through a perpendicularity and the oathpact remains in place. (Potentially because Ash had a crush on her body guard). He is chosen to replace Hoid and the connection to Honor is shifted to him. Salash's bodygaurd, who came to Roshar from Ashyn with the rest of refugees, is still alive. (This next bit is tenuous.) Because the Heralds were not expecting torture, they broke quickly this first time. Once back on Roshar, Hoid finds someone to replace him, Taln. So he leaks to the fused, that members of the oathpact could choose to go back to Roshar. Hoid finds what he needs, but now needs a way off Braize. Oathpact is made and they all go to Braize. Why, talk the high and powerful among the humans on Roshar into an oathpact. If Hoid, in collecting investiture, needed to get access to Braize, what would he do. He explores the cosmere and is trying to something very ambition around collecting all the types of investiture. We also know that Hoid knows where he needs to be. Now, we know that Hoid was once called Topaz and that he took his name after the first gem. They enjoy exploring. They tend to be known for their can-do attitudes and for taking on enormous projects (sometimes more than they can handle). The Stonewards have a core tenet (per coppermind): " The core tenet of the order is be there when needed." And their gem stone is topaz (thinking of the first gem here). In researching what might have caused the true desolation, I stumbled upon a theory.