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I mean, I don't want it, but these books don't get any more gay than EACH NIGHT, WHEN HE SLUMBERS... HE THINKS OF YOU STILL, AND THERE IS MORE. A CONNECTION BECAUSE OF YOUR PAST, YOUR SHARED DREAMS.

The Arcanum tag system is useful, but not quite 100% polished, so there are some quirks. Let's use this thread to report them. Specifically we are looking for: Duplicate tags. Sometimes, when adding tags to an entry, you might notice that there are multiple tags that express the same concept, but are phrased or spelled slightly differently - for example, both #truthwatchers and #order of truthwatchers exist right now. This is not ideal, and it doesn't happen often, but it does happen, and we'd like to fix things like that by choosing one of these, and updating all the entries using the other one (and then deleting the obsolete tag). Tags without entries. There is no automatic system that cleans up orphaned tags (i.e. tags with no entries under them), so we have to delete those manually. This happens sometimes when we accidentally misspell a tag (which creates a tag with a bad name) or when we learn the name of a new book and have to replace the old placeholder tag with a new one (e.g. right now we need to replace #stormlight 4 with #rhythm of war). Tags with bad names. Sometimes typos and other spelling artifacts sneak into our tags (e.g. #sadeas 10 is a tag that exists now, presumably because somebody wanted to apply the #sadeas tag, and there were 10 entries with that tag, and the count got attached to the tag somehow).

Aah, summer is finally rising over the horizon, the US enjoys a long weekend, students are getting ready to relax during their summer break... but we, we do not rest. Having wrapped up the March batch of commissions, it is time for the April piece (May is in progress), and boy is it a good one! Spoilers for The Lost Metal below! Y'all wanted to see Shai - sorry, Moonlight - become and Elantrian, and we were more than happy to oblige! Your artist for the evening is Caio Santos whose gorgeous work you might recognize from... well, take a look at their Coppermind page, and then go scroll through all their socials, it looks like Zelda might be on their mind these days. As far as this piece goes, their depiction of the Shaod (is it even Shaod if it's on Scadrial?) gradually transforming Shai turned out absolutely gorgeous, down to the metallic sheen and soft glow. Everything else is great too, but that transformation has been, mm, *chef's kiss*. Go give them the likes and the follows!

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Oh yeah, the vibes are just perfect!

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Oh, I saw the first one a few days ago, but the White Sand one is new to me - both look incredible! I love art that includes lots of environment.

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Oookaaay, once more into the breach that is our Lost Metal March art (Marcht?) commissions! This is the last one - though we've got April ready too, so that will be going up before too long. So what's in the box this time? Why, it's Telsin, of course! Maybe not the best villain Brandon has ever written, but one we can be thankful to for bringing us a whooole lot of Autonomy lore in this book. This illustration comes to you from the (digital) pen(cil?) of Howuld, whom you can find on Twitter or Instagram (just beware of this incredibly bittersweet Hero of Ages piece that will immediately assault your heart). No sneaky sneaks with this illustration, just pure character design. Enjoy!

Because it's a glorified book launch. Books (in the US) often come out on Tuesdays, and Brandon has a long history of doing a big release party leading up to it; the convention just builds on that.

Hopefully you aren't sick of Lost Metal art because we still have a couple of pieces in the chamber! So what's today's offering? Why, it's Ranette and Jaxy! Of course, we here on the Shard have long been Misra stans (you all remember Ranette's girlfriend from Shadows of Self, right?), but Jaxy quickly proved herself to be a sweetheart, so we'll let it all slide just this once. But Ranette is not allowed to remarry! For this piece we decided to work with an artist known as Runmien (available on Instagram and Twitter), whose Mistborn drawings you may have seen around the Internet (e.g. this Kelsier, or this Marsh, or these Era 2 portraits). Jaxy in particular turned out absolutely resplendent, the whole 1920s vibe is so spot-on and fits her so well, she is a smashing success. Also, Ranette, that's a lot of whiskey, girl, it better be some weak Elendel bottle!

Are we making these weekly? Who knows. But it's time for another Lost Metal (March) art commission, this one dedicated to everyone's favorite gunslinging Coinshot & rude Bloodmaker dynamic duo - Dumad and Getruda! This one comes to you from the talented hand of Matthew Johnson, occasionally known as captrosko, whose work you can find on places like Twitter and Instagram - work you might recognize from the many Inktober drawings he's done over the years, such as this Allomancer Jak or this McHammer baggy pants-wearing Honor. With these two, Cap knocked it out of the park instantly. Dumad looks as punchable as a man can possibly look, with his smug face and perfect hair, and Getruda looks equally annoying, with her casual demeanor and gleeful smirk. All in all, this commission has been an absolutely win, you guys, so go give the artist your follows and your likes (and also maybe consider giving him your money?) - and we'll see you soon* with another Lost Metal artwork!

Well, we hope you enjoyed last week's trip down Memory Lane with the little year-in-review post we had, because it's time we turned our collective gaze forward once again, and get back to this year's commissions! To start things off (because we have a whooping five commissions in the pipeline), let us present to you everyone's favorite Lost Metal character - Lily! Codenames Are Stupid and the seon Dao are in the picture too, but honestly, who cares? Just look at this happy pupper, who's a good dog? Who's a good dog?? You are, oh yes, you are! Come on, let's get you a treat! Ahem. Pets are dangerous to include in commissions, because then this happens. To get us all back on topic, this illustration was done by barlydoodles on Tumblr (and now on Instagram!) whose work you might recognize from last year's drawing of the Girl Who Stood Up. Barly is always a delight to work with, and her work is equally delightful. Plus, we got an adorable dog out of the whole thing, and that's just a win in everyone's book.

Hello, hello! As many of you likely know, a key perk of the 17th Shard Patreon are the monthly art commissions - we take a good chunk of the money our supporters graciously donate to us, and invest (heh, Invest) them right back into the community in the form of fanart we commission from artists from the fandom. And, since we got our our final 2022 commission just a few days ago, it's once again time to take a brief look back, a quick stroll down Memory Lane, and enjoy all the gorgeous art this awesome and wholesome community has made possible. As always, thank you for being a part of this crazy ride, and double thank you to those of you who are specifically making us keep this going with your hard-earned clips, boxings, and spheres. We commissioned 22 full illustrations (plus a Discord emoji and a Shardcast thumbnail) costing a total of nearly $5,000, and almost none of them would've happened without your support! The previews below the break include scenes from the Skyward Flight novellas, Warbreaker, all of Stormlight, all of Mistborn, including The Lost Metal, and Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell. If you haven't read some of these books, maybe don't look closely into the previews Links to the full images will be behind spoiler tags, however, so you can pick and choose which ones to take a(nother) closer look at. Graphic by @FelCandy The see all the illustrations in their full HD glory (and avoid the ones coming from books you maybe haven't read yet) and find more work by all of these wonderful artists, expand the spoiler blocks below. January: Sunreach February: Warbreaker March: The Way of Kings April: Rhythm of War May: Oathbringer June: Warbreaker July: The Hero of Ages and Mistborn: Secret History August: Rhythm of War September: The Alloy of Law October: Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell November: The Hero of Ages December: The Lost Metal 2023 commissions are in full force, and you can look forward to another recap like this one in about a year or so. Until then, thank you, and happy Year of Sanderson!

Back in December, when The Lost Metal was but a wee baby and we were commissioning art from it, Wayne won pretty soundly but TwinSoul was a solid second. You've already seen the (very spoilery) Wayne piece but - surprise! - we've been working on TwinSoul in secret. Sneaky old man. So that's what we have here! The scene, of course, is the iconic roseite juggernaut transformation, in which Sanvith Prasanva Maahik va Sila, Grand Aetherbound of the twelve kingdoms, Raj of the Coriander Court lays down the law. The eagle-eye among you might have spotted the artist's signature already, but we once again hired heatherly.draws (as she goes by on Instagram) whose work you might recognize from awesome projects such as Syl's Guide to Spren or our Pantheon commission from a couple of years ago. And, as always, she absolutely crushed it with his piece. Now, let's see if anyone who is not already a member here is actually going to see this, with our Twitter gone...

Secret Project #2 is coming out on April 1, and with it, we'll be making a few updates to what's consider a spoiler where. Specifically: The Lost Metal will no longer be considered a new release, and as such will be allowed freely in places like Cosmere Discussion and Mistborn, just like Mistborn books that came out a decade ago. The Lost Metal (Mistborn Spoilers Only, No Cosmere) will be retired New Cosmere Releases (Lost Metal and Tress Spoilers) (that's this subforum) will continue to function as before, we'll just rename it to not call out TLM explicitly In addition to these Lost Metal-specific updates, we'll obviously be accommodating the new release: The Spoiler Zone category will gain a new SP2 forum where all SP2 discussion should go. Content from the book must be spoiler-tagged everywhere else.

Secret Project #2 is coming out on April 1, and with it, we'll be making a few updates to what's consider a spoiler where. Specifically: The Lost Metal will no longer be considered a new release, and as such will be allowed freely in places like Cosmere Discussion and Mistborn, just like Mistborn books that came out a decade ago. The Lost Metal (Mistborn Spoilers Only, No Cosmere) (that's this subforum) will be retired. New Cosmere Releases (Lost Metal and Tress Spoilers) will continue to function as before, we'll just rename it to not call out TLM explicitly In addition to these Lost Metal-specific updates, we'll obviously be accommodating the new release: The Spoiler Zone category will gain a new SP2 forum where all SP2 discussion should go. Content from the book must be spoiler-tagged everywhere else.

Secret Project #2 is coming out on April 1, and with it, we'll be making a few updates to what's consider a spoiler where. Specifically: The Lost Metal will no longer be considered a new release, and as such will be allowed freely in places like Cosmere Discussion and Mistborn, just like Mistborn books that came out a decade ago. The Lost Metal (Mistborn Spoilers Only, No Cosmere) will be retired New Cosmere Releases (Lost Metal and Tress Spoilers) will continue to function as before, we'll just rename it to not call out TLM explicitly In addition to these Lost Metal-specific updates, we'll obviously be accommodating the new release: The Spoiler Zone category will gain a new SP2 forum where all SP2 discussion should go. Content from the book must be spoiler-tagged everywhere else.

My immediate reaction was Sleepless too.

It's been Spoiler City up on this Patreon, and that's not changing anytime soon (can you believe Secret Project #2 is less than a month away??). We are all mostly hunkered down here in 17S HQ, cooking up things both secret and not, and honestly, recovering from all the content Brandon is blasting our way with some face masks and spas. But you are not here for our morning routines, you are here to see pretty art, and this month you are in for a treat! Our patrons have known this for about a month now, but we got the exceptional Marie Seeberger, aka Lamaery, aka lamaery_in_the_cosmere to work on this piece, and we probably should've expected that we'd get way more than we asked for. Not only was her primary illustration of the Crow's Song surviving the Crimson Sea beyond amazing... ... she also threw in a bunch of variations of of it: A version without the storm clouds: A version without the Crow's Song, just the Crimson Sea after rain: A version with no Crow's Song or rain - just the Crimson Moon over a calm sea of red spores: And a version resized for desktop wallpaper use, because obviously we are all going to want that: So after all this we are absolutely going to try to get her to do something for us again in the future. But until then let's all enjoy this gorgeous painting that could've absolutely been one of the full color spreads in the book itself!

It's been only a few months since The Lost Metal came out, but there's been so much going on with the Year of Sanderson that it's hard to believe. Time flies like a Coinshot, as they say (they don't say that), and so you've waited long enough to see the art you voted on (assuming you are a patron; if you are not, may we interest you in joining the ranks? Look at what cool stuff those kind patrons make happen). So let's take a look at it! Spoilers for The Lost Metal So what did you vote on in January? Marsh, of course. Everyone's favorite rebel leader turned death god, whom we barely saw in The Lost Metal, but that was enough for him to make a dramatic entrance, scare some people, and show us that 300 years of experience with Allomancy can teach a guy a trick or two. For this piece we commissioned Ari Ibarra who has long graced the fandom with his talent (just look at these Rosharan Shards). He nailed the mood of the illustration from the get-go and was just thoroughly excellent to work with. We hope you are as pleased with it as we are!

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