Difference between revisions of "Hoid"

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* Limited foresight - Hoid knows where he needs to go and when he needs to be there.{{qa ref|689|4}} Feruchemy is somehow involved in this ability.{{qa ref|895|2}}
* Extremely long life and time dilation{{qa ref|622|106}} - Hoid is far older than any human could really live. He also hasn't lived through all those years. He can move swiftly forward in time, but has not yet traveled backwards in time.
* Awakening - Hoid likely has a [[Breath]], something that a scene in Words of Radiance seems to confirm, as he mentions how playing an instrument was easier now with 'perfect pitch' - something granted to those with the Second Heightening.{{qa ref|949|11}}
*Unknown immunityRegeneration - Hoid wasis threatenedable byto Jasnahregenerate withbody aparts Shardbladeand buteven heheal remainedhis soul if it is unconcernedsevered.{{qa ref|1071|2|If Hoid got beheaded, would his body grow a new head?|date=Mar 4th, 2014}} He is unthreatened by Jasnah's Shardblade saying, "I'd be surprised if that little knife of yours poses me any real threat ...,." implying that he is immune to the effects of a Shardblade or is very nearly so. Sanderson has also said that Hoid would do well in a fight between all his protagonists because he is "really, really, really hard to kill,." but that he also would not be good at killing others.{{qa ref|1044|9}}
* Inability to kill - Hoid cannot easily kill "because of certain things in his past."{{qa ref|1044|9}} Rock says he cannot hurt man because it is forbidden by other gods.{{book ref|sa2|46}}
 
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