The Way of Kings | In-Depth Summary
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- Here’s my in-depth summary for The Way of Kings, the first book in The Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson. Let me know your favorite parts from the book, and if there’s anything I forgot to mention. If you haven’t read The Way of Kings yet, I’ll be announcing a Stormlight Archive Read-Along on the channel soon!
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Table of contents:
Brief Worldbuilding overview: 1:02
Prelude: 2:21
Prologue 3:20
Part One: 4:11
Interludes 1-3: 8:33
Part Two: 10:11
Interludes 4-6: 16:53
Part Three: 18:30
Interludes 7-9: 28:56
Part Four: 29:59
Part Five: 42:34
Epilogue: 46:17
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thanks a bunch. very useful
Spoilers in a summary. Wow thank you very much for a little I see it. Who would say there would be spoilers in a summary
Love the table of contents.
¡¡¡¡¡¡El de los minutos!!!!!!!
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You are the best! Could you do one for the Words of Radiance too? I know it takes a lot of work to do so, but I would love to see that!
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As someone who summarized all of WoT, I am seriously stunned by the amount of work and effort you clearly put in. Bravo! Sharing for sure.
Thanks dude! That's awesome, I appreciate the share for sure! Not gonna lie, this was probably the most difficult video I made, I spent way too much time trying to shorten the script until I just acknowledged that it was going to be a long video and went with it XD
Fantasy Community Unite.
Rubberdude21 somebody say... UNITE? *gloryspren intensifies*
@@CapturedInWords We're fantasy! We roll our eyes at any fantasy books less than 800 pages. I had much the same reaction when I saw a 40+ minutes summary as I do when I see a 1000 page fantasy novel. *drool*
@@vogonpoet1169 Wow what an incredibly rude comment. If you're not into fantasy books or this series for that matter why even comment? It's evident a ton of work and production value went into this video, I think you're the only one 'drooling'.
The king of khabarath harvesting dying people was one of my favourite twists, although he does get much time in the book, the mysterious journal entires of ‘XX seconds before death’ before each chapter being payed off like that was mind blowing
I love how everything Brandon Sanderson shows you ends up being important somewhere down the line
oh man i didn't even noticed it ... !!!
Favourite part of the Way of Kings must have been Dalinar explaining to Kaladin how easy a trade it was!
A bargain 🥲
Dalinar is such a good dude.
One priceless sword for thousands of priceless lives.
I’m so glad i watched this because I totally missed the part where Shallan was about to summon a shardblade?!? I need to go reread that part right now
which chapter lol
me too! i don't remember that
Did u find it because i totally missed it too
haha I missed that too
@@Zoenak It's right before she pretends to kill herself after accidentally Soulcasting - chapter 45
Can I just say the amount of fantastic artists you found to fill a 50 minute video is incredibly impressive.
I've been collecting fan art and organizing it all into folder for pretty much the entire year XD
All the artists deserve big credit! I have a google doc in the description with credit and links to each artist :)
@@CapturedInWords That's fantastic! I enjoy the organization of it all.
@@CapturedInWords Did you reach out to each artist individually? Or did you just need to acknowledge them?
Shalan did it
I’m on my second read and I’m Shallans POV on page 131 there is a line that reads “She raised her freehand to her head, suddenly overwhelmed by the weight of House Davar’s situation, her part in it, and the secret she now carried, hidden ten heartbeats away” so, so, good!
Caught that on my first read a few days ago and i audibly gasped
THEY LITERALLY TOLD US EVERYTHING!!!
Amazing!
I don’t get it what does this mean?
@@libos14I don’t get it what does this mean?
@@MUTV2 the shardblades take 10 seconds(/heartbeats) to appear. So saying ten heartbeats here gives us the reveal that Shallan always had a shardblade, we just didn't see it
This (and hopefully the others you make) will come in handy when Stormlight 4 rolls around and I need a refresher
I thought the same thing throughout this whole video, "I hope he continues with these"
You guys read wotk? Would you agree with these top 5 characters? th-cam.com/video/_lXaEOJRROY/w-d-xo.html
I just found out book 4 is coming out in a few months I'm going to get on it after the book I'm on
Just about 1 month away :D
This is exactly why I’m here :)
this is incredible
He's a doctor, a podcast host, a successful youtuber AND he can find the time to read 1000 page books. Are you even human Ali?! Jokes aside, I'm so happy to know that you're a Sanderfan too :)
@@telemundoenthusiast9826 you just announce this man😂
Was literally just thinking how there's not a lot of high quality videos breaking down Stormlight's world and lore. And then this video popped up. Amazing timing!
Haha that's awesome!! I'll be making many more Stormlight Archive videos soon ^_^
Delinar to his nephew the king: "Oh by the way, get used to the idea of me courting your mom. It's happening." Delinar dropped the mic and just walked away. Epic.
Bro dropped a "your mom calls me daddy" to his annoying nephew and walked away like a BOSS uncle🔥🔥🔥
Honestly this is amazing and the amount of effort put into this is astounding, tbh you're one of the most underrated youtuber because you're videos are actually high quality compared to most and all
Thank you so much!
This is the best summary video out there and it's not even close. I occasionally watch it just to reminisce on how great Way of Kings is. Please continue to make Stormlight summary videos! Your hard work with this video helps me to enjoy the series as a whole since it helps me remember everything!
Jay is back ! I repeat: Jay is back ! GRAB SOME POPCORNS, LOCK YOURSELF IN A ROOM AND WATCH !!! I am just going to do it 😍😍😍😍
I'M BACK! ^_^
Correction: Szeth's list says it contains highprinces, but no Alethi highprinces are specifically mentioned, they may have been highprinces from other realms
Can’t wait for stormlight 4!!! And can’t wait for your next vid!
Would you agree with these top 5 characters? th-cam.com/video/_lXaEOJRROY/w-d-xo.html
Didn't want to watch this until I finished my review so the thoughts were my own. But watching now and it's brilliant, as usual. Awesome work, my friend.
I finished “The way of kings” just yesterday and wanted to read “Words of radiance” next month, but after watching your video I started reading the second book straight away😆
Great job!
The beginning giving me the chills... When i first read the book, I dint understand what was going on. But damn, I feel for the heralds.
The editing is so good.
I applaud you for all the work you clearly put into this video
Thanks! It was definitely a lot of work to put together
Yeah, you need to cover the next two books. This was amazing
Absolutely amazing ! As a college student I don't have much time to be rereading all the books so this is a great option for me !
Thanks! That was a big reason I wanted to make this video, I know there's many people out there who won't get time to re-read it and might forget a lot of the details, so I'm glad this video helps!
The sheer amount of time and effort you put into this video ASTOUNDS ME. The Stormlight Archive is my favorite series in the world and you did it so much justice 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I’d love to see a Words of Radiance summary but take your time and don’t burn yourself out! You’re fantastic!!
I'm so happy to hear I did it justice! :D That's something I was really worried about when making this video! I will for sure make one for WoR and Oathbringer some time before the 4th book comes out! Thanks!
@@CapturedInWords I would still love to see WoR and Oathbringer videos!
@@CapturedInWords oh really?
I check back every couple months to see if you've made a summary video for WOR and OB. I can't wait to watch and share with my friends who read the series. This WOK summary is by far the best I've seen! I can't even imagine how much time it took to make. If you make the others I'm sure a lot of us will be very grateful!!
This is the best book tube video I've seen. Serious props for the time and effort put into this!
Haha thanks for the amazing comment!
The Sanderlanche in this book freaking blew my mind. I read it last month and now I’m more than halfway through Words of Radiance
"Sanderlanche" is such a good way of describing the entire ending process of this book
Now THIS is entertainment. So many fantastic artists! I've only seen a fraction of this SLA art over on pinterest. You really dug deep son. Thanks from the bottom of my ten heatbeats for this. Next time pace yourself or end up as cracked as Kal and see some Spren. Words of Radiance is my favourite of the first 3 books. I love that we get to see Kal learn his surges better and grow as a knight. The rising of the spear hero eh? Shallan is the superstar and the whole world is unlocked for more frantically eager theorycrafting. All praise Jay and his captured in words channel. Very well made video. Well made sir.
Haha thank you! I've pretty much been collecting artwork and organizing it into different folders through out the entire year. Be prepared to see more of, because I plan on making many more Stormlight Archive related videos! And of course, I'll definitely make a summary video for both Words of Radiance and Oathbringer before the 4th book comes out!
Please do more of these for Words of Radiance and Oathbringer. I think there are some things I missed.
I'm only 2 minutes in to the video and, as always, the editing and explaination is absolutely outstanding.
Loved it! Yes please! Words of Radiance!!!
Amazing work, I definitely want to see the other Stormlight books summarized by you :)
Thank you! I'll definitely make summary videos for the other books in the series! :)
@@CapturedInWords do you have an idea of when you will create the followup videos? This was an excellent recap, thanks.
@@CapturedInWords just in case you forgot, you said you'd make videos for the other Stormlight books.
@@CapturedInWords Please make more summary videos!!!
I love this book series!! More than 150 hours for all three books combined in audiobook format!
Storms! This was incredible. Showed me a couple connections I missed or forgotten about. Would most definitely want a Words of Radiance version when you're up to the task!
Haha thanks!! I'll definitely be making one for WoR as well as Oathbringer before the 4th book comes out! :)
@@CapturedInWords mate, how are you going with it???? Book 4 is nearly out :)
I recently finished Way of Kings and am now almost done with Words of Radiance! This was such a great summary! Thank you so much!
You're so welcome! Glad you enjoyed!
You're explaining so clearly this story, great job!!!
Thanks! :D
This is, by far, the best recap I've EVER seen. I'm sure it was a TON of work. PLEASE tell me you did others too
I can't stress enough how magnificent this summary is! I am speechless...please tell me parts 2 and 3 are brewing. Thanks for putting all of this together, plus all the fan art is amazing. Go Bridge 4!!!!
Just finished the first book myself and WOW, that was a journey. Your video is very well done and I will be coming back for more after Book 2!
I clicked on an ad for you. I'm 3 minutes in but I'm already impressed.
Haha thanks I appreciate it! ^_^
Loved your review. Watched it all. My favorite part of the way of king was when dalinar gave up his shard blade and asked kaladin what is a man's worth.
I love your creativity and the energy that you put in your videos. Sadly I haven’t read the book and I have the intention of reading it coz I love Sanderson’s writing. So, I can’t really watch this video, but as you asked, you have my “like” and here you have my “comment” 😜👍
I read this on my wheel of time book series break. I just finished reading books 4 through 7. So I thought I was getting a light story to wind down from reading 2100 plus pages. Nope. This book was not. I was not prepared, but pleasantly surprised. But by the end, my head was spinning. Thank you for this video. I think after meaty books like this, videos like this are a blessing. Thank you for all of this hard work. I love your channel. You were highly recommended by the person that got me into the Wheel of Time
These are my highlights from your video:
- 23:21 this entire scene you described so well, not to mention the visuals and voice you used for the cryptic are amazing!
- 33:18 again your description for the Wandersail story was fantastic, plus props for adding the flute music, and the quote you read out.
- 45:36 I love the way you described this Dalinar vision!
Oh and also the prelude 2:51 that part was amazing as well, and helped me understand what was actually going on in the prelude
This is the best (as detailed as it could be) summary of The Way of Kings I've watched so far. Your explanation and outline, plus the additional cosmere connections/facts are thoroughly explained.
Please do consider continuing with the other books in the series.
Wow what an amazing effort you've put into this video!
Thanks! I don't think I ever put so much time into a video before, so it feels great to finally have it up!
Please make the next one just as long, or even longer, this was amazing!! ❤️❤️❤️
It’s evident that an incredible amount of work went into the production of this video. Well done and thank you.
Holy good god, that was the shortest 48 minutes ever. Thank you thank you. I had to read this book three times, just to be able to really understand how awesome it is. Plus, it only gets better. The fan art is amazing, and really brings the characters to life. I can't wait to read more, and hear more, so yes, Words of Radiance, i'm in. Again, thank you. Your in depth summary's, hearing the names pronounced, all bring the characters to life. I still marvel at Sanderson's ability to world build, and character build, plus, wondered if any characters jumped, that is now confirmed. Whoa, lots here, so much to take in. Bravo.
My god, the efforts put into this awesome video, hats off!!
Thank you!
Yo Demoux is a worldhopper!!! I didn't catch that in the interlude. I'm blown away right now.
48 min of Way of Kings? Sing me up!
The audible version is sixty hours. I just started book three. This is a high quality video. Thanks.
Please Do a WOR one! This was just great and helped remember much stuff.
I'm amazed someone dared tackle a summary of this book. Way to go!
So, as I haven't read this book yet I just watched the Worldbuilding overview and then put it on mute to play though. I plan on coming back after Ive read the book and watching the whole thing.
That's awesome, thanks for letting it play through! That helps the watch time, I appreciate it! ^_^ Have fun reading the book!
So, I’m ramping up for dragonsteel con, and have a short term memory problem. I’m trying to refresh myself on the details of some of my brando-sando reading, and this was the most thorough and wonderful summary of way of kings. This video was a service to any fans with similar disabilities, whether we were your intended audience or not. 😂 I don’t know if it’s worth it to you to make the rest…but if you ever do, I’m absolutely watching them.
Exactly why i was watching it :) i have memory issues too!
I haven't read The Way of Kings, but I'm leaving a comment to thank you for putting the effort to make this video!!
ur missing out
Go read it 😊
I absolutely would like an in depth summary of the rest of the Stormlight Archive! Though it’s been a couple years since you asked.
I loved it, make them as long as you need to in order to do the story justice
Amazing job!
One note I'd add to that final chapter is the realization that "unite them" never meant the high princes, but the knights radiant.
My favorite part of the way of kings was easily wit telling the story with the flute and smoke. I'm not great at visualization, but that chapter transported me so well that it was like I was watching it, not reading it.
i love Brandon Sanderson's books and the way he writes! You my friend did an outstanding job on this video!
Really appreciate all the work you put into this video, as well as the animations.
Thanks! It was quite a bit of work, but it was fun!
Great video! I Just finished the book and I loved it! I blew through the last 500 pages. This will come in handy when I start the next book.
I'm reading this one for second time and I didn't realized that THERE IS DEMOUX FROM MISTBORN
So I'm so shocked cuz I love Mistborn, actually I have a tattoo whit some of my favourite metals and I'm so excited!!!
You diserve a lot suscribers and visualizations
Niiice! But I'm curious bro.... would you agree with these top 5 characters? th-cam.com/video/_lXaEOJRROY/w-d-xo.html
Great video! I literally just finished the book, less than an hour ago, and it already helped to fill some gaps or show details I didn't noticed!
Awesome, glad it was helpful! I need to make summaries for the next 4 books soon!
Aw yes. The video we’ve all been waiting for✨✨
Also...the editing and effort that went into this video is amazing. I can only imagine. WOW.
Haha thanks! I spent way too much time making it XD I'm glad you enjoyed!
The amount of time this took….much respect for the little payoff other than the experience of work itself
Incredibly well done summary! There were many details and scenes that I had forgotten since I had read WoK (and a good few foreshadowing bits that definitely went over my head the first time I read). Definitely look forward to seeing a similar summary of Words of Radiance and Oathbringer!
Even though TWOK is a slow burn the fight against the Parshendi with Dalinar and bride four was amazing to read currently reading WOR and i love this series defiantly worth a tv show.
Hats off for the amount of work that has been put in the making of this video
Wow. Just wow. I finished this last night and was just like in a daze! I can’t believe how much stuff I missed as well! This video was amazing! I felt so atmospheric! Awesome job! This will definitely go down as one of my favorite books of all time! Definitely can’t wait to finish the next 2 books in the series!
This video is fantastic, a wonderful job.
Please continue with more!
Thank you
I'm just about to read Oath ringer after finishing WoR about 6 months ago, so this video is an absolute lifesaver. Thank you so much.
Absolutely loved this. The visuals in particular are amazing, and the level of detail is just right to get a really comprehensive overview. It's actually really helpful for me as I'm halfway through book 2 and forgot some important stuff from the first book.
It’s taken me over a year to finish this book bc of other commitments- reading and otherwise- and this summary always keeps me on track to finally finish. Thank you!
So this is where you've been! Great job, thanks for the hard work, it's a fantastic video!
Read Way of Kings years ago and wanted to jump right into Words of Radiance, this has been exceedingly helpful
Just found your channel, but what perfect timing! Love these books and this makes me want to reread so badly. Please do one for WoR!
I'll for sure make on for WoR! :)
Thanks man,
Please do this for each book! I have to reread the the series every time a new book comes out.
Thanks much, will try to hit you up on patreon.
It has been so long!!! Glad to see you back!
Glad to be back! :)
@@CapturedInWords just now sitting down to watch the whole thing! Let's goooo!
Saw it all, and wow!
This video deserves an award of some kind!
Yes please please please make one of these (this long!) for words of radiance! This was so awesome. I’m getting ready to read Oathbringer so I wanted a refresh on the first books and this was perfect!
That production value and effort you put into this video is insane. Awesome job man can't wait for the next one!
Thank you! :)
Awesome work man! I hope you get the attention you deserve.
Thank you for this! Because of the length, it's basically impossible for me to go back and reread these books, but I love revisiting the world and its characters in detail. Your summaries let me do that. You're the best! Thanks!
I loved this video! Stormlight is my favorite series. Your summary was so well done, the artwork and animations all came together to make it even better. Thank you for all the work you put into making such great videos, I would love to see videos for the next 2 Stormlight books as well!
Apparently I’m the only one in the world that lives long vids and spoiler summaries. It’s like you made this for me. Ty…in the words of the famous American poet T.A. Shakur…you are appreciated
Thanks for pointing out Wit/Hoyd name that the other world hoppers were looking for in the first interlude. I have listened to the audiobook twice and I didnt connect those two pieces together.
Also the memory of Shallon and the blade in part 1 I also have completely missed. Good research!
Thanks - I loved this! I read the Stormlight books about a year or two ago. This was a great summary and I'd love to see the next two done as well! This will be a good resource for those who don't have time to reread the series each time a new book comes out.
Omg your so good at lore videos and this review is absolute proof. Well done Jay you should be so proud of what you collected and put together. The work of editing a piece like this is extremely tough and time consuming. I don't think people understand how much effort it takes to create scripts and get every cut perfect. Especially when it comes to matching the video, audio and music down to a beat.
Any way this has got to now be the best review of the way of kings on TH-cam. You deserve all the credit you can get bud.
Not so much of a review but more like an extended summary.
I bought this book for my daughters birthday last spring and she loved it asking me to get the other 2 books on print. I’m not into fantasy books at all. I haven’t even read The Lord of the Rings, but one day I thought I would read a bit to see what I was missing. Long story short I finished the book and thoroughly enjoyed it. Unfortunately I’m a pretty slow reader nowadays so it took me 3 months to go through it. My memory isn’t quite as good as it used to be so this summary was perfect to help me recollect the main points. A big help before starting book 2. Thanks so much for the time and commitment to put this all together along with the nice visuals. Very much appreciated.
Thank you so much for this, I'm halfway through the book but I read quite slow. This vid is helping me remember everything that's happened and map out events in my mind more vividly. The art, effects and narration are amazing, great work :)
That's awesome, I'm glad I could help! And thank you! :)
May be the best video on the Internet in order to VISUALIZE whats going on and how different it was in your mind. Great job!!!
Dude yes! You should totally make more of these!
I will for sure! :)
Great summary!!!!! My favorite moment it's when the Bridgemans are fighting with their spear.
it's such a luxury to be able to read a book like this, and then have a person summarizing it so well, great work!
I'm off to the second one!
I’m finally getting into Sanderson’s Cosmere. After months of on and off trying, I finally finished WoK! It is a spectacular book, and I greatly appreciate the amount of time you spent to make this wonderful summary. I definitely missed a couple small details and this summary helped a lot! I’m excited to dive into the rest of Stormlight Archives and read Sanderson’s other series!
Thank you for your hard work!
My pleasure!
I just finished the 40 hours of audiobook and I love video like this to make sure I didn’t miss any big plot points. I really overlooked the white assassin line but glad I caught most of the other ones.
Geez man 48 minutes hope you are ok after this haha. Awesome vid!
Thanks! Not gonna lie, it was the most difficult video I've made XD