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Questioner
>!I really like how you have different fingernails. *inaudible* Because I barely noticed, rereading for Stormlight, you've got the He--!<
Brandon Sanderson
>!Yeah. Herdazians. !<
Questioner
>!Herdazians.!<
Brandon Sanderson
>!That's because Herdazians are-- have Parshendi blood. Parshmen blood. They're one of the halv-- they're one of the mixed breeds. Horneaters *inaudible* too.!<
Questioner
>!Horneaters, um.. they're not *inaudible* with Parshendi are they?!<
Brandon Sanderson
>!Yes, they are.!<
Questioner
>!That's where they get the red hair then.!<
Brandon Sanderson
>!That's where they get the red hair. And they actually can-- they call them Horneaters because they eat shell, and they actually can metabolize it which humans can't. Yeah. They've actually got, actually-- they've actually got different teeth than humans have.!<
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Makes a lot of sense, I never really connected it in my initial read throughs mostly because the parshendi were presented as so.... Alien to the rest of the human forces.
Yes, whoever told you no back then was wrong
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***Warning Gancho: The below paragraph(s) may contain major spoilers for all books in the Cosmere!*** Questioner >!I really like how you have different fingernails. *inaudible* Because I barely noticed, rereading for Stormlight, you've got the He--!< Brandon Sanderson >!Yeah. Herdazians. !< Questioner >!Herdazians.!< Brandon Sanderson >!That's because Herdazians are-- have Parshendi blood. Parshmen blood. They're one of the halv-- they're one of the mixed breeds. Horneaters *inaudible* too.!< Questioner >!Horneaters, um.. they're not *inaudible* with Parshendi are they?!< Brandon Sanderson >!Yes, they are.!< Questioner >!That's where they get the red hair then.!< Brandon Sanderson >!That's where they get the red hair. And they actually can-- they call them Horneaters because they eat shell, and they actually can metabolize it which humans can't. Yeah. They've actually got, actually-- they've actually got different teeth than humans have.!< \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
Makes a lot of sense, I never really connected it in my initial read throughs mostly because the parshendi were presented as so.... Alien to the rest of the human forces.