Shardcast: The Brandon Sanderson Podcast

Stormlight Lost Tales (Storydeck)

Mar 2, 2025

Dive into the whimsical world of Stormlight Lost Tales as the hosts explore three engaging stories. They discuss the lighthearted antics of 'Chasmfriends' and the emotional depth of 'Elsecaller' and 'King Lopen.' Enjoy snippets about character dynamics, narrative challenges, and the unique storytelling format of card packs. Topics also include ethical quandaries faced by characters and the potential for adapting stories into children's media. It's a mix of analysis, humor, and fan theories that brings the Cosmere to life!

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Intro

00:00 • 1min

Charming Tales from the Stormlight Archive

01:26 • 5min

Charming Chasm Friends

06:31 • 7min

Exploring Elscaller and Yasna's Journey

13:53 • 5min

Narrative Challenges in Condensed Storytelling

18:39 • 4min

Navigating Emotional Complexity in Fantasy

22:21 • 5min

Morality and Characterization in a Controversial Scene

27:46 • 2min

Navigating Currents and Character Dynamics

29:17 • 10min

Origins and Inspirations in the Cosmere

39:25 • 9min

Dreams and Deceptions

48:30 • 9min

Unraveling the Everstorm

57:46 • 12min

Navigating the Storm: A Character Analysis

01:10:01 • 12min

The Intricacies of Jasnah and Narrative Choices

01:21:47 • 14min

Navigating Continuity in Established Universes

01:35:25 • 6min

Exploring Character Dynamics and Storytelling in the Stormlight Archive

01:41:36 • 16min

Whimsical Conversations and Nonsense Cards

01:57:38 • 4min

A Lighthearted Exploration of Spren and Character Dynamics

02:01:40 • 1min

Exploring Collaboration and Character Clues

02:03:10 • 12min

Community Growth and Playful Banter

02:15:23 • 2min

It's time to talk about the three Stormlight Lost Tales, the Storydeck stories that came out as card packs at Dragonsteel Nexus. The three are Elsecaller (the Jasnah story during Words of Radiance), King Lopen the First of Alethkar (Lopen and Elhokar at the ending of Words of Radiance), and The Chasmfriends Get a New Pet! (a noncanonical children's story). Dragonsteel later sold the cards separately, but are sold out now. But we hope you enjoy this episode anyway! Listen on to see what we thought of these stories. Episode does contain some Wind and Truth spoilers during Elsecaller and Lopen segments. This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), and Ene (AonEne)! Thumbnail is card art for King Lopen the First of Alethkar, by Marie Seeberger: https://www.instagram.com/p/DD0bPqSIH8k/?img_index=7 Cards are sold out, but the listings are: https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/products/storydeck-box?_pos=4&_sid=aef7e52e2&_ss=r https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/products/story-deck-3-packs?_pos=3&_sid=aef7e52e2&_ss=r 0:00:00 Introductions 0:02:51 The Chasmfriends Get A New Pet! 0:14:04 Elsecaller (Some Wind and Truth Spoilers) 0:32:11 Interesting Elsecaller things 0:59:04 Everstorm Stuff 1:18:29 Other Gripes, Matching WoR Epilogue 1:36:25 King Lopen The First of Alethkar (Some WaT Spoilers) 1:47:38 Storydeck format 1:53:42 More Lopen 2:07:41 Who's That Cosmere Character If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard Purchase merch here! https://store.17thshard.com/ For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net Read all Words of Brandon on Arcanum: https://wob.coppermind.net Subscribe to Shardcast: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:102123174/sounds.rss Send your Who's That Cosmere Characters to wtcc@17thshard.com #brandonsanderson #stormlight #cosmere