Difference between revisions of "The Emperor's Soul"

The story follows [[Shai]], an imprisoned [[Forger]]. She attempts to recreate the soul of Emperor [[Ashravan]] with the help of his councillor [[Gaotona]]. [[Hoid]] appears in the sample chapter.

The book is set in the [[cosmere]], taking place in the same [[Sel|world]] as [[Elantris]], though in a very different region and without any of the characters from Elantris, apart from hoid[[Hoid]], who is the Imperial Fool and mentioned onceseveral astimes, thethough he never imperialappears foolin-person.{{wob ref|1768}} It tells the story of a woman named [[Shai]], a thief and a [[Forger]]; or person capable of rewriting the pasts of objects in order to change their present.

[[Hoid]] was written into the original prologue, as the Imperial Fool who set up [[Shai]] to be caught stealing the Sceptre. The scene was removed due to Brandon's alpha readers not liking it.{{bws ref|the-emperors-soul-deleted-prologue-imperial-fool|Deleted prologue from ''The Emperor's Soul''|date=March 31, 2014}}