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Nightblood is one of the most powerful things in the entire cosmere. This blade that bleeds darkness has done incredible things. It can consume investiture, matter, and energy at an astonishing rate. This sword, which was first seen in the book Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson, has become an important plot element in the Stormlight Archive. It has made appearances in Words of Radiance, Oathbringer, Rhythm of War, and Wind and Truth. In this video Jason travels to the land of Shinovar, covered in the everstorm. He's traveled here to discuss the history of Nightblood, how it works mechanically, and what it can do. Cosmere Nerds for Mental Health/Lift the Bridge Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/CosmereNerds Audonalsium:https://www.youtube.com/@audonalsium Art in the Thumbnail by: Ari Ibarra, Dan Dos Santos, Audonalsium, Dominik Broniek https://www.patreon.com/Jasonioan Special thanks to these incredible people for proofreading the script: @aidanpocock @audonalsium @advanced-cosmere-studies Follow Me on social media for behind-the-scenes content: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jasonioan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonioan_the_worldhopper/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jasonioan.bsky.social #brandonsanderson #cosmere #investiture #videoessay #awakening #stormlightarchive #wayofkings #books #fantasy #booktok #bookstagram #booktube #cosmererpg #worldhopping #Roshar #magicsystem #islesoftheemberdark #adonalsium #mistborn #Nightblood #dragonsteel #dragonsteelprime #warbreaker Chapters ----------------- 0:00 Intro 1:13 What is Nightblood? 2:03 Nightblood Basics 3:27 The Mind of the Blade 4:14 Nightblood's Command and how it was made 5:50 What can fuel Nightblood? 8:12 Nightblood VS Invested blades 10:53 Nightblood's Destructive Potential 12:55 The Nightblood Test 16:42 Change 18:14 The Powers of Nightblood 22:16 Across Realms 25:08 Intent VS Command Theory 29:00 Audonalsium's thoughts on Shashara and Nightblood's Intent 30:33 Charity Promo 31:00 Conclusion

The Iriali are some of the most mysterious people in the Cosmere. Their history and culture seemingly spans millennium, and their ultimate fate is unknown. This group, known primarily from the Stormlight Archive and the planet Roshar, are a society of Worldhoppers. They believe in a mysterious being called The One, who is said to have broken itself into many pieces to experience the cosmere. In this Video Jason, and Seth of @The.Cosmere.Academy attempt to piece together the timeline of the Iriali long trail as well as uncover more of this mysterious group's history. The Cosmere Academy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.cosmere.academy?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Art in the Thumbnail by: Brotherwise Games and Jordi Rapture https://www.patreon.com/Jasonioan Special thanks to these incredible people for proofreading the script: @aidanpocock @audonalsium @advanced-cosmere-studies @cosmere_mo Follow Me on social media for behind-the-scenes content: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jasonioan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonioan_the_worldhopper/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jasonioan.bsky.social #brandonsanderson #cosmere #investiture #videoessay #Iriali #stormlightarchive #wayofkings #books #fantasy #booktok #bookstagram #booktube #cosmererpg #worldhopping #Roshar #magicsystem #islesoftheemberdark #adonalsium #mistborn #Lumar #dragonsteel #dragonsteelprime Chapters ----------------- 0:00 Intro 0:53 Background Info 2:16 On Roshar 4:44 Belief in the One 8:45 Cosmere Academy's Theory on the One 14:18 Timeline 18:10 Scadrial Speculation 22:20 Cusicesh 23:25 Cosmere Academy's Cusicesh Theory 27:29 Iriali and Eelakin 30:14 Conclusion

I was lucky enough to attend the Worldhopper ball again this year and I have a lot of great things to say about it! The team at Paladin Creative fixed all of the issues I had with the previous ball and it was a magical time. Thumbnail photos by Dragonsteel/Julia Stockton Photography Music Used in this video: Music: “[Classicals.de-El-Choclo-Villoldo-Arranged-for-Strings]” by Gregor Quendel / Classicals.de Source: https://www.classicals.de Valse Di Fantastica by Esther Abrami Stargazing by Luke Faulkner #mistborn #cosmere #dsnx25 #worldhopperball #roshar #stormlightarchive #waltzofthefinalempire

Lumar is one of the most striking planets in the Cosmere. This dangerous world from the book Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson is home to pirates, 12 giant moons, and 12 pentagonal seas made of spores. In this video, Jason visits Lumar to talk all about this beautiful and strange planet. What is life like for the people who live next to these deadly spores? Art in the Thumbnail by: Marie Seeberger, Howard Lyon https://www.patreon.com/Jasonioan Brandon Sanderson Mark Rober Collab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOeZAjTR-VY Special thanks to these incredible people for proofreading the script: @advanced-cosmere-studies Follow Me on social media for behind-the-scenes content: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jasonioan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonioan_the_worldhopper/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jasonioan.bsky.social Twitter: https://x.com/Jasonioan #brandonsanderson #cosmere #investiture #videoessay #Tressoftheemeraldsea #tress #stormlightarchive #wayofkings #books #fantasy #booktok #bookstagram #booktube #cosmererpg #worldhopping #Roshar #magicsystem #islesoftheemberdark #adonalsium #mistborn #Lumar #dragonsteel #dragonsteelprime Chapters ----------------- 0:00 Intro 0:51 What is so weird about Lumar? 1:43 Spores 4:43 Spores and the 10 Essences 8:31 Culture, Ecology, and Food 12:41 Spore Technology 13:31 Iriali 15:25 The Seethe 19:08 Where do the Spores come from? 19:39 Spore Eaters 20:53 Water 24:00 Conclusion

In the Mistborn series of books by Brandon Sanderson, one of the most mysterious powers is that of Hemalurgy. This dark art involves harvesting powers from a person and placing them in another in a gruesome manner. Powered by the shard of Ruin, this is undoubtedly the darkest arcana we've seen in the Cosmere. Nowhere is safe from Hemalurgy. It works anywhere in the cosmere. From the planet Nalthis from Warbreakr, to the planet Sel from the book Elantris, and even on Roshar of the Stormlight Archive. Ruins tendrils can be felt everywhere. In this video, Jason has been kidnapped by a cult of hemalurgists known as "The Children of Seran". This fictitious group has forced Jason to use his wealth of cosmere knowledge to make an instructional video to teach their acolytes how to use this dark art. Art in the Thumbnail by: Diego Lopez Matthis Seguin, Konrad Hetko, Brotherwise Games, https://www.patreon.com/Jasonioan Special thanks to these incredible people for proofreading the script: The_Hessay @audonalsium Mac May @aidanpocock Jofwu @The.Cosmere.Academy Follow Me on social media for behind-the-scenes content: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jasonioan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonioan_the_worldhopper/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jasonioan.bsky.social Twitter: https://x.com/Jasonioan #brandonsanderson #cosmere #investiture #videoessay #mistborn #stormlightarchive #wayofkings #books #fantasy #booktok #bookstagram #booktube #cosmererpg #worldhopping #Roshar #magicsystem #islesoftheemberdark #adonalsium #mistborn #hemalurgy #scadrial #dragonsteel #dragonsteelprime CTC Chapters ----------------- 0:00 Intro 0:56 Basics of Hemalurgy 2:06 The Hemalurgic Table and Metals 5:31 Spiritual DNA and Spikes in the Soul 7:51 How Hemalurgy has Changed and Hemalurgic Decay 11:12 Harvesting Raw Investiture 15:07 Bind Points 16:25 Physical Changes to Hemalurgists 17:13 How to Make an Inquisitor Live Demo 22:54 Greater Cosmere Significance 28:45 Conclusion

The time before the Shattering has been shrouded in mystery. While undoubtly one of the most important events in the history of the cosmere, the events and landscape of the cosmere before the Shattering is largely unknown. But now, thanks to recent books by Brandon Sanderson such as Isles of the Emberdark, Tress of the Emerald Sea, and Wind and Truth from the Stormlight Archive, we're learning more and more about what the cosmere was like leading up to the death of Adonalsium. In this video, Jason combs through the deep past of the Cosmere learning about the Investiture, Invested Arts, and other entities that existed before the death of the Cosmere's Elder God. This video topic was chosen by the viewers of this channel. Art in the Thumbnail by: Randy Bishop, Bernando Curvello, Howard Lyon, Esther Hi'ilani Candari, Zoethatcher art, https://www.patreon.com/Jasonioan Special thanks to these incredible people for proofreading the script: The_Hessay @audonalsium Joe/The Stormfather Mac May @aidanpocock Follow Me on social media for behind-the-scenes content: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jasonioan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonioan_the_worldhopper/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jasonioan.bsky.social Twitter: https://x.com/Jasonioan #brandonsanderson #cosmere #investiture #videoessay #mistborn #stormlightarchive #wayofkings #books #fantasy #booktok #bookstagram #booktube #cosmererpg #worldhopping #Roshar #magicsystem #islesoftheemberdark #adonalsium #shatteringofAdonalsium #dragonsteel #dragonsteelprime Chapters ----------------- 0:00 Intro 1:03 Setting the stage 2:58 Microkinesis 6:19 Magic on Yolen 7:46 The relationship between Singers and ShoDel 9:42 Cognitive Magic 10:51 Dragons 12:45 Dawnshards! Get your Dawnshards here! 16:09 Aethers and their various flavors 19:26 Ancient Gods of the Cosmere 22:26 The Grand Apparatus and Cusicesh 25:21 Non-Shardic God Metals 29:47 Adonalsium Avatars 30:57 Conclusion

Awakening is a powerful magic system from the planet Nalthis that is spreading throughout the cosmere. This magic system first found in the book Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson has many complicated elements that all wrap together to make an inventive and colorful magic system. But what if there's more to Awakening than meets the eye? What if Awakening is really just a bunch of individual cosmere principles slapped together and codified, and isn't really that unique of a thing? In this video, Jason explores what awakening is, how it works, and what it can tell us about the cosmere through its relationship to living investiture. The various types of invested entities. Art in the Thumbnail by: Diego Lopez, Ari Ibarra, Egilde Art, Dominik Broniek, Shuravf. Support the channel on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/Jasonioan Special thanks to these incredible people for proofreading the script: The_Hessay @audonalsium Joe/The Stormfather @CosmereConvo Jofwu @sirbananatheorangecucumber Follow Me on social media for behind-the-scenes content: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jasonioan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonioan_the_worldhopper/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jasonioan.bsky.social Twitter: https://x.com/Jasonioan #brandonsanderson #cosmere #investiture #videoessay #mistborn #stormlightarchive #wayofkings #books #fantasy #booktok #bookstagram #booktube #cosmererpg #worldhopping #Roshar #Warbreaker #Nalthis #magicsystem Check our BarlyDoodles on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/barlydoodles?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MWs3N2JsOHhvbWg4cQ== Chapters ----------------- 0:00 Intro 1:09 What is Awakening 1:59 What is Breath and how it's used 5:13 Kinetic uses of Breath 5:49 Heightenings 9:47 Awakening and Invested Entities 13:46 Where the energy comes from 15:22 Colors, Dyes, and the Tears of Edgli 17:01 Biochromatic Laws and Mechanics 23:26 Awakening's spread into the Cosmere 27:07 Theory time 29:42 An Emberdark addendum 31:43 Conclusion

The Heralds are some of the most important and most mysterious characters in the Stormlight Archive. These incredibly powerful magical beings were chosen by Honor do be his champions and warriors. For the past 6,000 years, The Heralds have protected and guided humanity until they couldn't take the pain anymore. This video explores the magical abilities of these keystone characters and explains how they operate and why they're so important. Echoes of things these characters can do can be found in other books such as Mistborn, Warbreaker, Elantris, and other works by Brandon Sanderson. This video relies heavily on information from the most recent Stormlight Archive Book, Wind and Truth. If you haven't read that I would recommend you stay away. Art in the Thumbnail by: Albert Pujadas, Petar Penev, Howard Lyon, Magali Villeneuve, Karla Ortiz. Support the channel on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/Jasonioan Special thanks to these incredible people for proofreading the script: The_Hessay @CosmereQuandaries @aidanpocock @CosmereHorizons Follow Me on social media for behind-the-scenes content: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jasonioan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonioan_the_worldhopper/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jasonioan.bsky.social Twitter: https://x.com/Jasonioan #brandonsanderson #cosmere #investiture #videoessay #mistborn #stormlightarchive #wayofkings #books #fantasy #booktok #bookstagram #booktube #cosmererpg #worldhopping #Heralds #Roshar #windandtruth #magicsystem Balatro Orchestral Arrangement by @adamisiah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCBC8oz8dfE&ab_channel=AdamIsiah Chapters ----------------- 0:00 Intro 2:05 What is a Herald? 4:17 How the Heralds were made. 9:31 The powers of the Heralds 14:58 Oathpact 16:55 Vedel's Method 19:30 Playing with Souls 21:20 Cracking of the Oathpact 24:12 The Future of the Heralds and the Oathpact 27:20 Conclusion