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[[File:Wit-Fool by taratjah.jpg|thumb|left|x300px|<center><small>by [[Coppermind:Artists/taratjah|taratjah]]</small></center>Hoid, in his Wit persona, depicted as the Tarot card '''The Fool'''.]]
The three letters in part two of Oathbringer are directed at Cephandrius. The first two explicityexplicitly sayssay this, butwhile the third one justsimply says "friend, however". itIt is likely that they are all referring to the same person.
 
Hoid appears as Wit in the middle of the novel, discussing the nature of power with Shallan. Prior to that, while telling the story of Mishim in Alethkar, Hoid sees something next to his pack, andwhich becomesstartles startledhim. After the story, Shallan looks into Hoid's pack and sees a small, sealed black jar. The side of the jar pointing at Shallan was white. This may be important, but not much is known about it. During Hoid's conversation with Shallan, he says that he knew of a group like the Cult of Moments, describing them as equally foolish and equally dangerous. It is unclear at the moment which group he may be referring to.
 
He later helps her get into the Cult of Moments, and findsfinding Shallan at her darkest moment, when she discovers the food she has been giving to the poor is just making things worse.
 
[[Shalash]], upon seeing sketches of [[Talenel]] and herself, wonders aloud why Midius (a name taken by Hoid in an as-yet-unpublished text) is giving away drawings of them.{{book ref|sa3|121}}