About this episode

The episode discusses various Words of Brandon from the December spoiler stream, including character fates and lore from the Cosmere.

Today, we are finally onto... well, yet more WoBs, and we have tons of Wind and Truth WoBs from the December spoiler stream. Also, we get very off track and discuss ancient Kwaan lore. In this episode we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), and Adim (AAKS). Blightfall cover: https://www.17thshard.com/news/brandon-news/blightfall-release-date-and-covers/ See the WoBs here: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/551-youtube-spoiler-stream-7/ Thumbnail art by mushimallo: https://www.patreon.com/posts/april-2025-bonus-143812782 0:00:00 Introductions 0:03:25 News 0:11:14 Original character in WaT who died 0:25:20 Biggest changes to outline 0:28:34 WaT Epilogue Differences 0:36:48 Is Dalinar really dead? 0:40:14 What does the Fifth Ideal do? 0:49:23 Crystal spike Hemalurgy 1:11:05 Retribution making new Heralds 1:24:14 Retribution access to Adhesion 1:28:55 Was Chana at Shallan's wedding always the plan? 1:37:53 Assignment of Investiture to Shards 1:45:49 Lord Ruler making the kandra 2:06:34 Vasher's purpose 2:11:09 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…

More episodes of Shardcast: The Brandon Sanderson Podcast

• Emberdark Mysteries · April 26, 2026 · 2h 52m
• Hoid in Isles of the Emberdark · March 28, 2026 · 2h 35m
• Future Sight Shenanigans! | Late 2025 WoBs Part 3 · March 15, 2026 · 2h 15m
• What Is Investiture, Really? | Late 2025 WoBs Part 2 · March 1, 2026 · 2h 2m
• Brandon Just Spoils Horneater's Ending | Late 2025 WoBs Part 1 · February 15, 2026 · 2h 43m
• Apple TV Cosmere Adaptation News! · February 1, 2026 · 1h 33m

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Shardcast: The Brandon Sanderson Podcast podcast page.