Dawnshard (novella)

Dawnshard is a novella that follows the story of Rysn, the Thaylen merchant, whom readers have seen before in interludes of The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, and Oathbringer of The Stormlight Archive series. The novella also follows the story of Lopen, the once one-armed Herdazian and a member of Bridge Four.
Readers should know that it involves the mysterious island of Aimia.
The novella was previously titled Wandersail. The name was changed as Brandon felt that the title would be misleading as to what the novella is about. In Brandon's latest Rhythm of War update, he confirmed that the ebook for Dawnshard was planned for a mid-October 2020 release. The ebook novella was indeed released before Rhythm of War, and physical copies came later. An audiobook comes out August 16th, 2022.YouTube Weekly Update, 7/5/22
==Synopsis==
==Notes==
Though it's super relevant to the cosmere, Dawnshard is less so in relation to Stormlight. Unlike Lift, Rysn's story isn't directly intertwined with that of the main Stormlight characters.Miscellaneous 2020, 1/1/20
There is an article about Dawnshard on tor.com here.
==Gallery==
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==Q&A with Brandon==
Q. I was wondering if we'd see assistive devices using fabrials in future Stormlight books? I think there might be a lot of in-world potential with fabrials in wheelchairs, prosthetics and other assistive devices as that technology progresses.
A. Dawnshard actually has Rysn looking at fabrials and wondering if those could be of use in the way you're indicating here. I think you'll be pleased with the result.General Reddit 2020, 1/1/20
Q. How much should we be thinking about possible logical groupings of Shards? For instance, as pairs or groups of four.
A. Go ahead, knock yourselves out. This is relevant, but only in a sort of Cosmerenaut sort of way, people who like theorizing on these things and what not. It's not going to be hugely relevant to the narrative, but Dawnshard does indicate that these groupings are a place you can go.The Dusty Wheel Show, 6/17/21
==References==
Category:Books
Category:The Stormlight Archive