Difference between revisions of "Hoid"

In a departure from his previous appearances, Hoid plays a more conspicuous role in the events on [[Roshar]]. Most often seen under the guise of Wit, [[Elhokar Kholin]]'s court jester, he influences [[Dalinar]], going so far as to ask Dalinar if he has ever heard the term "Adonalsium".{{book ref|twok|54}} He also tells [[Kaladin]] the story of [[Derethil]] and the ''[[Wandersail]]''.{{book ref|sa1|57}} During the course of the story, Hoid uses a special, ancient flute called a [[Trailman's flute]]. It is also likely that he uses [[Lightweaving]] to cause the smoke from the fire to take the form of various elements from his story. [[Ishikk]] was hired by three men from the [[Seventeenth Shard]] to search for Hoid in the [[Purelake]]. He was in [[Kholinar]] when [[Taln]] arrived to herald the coming of the [[Desolation]].{{book ref|twok|epilogue}}

 

Hoid again plays a minor role as Wit, though he is absent for most of the book. In Shallan's flashback to three and a half years ago, she meets Hoid disguised as a messenger, and he talks to her. Here, Hoid is seen ingesting metals and Soothing Shallan. [[Rock]] also describes an encounter with him in the [[Horneater Oceans]] and calls him ''Lunu'anaki'', the god of travel and mischief who cannot hurt man.{{book ref|sa2|46}}{{wob ref|7156}}

 

Later, at the end of the book, he meets with [[Jasnah Kholin]] as she exits the Cognitive Realm, offering to travel with her.{{book ref|sa2|epilogue}}

 

The white-haired man who [[Lift]] says jumped into the mouth of a [[greatshell]] is implied to be Hoid.{{book ref|sa2.5|12}}{{book ref|sa1|57}}

 

{{image|Wit-Fool by taratjah.jpg|side=left|height=300px|Hoid, in his Wit persona}}

The three letters in part two of Oathbringer are directed at Cephandrius. The first two explicitly say this, while the third simply says "friend". It is likely that they are all referring to the same person.

In the epilogue, Hoid is shown in [[Kholinar]] insulting a [[Thaylen]] man in an attempt to elicit a reaction. Upon realizing that the man can't understand Alethi, Hoid decides repeating it all in Thaylen would be boring, so he cuts in front of the man. The man hits Hoid, knocking loose a tooth which Hoid discards upon leaving the area. Hoid uses [[Awakening]] to lure a child away from the corpse of her mother, leaving the child in the care of a family in the city. He then heads to the palace where he finds a [[Cryptic]], presumably the spren [[Elhokar]] was about to bond before he died.{{book ref|sa3|epilogue}}

 

[[Cord]] mentions that in the time when her grandmother served as watcher of the [[Cultivation's Perpendicularity|pool]], Hoid warned the [[Unkalaki]] about the [[Sleepless|Gods Who Sleep Not]].