Shardcast: The Brandon Sanderson Podcast

This week we need no rails. We're going to talk about Surges and Surgebinding, and we sure go in the deep end here! Rhythm of War spoilers on this, for sure. We also talk about a lot of Herald stuff, and it's probably relevant! We have Eric (Chaos), David (Windrunner), Evgeni (Argent), and Ben (Overlord Jebus)! 00:00 Intro and Show-and-tell 4:55 What is Surgebinding? Do Fused Surgebind? 18:24 Reading from RoW Ch 31 23:12 The Fused as Surgebinders 31:04 The Surges and Honor Binding The Surges 40:30 What's the deal with Honor's Truest Surge? 48:47 Ishar Bound What Now? 59:30 Honor Restricting Surges 1:22:13 Nale Talking to Dalinar 1:31:05 Honorblades 1:35:17 Crack Theories and Tangents 1:46:45 Preservation's Allomancy Tinkering 1:53:15 Voidbinding I guess 1:59:44 Cultivation 2:09:16 Final Thoughts 2:14:27 Who's That Cosmere Character 2:26:03 Outro 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://discordapp.com/invite/bMAUS5c 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

We have an in-depth, meaty Shardcast for you this week, on the Lord of Scars. Big Rhythm of War and cosmere spoilers in this. Like really. Also, some of the things we discuss here were in the Brandon episode last week (https://youtu.be/fZMuK8i0Wwg), but hopefully you don't terribly mind. This week we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), Alyx (Feather), and Matt (Comatose)! Thank you to Alyx for editing this. There were some pretty significant rendering issues this time. Thaidakar really didn't want this episode out, I suppose. 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:01:37 - Who is the Lord of Scars, exactly? 0:08:42 - The Body Issue 0:38:08 - Morality, Character in Context, and Feather has Complicated Feelings 1:09:13 - Short spoilers for The Prestige 1:10:29 - Cognitive Shadows and Intent 1:20:49 - Avatars 2:15:08 - Harmony and Southern Scadrial 2:26:05 - Relationship with Marsh 2:37:46 - Final Thoughts 2:44:52 - Who's That Cosmere Character 2:51:57 - Sign Off 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://discordapp.com/invite/bMAUS5c 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

Brandon Sanderson is on Shardcast! We're here to discuss some fandom stuff, and then we transition into full spoilers and Rhythm of War spoilers to talk about some big spoilers there. And yes, he DOES play Who's That Cosmere Character! Thank you for Brandon coming on and his publicist Adam for setting this up! This week we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Alyx (Feather), and of course, Brandon! The amazing meme of Magellan and Brandon is made by the absolutely wonderful Connor Chamberlain: https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/kxdrud/originally_posted_to_crem_but_people_have_told_me 00:00 Intro and Non-spoilery Questions 25:27 RoW and Cosmere Full Spoilers 1:36:12 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://discordapp.com/invite/bMAUS5c 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

It's time for our second Rhythm of War Words of Brandon episode, this time with some Dawnshard stuff too! As always on these, there can be cosmere spoilers too. Also, we are weirdly efficient and this episode is shockingly short. What is this madness? Don't worry, you get some total nonsense on Cusicesh at the end. We have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), Grace (thegatorgirl), and Ben (Overlord Jebus) Rhythm of War WoBs 00:00 Dawnshard stuff 31:31 More RoW 42:02 More Dawnshard 1:02:36 Eric Bad At Fabrials 1:08:16 Who's That Cosmere Character? 1:16:10 Cusiceshcast 1:23:38 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://discordapp.com/invite/bMAUS5c 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 #rhythmofwar #dawnshard #brandonsanderson #wordsofbrandon

Even if the journey matters more than the destination, all things come to an end, and so this is our final Rhythm of Previews/Reviews. It's been really fun and we hope you've enjoyed it all! We're talking about the last arc in the book which has Dalinar and Jasnah, along with some Taravangian. The sweet animated wallpaper is from Cosmere.es, the Spanish fan site. It's awesome! https://cosmere.es/descargas/ 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://discordapp.com/invite/bMAUS5c 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

Turns out there have actually been quite a lot of Words of Brandon since our last episode on WoBs, so we gotta get back into it now. This is the first of two episodes catching us up. We open this one with some non-Rhythm of War stuff (though it does have older cosmere spoilers, of course), then we dig into Rhythm of War WoBs! We have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), Grace (thegatorgirl), and Ben (Overlord Jebus)! 00:00 Non-RoW Words of Brandon 28:44 RoW Spoilery stuff 1:29:15 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://discordapp.com/invite/bMAUS5c 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

This time on Rhythm of Reviews, we are looking at Venli and her flashbacks! Though we get on a huge amount of tangents, like Axindweth and Stoneshaping. But there's totally some Venli too! We also talk about Rlain. Next week will be our final Rhythm of Reviews, with Dalinar, Jasnah, and Taravangian, and closing thoughts! 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://discordapp.com/invite/bMAUS5c 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

Welcome to a brand-new year, and a brand-new Shardcast! Many of you have requested this Sixth of the Dusk 2 reading that Brandon read at the Rhythm of War release party, which you can find here: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/448/#e14408 So it's time to get that done now that we finished our initial set of Rhythm of War topics, and oh boy, this one is exciting! Please be warned there are Rhythm of War things in this episode, and if you don't want spoilers for the space age cosmere, pass on this episode! We have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), David (Windrunner), and Joshua (jofwu) this week. Thumbnail image of Sixth of the Dusk and Vathi and the Aviar is made by the amazing Shuravf: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs2xLK5g-k4/?igshid=6slkdzjw6plh 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://discordapp.com/invite/bMAUS5c 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

It's time for us to talk about the main plot of Rhythm of War, with Kaladin and Navani! The sweet animated wallpaper is from Cosmere.es, the Spanish fan site. It's awesome! They have one for Words of Radiance as well! https://cosmere.es/descargas/ 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://discordapp.com/invite/bMAUS5c 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

I am very, very excited to show off this episode, Ba-Ado-Mishram and the Recreance. Rhythm of War spoilers here. We talk about a lot of the new stuff here, and go through a Recreance timeline here. And so so much more. You guys said you wanted Who's That Cosmere Character, so there you go, this is our longest podcast yet! We have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), Shannon (Grey), David (Windrunner). This episode is edited by the magnificent Alyx (Feather)! SPECTACULAR Ba-Ado-Mishram thumbnail from Connor Chamberlain: https://www.instagram.com/conjchamberlain 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://discordapp.com/invite/bMAUS5c 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