Spook’s Message

Here is the connection between the groups, and the reason I wrote the Spook sections.

Well, that’s not completely true. I wrote the Spook sections because I found him a compelling character, with a new way to use the magic and an interesting story to tell. I liked how his story played against Sazed’s conflicts, and what the work in Urteau said about the overall message of the book.

However, the piece that connects the storylines and brings them together is very important too. Spook knows about things that Vin does not, and so we begin to thread these different viewpoints together. We’ve already had Marsh and Vin’s scenes ram together, as well as Sazed’s and TenSoon’s. Now we’ll weave Spook in too.

Goradel Volunteers

Good old Goradel—or Richard Gordon, a good friend of mine and a fantasy fiction fan. Since this became the series to work in cameos (I didn’t put many at all in Elantris), I wanted a place for Rich. He’s very similar to how Goradel looks and acts; a solid, good-natured guy. The type you want running your important message through a dying world in an attempt to save it.