SotS artwork spoilers...?

[AquaRegia he/him]

I was hoping someone else would start this topic, but I guess it falls to me.

In today's State of the Sanderson stream, some jaw-dropping art was featured - uncommented on - and in addition to knocking my socks off, a few of the pieces raised some Cosmere-spoilery questions.

I will spoiler-tag the images for size.

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Era-1 Mistborn; I assume Kelsier and Vin over Luthadel.  Just gorgeous.

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Stormlight 5 Knights of Wind and Truth preview; Kaladin and Szeth enter Shinovar.  What's the violet arc?

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Another Stormlight preview?  My guess is Shallan, but the setting?  Looks to be Shadesmar, but since when are there stars?  And why does this image make me uneasy?

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Okay, this one is the most important question: who is this?  My first guess was Iyatil, but her descriptions don't match... then I noticed the partly-visible skeleton.  What we have here is a masked Kandra.  Inquiring minds demand answers.

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The Main Hall of Venture Keep.  Just WOW.

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The Imperial Palace of the Rose Empire, I assume.  Also just gorgeous.

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Nothing but questions here.  Help?

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Kharbranth.  How can humans create such beauty?

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33 minutes ago, AquaRegia said:

Nothing but questions here.  Help?

I'm assuming this one is Syl fending off Deathspren from getting to Kaladin.

36 minutes ago, AquaRegia said:

Okay, this one is the most important question: who is this?  My first guess was Iyatil, but her descriptions don't match... then I noticed the partly-visible skeleton.  What we have here is a masked Kandra.  Inquiring minds demand answers.

It's probably just a kandra in disguise down in Southern Scadrial somewhere.

37 minutes ago, AquaRegia said:

Another Stormlight preview?  My guess is Shallan, but the setting?  Looks to be Shadesmar, but since when are there stars?  And why does this image make me uneasy?

Could always be Chana.

[CognitiveShadow he/him]

Very curious to see everyone’s thoughts here. Nothing new for me to add except to throw in a call out for the artwork of Vasher with Nightblood 

[S. Stormy she/her]

3 hours ago, AquaRegia said:

Another Stormlight preview?  My guess is Shallan, but the setting?  Looks to be Shadesmar, but since when are there stars?  And why does this image make me uneasy?

I'm pretty sure this was a... contender? Actually one of the covers? For Rhythm of War. This isn't the first time this artwork has been seen.

https://coppermind.net/wiki/Rhythm_of_War/Covers#/media/File:Shallan_in_Shadesmar_by_DNAVENOM.jpg

[Crucible of Shards he/him]

9 hours ago, AquaRegia said:

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Okay, this one is the most important question: who is this?  My first guess was Iyatil, but her descriptions don't match... then I noticed the partly-visible skeleton.  What we have here is a masked Kandra.  Inquiring minds demand answers.

My guess is that this is Bleeder.

[AquaRegia he/him]

23 minutes ago, Crucible of Shards said:

My guess is that this is Bleeder.

YES this makes sense.  I forgot that Bleeder wore a mask sometimes.  Well spotted.

I'm a little sad that it's not a NEW character, though.  ;-)