Difference between revisions of "Hoid"
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{{quote|I’ve come to your land to chase an old acquaintance, but I end up spending most of my time hiding from him instead.|Hoid to [[Kaladin]].{{ref|b|sa1|c|57}}}}
In a departure from his previous appearances, Hoid played a relatively major role on [[Roshar]]. Most often seen under the guise of ''Wit'', [[Elhokar Kholin]]'s court jester, he influenced [[Dalinar]], going so far as to ask Dalinar if he had ever heard the term "Adonalsium".{{ref|b|twok|c|54}} He also met [[Kaladin]] and told him a story about [[Derethil]] and the ''[[Wandersail]]''.{{ref|b|sa1|c|57}} During the course of the story, Hoid used a special, ancient flute called a Trailman's flute. It is also likely that he used Lightweaving to cause the smoke from the fire to take the form of various elements from his story. Hoid appeared again later on in the book, at the end, at the very same time as [[Taln]], a [[Herald]], who breaks through the gates of [[Kholinar]] and falls unconscious or dead after declaring that the [[True Desolation]] is imminent.{{ref|b|twok|epilogue}}
In the first Interlude, Ishikk, a man from the Purelake, spent six months being paid by three men to ask around the area after Hoid. These three men are [[Galladon]], [[Demoux]], and a third man from a book that has not been published, referred to as Vao or Blunt. These men are almost certainly members of the Seventeenth Shard.
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