Shardcast: The Brandon Sanderson Podcast

The GRAND APPARATUS! (And Tons of Hoid WoBs) | Dragonsteel 2023 Words of Brandon Part 2

Feb 18, 2024

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Joshua (jofwu)

In this podcast, Eric, Ian, Alyx, Evgeni, and Joshua delve into the Dragonsteel 2023 Words of Brandon, discussing the Grand Apparatus, Hoid dating dragons and shards, Aether homeworld name pronunciation, Skybreaker armor spren, Hoid punching Kelsier, Truthwatcher Surges, and Cosmere character mysteries. They also explore the bug Mraz theory, Hoid's interaction with Nightblood, Hemalurgic spikes, and Renarin's revelation about Adolin. The episode concludes with a playful game of guessing a Cosmere character based on clues.

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Introduction

00:00 • 4min

Exploring Spiritual Realms, Dragons, and Aether Planets

03:36 • 15min

Unraveling the Mraz Sleepless Theory

18:44 • 4min

Exploring Theories on Cosmere Creations

22:49 • 24min

Investiture Levels and Interactions Between Characters

46:23 • 5min

Character's Interaction with Nightblood and the Flexibility of Magical Abilities

51:01 • 3min

Tracking Hoid and Hemalurgic Spikes

54:21 • 18min

Unraveling Truths and Oaths

01:12:47 • 7min

Renard's Revelation

01:19:55 • 5min

Who's That Cosmere Character?

01:24:42 • 21min

Discussion on Tag Status and Patreon Promotion

01:45:23 • 3min

Today on our eternal string of Words of Brandon episodes, we are continuing to talk about what happened from Dragonsteel 2023. And in this case we learn about the GRAND APPARATUS and a lot of WoBs about Hoid's dating life. Also, there's a legitimately serious Stick discussion. Yes, really. This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Alyx (Feather), Evgeni (Argent), and Joshua (jofwu)! Our thumbnail today is not the Grand Apparatus, but actually Cybertron by Jaime Jasso: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/4rvn1 Dragonsteel 2023 Spoiler Q&A: Dragonsteel 2023 Spoiler Q&A: https://youtu.be/fDm5Hif5rQo?si=rpVcPfWKjlmFsSPQ Our Arcanum collection of the WoBs we discussed: https://wob.coppermind.net/collections/1238/ Chapters: 00:00:00 Introductions 00:01:49 Oathgate mechanics 0:04:19 Hoid dating dragons 0:08:58 Hoid dating Shards 11:04 Aether homeworld name except Brandon doesn't know how to say it 15:05 The Admiral is protagonist of Night Brigade 17:23 Overcoming Torments with soulstamps 18:47 BUG MRAIZE 24:02 THE GRAND APPARATUS 40:15 Skybreaker armor spren 46:14 Suppression fabrials on Radiants and Fused 48:32 Hoid punching Kelsier in his current state 51:13 Hoid and Nightblood 52:39 Types of Aviar 55:28 Night Brigade following Nomad but not Hoid 57:48 Hoid and Hemalurgic spikes 1:03:39 What does silver do? 1:06:41 Truthwatcher Surges 1:13:36 Oaths Hoid swore 1:17:17 Cinderhearts and Amaram 1:20:02 Did Renarin figure out Adolin killed Sadeas? 1:25:58 Who's That Cosmere Character If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard 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