Dragons

[bdoble97]

What plant are the dragons from 

[dezaS Hᴇ/Hɪᴍ]

Assuming you mean planet, they are from Yolen, the same world the shards are from.

Wob:

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Questioner

In the Scadrial essay, it says specifically that the Shardholders were humans. Does that imply that there can be nonhuman Shardholders?

Brandon Sanderson

Yes

Questioner

Are any of the Shards we have seen nonhuman?

Brandon Sanderson

The Shards you have seen? I will RAFO that.

Questioner

And that doesn't just count the way that Shards twist people.

Brandon Sanderson

No, no, no. There were three races on Yolen.

Questioner

And all the Shards we've seen, you're not gonna answer?

Brandon Sanderson

I'm not gonna answer, but there are three races on Yolen. There's humans, there's Sho Del, and there's dragons.

Questioner

So, kandra and koloss are considered different races?

Brandon Sanderson

They are considered different races, but they did not exist when Adonalsium was Splintered.

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Edited February 11, 2025 by DezaS

[+robardin he/him]

11 hours ago, bdoble97 said:

 

Ok I will ill have to pull it out of a tub in my basment. I have a wife and 4 daughters all my books get hidden away bc they don't  go with the look of the house. My wife has going and the finshed basment is for our 3 teenagers to hamg out Hahah 

Oh man I feel for you... Another victim of the wifely "this doesn't go with the look of this room" edict

My wife is as much of a bookaholic as I am, but the look, size, and color (!!) of the spine matter more to her than "current reading vs. archival" groupings, drives me nuts

OTOH she lets me do whatever I want in our bedroom (...with the books... ahem) and that does result in a  pile of books heaped around my side, so all in all I'll take her imposition of order over my natural inclination to chaos

[bdoble97]

1 hour ago, DezaS said:

@DezaSyes I did thank you. But now  I want to know what are Sho Del  haha 

 

 

Edited February 12, 2025 by bdoble97

[dezaS Hᴇ/Hɪᴍ]

Kinda spoilery. They are bone-white humanoid creatures with four arms and two legs.

Have you heard of the Coppermind? http://coppermind.net (full cosmere spoilers of course, but you're here so...)

[Treamayne]

1 hour ago, bdoble97 said:

But now  I want to know what are Sho Del 

Have you read Yumi and/or Sunlit Man? Cameos in both. They also make a Cameo in The Lost Metal.

WoB:

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Elsecaller_17-5

Would Sleepless be the 3rd race native to Yolen? Man, Dragon, and Sleepless?

Brandon Sanderson

The Sho Del are the third race from Yolen.

celestialwolf157

I've heard you mention the Sho Del a few times, though only that they were the third race on Yolen. Is there anything else you could reveal about the Sho Del that's not too spoilery?

Brandon Sanderson

The big thing happening on Yolen (and major plot points of both Dragonsteel and The Liar of Partinel, neither of which I decided to publish) is two competing ecologies on one planet. An entire invasive ecology (called "fain") and the regular one, familiar to us. The Sho Del fill the niche in the fain ecosystem that humans fill in ours.

Dawnshard Annotations Reddit Q&A (Nov. 6, 2020)

 

[bdoble97]

10 minutes ago, Treamayne said:

Have you read Yumi and/or Sunlit Man? Cameos in both. They also make a Cameo in The Lost Metal.

WoB:

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Elsecaller_17-5

Would Sleepless be the 3rd race native to Yolen? Man, Dragon, and Sleepless?

Brandon Sanderson

The Sho Del are the third race from Yolen.

celestialwolf157

I've heard you mention the Sho Del a few times, though only that they were the third race on Yolen. Is there anything else you could reveal about the Sho Del that's not too spoilery?

Brandon Sanderson

The big thing happening on Yolen (and major plot points of both Dragonsteel and The Liar of Partinel, neither of which I decided to publish) is two competing ecologies on one planet. An entire invasive ecology (called "fain") and the regular one, familiar to us. The Sho Del fill the niche in the fain ecosystem that humans fill in ours.

Dawnshard Annotations Reddit Q&A (Nov. 6, 2020)

 

I started both Yumi and the Sun lit man but to tell you the truth I didn't finish them. Lol I work 60 pluse hr a week and thoses two books were not grasping my attention like Stormlight and Mistborn do. I do plan on going back to them just don't know when 

[Treamayne]

6 minutes ago, bdoble97 said:

I started both Yumi and the Sun lit man but to tell you the truth I didn't finish them. Lol I work 60 pluse hr a week and thoses two books were not grasping my attention like Stormlight and Mistborn do. I do plan on going back to them just don't know when 

If you read Lost Metal, check back on Epilogue 6.

[bdoble97]

30 minutes ago, Treamayne said:

Have you read Yumi and/or Sunlit Man? Cameos in both. They also make a Cameo in The Lost Metal.

WoB:

  Hide contents

Elsecaller_17-5

Would Sleepless be the 3rd race native to Yolen? Man, Dragon, and Sleepless?

Brandon Sanderson

The Sho Del are the third race from Yolen.

celestialwolf157

I've heard you mention the Sho Del a few times, though only that they were the third race on Yolen. Is there anything else you could reveal about the Sho Del that's not too spoilery?

Brandon Sanderson

The big thing happening on Yolen (and major plot points of both Dragonsteel and The Liar of Partinel, neither of which I decided to publish) is two competing ecologies on one planet. An entire invasive ecology (called "fain") and the regular one, familiar to us. The Sho Del fill the niche in the fain ecosystem that humans fill in ours.

Dawnshard Annotations Reddit Q&A (Nov. 6, 2020)

 

 

10 minutes ago, Treamayne said:

If you read Lost Metal, check back on Epilogue 6.

Ok I will ill have to pull it out of a tub in my basment. I have a wife and 4 daughters all my books get hidden away bc they don't  go with the look of the house. My wife has going and the finshed basment is for our 3 teenagers to hamg out Hahah 

[bdoble97]

3 hours ago, robardin said:

Oh man I feel for you... Another victim of the wifely "this doesn't go with the look of this room" edict

My wife is as much of a bookaholic as I am, but the look, size, and color (!!) of the spine matter more to her than "current reading vs. archival" groupings, drives me nuts

OTOH she lets me do whatever I want in our bedroom (...with the books... ahem) and that does result in a  pile of books heaped around my side, so all in all I'll take her imposition of order over my natural inclination to chaos

I had a old big wooden book case that had Wheel of Time, Game of Thrones , all of Brandon Sanderson books, Name of Wind all of John Marcos books 20 pluse star wars books and numerous othere multiple Middel earth books I could go on and on. But once we did the basment the bookcase went and all my novels and art books went into tubs under the basment staires next to the cat litter and laundry room. Haha sometimes when I go looking for a book I feel like Gandulf looking through the old scrolls or discovering lost text hahah.  A few years back I started bring up "the more important book"and was placing then on my side of the bed untill she notice them hidding between the nightstand and the wall. Hahah so funny