Shardcast: The Brandon Sanderson Podcast

It's time to talk about our thoughts for Stormlight 5, titled Wind and Truth, coming this December! Who's going to die?? This episode we have Eric (Chaos), David (Windrunner), Grace (thegatorgirl), and Verónica (Cheyenne Sedai). Please note we recorded this last June, so newer things like the interlude or the new Shallan chapters aren't mentioned here. But I hope if you read those, you get a kick out of some of our comments :) Here are the relevant posts and readings we did discuss: Prologue: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/495/#e15580 Kaladin ch 1 and 2: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/508/#e15921 Szeth flashback 1-2: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/504/#e15784 Szeth flashback 3: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/508/#e15913 Stormlight 5 update 2 (featuring our thumbnail art of Dalinar by Peter Panev): https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/11qnpnm/stormlight_five_update_2/ 0:00:00 Introductions 0:02:59 What are you excited about? 0:14:01 Structure 0:31:14 Kaladin & Szeth 0:50:43 Shallan 1:07:51 Adolin, Dalinar 1:35:10 Other characters 1:42:41 Contest of Champions, Deaths 1:59:38 Stormfaker? 2:12:04 Last Thoughts 2:15:54 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

Guests Chaos, Weiry, Overlord Jebus, and Cheyenne Sedai discuss intriguing topics like silver's potential, Reliquaries, investiture levels, Threnody's mysteries, and character guessing games. They also explore unique world-building elements, immortality in fiction, and the complexities of investiture dynamics.

The Words of Brandon never end, and we are wrapping up the December spoiler stream. This episode we... kind of learn something about the final Shard. We also go on a massive history lesson about it, which is possibly entertaining. There's also tons of Yumi WoBs! Today we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), who doesn't speak this language, and lastly we have David (Windrunner)! Watch the full stream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VryNgoZY7fo Here are the WoBs we talked about in this episode: https://wob.coppermind.net/collections/1250/ Dragonsteel Prime sample chapters: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/dragonsteel-prime-chapter-25-bridge-four-1/ 0:00 Introductions 4:30 Can Odium's champion not be native to Roshar? 6:01 Are Odium and Cultivation aware of Thaidakar? 9:50 Is the Shroud made of Identity? 14:26 The Sixteenth Shard!? Also all the Ingenuity stuff 43:20 Yoki-hijo initiation 49:24 Can Yumi travel offworld? 1:01:44 Is Iron Seven Waystation a space station? 1:06:57 Yellow hion 1:11:28 UTol visible through the Shroud 1:15:24 UTol's significant to the cosmere 1:19:26 Did Komashi ecology survive? 1:21:35 What else could yoki-hijo actually do? 1:43:01 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

Brandon held a spoiler livestream for Koloss Head Munching Day 2023 (his birthday). While a lot of questions are apparently going to be answered in book 5 of The Stormlight Archive, Wind and Truth, there still was plenty to talk about dragons, specific Mistborn Era 2 details, and Plato's allegory of the cave! This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Evgeni (Argent), Shannon (Grey), Joshua (jofwu), and Ene (AonEne). Our Arcanum collection of the WoBs we discussed: https://wob.coppermind.net/collections/1248/ Chapters: 00:00:00 Introductions 00:06:26 Valor's Vessel 00:10:54 Arcanum Unbounded Leatherbound 00:17:53 Stormlight Title Ketek 00:21:17 Stormlight 5 not Stones Unhallowed 00:22:08 Stormlight Scene that Brandon has always wanted to write 00:24:36 Shallan Futuresight? Spiritual Mumbo Jumbo! 00:30:23 Will we see Xisis again? 00:36:53 Can Harmony control people on other planets? 00:39:38 More books with Tress? 00:42:03 Szeth's Highspren 00:48:17 Nightstreet gang victim that Wax should investigate 00:53:30 Stormlight Back Half Prologues 01:01:47 Why did Taln not break? 01:07:22 Dragon Lifecycle 01:17:08 Gender-neutral bathroom on Malwish ship 01:22:49 Will we see dragons in action before Dragonsteel? 01:24:51 Spiritual Ideals vs Platonic Ideals 01:35:49 Moash's Black Uniform 01:41:43 Does Axies have a Torment? 01:48:16 Was Mare a kandra? 01:49:45 Nightblood's Creation 02:01:16 Who's that Cosmere Character? 02:12:46 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://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

We have the announcement for Secret Project 5, and it's called Isles of the Emberdark, and oh boy... it sure is high cosmere connectivity! There's so much to discuss, so let's dig in. We also discuss the announcement itself, so feel free to skip to 30:52 for discussion of the chapters! This episode we have a very special guest, Steve of the wonderful cosmere YouTube channel, ReadAndFindOut (https://www.youtube.com/c/ReadAndFindOutCosmere), which you should all check out because he does great explainers. It was lovely to have him on! We also have Eric (Chaos), Veronica (Cheyenne Sedai), Ene (Aon Ene), and Ala (Rasarr)! Words of Radiance campaign: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/dragonsteel/words-of-radiance-leatherbound Brandon's announcement video: https://youtu.be/X9HEKnswsy0?si=P1XG1vIQ4_OqnMOi Isles of the Emberdark sample chapters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0L06Y37W70 Brandon's stream with Isles of the Emberdark's artist: https://www.youtube.com/live/xjsKRmXaPcA?si=LxwBnWalZj2ri6lZ Veronica's article on Audible: https://www.17thshard.com/news/brandon-news/brandon-works-with-audible-for-a-historic-deal-in-the-audiobook-industry-r1039/ Old Sixth of the Dusk 2 reading: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/448-row-release-party/#e14408 Our old Sixth of the Dusk 2 podcast: https://youtu.be/kM0sfy7IzXU?si=SyQJK_iZk3_e6M5D 0:00 Introductions 1:54 Intro thoughts on the announcement 10:46 Flashbacks thoughts and Emberdark 23:35 Other Words of Radiance campaign news 30:52 Prologue 46:35 Chapter 3 1:04:01 Chapter 11 2:02:08 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

It's been two years since Brandon's huge Year of Sanderson announcement, so we thought we'd talk about how we feel about it. How tired are we? What was our favorite Secret Project? How were the Year of Sanderson boxes? Do note we recorded this prior to the Words of Radiance leatherbound announcement of yet another Secret Project, so please keep that in mind. There's a new one coming in 2025 and we get a reading on March 21st. This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), Ene (Aon Ene), and Kendra (little wilson)! Postcard display: https://dragonwoodshop.com/products/postcard-display-3-slot Pin display: https://dragonwoodshop.com/products/pin-display-2x3inch-slots Chapters: 00:00 Introductions & News (But not SP5) 10:12 Year of Sanderson, Brandon (Not) Dying, How Tired Are You 17:06 Titles Being Spoilers 25:10 Exhausted by Brandon Content, Cosmere Drought, Industry stuff 45:33 Favorite of the Secret Projects 1:09:23 Subscription Boxes 2:01:46 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

We're back with more WoBs, and this time it's the last of the Dragonsteel 2023 Words of Brandon. Today we have a grab bag of a bunch of random stuff, like kandra babies, stabbing Hoid with atium, Harmony lying, and the IDENTITY FIELD returns. This episode we have Ian (WeiryWriter), Evgeni (Argent), and Grace (thegatorgirl). Our thumbnail today is a piece we commissioned from Ashley Coad (https://www.ashleycoadart.com/). By supporting our Patreon, you can vote on what art we commission every month! Here's this awesome piece: https://www.patreon.com/posts/december-2023-98742446 Dragonwoodshop's frame for the Year of Sanderson postcards: https://dragonwoodshop.com/products/postcard-display-3-slot Our Arcanum collection of the WoBs we discussed: https://wob.coppermind.net/collections/1239/ Chapters: 00:00 Introductions 4:37 Other forms of Investiture to Awaken stuff 11:06 Can people other than yoki-hijo negotiate with spirits? 16:28 How much knowledge does a new Vessel get? 26:20 Why did the Heralds think they needed to leave their Blades? 28:46 Vin's earring 30:47 Enhanced Leeching on a normal person 38:47 Why do only the Heralds have magical maladies? 44:36 Dawnshards and Splintered Shards 50:39 Kandra and human babies hybrids?? 51:52 The Shroud and tin 56:03 Editorial changes from arcanist comments 59:38 Was Harmony lying at the end of Lost Metal? 1:03:51 Holding Vessels in Hemalurgic spikes 1:07:35 Shallan alter's shapeshifting 1:09:28 Shades attacking non-Threnodites 1:12:19 Canticle's subastral 1:14:53 Was Yolen technologically advanced? 1:18:16 Spiking atium into Hoid's chest 1:21:00 Aux and Nomad's bond is kind of flipped, can this happen to Adolin and Maya? 1:28:14 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

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.

Guests: Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Alyx (Feather), Evgeni (Argent), David. Interesting topics discussed include: Nightblood as a Dawnshard, if Rsyn has a torment, the fighting abilities of Taln, Hoid's ability to use Soulstamps, the Mistborn: Birthright game, spores and fabrials affected by God Metals, dragon magic systems, color and soulcasting, and a game 'Who's That Cosmere Character?'

It's time for a Mistborn Shardcast! We have learned a lot of new stuff of Hemalurgy in The Lost Metal, so let's talk in extensive detail about those two chapters, and then talk about Hemalurgy implications for the future! This episode has Eric (Chaos), Evgeni (Argent), and David (Windrunner). Chapters: 00:00 Introductions and Show & Tell 4:18 Hemalurgy Fundamentals 16:08 Partial Hemalurgy Spikes 1:03:25 Ars Arcanum 1:55:08 Trellium 2:11:41 Other Thoughts 2:17:50 Who's That Cosmere Character Here are some of the other episodes and videos we referred to in this podcast: Hemalurgy 2018: https://youtu.be/hLM7hql2zFo?si=TgTkBe-wRblY_3_A White Sand Omnibus: https://youtu.be/BEm5TmHAKw4?si=lpScba-QPBRjikjM Our Brandon Interview: https://youtu.be/rkCP04Wo1Ho?si=ZAmOuSu7mlvZLJ60 Black Smoke / Midnight Essence: https://youtu.be/7o5DVWANF64?si=ypq2m9TR1gQ8qvOy Harmony: https://youtu.be/C-Qa5zNS57Q?si=X280mEKTNBpOpwRS Secrets in Stained Glass (our Mistborn actual-play): https://youtu.be/VneUfsu3RrU?si=KppT1qPDLXh8x4Vh 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