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It's been a while since we've had Brandon on Shardcast, and after the release of Wind and Truth, we are super excited to welcome him back. Brandon shares some of his thoughts about the perception of the book with us and was kind enough to answer (or RAFO) some spoilery questions we've been dying to ask! Our cast this episode is David (Windrunner), Rosemary (Kaymyth), and Marvin (Paleo). There also is a brief appearance by Evgeni (Argent) to shed some extra light on one of our questions. Chapters: 00:00 Introductions 01:44 What is Brandon most proud of in Wind and Truth? 05:20 What would Brandon change in Wind and Truth? 09:21 How should we think about the Blackthorn? 10:54 What would Rayse have done if he still held Odium? 13:50 Did Cultivation see the events of Wind and Truth coming? 15:48 Brandon's "big talk" after Wind and Truth 26:12 How is writing Ghostbloods (Mistborn Era 3) going? 33:47 What will the Prelude to the back-half of The Stormlight Archive be titled as? 35:05 Are El and Elodi the same person? 36:14 Will Shallan and Kaladin talk about Helaran? 37:52 How close did Taln get to killing Cultivation? 38:35 How good is Hoid at future sight? 39:31 Was the fire in the Palanaeum related to the Hierocracy? 40:14 Is Szeth praying to an atium geode/crystal? 41:13 Did god metals exist before the Shattering? 43:02 Is Braize's core made of a god metal? 45:08 How do people get on and off Sel? 46:27 How much is Brandon willing to give us on the Fourth Moon? 47:18 How can Dawnshards be tracked? 48:24 Is Heralds access to Fortune due to her double bond or her being the child of a Herald? 49:18 What happened in "Year 0" in the Vorin calendar? 51:15 Has Cusicesh been with the Iriali longer than their stay on Roshar? 52:12 Did Hoid date Medelantorius/Valor? 52:42 How does Brandon feel about people telling him how they found partners through his books? 54:39 Can we expect spoiler streams going forward? 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 [email protected]

There were some surprising, unexplained, and straight up weird things in Wind and Truth. Let's talk about them! This episode we have David (Windrunner), Ian (Weiry), Rosemary(Kaymyth), and Bonnie (Cosmeregirl)! Thumbnail is Roshar from orbit by Demandred: 00:00:00 Introductions 00:01:11 The Fourth Moon 00:47:10 The Well of Control 01:12:49 Crystal Spikes 01:47:27 Taln's Attempt to Kill Cultivation 02:01:02 Who's That Cosmere Character If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard Purchase merch here! https://store.17thshard.com/ 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 [email protected]

Wind and Truth taught us plenty more about the history of Roshar and its inhabitants, so let's catch up to modern-ish times. This episode we have Evgeni (Argent), David (Windrunner), Joshua (jofwu), Verónica (Cheyenne Sedai), and Adim (AAKS)! Today's thumbnail is "The Recreance" by Caio Santos: https://coppermind.net/wiki/File:The_Recreance_by_Caio_Santos.jpeg 00:00:00 Introduction 00:05:08 7,000 Years Ago: Lead-up to & Founding of the Oathpact 00:38:28 ~6,000 Years Ago: Creation of the Sibling, Urithiru, & the Knights Radiant 01:07:01 4,550 Years Ago: Shattering of the Plains 01:14:50 Fourth Moon Theorizing 01:30:01 4,500 Years Ago: Aharietiam or The Last Desolation 01:37:34 2,000 Years Ago: The False Desolation & the Recreance 02:12:50 "Recent" History: The Era of Solitude 02:29:14 Who's That Cosmere Character If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard Purchase merch here! https://store.17thshard.com/ 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 [email protected]

It's time to look at the origins of the Cosmere as we discuss Dragonsteel Prime. How does Brandon's early work hold up today? Come and find out with us! Today we have Eric (Chaos), Evgeni (Argent), David (Windrunner), and Ene (AonEne)! You can download Dragonsteel Prime for free here: https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/products/dragonsteel-prime-ebook Chapters: 00:00:00 Introductions 00:02:01 General Reactions 00:38:41 Jerick 00:44:59 Ryalla 00:57:42 Topaz 01:18:13 Frost 01:23:09 Yolish Mythology 01:40:46 Microkinesis 01:52:04 The Yolish Pantheon 01:55:34 Aronack's Sho Del 01:59:34 Similarities and Differences to Later Books 02:08:29 Final Thoughts 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 [email protected]

Evgeni (Argent) is joined by Marie Seeberger (LaMaery) to discuss what it's like to be an official artist on the Cosmere RPG. Besides showing off her gorgeous art, she talks about her process and all the thought that goes into building out the world of Roshar visually! The Kickstarter campaign ends this weekend on August 29, so if you have held out on backing it so far, you can do so at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brotherwise/the-stormlight-archive-rpg. You can find Marie's work in the following places: https://lamaery.tumblr.com https://www.instagram.com/lamaery_in_the_cosmere https://www.instagram.com/seeberger.illustration https://www.behance.net/marieseeberger If you want to buy prints of her art, you can do so here: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/lamaery https://www.redbubble.com/people/lamaery/shop The thumbnail art is by Marie Seeberger for the Rall Elorim page of the Roshar World Guide. Chapters: 00:00:00 Introductions 00:05:35 Diegetic Art 00:09:47 Designing Thaylen City 00:11:45 Where does Marie get Inspiration from? 00:16:04 Realism in Art and Worldbuilding 00:35:22 Marie's Process 00:51:12 Marie's Lightweaver Character 00:53:59 Working with Dragonsteel vs with Brotherwise 01:02:30 Wind and Truth Interlude Spoilers 01:08:16 Improving Over Time 01:15:34 Challenges of Working on the Cosmere RPG 01:23:44 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 [email protected]

In this very special episode, we're joined by Johnny O'Neal of Brotherwise Games to talk about the new Cosmere RPG and its Kickstarter campaign. We also get a first look at some incredible art for the game, so be sure to check out the video for this episode if you're an audio only listener! If you somehow missed that the Kickstarter campaign was a thing, you can check it out at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brotherwise/the-stormlight-archive-rpg. This episode, we have Ian (WeiryWriter), Evgeni (Argent), Verónica (Cheyenne Sedai), and of course Johnny O'Neal as guest! Chapters: 00:00:00 Introductions 00:03:56 Mistborn Deck Building Game Distribution 00:07:25 Shards of Creation 00:08:50 Canonicity of the RPG and future Supplements 00:11:24 Most Fun Bit of Lore to Add 00:16:03 Reasons for Including Mistborn in the Kickstarter 00:18:28 Show and Tell 00:29:18 Mistborn Setting Heroic Paths 00:32:33 Scope of the Scadrial World Guide 00:36:39 State of the Mistborn Adventure Game 00:40:29 Incorporating Mental Health and Disability into the RPG 00:43:35 Future Schedule for the RPG 00:47:53 Coming up with Radiant Ideals 00:50:54 Continuation of Mistborn House War? 00:54:02 Who's That Cosmere Character 01:06:59 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 [email protected]

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 00:06:36 Valor's Vessel 00:11:04 Arcanum Unbounded Leatherbound 00:18:03 Stormlight Title Ketek 00:21:27 Stormlight 5 not Stones Unhallowed 00:22:18 Stormlight Scene that Brandon has always wanted to write 00:24:46 Shallan Futuresight? Spiritual Mumbo Jumbo! 00:30:33 Will we see Xisis again? 00:37:03 Can Harmony control people on other planets? 00:39:48 More books with Tress? 00:42:13 Szeth's Highspren 00:48:27 Nightstreet gang victim that Wax should investigate 00:53:40 Stormlight Back Half Prologues 01:01:57 Why did Taln not break? 01:07:32 Dragon Lifecycle 01:17:18 Gender-neutral bathroom on Malwish ship 01:22:59 Will we see dragons in action before Dragonsteel? 01:25:01 Spiritual Ideals vs Platonic Ideals 01:35:59 Moash's Black Uniform 01:41:53 Does Axies have a Torment? 01:48:26 Was Mare a kandra? 01:49:55 Nightblood's Creation 02:01:26 Who's that Cosmere Character? 02:12:56 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 [email protected]

After our last major site update all the way back in 2016, we're excited to announce that we'll be updating the forums and everything else to the latest available version of the platform we run on. We picked Saturday, October 21, as the big migration day. This means there will be some disruptions in service you'll have to expect on that day, but we will do our best to get the site back online as fast as possible. At 06:00 UTC (2am Eastern Time, 11pm Pacific Time) on October 21, we'll be putting the site in "Offline Mode", which means regular users won't be able to use it from that point onward. In the background, we'll be performing a move to an entirely new server to host the site so we can modernize and clean up the environment everything runs in. We estimate this migration to take several hours as we'll have to perform some manual steps as well - plus, you all talk a lot on our forums, so there's lots of data to copy! As soon as all that's done, we'll flip the switch and allow you back into our gates. Immediate Changes The update will not be purely technical in nature. The most obvious change will be a new design that you'll see all across the site. We unfortunately won't be able to bring over the existing theme to the new version as there have been a lot of changes to the underlying software in the meantime and it's unfortunately not sustainable to customize the look and feel as much as we did for the current version. Regardless, we made some changes to give the site some character and to hopefully make the move ever so slightly less jarring. In order for you to get an impression of what the updated version looks like, here's a sneak peek of our homepage when you're logged in: The topic view will also change a fair amount with an at-a-glance overview of some interesting statistics about the topic in the sidebar: Another change is that custom member titles have moved a little bit in the user interface. They will be a regular profile field, but everything else about them should stay the same! Planned and Potential Changes You'll also notice in the topic screenshot above that the regular upvote button is gone! Instead, the new forum version allows us to define custom reactions! We'll keep this limited to an "upvote" reaction for now, but will definitely be exploring this and several other new features in the future: Additional reactions that might affect reputation differently Achievements for performing certain actions, e.g. posting enough or having very successful posts These can also be rewarded with fancy badges that show up on your profile page! Updated Social Connections: While some of our older members might still remember ICQ or MSN, we hear that these aren't as hip with the kids anymore, so we'll likely be updating those to reflect the current social media landscape Pronouns Profile Field: Asking for gender (sex, really) in your profile is kind of outdated and unnecessary for the most part, so we'll be replacing this with a pronouns field that should prove more useful and allows for many more options Dark Theme: With the move to a less customized default theme and thanks to advancements in how configurable a theme is, it will be much easier for us to hopefully introduce this at some point We can't give any concrete timelines on any of these and won't promise we'll implement all of them, but with everything else up-to-date, we should be able to iterate on new things a lot more! Future Update Schedule We aim to track updates of the software we use much more closely in the future, which will likely mean an increase in the update frequency. Rather than performing a big disruptive update every few years, there will be more minor and gradual rollouts of new versions. This is very much in the spirit of the books, as I think a wise man once thought

Brandon has read previews from book 5 of The Stormlight Archive, called Knights of Wind and Truth for now, at various occasions. We delve into them and discuss what this might mean for the book and the greater Cosmere! This episode we have Evgeni (Argent), Grace (thegatorgirl), and Ala (Rasarr)! Read the chapters yourself: https://wob.coppermind.net/help/readings Thumbnail by Randy Vargas: https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/x7h8vo/stormlight_five_update_one/ Watch our episode on the SA 5 prologue on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMCXseuRCjE 00:00:00 Introductions 00:03:35 Kaladin Chapters 00:42:15 Szeth Chapters 01:22:09 Jasnah Chapter 01:55:05 Character Groupings 02:02:00 Who’s That Cosmere Character? 02:07:23 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 [email protected]

In this very special episode of Shardcast, we interview Isaac Stewart, VP of Creative Development at Dragonsteel! We talk about all the projects he has been or is currently working on, including his very own Cosmere novel! From our regular cast, we have Evgeni (Argent), Marvin (Paleo), and Veronica (Cheyenne Sedai). 00:00:00 Introductions 00:00:45 Isaac’s Role 00:04:45 White Sand Omnibus 00:18:50 The Arcanist/Darkside story 00:22:35 Graphic Novels at Dragonsteel 00:25:15 Boatload of Mummies 00:32:35 Maps in Secret Projects 00:37:25 Most Exciting Item in a YotS Box 00:40:25 Minis Kickstarter & Stormlight RPG 00:47:05 Working with a Team at Dragonsteel 00:50:55 Stormlight 5 Concept Art 00:53:50 Art Book 00:55:10 Hoid Story Picture Book 00:57:00 Evgeni’s Merch Idea 00:57:55 Any Personal Projects?

We discuss the origins and motivations of offworlders that show up in latest Mistborn book! Besides the obvious Lost Metal spoilers, there's a lot of cosmere references in this one! Our cast today is Eric (Chaos), Evgeni (Argent), Grace (GatorGirl), Jessie (LadyLameness), and Marvin (Paleo)! We're back to weekly podcasts for a bit, at least through December. Thumbnail is by Botanica Xu: https://www.tumblr.com/botanicaxu/702151767076552704/tried-my-hand-on-some-ghostblood-agents-love-all 00:00:00 200th Episode! 00:01:00 Introductions 00:03:55 Show & Tell 00:08:40 Overview 00:11:00 Tenets 00:16:00 Moonlight 01:05:43 TwinSoul 01:30:30 Codenames are stupid 01:41:00 Dlavil 01:48:40 Potential Skybreaker? 01:53:30 Darkwater 01:56:30 Comparison with Roshar 02:07:40 Timeline 02:22:15 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 [email protected]

In this final episode of The Lost Previews, we discuss chapters 16 to 18! We can't wait for the release next week! 00:00 Introductions 01:00 Chapter 16 11:25 Chapter 17 21:45 Chapter 18 34:10 Scadrian Numerals Chapters 16 to 18 on Tor.com: https://www.tor.com/2022/11/07/read-the-lost-metal-by-brandon-sanderson-chapters-sixteen-through-eighteen/ Thumbnail art is by Elisgardor: https://coppermind.net/wiki/File:Wax_and_Steris_finances_by_Elisgardor.jpg 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 [email protected]

This week on The Lost Previews, we talk about chapters 14 and 15 of The Lost Metal! 00:00 Introductions 00:40 Chapter 14 10:20 Chapter 15 Chapters 14 and 15 on Tor.com: https://www.tor.com/2022/10/31/read-the-lost-metal-by-brandon-sanderson-chapters-fourteen-and-fifteen/ Thumbnail art is the Alloy of Law Graphic Audio cover by Alex Allen: https://coppermind.net/wiki/File:AoL.jpg 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 [email protected]

The Lost Previews continue with a short chapter 12 followed by rather spicy chapter 13! 00:00 Introductions 00:40 Chapter 12 08:30 Chapter 13 Chapters 12 and 13 on Tor.com: https://www.tor.com/2022/10/24/read-the-lost-metal-by-brandon-sanderson-chapters-twelve-and-thirteen/ Thumbnail art is by Ashley Coad: https://www.reddit.com/r/brandonsanderson/comments/y004yj/painted_a_scene_from_lost_metal_ch3/ 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 [email protected]

Continuing on from last week, we talk about chapters 10 and 11 of The Lost Metal! 00:00 Introductions 00:30 Chapter 10 16:50 Chapter 11 Chapters 10 and 11 on Tor.com: https://www.tor.com/2022/10/17/read-the-lost-metal-by-brandon-sanderson-chapters-ten-and-eleven/ Thumbnail image is the Polish cover for Lost Metal: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02RjckYZCw88u97A9FRHnMYE5MNi8Mnm3hV5nETVXJmjSr4vZh2sfgZDNYcM88GQoVl&id=100063520722581 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 [email protected]

Lost Metal sample chapters continue, and we have two weeks to catch up on! Beginning with next week, we should be back to a weekly schedule. 00:00 Introductions and Summary 00:47 Chapters 5, 7 & 9 17:01 Chapters 6 & 8 34:28 Broadsheet Chapters 5-8 on Tor.com: https://www.tor.com/2022/10/03/read-the-lost-metal-by-brandon-sanderson-chapters-5-8/ Chapter 9 on Tor.com: https://www.tor.com/2022/10/10/read-the-lost-metal-by-brandon-sanderson-chapter-nine/ Thumbnail image is the Spanish cover for Lost Metal: https://coppermind.net/wiki/File:TLM_ES_Cover.jpeg 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 [email protected]