[OB] Next Stormlight Novella

[credar]

I'm new to the 17th Shard and finally finished Oathbringer. Whew what a long and amazing book!

Anyway, I saw in an interview a month or so ago where Sanderson said he had an outline done for the next novella for the Stormlight Archive and there being "a really good chance it'll get written between the next two Stormlight books." (When the interview was done Oathbringer wasn't technically out yet so I wonder if he meant between 3 and 4 or 4 and 5.)

Either way, I've heard around the internet that some people said the tentative title is "Wandersail" and wanted to just start up a discussion on it.

My personal thoughts are if it is Wandersail, I'm really hoping its a Rysn novella exploring around southwestern Roshar or maybe the New Natanan area as we haven't gotten nearly as much of a look there compared to other places. I also think it'll act as a way to fill in in the announced 1 year gap between Oathbringer and 4, keeping us up to date on what has happened during that period. Hopefully it also builds up a possible interest in Rysn about either The Origin or Aimia (My theory being that in 4 or 5 her big chapter will be exploring one or the other with some big revelations either way).

Thoughts? Anything news wise I missed?

Edited December 16, 2017 by credar

[.S.A.M.K.M]

I have this theory about what could one day happen to the fused and the unmade, and the location of origin or the void version could be key to it.

[What's a Seawolf?]

I haven't heard the Wandersail speculation before, so my guess may be way off, but if I remember correctly Brandon said one of the impetuses behind Edegdancer was Nale's change in persona between WoR and OB.

Without Edgedancer that change would have happened off screen.  And seeing that we got a lot more Lift in OB than before, Edgedancer makes even more sense.

The one year gap between OB and Book 4 makes the possibilities for a novella nearly endless, but I still think any novella would be to fill in story gaps that occur in the one year in world time spans between books.  Biggest thing I can think of that would be weird to have on screen in Book 4 is everyone's reaction to Szeth.  (Would basically have to be flashbacks.  After a year they'd be more or less accustomed.)

So without knowledge of the Wandersail speculation, my guess would be the novella would have to do with Szeth and everyone's reaction to him, and possibly some more Skybreaker information. (I imagine they'll be big players in Book 4 as well.)