Emberdark Mysteries

About this episode

The episode discusses various mysteries in the Isles of the Emberdark while exploring numerous tangents.

Today we are ACTUALLY talking about mysteries in Isles of the Emberdark. We are going to be FOCUSED while we talk about a bunch of tangents. This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), David (Windrunner), and Bonnie (Cosmeregirl) Thumbnail art is by Esther Hi'ilani Candari: https://coppermind.net/wiki/File:Iote_tug-of-war.jpg Children of the Nameless limited edition: https://subterraneanpress.com/sanderson-cotn/ Children of the Nameless trade edition: https://subterraneanpress.com/sanderson-cotn-trade/ Our Children of the Nameless episode: https://youtu.be/6el9YiphTH4 0:00:00 Introduction 0:06:38 News 0:17:59 Cakoban 0:50:31 Subastral nonsense 1:08:03 Daccwaga and Worldspinners 1:21:12 Star Tattoo Guy 1:40:08 Sazed performed what now? 1:53:58 Aethers with Malwish 2:06:10 Khriss vanishing 2:17:31 Autonomy's old dominions 2:34:28 Final thoughts 2:41:22 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…

People in this episode

Guests: Eric, Ian, Evgeni, David, Bonnie

Topics covered

• mysteries
• Isles of the Emberdark
• Cosmere
• tangents
• characters
• worldbuilding

Keywords

• Emberdark
• mysteries
• Cosmere
• characters
• worldbuilding
• tangents
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 17th Shard, Coppermind, Patreon, Discord

Books & works: Children of the Nameless limited edition, Children of the Nameless trade edition, Children of the Nameless

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