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{{character \|image=Hoid Frost.jpg \|species=dragon \|groups={{tag\|Seventeenth Shard}}{{epigraph ref\|sa1\|26}} \|world=Yolen \|universe=[[Cosmere]] ~~\|books=[[Dragonsteel Prime]]~~ \|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]] ~~}}{{unpublished\|book=Dragonsteel}}~~ }} {{quote \|Our interference so far has brought nothing but pain. My path has been chosen very deliberately. \|Frost's [[Letters\|letter]] to [[Hoid]]{{epigraph ref\|sa2\|66}} }} '''Frost''' is a [[dragon (cosmere)\|dragon]] from [[Yolen]].{{wob ref\|2565}} He is old enough to remember the [[Shattering]], and has been corresponding with [[Hoid]] through [[letters]].{{wob ref\|2682}} '''Frost''' is a character from [[Dragonsteel Prime\|''Dragonsteel'' Prime]]. He is the recipient of the First [[Letters\|Letter]] and the author of the Second.{{wob ref\|2682}} He is the oldest known character in the Cosmere, older even than Hoid.{{wob ref\|945}} He has a non-interference policy and, though not appearing on screen in any of the published books, has been referenced.{{wob ref\|4214}} He is a dragon and is functionally immortal, meaning he does not age but he can be killed.{{wob ref\|3074}} His long life is racial.{{wob ref\|5881}} ==Appearance and Personality== ~~He is closely associated with the [[Seventeenth Shard]].{{epigraph ref\|sa1\|26}} He is not a [[Worldhopper]], but he is still knowledgable about the cosmere.{{wob ref\|3679}}~~ {{quote \|Please, hearken to my plea. Leave that place and join me in my oath of nonintervention. The cosmere itself may depend upon our restraint. \|Frost's [[Letters\|letter]] to [[Hoid]]{{epigraph ref\|sa2\|74}}{{epigraph ref\|sa2\|75}} }} The specific details of Frost's appearance are unknown. He presumably has the powerful shapeshifting abilities common to his race,{{wob ref\|12076}} giving him the power to significantly alter his appearance. His usual appearance is presumably reptilian in nature.{{wob ref\|2682}} == Notes ==▼ <references>▼ Frost has lived through significant events in the cosmere and has adopted a non-interference policy.{{wob ref\|4214}} He's sarcastic and insulting towards Hoid,{{epigraph ref\|sa2\|62}}{{epigraph ref\|sa2\|74}} although it is clear that their personal relationship is complicated.{{epigraph ref\|sa2\|63}} ~~{{wob ref\|945\|Who is the oldest character we know?\|date=2014-8-13\|event=Goodreads: Ask the Author Q&A}}~~ ~~{{wob ref\|2682\|He's actually writing to Frost\|date=Apr. 8, 2016\|event=OddysseyCon 2016}}~~ ~~{{wob ref\|3074\|Anything you can tell us about Frost?\|date=Jan. 7, 2015\|event=Firefight Seattle Public Library signing}}~~ ~~{{wob ref\|3679\|What non-worldhopper character we've seen so far is the most cosmere-savy?\|date=Sept. 8, 2015\|event=/r/books AMA 2015}~~ ~~{{wob ref\|4214\|Frost's appearance in other books\|date=2011-01-04\|event=General Twitter 2011}}~~ ~~{{wob ref\|5881\|Is it something innate to his race?\|date=Oct. 5, 2015\|event=Shadows of Self release party}}~~ <gallery heights=150px caption="Images of Frost"> ~~</references>~~ Hoid by Katie Payne.jpg \| <center><small>by {{a\|Katie Payne}}</small></center> With [[Hoid]], on [[Dragonsteel Entertainment]] sticker ~~{{complete}}~~ Hoid and Frost by Jenny Slife.jpg \| <center><small>by {{a\|Jenny Slife}}</small></center> With Hoid Hoid Frost.jpg \| <center><small>by {{a\|botanicaxu}}</small></center> With Hoid Hoid and the dragon.jpg \| <center><small>by {{a\|botanicaxu}}</small></center> With Hoid </gallery> ==Attributes and Abilities== {{image\|Hoid by Katie Payne.jpg\|Frost With Hoid\|side=right\|width=250px}} Like all dragons, Frost is functionally immortal, meaning that he does not age, but he can be killed.{{wob ref\|3074}}{{wob ref\|5881}} He is the oldest known character in the cosmere, even older than Hoid.{{wob ref\|945}} He has gained a second form of immortality on top of his natural dragon immortality through unknown means.{{wob ref\|15673}} Dragons are also known to have the abilities of flight{{wob ref\|11737}} and shapeshifting, including the ability to appear human.{{wob ref\|2655}} While not a [[worldhopper]], he is still highly knowledgeable about the cosmere.{{wob ref\|3679}} He is associated with the [[Seventeenth Shard]],{{epigraph ref\|sa1\|26}} a group that shares his nonintervention policy.{{wob ref\|1735}} He is able to keep track of current events in the cosmere through the Seventeenth Shard, correspondence, or other means. Among other facts, he knows that Hoid possesses a bead of [[lerasium]] from [[Scadrial]],{{epigraph ref\|sa1\|14}}{{wob ref\|5483}} that [[Odium]] is trapped in the [[Rosharan system]],{{epigraph ref\|sa2\|69}} and that a gemstone of Hoid's (presumably the [[First Gem]]) is "dead".{{epigraph ref\|sa2\|60}} Despite the existence of the [[Silverlight Mercantile]] interplanetary postal service, this was not the method Hoid and Frost used to exchange letters, meaning that they had some other means of contacting one another.{{wob ref\|12626}} === Immortality === Frost's current mortality status is ambiguous. As a dragon, he is naturally ageless; immortal in the weak sense that he could live forever absent outside intervention. However, Hoid says "as you are '''now''' essentially immortal",{{epigraph ref\|sa1\|22}} he must be immortal in ''some'' sense stronger than that.<!--{{wob ref\|15673}} but there's no reason to cite for this, it's literally basic logic.--> But contravening that, he still can be killed.{{wob ref\|3074}} Frost is both sufficiently difficult to kill that Hoid would consider him "essentially immortal", but still possible to kill. What this means is not clear. ==History== Little is known of Frost's history even though he is truly ancient. He is slightly older than Hoid,{{wob ref\|945}} and both of them are known to have lived on [[Yolen]]. In their correspondence, Frost and Hoid seemed to know each other well, and Frost hinted that they had worked together in the past.{{epigraph ref\|sa2\|66}} They also exhibited a shared personal knowledge of a number of the original sixteen [[Vessel]]s who perpetrated the [[Shattering of Adonalsium]] on Yolen and took up the power of the [[Shard]]s.{{msh ref\|3\|2}}{{wob ref\|11602}} Specifically, the letters mentioned [[Rayse]], [[Bavadin]], [[Aona]], [[Skai]], [[Ati]], and [[Tanavast]] by name, and Frost referenced "the sixteen".{{epigraph ref\|sa2\|70}} In Hoid's initial letter to Frost, it seemed that the two had not spoken in some time; Hoid was not sure if Frost was fully aware of the [[Splinter]]ing of [[Devotion]] and [[Dominion]] on [[Sel]]{{epigraph ref\|sa1\|22}} even though several millenia had passed since that event.{{epigraph ref\|sa2\|70}} Hoid begged Frost for his support, implying that Frost still had clout in the cosmere.{{epigraph ref\|sa1\|28}} Frost rebuffed Hoid, emphasizing his nonintervention policy, and referred to their past actions as having caused more harm than good.{{epigraph ref\|sa2\|66}} Although Frost seemed to agree with Hoid's assessment that Odium was dangerous,{{epigraph ref\|sa2\|67}} he did not understand Hoid's level of concern{{epigraph ref\|sa1\|17}} since Odium was trapped in the [[Rosharan system]].{{epigraph ref\|sa2\|69}} The two were diametrically opposed on the best way to save the cosmere, and Frost entreated Hoid to abandon his quest; he felt that this was the only way to ensure that Hoid would not make things worse with his meddling.{{epigraph ref\|sa2\|60}} Frost still lived on Yolen during Roshar's [[True Desolation]].{{wob ref\|2565}} == Trivia == * It is likely that there are characters older than Frost in the cosmere, but they have not been canonized.{{wob ref\|11856}} * Frost first appeared in the unpublished novel ''[[Dragonsteel Prime]]'', some of which can be read on Brandon's website.{{bws ref\|dragonsteel-prime-chapter-25-bridge-four-1\|''Dragonsteel Prime'' Chapter 25: Bridge Four 1\|date=c. 2000}} A series of ''[[Dragonsteel (series)\|Dragonsteel]]'' novels are still in Brandon's long-term plans for the cosmere, and would likely include Frost.{{sots ref\|2018}} * In the original Dragonsteel Prime, Frost was posing as a human, and Hoid was able to prove he was a dragon by pranking him using a [[Tamu Kek]].{{wob ref\|16190}} ▲== Notes == ▲<references /> {{complete\|[[User:Big Smooth\|Big Smooth]] ([[User talk:Big Smooth\|talk]]) 12:05, 24 June 2019 (MST)}} {{Cosmere}} [[es:Frost]]