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Hoid's true personality, while also usually disguised, is more easily seen as he occasionally drops whatever part he is playing. One of his overall most noticeable traits is his sharp wit and intelligence. The characters he plays often have a penchant for jokes and mockery but when he removes the facade his personality often seems mysterious and grave.{{book ref|twok|epilogue}}{{book ref|twok|57}} If he was asked about whether he called himself a good man personality-wise, Hoid would reply with a "No".{{wob ref|1704}}
Hoid cannot easily kill people
When he is on Roshar during the [[War of Reckoning]] and [[True Desolation]], serving as King [[Elhokar Kholin]]'s Wit, Hoid has the appearance of a man in his mid-30's{{wob ref|1705}} with deep onyx hair. He wears a stiff black coat a carries a long thin sword at his waist.{{book ref|sa1|12}} This blade is not magically Invested but has personal value to Hoid.{{wob ref|2505}} It is a symbol of office for the King's Wit, though Hoid himself is not a skilled swordfighter.{{wob ref|896}}
Hoid travels between various planets within the cosmere by making use of [[perpendicularity|perpendicularities]],{{wob ref|1472}} places usually created by the presence of a Shard on a planet where the sheer power of Investiture causes the borders between the realms to be weakened.{{au ref|drominad}} A knowledgeable person such as Hoid is able to transition from the Physical Realm to the Cognitive Realm.{{wob ref|1472}} Hoid can then travel to a different world's subastral, as the distances between worlds in the Cognitive Realm are much smaller than in the Physical Realm.{{wob ref|4132}} Hoid is very proficient at traveling in the Cognitive Realm.{{wob ref|5981}} He can easily travel to any world that has an active [[perpendicularity]], even those worlds where the perpendicularities are dangerous to pass through such as the [[Well of Ascension]].{{msh ref|2|1}} Hoid is known to be aware of perpendicularities on Scadrial,{{msh ref|2|1}} Sel,{{book ref|Elantris|part=postscript}} and Roshar,{{book ref|sa2|46}} and likely knows of Nalthis's perpendicularity as well.{{book ref|wb|32}}{{wob ref|9501}} While Hoid typically makes use of natural perpendicularities in his travels, later in life he may also have access to an ability that essentially allows him to generate his own personal perpendicularity, much like the [[Surge]] of Transportation.{{wob ref|9294}}
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Hoid was once a Dawnshard at some point.{{wob ref|14300}} His time holding it caused changes to his Spiritweb in a similar manner to [[Savant|Savantism]]. These changes meant that long-term Hoid found himself unable to inflict harm on any others, as well as unable to eat any sort of meat. His Dawnshard is in some way connected to the First Gem,{{wob ref|14355}} his eponymous topaz.
==== Agelessness and Time-Dilation ====
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|Other men . . . other men, as they age, merely grow stranger. I fear that I am one of those. I am the bones of a foreign species left drying on the plain that was once, long ago, a sea. A curiosity, perhaps a reminder, that all has not always been as it is now.
|Hoid on his age{{book ref|sa3|68}}
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Hoid has lived for many more years than any mortal human would be able to live.{{wob ref|4031}} This immortality is known to have come from
=== Healing Factor ===
|Hoid to Jasnah on her Shardblade{{book ref|sa2|epilogue}}
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Hoid has access to some sort of healing factor that is capable of repairing both the body and the [[Spiritweb|soul]].{{wob ref|5606}} He is able to regenerate any damaged body parts at will, including his head. He can also heal from being stabbed [[Hemalurgy|hemalurgically]].{{wob ref|6435}} Hoid is able to repress his healing factor in some way, preventing instantaneous healing, an ability that he makes use of in some of his disguises.{{book ref|sa3|epilogue}} This healing factor makes it very difficult to kill Hoid,{{wob ref|4780}} although he is still at least somewhat vulnerable.{{book ref|sa3|epilogue}} The name of the manifestation of Investiture responsible for Hoid's healing is unknown, but it is ancient,{{wob ref|8498}} likely originating from some Pre-Shattering source. It is uncertain whether or not this healing factor is at all related to Hoid's apparent agelessness, which is known to originate from a remnant of a weapon built to kill Adonalsium.{{
=== Fortune ===
=== Origins ===
Very little of Hoid's origin is known, beyond the fact that he was present at the [[Shattering]] of [[Adonalsium]] on [[Yolen]].{{wob ref|5077}} He knew at least some of the original [[Vessel]]s personally, was friends with [[Rayse]],{{wob ref|2101}} and [[Tanavast]] once bought him a drink.{{book ref|sa2|epilogue}} Hoid was offered a Shard at the time of the Shattering, but refused to take it.{{wob ref|3337}} He kind of considered the Shattering necessary.{{wob ref|8718}} He also did something in his past that he regretted.{{wob ref|8225}} At some point Hoid became an unknown [[Dawnshard]], which changed him permanently, although he stopped being one eventually.{{wob ref|14300}}{{wob ref|14346}}
He makes no appearance in [[Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell]].{{wob ref|6665}}
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