The Stormlight Archive | Heralds & Knights Radiant Explained
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ค. 2024
- The Stormlight Archive is a currently running Epic Fantasy series written by Brandon Sanderson. Taking place on the world of Roshar, this enormous, on-going, series is what many would consider the flagship series for the Cosmere.
Now on the world of Roshar, there were once what people called the Heralds and they were responsible for the formation and leadership of an order of warriors called the Knights Radiant. In this video I’d like to explore these figures and the Knights to briefly give you an overview and basic understanding...
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I'm really glad you didn't spoil the part when Gandalf tells Harry Potter that the Force was with him all along; thus, could he enter the Matrix & defeat Drizzt Do'Urden.
Omg bro put a spoiler alert in your comment at least
Don’t forget the part where Katniss told Percy Jackson he was divergent and he and Jon Snow went to fight Alduin
Well now that you've spoiled the thirty-seventh book in the fifth saga of timeline four I do not have the will to continue in life. You bastard.
@@TheDudeMyDude Damn it! First I spoil a major plot, THEN I get a dude KILLED? Man, I can't STOP fuckin' up today, lol.
Can't believe you ruined it. Trolls are terrible, man.
Seeing how many other people are avid fans of Brandon Sanderson makes me so happy inside
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Dustbringers dont get enough love man! Responsibility for immense power is a really cool idea for a radiant order. Anywho love the video, its always great to see a fellow cosmere fan
Great video. I love to see people making high quality content for the Cosmere. We need more people to get into Brandon Sanderson's work, because his worlds are just so god damn interesting.
Glad you're enjoying it :)
@@RavensRants I hope you plan on making more content for Sorrmlight! I’ll make sure to spread the word about this channel.
@@carlsmith4568 Lol absolutely, a lot more Cosmere coming up soon!
@@RavensRants This is the third time I am watching this video and thanks to you I am currently delving into the Stormlight Archive, thank you man for introducing a so far good series.
I think I’m most fascinated by the potential of the bondsmiths. Especially after Rhythm of War!
Oh yeah, Bondsmiths are getting big reveals in the future, I'm sure of that
I think Bondsmiths might be the most powerful beings in the Cosmere. Dalinar might even have the potential to be more powerful than a Shard.
@@carlsmith4568 I don't know about them being the most powerful. Certainly not Shard level. Perhaps Sliver level, like the Lord Ruler (And if you look in to his powers, he is incredibly overpowered, we just never see it). But I don't think that they could be anything higher than a Sliver. (Also not sure if sliver is the right word here, I'm pretty sure it's something like that though)
@@RavensRants I think the best example of a bondsmith’s power was when Dalinar met Ishar and the stormfather was afraid because Ishar was a bondsmith “unchained”. Later Ishar even reveals he can see the bonds that people have, such as Dalinar’s connection to the stormfather and the connection Odium has with Dalinar. He almost destroys these bonds before getting interrupted. This shows that bondsmiths have the ability to directly meddle with the affairs of the shards. He could directly undo the pathway Odium had with a human. I see this as a way of ranking bondsmiths lower (yet not much lower) in power than the shards. Ordinary humans stand absolutely no chance at even touching a shard’s power and yet these bondsmiths can destroy it with a simple flick of the wrist.
@@WraithLK the think is Ishar is unchained I don’t think a normal bondsmith can do that as they will be limited by their Spren. Plus, I don’t think ishar could actually cut the connection from shards (I think he can attempt to but if odium is aware would not be able to as he would still need enough investiture to overpower a shard’s, which is quite frankly not feasible). This is more of an opinion.
Favorite order is definitely the Edgedancers, their surges are very interesting and their ideals, focusing on empathizing and serving everyone is fascinating. Also removing friction from your body completely? Awesome.
Edgedancers are dope
@@RavensRants but dope isn't dope therefore what are edgedancers really?
I'm about to start Stormlight book 1 so I don't have a lot of context, but edgedancers were also my favorites. We need more empathetic people in this world, we need even more empathetic people that can beat the breaks off someone for acting like a tyrant. Violence doesn't solve anything... but sometimes it does.
As an Edgedancer I agree we are really cool
Finally it all makes sense. Picking up on all these details while reading the books between long periods of time makes all this information fuzzy in my head. Thank you.
I'm probably alone in this, but Skybreakers, always fascinated by groups with a non-traditional (but entirely understandable) approach to morals
Skybreakers are pretty cool yeah
lawful neutral
@@kelakogreenaddict1888 MTG's Azorius guild WISHES they could be this hardcore about the law.
There's so much spoiler free content out there! This community is so cool! I am about 1/4 of the way through the first audiobook, and it's so hard to get it all straight in my head. Content like this is so helpful for me. Thanks for making it!
Taln is a badass
Absolutely 👍🏻
Hell yeah. The man never broke.
I'm rather fond of the Stonewards myself, being able to reshape the world at will? Pretty cool. I really enjoyed the video!
Stonewards are probably one of my favourites too. Thanks so much for watching! :)
Yeah they are a difinite favourite. Always love the sort of “creation” groups. Also love the bond smiths. Love that character introspection
Just took the Knight Radiant quiz and I ended up with the Willshapers.
After watching your video, I'm really loving how the order seems, though my favourite radiants so far are the Windrunners.
Keep up the great work!
Hey, Willshapers are pretty awesome
I love the Willshaper's powers in a way that I don't think I've felt for anyone except the Edgedancers so far. I think it's because most Radiants have powers that generally let them do two very different things, or let them do one thing really well. While the first groups powers are often still very complimentary they don't mesh the same way the Willshapers and Edgedancers do (at least in my mind). There's also how that specific combination of powers fits that order's oaths so very well. Let me try to explain.
Edgedancers oaths are about caring for the common people. Their powers let them 1. heal and 2. move faster so they can get to people in need of healing sooner. Put these guys in Shardplate, and you've pretty much got the best combat medics imaginable.
Willshapers meanwhile are all about freedom. And what better way to exert your freedom than travel? Guess what? The only order better at traveling are the Elsecallers! Then, when they've arrived in a new place, their second surge allows them to instantly start reshaping their environment into something inhabitable and safe. They're perfect explorers and scouts! You need someone to operate independently in hostile territory, go talk to some Willshapers. You could argue that the Elsecallers could do that too, but they apparently usually fell into more of a traveling diplomat role. You could say that the Elsecallers traveled to far away cities/people, while Willshapers traveled to far away places/environments.
As much as I love how the Ligtweavers can change the way people perceive the world with their illusions, while also changing how the world actually is with their soulcasting (changing lies into truth and truth into lies, blurring the line between the two in the process, no wonder they need to speak personal truths for their ideals) or how Windrunners can bind the winds to them to help them fall/fly better, there's a mesh between powers and oaths in the Willshapers and Edgedancers that I haven't felt from any other orders so far.
Favorite Order? Windrunner. I know I'm unoriginal. Two small notes, I think the heralds were formed after the first desolation. Your wonderful summary makes it sound like desolation-s plural occurred before the heralds were formed. Which doesn't make sense if as you (correctly) say a desolation begins when a herald cracked on Braise. But I'm overly technical a side effect of my second favorite order the skybreakers, which brings me to my second point. You've done a good job describing the order as we see them in the books. But we have plenty of reasons to believe that their current interpretation of their oaths is not the original interpretation.
Hmm you're right I did make it seem that way. My mistake!
Also I agree the current iteration is different, but I tried to speak more about the ancient radiants instead of the new ones for spoiler reasons. So I had to take the information available on the oaths and put them together. I think it's reasonable enough to say that the oaths would be similar at least.
Also feel no shame in your favourite order. Windrunners are awesome!
Thanks for watching!
@@RavensRants I suppose we’ll find out! Great video otherwise!
This is the content considering my Sanderson and Rothfuss addiction calls for. Subscribed my friend, keep the foundation.
Hope you enjoy the content :)
Windrunners are my favorite order. I feel like that’s the same as saying water is my preferred choice of drink but I can’t help myself.
Thank you! This shall be crucial in building my army and understanding the capabilities of each system and what is at play.
Perfect
Great video! I' ve read all the stormlight books, but I'd forgotten many details about the Heralds themselves. I like that you avoided spoilers. My favourite order are the Lightveawers
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
That was a beautiful breakdown! It gave me lots of insight and new perspectives! You did a great job of being consistent and truthful without spoiling anything!
I appreciate the breakdown (helped me understand some things) and the fact that you didn't ruin the story!
Great job man!!!
I'm very glad you liked the video :) I hope my future videos will live up to the same standard!
My favorite are the else callers. Transformation is my favorite surge but transportation is also really cool. I also like ink spren even though they aren’t my favorite spren.
Thanks for very careful delivery of information!
Really enjoyed the video
I'm half way through TWOTK and loved this so much. Thank you. < 3
Edgedancers are currently my favorite. I just finished the novella and loooooooove the character Lift, and I just started Oathbringer! Thank you so much d’or the great video!
Glad you enjoyed :)
This needs to be the next big channel! Perfectly informative about the best topics in fantasy
Thank you for the kind words! And that's the eventual plan, though the current focus is definitely on the Cosmere more than other fantasy series
Started reading The way of kings and thanks for putting this together. Looking forward to more Stormlight content 😀
I am quite partial to the Truthwatchers myself, fie two main reasons.
1: They have the most passive abilities, and are clearly not meant for battle, they are kind and caring, as I aspire to be
2: (spoiler warning)
Their corrupt abilities are one of my favorites by far.
Really enjoy the stormlight lore videos..very well produced. Thank you
Thanks!
Lightweaver here, took the quiz and everything. And I agree, being able to create illusions of my imagination is awesome! And being able to transform anything into anything, also awesome.
I love how the Ligtweavers can change the way people perceive the world with their illusions, while also changing how the world actually is with their soulcasting. Changing lies into truth and truth into lies, blurring the line between the two in the process, no wonder they need to speak personal truths for their ideals! You could easily get lost in these layers of artificial reality. Especially since LIghtweavers were often spies and infiltrators.
amazing video! I just found your page and now I'm binging your videos! Thank you!!!
Not even at the 3 min and my guy already spoiled Oatgbringer. Nice job man
South African accent makes me feel home again, moved 5 years ago. This is one of my favourite series right now so it ties together nicely.
Watching this video now in 2023 and hearing you approaching 100 followers a year ago, then seeing you have 6400 now! I'll happily be another. Great content!
Truthwatchers here. And thanks so much for this video. I've finished the four books currently available, and still had some confusions you helped to clear up.
Glad you enjoyed it!
A fellow South African, with top tier Cosmere content. God damn, subbed broeder.
Really well put together. Thankyou Raven
You're welcome
was quite excited to hear a saffa voice :D keep up the good work!
Your videos have been great! Keep up the great work
Thank you for the kind words! And I have no intention of slowing down ;)
Willshapers - As the Knights Radiants themselves told me.
Though I scored the same points for Willshapers and Lightweavers, probably a decimal point difference haha.
Lol nice order to be a part of
Tal = gigachad
Late to this vid, but it is very informative. I love the edgedancers personally they feel like the speedsters of the radiants and speesters are my favourite type of powered individuals.
Thank you for this. It is excellent. I have listened to all of the books but still have some gaps in my understanding. Plus it has been a while. This helped fill in some of the background stuff that i had forgotten / didnt understand. 😊
thinking of getting into the stormlight archives so spoiler free videos are really helpful for me
Glad to have been of some help 🙂
Love it. Want to rewatch. Wish you had a full spoilers playlist so we can really dig in
I would say my favorite is the dustbringers!
Amazing video! Thank you so much
I appreciate you preserving the twist at the end of WoK, I already finished but I'd have been GIGA upset to have that spoiled
Lol I know I would have been just as upset, so I try to be spoiler free wherever possible
Edgedancer here! Lift’s novella was a little much at times but I don’t care! 😂 I was a medic for 8 years. I will remember!
Favorite order is definitely stonewards. Can’t wait to see them in action!
Great video man! Keep it up!
Thanks 🙂
Stoneward is my favorite mainly because of their Herald.
its a damn good video :)
I'd also like to add that Brandon is one of the few autors with really good/realistic depictions of mental illnesses, neurodivergent people (autism spectrum), women who arent blank papers and maaaaaany more good things:D
Brandon is absolutely an awesome author
This was a really great video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
One important thing not mentioned:
Because Bondsmiths have such massivve potential power, there can only ever be 3, as there are only 3 Spren in all of Roshar that are ancient and powerful enough to create a Bondsmith.
Great video Raven
Great video! Hello from a fellow South African 😀
Great video!
Thank you! :)
As a geek and walking lexicon of Sanderson I don't need this video, but enjoyed it nontheless! Great vid and Nice of you not to spoil the thing you didn't include 😉
I like to support a fellow South African. Could tell from the accent.
Baie cool video bra!! Ek het onlangs begin met Way of Kings en ek kan dit nie neersit nie! Dankie vir jou moeite met hierdie video. Heel insightful. Groete! 🎸🎸
Lol dankie
I don't understand how being tortured in a hell dimension could slow down the next desolation. Honor was powerful enough to make them immortal, but just HAD to place them in Braze when they "died"?
Yeah, I agree with the others. I wanted to understand what else callers could do and this helped.
Dammit I’m gonna have to reread these now
I've always felt more a kinship among the Edgedancers, though I'm not exactly sure why. Maybe it's their urge to heal and help anyone in need when possible.
Much more interesting to watch after having read SLA up to Rythm of War (maybe the book before) since it allows to put some order in concepts that are only brushed in the books and never given in such an organised form. I would advise against watching it before reading the novels since the information is not necessary to understand what is happening during the first book and most of the second.
Thank u bro .. its so hard to keep up in the book sometimes
My favorite order powers wise are the Skybreakers. I can fly and set things on fire? Sign me up. I also have a theory that their use of Division could work differently from the Dustbringers. I think it may allow them to divide bonds of Connection not just the physical bonds between molecules.
Elsecallers are my favorite
Hey I'm an Elsecaller! 😂
Gotta stick with the order I would be part of as my favorite! WINDRUNNER!!!!
Nice choice!
Though my personality and interests fit best with the Lightweavers, it’s hard not to be partial toward the Windrunners. My TTRPG characters tend to be very Windrunner esque
Windrunners all day
Hell yeah!
Its all abt the Bondsmiths baybee
I got truthwatcher from the quiz. I never paid attention to them in the book. But now I’m intrigued.
Can Edge Dancers reduce friction on their shardplate... That would basically make them unstopable in combat. (Any thoughts)
I believe we had a discussion on this in the Community Discord. Wasn't that you? XD
Do you think the heralds could be replaced with new heralds? They keep talking about a new oath pact. Do you think if there's a new oath pack, it would take new heralds?
I think it's likely that we'll see the Oathpact being reforged, but I don't know if we'll see new people take up the roles as Heralds. Sanderson will find a way to twist this one one us
@@RavensRants I know this is off topic but do you have any ideas why there are so many dead eyes but so few shard blades? I would like to know more about that.
@@jonathoncardwell1489 Most Shardblades were hidden or lost through the centuries after the Recreance. No real mystery there, just haven't found them all I guess
Dustbringers ftw
Hell yeah!
Stonewards sound awesome
Nice. You got a new sub...
I am only half-way into book 2, does this have any spoilers for book 2 or later?
Take the quiz
www.brandonsanderson.com/official-knights-radiant-order-quiz/
@T.V. Raven/ or the narrator of this video - hi, I stopped at 3:39 for a moment to say things I might forget later on. First of all, it seems you dug up and collected works from most artists Sanderson had guest-starring in his work. That's wonderful, visuals often help to draw readers. Second, your voice is very pleasant! Baritone register, mellow, nice, I like it. But you're not easy yet with narrations, a bit nervous. Please relax, try to speak a tad more slowly and enunciate more clearly. Not only will this give your words more impact, but it will also allow your vocal qualities to come out fully, give depth to your voice and make it even more pleasant to listen. In the suggestions I see you have several videos out, which I'll only samole, as I read another series at the moment and want to add Elantris to my Cosmere reading before prospecting. I do love your twitter name "Raven Is Ranting", but I've never been on other social media than TH-cam, so this is my only way to communicate. On I listen: 4:47... this is one of the worst images in a good number of story lines. Taln, Talenelat'elin, tortured alone for 4,500 Roshar years, which appear to be longer than our Terran years, to add insult to injury. As early as that, my opinion got stuck, especially regarding Jezrien. I don't much care for the Heralds - thanks, Nale, you bastid, btw - or Honor or anyone, I got a thing for Cultivation, and I'm sorry to say, for the 9th Unmade, Bar-Ado-Mishram. I'm waiting to find out what will go on in this direction... 10:00 yaah! Ishar, somebody please kick him, a bit more than even Jezrien. I did not see Ishar's impersonation coming from far ahead, as usual, that one took me by surprise, the Stormfather's words regarding him put me of my guard. Beautifully narrated sequence, very nice, also very clever, by the way!
Alright, got to the end - and really enjoyed this video. There's loads of Cosmere and Stormlight content flooding YT now, I can say little bout this new trend, but I will enjoy following your work and development. I go watch your Cosmere 101 now, before doing something constructive (:
If I may say this: I would love to see the Malazan Book of the Fallen adapted for YT with your calm style, thoughtfulness and attention to detail. Everything I've seen of Malazan so far is bad or annoying (I have no trouble saying this out loud cause I'm not a nice person), but Erikson's massive series could profit from your patient, attentive, step-by-step approach. Please don't feel pushed by this, it's just me thinking/wishing out loud - I'll be glad to see your take on the Cosmere every now and then. Sorry for dropping such a text wall, your video inspired me to talk a lot (too much maybe). Am hoping for your first 1000 subs.
Thank you so much for your detailed and thoughtful comment! I'm definitely working on improving my video-making, narration, and editing skills, but I'm still rather new to this all at the moment. But I appreciate the advice. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. And trust me, Malazan is on my list, but it's a huge undertaking. For now my focus is to get through Wheel of Time first and make videos on that. I'm glad you made mention of my attention to detail since the whole reason I made this channel was due to a lack of detailed video essays on the books I enjoy. Appreciate all the kind words :)
@@RavensRants It's very hard for me t do short comments on books, reading is the great passion in my life. I should have known from your style you'd get to Malazan eventually (:
I've seen some more of your videos now and enjoy them very much. it's great to see your style doesn't go off-path. You stick to little bits of info you come across and add to puzzles, thus providing insights that usually are lost among discussion/repetition of key scenes and action. I think I said it already, your thoughtful, and build step by step, this is the best way to approach big literary works, cycles, series, sequences. Reading is still uncommon, I believe your videos could be a great motivation for people for rely on other, to me less satisfying media (I'm a nut, though, I've not watched since 2011).
I'm not a kind person, if I take an interest, I might write too much, too direct, too harsh or personal. But please know I'm never out to hurt or insult, unless I explicitly say so. Keep soaring, Raven!
I just started the way of kings, should I watch this video? Does it have spoilers?
Bondsmith because it is amazing to bring people together.
OMG I just realized Honor is the Cosmere version of Zordon. QUICK ALPHA! Find me 10 teenagers with attitude!
Damn i miss this guy 😔
Stoneward for life.
I like renarin's order
*Getting tortured for 4,500 years*
"I didn't hear no bell, you fu-"
😂
Play at 1.25 times and you will still end up loving it.
I've just read the first book, but im definitely going to continue with the series. However im seeing all this talk about "cosmere" and I was wondering if im missing out by not reading his other series?
You're not heavily missing out, but you'll thank yourself if you do read other Cosmere books. If you have read WOK I recommend Warbreaker before moving on to the second Stormlight book. The second book has a reveal that's pretty fun if you've read Warbreaker first
my favorite order is the Bondsmiths
I love Wllshapers' ideals but Taln has to be the best Radiant right?
Taln is bae
The poor heralds. A pretty raw deal
This is a great video! Thank you.... Also, your accent sounds very local to me. I think we may be from the same country! South Africa? :)
Ding ding! You are correct! Cape Town local ;)
@@RavensRants I am a Mother City local too!!! I thoroughly enjoyed your videos. Awesome to see local talent like this. Keep it up!!
Stonewards 😍
Stonewards are super cool
I’m a lightweaver. I wanna be able to make illusions and oh my god, how funny would it be to make an illusion of myself dead on the ground whilst using transformation to make blood.
Quizzes said I'm windrunner. Favourite order, though? Probably dustbringers. And Kalak and Taln are the best.
Quiz told me I'm an Elsecaller XD
@@RavensRants You create the space shuttle. I fly it. 👌
The Oathpact wasn't an initial part of the formation of the Heralds.
Do we know what is meant by tortured
Who was torturing them?
I think we'll get definitive answers by the back 5 books
Skybreakers are badass 🤘
Hell yeah!
Willshapers have to be my order of choice, based on their Ideals.
Nice! You should do the quiz to see if you're a Willshaper
What do you mean by Spoiler Free?