The Way of Kings Part Two: The first book of the breathtaking epic Stormlight Archive from the worldwide fantasy sensation: 1 (The Stormlight Archive Book One)

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Brandon Sanderson: My History as a Writer". Brandon Sanderson. October 2008 . Retrieved February 1, 2021. Roshar is the native name for the planet on which The Stormlight Archive is set. It is also the name of the supercontinent on which the main events of the series take place. The planet was settled by the two Shards Honor and Cultivation, while their rival Odium exercises his influence on the planet. [45] People from Roshar are called Rosharans. [46] Roshar is the second planet from its sun and has three moons, each of which waxes and wanes separately from the others. [47] The world is regularly assaulted by Highstorms, storms characterized by a very violent storm front traveling from east to west (beginning at the Origin), followed by weaker rains. The lands in Shinovar, farthest west on the main continent of Roshar, are mostly protected from the Highstorms by the high peaks of the Misted Mountains. Most plants that grow in Shinovar, which resemble real-world plant life, cannot grow in other parts of Roshar. Highstorms come frequently and, though they do not appear to follow a simple pattern, storm wardens are able to accurately predict their schedule through complex mathematics. Flora and fauna have evolved to cope with this condition. [48] Nations and regions [ edit ] The story then shifts to the stories of Highprince Dalinar Kholin, the brother of the King who was murdered. Before he died, his murderer scrawled a message onto the ground in Gavilar's blood, directing Dalinar to an ancient tome called The Way of Kings. [1] His studies of the book lead Dalinar to start questioning the Alethi way of life. He also begins to experience visions in which he both sees and interacts with the ancient Knights Radiant. These visions not only cast doubt on the mistaken history of the Radiants, they also begin to reveal the truth about the Voidbringers and the current state of the world. All of these events make Dalinar reluctant to do battle, causing other powerful Highprinces to try and eliminate him. He must also contend with his nephew, the son of his dead brother and the new King, who, as time passes, becomes increasingly paranoid. The story is also told from the perspective of his son, Adolin Kholin, as the young man - who possesses a Shardblade like his father - struggles to understand his father's change of heart and his fear that the man he's always respected has gone mad. Across the ocean, an untried young woman named Shallan seeks to train under an eminent scholar and notorious heretic, Dalinar’s niece, Jasnah. Though she genuinely loves learning, Shallan’s motives are less than pure. As she plans a daring theft, her research for Jasnah hints at secrets of the Knights Radiant and the true cause of the war. Sanderson, Brandon (February 28, 2013). "The Title for Brandon Sanderson's Second Stormlight Archive Book Has Been Revealed". Tor.com.

Unabridged audiobook versions of the first four books were released by Macmillan Audio and read by narrator team Kate Reading and Michael Kramer. The Way of Kings was released in August 2010, Words of Radiance in March 2014, Oathbringer in November 2017, and Rhythm of War in November 2020. [95] [96] [97] Shellie Horst (July 15, 2018). "News: The David Gemmell Awards 2018". sffworld.com . Retrieved February 11, 2020. You do not agree with my quest. I understand that, so much as it is possible to understand someone with whom I disagree so completely. Old friend, I hope this missive finds you well. Though, as you are now essentially immortal, I would guess that wellness on your part is something of a given.

The worldbuilding here is as immense as you could expect in the first book of a 10-part series. If Sanderson were a sculptor, I feel like ‘Way of Kings’ would be him just performing the initial “roughing-out”, just cre Though I am not overly fond of the ketek poetic form as a means of conveying information, this one by Allahn is often quoted in reference to Urithiru. I believe some mistook the home of the Radiants for their birthplace. The Unmade were obviously fabrications of folklore. Curiously, most were not considered individuals, but instead personifications of kinds of destruction. This quote is from Traxil, line 33, considered a primary source, though I doubt its authenticity. Since Gavilar's assassination, Jasnah Kholin has dedicated a large portion of her time to finding out as much information as she can about the Voidbringers and the city of Urithiru; this research appears to have been prompted by seeing Szeth's Surgebinding on the night of Gavilar's death and her own developing Nahel bond with Ivory. [4] The epigraphs for the chapters in Part 3 are excerpts from her notebook that lead her to believe the parshmen are descended from Voidbringers.

Makabaki: Native to the nation of Azir and neighboring countries, Makabaki have dark skin and hair. I am being chased. Your friends of the Seventeenth Shard, I suspect. I believe they're still lost, following a false trail I left for them. They'll be happier that way. I doubt they have any inkling what to do with me should they actually catch me. The Knights Radiant originated through spren copying the abilities which the Heralds obtained through their Honorblades. The Knights Radiant gained power through spren by creating a bond with them called the Nahel bond. The bond gives the spren sentience while giving the human Surgebinding abilities. Two examples are Sylphrena, an Honorspren, who shares a bond with Kaladin, giving him the power to Surgebind; and Pattern, a Liespren (Cryptic), who shares a bond with Shallan, granting her power to Soulcast and create Illusions. Dated Betabanes, 1173, 95 seconds pre-death. Subject: a scholar of some minor renown. Sample collected secondhand. Considered questionable.This is an odd position for me. Before, I’ve found it easy to explain my novels. Each one was built around one or two central premises. The gang of thieves who want to rob an immortal emperor. A man cast down by a terrible, magical disease and forced to rebuild a society among those similarly afflicted. A boy who finds that librarians secretly rule the world. Collected: Jesachev, 1173, 12 seconds pre-death. Subject: one of our own ardents, overheard during his last moments. Kaladin: A darkeyes from the nation of Alethkar, who is forced to serve on a bridge crew in the army of Highprince Torol Sadeas. Formerly an apprentice learning surgery from his father and a member of the army of Brightlord Amaram, he hates lighteyes because of Amaram. Amaram betrayed Kaladin, by first causing the death of his brother, Tien, and after Kaladin saves him from a man in Shardplate, forcibly takes the Shards for himself, killing all of Kaladin's close friends in the process. Kaladin is able to use Stormlight to heal himself and make himself stronger and faster than any normal human being. He is accompanied by an Honorspren named Sylphrena, or Syl for short. She came to him because of his innate honor and kindness in the face of the evil and betrayal that seem to surround him. Kaladin's connection with Syl is what gives him his power with Stormlight; it also gives Syl the level of sentience she possesses.

Windrunning is an ability where the wielder uses the power of Stormlight to affect gravity and adhesion. It is described in three methods known as the "Three Lashings". A Basic Lashing changes the direction of gravitational pull for an individual (causing the person to be pulled towards another object or direction instead of towards the center of the planet). A Full Lashing is described as creating an almost [56] unbreakable bond between two objects until the Stormlight dissipates. A Reverse Lashing causes an object to have a much stronger gravitational pull, causing other objects to be pulled towards it. [56] The Knights Radiant [ edit ] Taravangian: the king of Kharbranth. He employed Szeth to kill a great number of leaders around the world, following the Diagram, a master plan to prepare the world for the Last Desolation, made by himself. An audiobook version was released in August 2010 by Macmillan Audio read by narrator team Kate Reading and Michael Kramer who have also read several other books written by Sanderson, including The Wheel of Time series. [29] A 5-part GraphicAudio version of The Way of Kings was released from March to July 2016. Dalinar Kholin’s Alethi armies won a fleeting victory at a terrible cost: The enemy Parshendi summoned the violent Everstorm, which now sweeps the world with destruction, and in its passing awakens the once peaceful and subservient parshmen to the horror of their millennia-long enslavement by humans. While on a desperate flight to warn his family of the threat, Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with the fact that the newly kindled anger of the parshmen may be wholly justified. Sanderson, Brandon (2017-10-05). "Introduction to the Cosmere | Brandon Sanderson". brandonsanderson.com . Retrieved 2019-07-28.Collected on the 1st of Nanes, 1172, 15 seconds pre-death. Subject was a darkeyed youth of unknown origin.