Death Rattle

Questioner:In The Way of Kings, there’s a Death Rattle that reads, “He must pick it up, the fallen title! The tower, the crown, and the spear!” Have the events alluded to in this Death Rattle occurred, on or off screen, by the end of Rhythm of War?

Brandon Sanderson: No. *evil laughter*

Questioner: Could the tower, the crown, and the spear possibly be referring to Renarin?

Brandon Sanderson: RAFO, RAFO, RAFO!

Investiture

Jeremy: If vast amounts of Investiture can distort time in a similar manner as a black hole, […] does that include Shards? Would time dilation be greater on Roshar than on Nalthis?

Brandon Sanderson: No, because the Shard is contained almost entirely in the Spiritual Realm. In the Spiritual Realm, time and distance have no meaning. So, what this means is: Large piles of Investiture that somehow make it into the Cognitive Realm or the Physical Realm are going to cause time dilation, but the Spiritual Realm—where it belongs—it’s not going to do that.

Brandon Sanderson: That’s gonna make some exclamation points raise above the heads of some people.