In the bonus Hoid scene at the end of Elantris, it says that Hoid looked up at "the Unknown Gods domain". What is that referring to?
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3Well, if it is unknown... :-p– SJuan76Commented Feb 4, 2019 at 1:16
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Could you add some additional context for that quote; maybe the one or two lines before and after? I've read Elantris, but don't remember this passage.– LiesmithCommented Feb 4, 2019 at 13:53
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1its in a bonus scene at the back of the ten year edition where he talks to a skaze– AnthelothCommented Feb 4, 2019 at 14:04
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2@Liesmith - Yeah, it's an added scene in newer additions, and it comes after some of the "extra" scenes from earlier drafts. Offhand, it's probably a reference to the God Beyond, which is a concept running around more recent Cosmere books as more and more people get used to the idea of the gods, plural, they usually know not being a permanent fixture.– RadhilCommented Feb 4, 2019 at 17:48
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1coppermind.net/wiki/God_Beyond– MithoronCommented Feb 21, 2019 at 20:23
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It seems it's just another name for God Beyond. Sanderson was asked about this scene:
Windrunner:
Shai refers to an Unknown God, is this at all related to the rocks that fell from the sky that Shai's ancestors carved?
Brandon Sanderson:
For her people, there is a relationship. But watch for mentions of the God Beyond in the books. There is more here.