I can't describe how I feel after that chapter, so cruel, so intense, so awesome to imagine. I suffered the whole thing with Kaladin. This book is amazing

I’m starting Way of Kings right and for some reason I just can’t seem to get into it? Can someone tell me if/when it gets good, or what to look out for (obv avoiding spoilers). The first Sanderson book I picked up was Final Empire, and in the month since then I’ve gone through both Mistborn eras, secret history, Tress, and Warbreaker. In all of those books, save maybe Tress, I got hooked pretty quickly. Obviously Mistborn and its associated work is all pretty incredible, so I figured I would indulge in Sando’s other flagship series. I just finished Warbreaker (as I was recommended to prior to starting Stormlight Archives), and I absolutely loved that book. It, like the Mistborn series, got me hooked almost instantly, and of course finished well. The thing with WoK however, is that I feel overwhelmed and not super entertained. There was a prelude, and then a prologue, and still each page feels like it’s introducing a million new concepts, people and creatures, while I’m still trying to catch up. In the 5 or so chapters I’ve read so far (around 100ish pages) I haven’t really had a reason to keep going, other than pure intrigue as to why people say Stormlight is so good. I know I haven’t made it super far, considering the book is a thousand pages, but every page I read it feels more and more like I’m missing a book or novella that should’ve came before this, and I get even more confused. The most interesting thing so far I guess is Kaladin’s character, but even with him it feels like I’m missing a lot. Idk man, it just feels like there are a bunch of things being thrown at me, and none of it really makes sense. At least in the other books I had a few core ideas to build on and then it expanded from there. In this it feels like I’m constantly getting introduced to new things that serve no purpose 2 or 3 pages later

TLDR: when does WoK/StormlighT Archive pick up, and what should I expect out of it?

[OC] Iron on vynl glyph pair. Was wondering what you all thought.

I’m halfway through The Way of Kings and I can’t seem to find enough time in the day to read all I want to read. If I did, I’d be at it 24/7.

So at the climax, we're treated to an incredible assembly of the knights radiant, plus 2 heralds, making up all but one of the orders. When the 2 heralds join the rest, it feels like Dalinar's 'unite them' motif (along with uniting the realms) has finally paid off.

But then the heralds just... don't join in at the final battle and run away?

Again, I loved this book. It's my favourite so far in the series, which made this moment stick out even more. Anyone else feel the same way or have any defences for this? I've only just finished the book, so interested to know everyone's thoughts.

Is there a Wind and Truth Ars Arcanum available online somewhere? It’s the only SLA book without one and as far as I know, that’s just because of how chonky it is, not for any lore reasons. Did Brando release it separate from the book online at some point, or is the Rhythm of War one just as good because of how close they are in the timeline?

Okay so I have a question. In wind and truth I'm reading chapter 20 in the middle of it and it just struck me so I had to ask or I had to put this post in here because I had to ask. Don't put any spoilers I'll read it up later but don't put any spoilers just give me knowing looks. LMAO

The only reason that they're having a trouble is because the new odium is using a loophole etc etc but it's an Alethi law loophole. My question is why are they using a lefty law? The reason I ask, is because witness was made Dalinar is not the king of Alice car, he's the king of Urithiru. So shouldn't it be just his personal or his kingdom's law that applies? Why is Alethi being used? I think that's going to be a big plot point. Or just tell me I'm stupid or whatever LOL

Was watching a play through of the new Deadlock character, Violet, and couldn’t help but think of how Lift-coded she is.

Decided to join the art challenge this October called Cosmere Inktober (less on the ink and more on the Cosmere)

So here are a few of my pieces (and their theme on the bottom)

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I have my first project car in 8 years, I've named him essentially Sure Blood. "KaKuChi".

I did this by translating it to Japanese, using the words "Certain" and "Blood". Its a japanese car, This is the glyph im thinking. Plus I ran it through an AI to give it a more Caligraphy style. I would post this too if permited as I am no artist.

I like it was able to get a "Horse like" look without being to obvious.

I recently re-read the entire series for like the 5th time, and I realized something about the Unmade. At least 3 of them are confirmed to have a surge.

Dai-Gornarthis: Transportation; This is supported not only by their actions at the second battle for Narak, but also by page 97 of the Roshar world guide.

Sja-Anat: Transformation; This is less clearly stated, but given that she literally changes spren, it seems to be obvious to me

Ba-Ado-Mishram: Regrowth; This is the weakest tie I can make, but in WaT, during the vision where Shallan is in the body of a Singer, we can see Mishram healing various Singers, something no other Unmade can seemingly do. She does not gain the ability to bond to the entirity of the Singers until after she takes up the power of Odium.

Anyways, I have been trying to dig and scratch my brain of how the other 6 surges Odium has access to can map to the unmade. Please feel free to tear apart my pondering, but I feel like there is something here. Below are my best guesses so far and their reasoning.

Ashertmarn: Gravitation? The pull of indulgence?

Chemoarish: Abrasion? I have nothing here, I just know Adhesion is for Honor and this is what I had left.

Moelach: Illumination? Showing visions of the future?

Nergaoul: Tension? Creating tension to lead to conflict?

Re-Shephir: Cohesion? The way she controls the midnight essence?(Yes I know the essence is controlled by its bond, I am reaching here)

Yelig-Nar: Division? The destructive power he brings to the battlefield?

What…..the…..fuck…..did…..I…..just…..witness……Odium is fucking scary and his words even played tricks with my mind in real life.

Also Lift just jumped into my top 3 favorite characters!!! I’m very interested in her role in all this.

Hello everyone! Huge Cosmere fan here, also a huge MTG fan. Looking to make some custom cards for my pod to mess around and play with, I have a high end printer and can print custom cards at home. I have all the mechanics laid out, and the cards ready for print... minus the art. I have the artistic talent of a Cryptic. Would any of you wonderfully gifted Knights Radiant mind helping me finish these out with some art that would draw in creationspren from miles out?

Hey everyone!

​I'm currently reading The Stormlight Archive (or listening via audiobook), and I keep wanting to look at the interior illustrations—like Shallan's flora/fauna sketches, Navani's fabrial schematics, and the regional maps—in full high resolution without missing out.

Thanks!

I have read up to chapter 50.

It's wild that I'm now getting emotional reading the ramblings of Taln. It was right there, we were explicitly told in the first prelude chapter that they get tortured in Damnation.

But getting the context hits like a truck. He gave everyone over FOUR THOUSEND years, and nobody is ready. On top of that, he gets thrown in a monastery as a madman.

I guess I understand Nale better, but I don't think I'll look over what he did in Eagedancer.

Curse of Dalinar

I thought I had a solid theory after C4, after learning his wife was taken hostage and he grave made mistakes.

It was. He somehow caused his wife's death in the Thrill of battle to get her back. He asked the Nightwacher to make him forget. He got his wish, but it took everything related to her with that horrible truth.

But in C24, Dalinar thinks something similar, so I'm not sure, anymore.

Thrill

This thing has been right in front of my eyes from over two books, and I only noticed it in the first Dalinar flashback. It was way more powerful and noticeable.

It most likely relates to Odium, given all that hatred Dalinar felt in one of the flashbacks.

Lift

Yeah, I finished Eagedancer, before Oathbringer, and it was a fun experience. I really find her funny, and she's empathetic to even those who didn't deserve it at the time.

I was laughing hard when she made butt joke towards Dalinar in the vision, and took Gawx without permission of Stormfather :D

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Today we're launching War for Roshar on Kickstarter. We wanted to post this here to share the incredible work by our video production partners, Oniro! They truly went above and beyond, rendering the opening cinematic in Unreal Engine. We think this might be the coolest board game trailer we've ever seen! ⚔️🌩️

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Does proximity, intensity, and frequency of stormlight/investiture exposure increase a person's cancer risk? On Roshar, everyday people interact with raw stormlight/investiture more regularly than on other planets that I know of. Given what we know about stormlight, we can assume that in addition to light, the emissions include x-rays and other wavelengths, even in small amounts.

To take it further, maybe Rosharans have adapted to a higher radiation environment, so off-worlders could be more affected by the stormlight than Parshendi and Rosharans.

I’m now over halfway and like I knew it was bound to be bad whatever happened to his wife. I even guessed that he had wished to forget his wife (I was like half right lol) so I was expecting it to be bad. But y’all reading what happened at the rift 🤮🤮🤮🤮 I mean serves him right but also I don’t know that I can like his character again 🥺 Now I’m left to wonder what the hell Navani sees in this man. I’m assuming she doesn’t know he accidentally burned his first wife to death but she’d still know about burning the city to the ground?

Me and my group of friends are having book club where we read Stormlight Archives for the first time. While we are discussing the first few chapters of Words of Radiance, we realised that there was little shipping art of Shallan and Jasnah. So here is my contribution.

Please no spoilers for the books if you are going to comment. Please ask before using my art for anything.

At the beginning of The Way of Kings, Kelek arrives last, and Jezrien is waiting for him. They decide to abandon Taln and give up the Oathpact.
At the end of Wind and Truth, Kelek arrives last again. This time, Kaladin is waiting for him as the new Herald of Kings. He tells Kelek that Taln has forgiven him and that the Oathpact has been restored.

I absolutely love this detail

I spent a good chunk of Rhythm of War getting annoyed at the Sibling whenever they argued with Navani about fabrials.

I wanted the tower working again. I wanted the Fused gone. And Navani was doing all this fascinating research while the Sibling kept objecting to things that seemed completely normal by Roshar's standards.

Then I realized I was looking at the whole argument from Navani's perspective.

We've spent four books seeing fabrials as useful inventions. Heating, communication, transportation, all these incredible things that make people's lives better. Of course we want Navani to keep developing them.

But from the Sibling's perspective, humans have spent centuries trapping spren inside gemstones and making them perform tasks without ever asking whether they wanted to.

And the Sibling is literally a living building that functions through a willing relationship with humans.

That last part is what got me.

The most impressive fabrial we've encountered isn't powered by imprisoning a bunch of unwilling spren. It's powered by cooperation with one.

I don't think this automatically means every lesser spren is suffering or that Navani should throw all her research away. We don't really know enough about what those spren experience to make that judgment.

But Navani doesn't know either.

She's so used to thinking about what a fabrial can do that she rarely considers what being part of one might mean for the spren.

And when somebody who actually understands that side of things objects, her first instinct is to defend the technology.

I still love Navani. I actually think this makes her a much more interesting character. She's brilliant, she's genuinely trying to help people, and she has a pretty enormous blind spot about the beings making her inventions possible.

What's interesting to me is that the Sibling isn't really arguing against technology. The Sibling IS technology, in a sense.

They're arguing about how that technology gets made.

I wonder if other people initially sided with Navani here, or if I was just too excited about magical engineering to notice the ethical problem.