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White Sand Volume 2 (2018)

**White Sand Volume 2** is the second graphic novel of the three part series White Sand. White Sand is set o

   n the Dayside of the Shardworld Taldain. It is an adaptation of one of the novels Brandon wrote prior to being published. The script was adapted by Rik Hoskin, the artwork was done by Julius Gopez (chapters 1-5) and Julius Ohta (chapter 6), coloring was done by Morgan Hickman (chapters 1 and 2) and Salvatore Aiala Studios (chapters 3-6), lettering by DC Hopkins, and the editors were Anthony Marques and Joseph Rybandt.
Bleeder

**Paalm**, also known as **Bleeder**, was a female kandra of the Third Generation. S

   he was an agent of Harmony sent to protect Waxillium Ladrian in the Roughs, under the guise of a human woman, **Lessie**.

Sometime after Lessie's supposed death, she chose to remove one of her Hemalurgic spikes. She used only a single spike at a time to avoid being under Harmony's influence.  She used spikes of a metal unknown even to Harmony to grant herself Allomantic and Feruchemical powers.  During that time she went by the alias Bleeder.  She colluded with the Set to execute a plot to free Elendel from Harmony's influence.

She ultimately committed suicide to avoid being taken control of by Harmony after she was shot by Wax with a second Hemalurgic spike.
Surgebinding

**Surgebinding** is a magic system which involves ten types of Surges, which are the fundamental forces of nature.

A person who can utilize Stormlight to bind Surges is called a Surgebinder. Surgebinders were not originally intended to exist by the Shards on Roshar. They weren’t designed into the system and so are more of an accident.

## Process

The skill is usually used only when the Surgebinder takes in stormlight from gemhearts. This, however, this is not reliable since stormlight will leak out with each breath. In order to keep the stromlight in for longer the Surgebinder needs to hold there breathe.

Occasionally Surgebinders are able to take in stormligt through other means. For example, Lift (an Edgedancer) can directly turn food she has eaten into stormlight.

## Resonance

**Resonance** is the combination of Surges amongst Surgebinders which has unique effects. In essence, it is a branch of effects which manifest within a person who bears at least two powers.
TenSoon

**TenSoon** is a kandra of the Third Generation. He was one of the most experienced kand

   ra due to the length of his field service. He held two Blessings during the Final Empire, the Blessing of Potency and the Blessing of Presence. He raised MeLaan.  He is known as the Guardian of the Ascendant Warrior after the Catacendre.
Waxillium Ladrian

**Waxillium Ladrian**, or **Wax** for short, is a Twinborn and High Lord of House Ladrian on Scadrial. He live

   d as a lawman for twenty years in the Roughs, but returned to Elendel to become High Lord of his House when his uncle allegedly died in a carriage accident. Wax's sister, Telsin, is also presumed dead, killed in the same accident.
Brandon Sanderson Wiki

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**WHO IS BRANDON SANDERSON?**

Brandon Sanderson (born December 19, 1975) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. He is best known for the Cosmere universe,    in which most of his fantasy novels (most notably the *Mistborn* series and *The* *Stormlight Archive*) are set. He is also known for finishing Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series *The Wheel of Time.* Sanderson was raised in Lincoln, Nebraska before attending Brigham Young University, where he received degrees in English literature and creative writing.
He created Sanderson's Laws of Magic and popularized the terms hard magic and soft magic systems. In 2008 Sanderson started a podcast with author Dan Wells and cartoonist Howard Tayler called Writing Excuses, involving topics about creating genre writing and webcomics.

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Legion: Skin Deep (2014)

**Legion:  Skin Deep** is a 2014 science fiction novella, written by Brandon Sanderson.  it's the second in a trilogy of books called Legion.

## Background

Sanderson wrote the first story on the flight home from France in the summer of 2011. It "came from an idea I'd been kicking around in my head for a few months, and the time seemed right to explore it on paper. When finished, I sent it out to my agent - and we had a Hollywood option by the end of the year.

## Plot

Stephen Leeds, AKA Legion, is back with his aspects once again in tow. This time around Stephen is called on to help a friend after the mysterious disappearance of a body. His investigation is hampered by the interference of a trained assassin and the dead man's younger brother. Stephen and his invisible entourage face danger at every turn whilst looking into the body theft and the man's secretive work on human cells.

## Reception

*Legion* has been well received by reviewers, one commenting: "This is the first time I wish a Brandon Sanderson story was longer than it ended up being. Maybe we'll get to read more about Stephen "Legion" Leeds in future stories or novels, if Sanderson finds the time between all his other projects. Leeds is definitely a character with enough depth to lead an entire novel, or even a series. Based on this short teaser novella and Sanderson's writing talent, *Legion* could be the starting point for a great contemporary fantasy/crime hybrid".

## Television Rights

In 2013, Sanderson posted on his blog that Lionsgate has the rights for a Legion television show under option, and later said the TV rights were purchased by Lionsgate sometime in 2012.  In 2016, Sanderson posted on Reddit that interest for making a series had dwindled after a show with the same name featuring a similar character from Marvel Comics' X-Men universe was announced.
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Calamity (2016)

**Calamity** is a 2016 fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson, released in 2016 as part of the

   Reckoners series.  It was preceded by the novels Steelheart, Firefight and the short story Mitosis.

## Plot Summary

After the events of *Firefight*, Abraham, Cody, Megan, and David are now all that's left of the Reckoners. The role of leader of the Reckoners has now fallen to David. Prof has been swallowed up by the darkness of his powers and has begun to take over a city and recruiting his own minion epics. He's also either killed all the other Reckoners cells or forced them into hiding.

Prof has hidden his own secret powers that the group hadn't known before and has gotten so much stronger with the powers we did know about. Prof is now more of a threat than Steelheart ever was! Now David will use his unique intellect and rally whats left of the Reckoners and forge new alliances and form a new plan. David forms a plan to unite with the man known as Knighthawk, the well known and neutral inventor/arms dealer who supplies both sides. Megan faces her own reality bending powers at David's encouragement and tries to master them to help the group on their final mission and David uncovers even more information about Epics and their powers/weaknesses.

With the help of Knighthawk, the Reckoners and Megan's evolved powers, David & friends find out about an alternate dimension with some minor and major differences and form a final plan to turn Prof after a few failed attempts. David finally uses his epic powers and discovers that the "appropriate" powers given to him were also ironic. He'd inherited the power profile of Steelheart!

## Synopsis

When Calamity lit up the sky, the Epics were born. David's fate has been tied to their villainy ever since that historic night. Steelheart killed his father. Firefight stole his heart. And now Regalia has turned his closest ally into a dangerous enemy.

David knew Prof's secret, and kept it even when Prof struggled to control the effects of his Epic powers. But facing Obliteration in Babilar was too much. Once the Reckoners' leader, Prof has now embraced his Epic destiny. He's disappeared into those murky shadows of menace Epics are infamous for the world over, and everyone knows there's no turning back. . . .

But everyone is wrong. Redemption is possible for Epics—Megan proved it. They're not lost. Not completely. And David is just about crazy enough to face down the most powerful High Epic of all to get his friend back. Or die trying.
Stormlight

**Stormlight** is a radiant energy given off by highstorms that can be stored in gemstones and then later

   used by Surgebinders. Stormlight is a source of light and power and is used to power the technology of Roshar. Stormlight also has the power to heal, though Stormlight healing is far from instantaneous.

## Containing Stormlight

Gemstones are much better at holding Stormlight than other objects because the light can remain within them for weeks. Usually, those gemstones kept in spheres (the currency on Roshar), can be infused with Stormlight by leaving them outside during a highstorm. Infused spheres can also be obtained from money exchangers. Stormlight leaks quickly when held by a Surgebinder or infused into an object other than a gemstone, though persons can slow the leakage by holding their breath (which they can do for an extended time while holding the light). It is theorized that Voidbringers can hold Stormlight perfectly.

## Surgebinding

Surgebinding refers to a group of ten magic systems that stem from Honor and Cultivation, two of the three Shards of Adonalsium present on Roshar. Each of Surgebinding's ten systems revolves around 'binding' two natural 'Surges,' for instance Gravity and Adhesion, to the Surgebinder's will. Surgebinding is powered by Stormlight, and the ability is granted to humans through bonding with a Spren, a type of elemental spirit native to Roshar. There are ten surgebinding branches.

Each Order of the Knights Radiance are divided up by what kind of Surgebinding the person uses. For example Windrunners use both Adhesion and Gravitation, and Lightweavers use both Illumination and Transformation.

There are 10 different Orders each with there own Ordeals which go hand-in-hand with there Surgebinding abilities. See the Orders of the Knight Radiance page for a more detailed explanation for each Order.
Gemstone

A gemstone is a mineral, with applications in many aspects of life on Roshar. On Earth, some are the same type of crystal but with different color and chemical signatures. Sapphire and ruby are both types of corundum.  Smokestone and amethyst are both types of quartz.  Emerald and heliodor are both types of beryl.  Zircon is itself a mineral that manifests in many colors; blue is enhanced by heat.  Topaz is a rare silicate mineral that also manifests in a variety of colors.  Diamond too is a rare mineral.  Garnet is comprised of a group of silicate minerals.
Sixth of the Dusk (2014)

***Sixth of the Dusk*** is a cosmere novella by Brandon Sanderson set on the minor shardworld First of the Sun.

An excerpt is available on Brandon's website.

The complete novella is also now included in Arcanum Unbounded.

## Synopsis

*Sixth of the Dusk*, set in a never-before-seen world, showcases a society on the brink of technological change. On the deadly island of Patji, where birds grant people magical talents and predators can sense the thoughts of their prey, a solitary trapper discovers that the island is not the only thing out to kill him. When he begins to see his own corpse at every turn, does this spell danger for his entire culture?

## Characters

* **Sixth of the Dusk -**A trapper working on the island of Patji. He knows much about Aviar, is very practical, and mistrusts people from the mainland. He both loves and hates Patji.
* **Vathi-** A capable noblewoman with a thirst for exploration. She was educated on the mainland and travels with a band of explorers. She meets occasionally with the Ones Above. While she respects trappers, she supports technological advancements.
* **Kokerlii-** An Aviar - a cognitively-gifted bird who can shield Sixth's cognitive markers so other animals that track cognitive signals cannot find him.
* **Sak-** An Aviar - a cognitively-gifted bird who can warn Sixth of the Dusk of danger by showing him visions of his own corpse in locations where it might be if he makes a mistake, so that he can avoid those places. Sak is not a member of a species native to Patji or any island of the Pantheon. Sak was instead brought from the mainland to the place on Patji where Aviar go to get their talent, or cognitive ability.
* **Ones Above**- A spacefaring race that have visited First of the Sun and possess advanced technology.

## Setting

This book takes place in the Cosmere, on a planet known as First of the Sun. Most of the story takes place on and around Patji, the largest island in an archipelago called The Pantheon. Patji is considered the father of the islands of the Pantheon, being the largest and the one that all Aviar must go to to get their talent. It is treacherous, with creatures such as Meekers, which are mice that can be trained to harm others, trees that attract different animals so after they kill each other their soil is made rich from the blood of the dead, and nightmaws, which are terrifying birdlike creatures which hunt by finding somebody's cognitive signals.

## Postscript

> The events of this story occur farthest down the timeline of any of the stories included in Arcanum Unbounded. It was brainstormed on Season 8: Episode 16 of Writing Excuses, and is set on a new Shardworld, First of the Sun. The setting is inspired by Brandon's fascination with Polynesian culture. A sequel is currently being written.
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Hemalurgy

**Hemalurgy** is the third magic system in the Mistborn Series. To use Hemalurgy, a metal spike must b

   e driven through someone's heart. Then the spike is taken and stabbed into the body of another person, the location of which determines the power transferred. The preferred method is to stab it directly through the heart into the other person, as the longer it is left out of the body the more power is lost. While Allomancy is the art of Preservation and Feruchemy is the art of balance, Hemalurgy is the art of Ruin, as the transfer of power destroys some of it. Allomancy creates power, and Feruchemy does not destroy or create, but preserves. Having a hemalurgic enhancement makes one susceptible to Ruin's influence (e.g. Zane, to whom Ruin could directly communicate; and Vin, who occasionally heard Ruin's voice in her head, though she mistook it for memories of her brother, Reen) or even to his control (e.g. Steel Inquisitors in books two and three). This, along with the fact that kandra and koloss, both of which are hemalurgically enhanced, can be controlled by Soothing, leads to the further speculation that hemalurgic enhancement of any kind makes one susceptible to being controlled by an outside force.

## Hemalurgic Metals

### Iron

When used in Hemalurgy, Iron is used to transfer the attribute of human strength.

### Tin

In Hemalurgy Tin steals human senses, not quite doubling the power of a spike. A Misting of Tin is often referred to as a Tineye, and a Tin Ferring will often be called a Windwhisperer.

### Steel

Steals Allomantic physical powers. An Allomancer is able to push much harder. Since Steel Inquisitors can push upon metals in peoples bodies, it is assumed this power is also granted.

### Pewter

A pewter spike steals Feruchemical physical powers when used in Hemalurgy. This is one reason that the Steel Ministry seizes feruchemists, as they are neccessary to create Steel Inquisitors. A Pewterarm is able to have incredible strength when burning pewter.

### Brass

Brass Steals Feruchemical cognitive attributes. A Soother is able to soothe peoples emotions at more drastic rates.

### Zinc

Zinc grants a hemalurgist emotional fortitude.  A Rioter is able to Riot peoples emotions at more drastic rates.

## Hemalurrgically Enhanced Groups/Characters

* Steel Inquisitors (many spikes in various places in their bodies)
* Marsh - He became a Steel Inquisitor at the end of book one and provided the crew with more in-depth knowledge of the nature of the Inquisitors.
* Kandra (a pair of spikes called the kandra blessings)
* Koloss (four spikes positioned in various places in their body)
* Vin (earring that her mother gave to her)
* Zane (spike through the middle of his chest that allowed the God Ruin to speak to him and likely granted him increased precision with steel)
* Spook (tip of sword left on his shoulder during a fight allow him to be able to burn pewter
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians: The Dark Talent (2016)

**Alcatraz Versus the Dark Talent** is a 2016 children's fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson as the fifth installment in his Alcetraz series, following Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones, Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia, and Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lense.
Connection

**Connection** is a spiritual attribute and uses spiritwebs, connecting them in the Spiritual Realm. It is thought to be part of the spiritual aspect of a being, and has an influence on who can or cannot ascend as the Holder of a certain Shard.  There are ways - albeit as yet unknown - other than through Feruchemy to create Connection. Additionally, it is possible to alter Connection through artificial means (such as the device designed by the Ire), though the particulars of just how this is accomplished are also as yet unknown.

Connection and Identity are both the access key and nature of the unlocking of Investiture. This is why it can be difficult to use differing types of Investiture on different worlds.
Mistborn (Series)

Mistborn is an ongoing series by Brandon Sanderson. The series is set to have 4 different eras, each getting more and more technological advancement. Mistborn in part of the Cosmere and takes place on the Shardworld Scadrial.

## Books

### Era 1

* ***The Final Empire***
* ***Well of Ascension***
* ***Hero of Ages***

### Wax & Wayne- Era 2

* ***Alloy of Law***
* ***Shadows of Self***
* ***The Bands of Mourning***
* ***The Lost Metal (unreleased)***
Identity

**Identity** is a spiritual aspect that can be stored in the metal aluminum (as a Feruchemical ability), or which can be used to wipe out internal Allomantic reserves (as an Allomantic ability), or which can be used to steal Enhancement Allomancy via spiritweb (as a Hemalurgic ability).

When an object is recovered - or worse, destroyed - in the Physical Realm, it's Identity changes and the spirit returns to the location of, its body. Abandoned objects that had been owned for a long while , so they had a strong Identity, but that currently had nobody in the Physical Realm to care for them, were best.

Identity and Connection are both the access key and nature of the unlocking of Investiture. This is why it can be difficult to use differing types of Investiture on different worlds.
BERLIN

**BERLIN** is the third track from the 2018 BROCKHAMPTON album *iridescence*.

## Song

The song is obviously named after Berlin, the capital of Germany, a place where the group toured on their European tour.

The song features a vocal sample from a Vengeance sample pack, which is also notably featured in the intro song "Welcome to My World" from Capsule's 2007 album *Sugarless GRL*.

### Writing credits

* Ciaran McDonald
* Dominique Simpson
* Matt Champion
* Ian Simpson
* Russell Boring
* Romil Hemnani
* Jabari Manwarring

### Technical

* Russell Boring (mixing)
* Matt Mysko (mixing, mixing assistance, recording assistance)
* Andy Maxwell (mixing assistance, recording)
* Romil Hemnani (mixing assistance, recording)
* Chris Parker (recording assistance)
* Mike Bozzi (mastering)

## References

1. ↑ https://genius.com/16017570
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridescence\_(album)#Personnel
Tindwyl

**Tindwyl** is a Keeper of Terris and a member of the Synod. She is well-known and respected among th

   e Terris people. She spent much of her life in the Lord Ruler's breeding program, and had over twenty children, around fifteen of which were girls.  A year after the Collapse, she traveled to Luthadel at Sazed's wish in order to train Elend Venture in leadership. She quickly became a member of Elend's inner circle. After this, she and Sazed studied the rubbing he made of Kwaan's inscription, and during that time they became romantically involved. She died during the Siege of Luthadel, slain by Koloss.
Mitosis (2013)

**Mitosis** is a fantasy novelette written by American author Brandon Sanderson as the second part in The

   Reckoners series.  It was preceded by the novel *Steelheart*, and followed by the novels *Firefight*, and *Calamity*.  The novelette takes place in between *Sleelheart* and *Firfight*, and was published on December 3, 2013 by Delecorte Press.

## Plot Summary

The title of the novelette, *Mitosis*, refers to an Epic who attempts to retake control of Newcago after the Reckoners have defeated Steelheart. Mitosis's super power is the ability to split himself into multiple beings. However, the more he splits himself, the less solid his individual parts become. They can only transfer memories by physical touch, and as the molecules grow more distant and less well bonded, the beings begin to fall apart.

A big theme in this story is that ordinary people can be heroes simply by being ordinary. The people of Newcago still live in constant fear of the Epics, even after the defeat of Steelheart, and the Reckoners make a concerted effort to help the people overcome these fears and live normal lives.

David Charleston, the protagonist of the *Reckoners* books, discovers a critical clue as to the weaknesses of epics in this story when he finds out that Mitosis's weakness is listening to rock music that he (Mitosis) had played in a band years before he ever became an Epic. He doesn't know the entire significance of this clue at the time, but it later proves to be a critical piece of information for the Reckoners as he realizes that weaknesses may be tied to the epic's past.
Steel

**Steel** is an Allomantic metal and an alloy of Iron. When burnt, Steel allows the user to telekinetically push against a metal object, presumably propelling that object in the opposite direction. Normal laws of physics (Force = Mass \* Acceleration, Momentum = Mass \* Velocity, and the conservation of momentum -- for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction) still apply here, so if you push against a massive object, you will need to apply more force to make it move. If you push against an object similar in mass to you, you may move as well, and if an object is much more massive than you, you will be pushed away from it. As a result, many allomancers use steel to allow themselves to fly through the air. A common use is to drop a coin on the ground, and then push on it. Because the coin is against the ground, steel-pushing on it is effectively the same as pushing on the ground, which is exponentially more massive than the Allomancer, so the resulting acceleration primarily affects the allomancer, allowing them to "fly" through the air. Allomancers also push on coins to use them as projectile weapons. Other uses for steel-pushes include pushing upon a person that possesses a metal object, or disarming a person with a metal weapon. Small-bodied allomancers are at a distinct tactical disadvantage in combat as their steel-pushes require them to brace themselves either physically or allomantically before pushing against larger people. Mistborn can avoid crushing themselves by burning pewter to strengthen their bodies. Any misting only capable of burning steel is known as a coinshot.

When used in Feruchemy, steel allows the user to store physical speed, becoming slow and sluggish. When tapping steel however, their speed, as well as their reaction times, are sped up. When tapping steel, it is possible for a Feruchemist to run incredibly fast, faster even, than an Allomancer on a Pewter-drag, though it is unlikely that a Feruchemist could maintain these speeds for as long due to the stores of speed required.

When used in Hemalurgy, steel will transfer the ability to burn a single physical metal (iron, steel, tin, pewter) Allomantically.
Steris Harms

**Steris Harms** is the daughter of Lord Jackstom Harms and the half-sister of Mara

   si Colms, as well as the fiancee and eventual wife of High Lord Waxillium Ladrian. Steris often states that she does not fit in well with other people, and she makes up for this by relentlessly memorizing social norms and relevant facts about Scadrian society and by creating exhaustive lists of contingencies for any and every possible occasion. She is on the autism spectrum.
Preservation

**Preservation** is the fundamental opposite of Ruin. He made a deal with Ruin to create humans, under the agreement that one day Ruin could destroy everything. He later betrayed Ruin to stop the destruction by giving most of his consciousness to imprison him and take away his body, which was discovered to be the Atium itself. This reduced him to the wisp of himself which is known in the books as the mist spirit. It is revealed that the mists are Preservation's body and power which is why they swirl around someone using Allomancy.

Vin absorbs the mists on a few occasions. During the fight with the Lord Ruler, Vin absorbs mist allowing her Allomantic abilities to be vastly more powerful. Vin also uses the power of Preservation's body (by absorbing mist) when fighting multiple Inquisitors to power her Allomantic abilities.

Preservation had guided Vin and Elend to the Well of Ascension and mortally wounds Elend in hopes of forcing Vin to use the power instead of giving it up and releasing Ruin from his prison. Preservation appears a final time to Elend, where he attempts to convey some information. After the meeting, Preservation as a consciousness dies having used up all its power. It's mentioned that though unseen by Elend, a dark haired man lay dead in the mists afterwards.

Vin briefly becomes Preservation at the end of the third book by absorbing all the mists. She attempts to kill Ruin with this power, but only succeeds in killing herself, along with the consciousness of Ruin. Sazed ends up taking up both powers in order to save the dying world and becomes a force of balance known later as Harmony.

It has been revealed by Brandon Sanderson that Preservation's original host's name was Leras.
Starsight(2019)

*Starsight (released in 2019)* is the second book in the four-part series *Skyward,* by American Author Brandon Sanderson.

The *Skyward* series is set in the same universe as Sanderson's short story Defending Elysium made in 2008, which details some events before humans became fugitives.  Defending Elysium is available for free on Sanderson's website, and contains spoilers for *Skyward.*

## Synopsis

All her life, Spensa has dreamed of becoming a pilot. Of proving she’s a hero like her father. She made it to the sky, but the truths she learned about her father were crushing. The rumors of his cowardice are true—he deserted his flight during battle against the Krell. Worse, though, he turned against his team and attacked them.

Spensa is sure there’s more to the story. And she’s sure that whatever happened to her father in his starship could happen to her. When she made it outside the protective shell of her planet, she heard the stars—and it was terrifying. Everything Spensa has been taught about her world is a lie.

But Spensa also discovered a few other things about herself—and she’ll travel to the end of the galaxy to save humankind if she needs to.

## Other books in its series

Skyward (2018)

Cytonic (2021)

Skyward 4 (~2023)
Nahel Bond

**The Nahel bond** is a symbiotic bond between humans and certain types of spren.

It is a mutually beneficent relationship that gives the spren a stronger presence in the Physical Realm and the ability to think and remember more clearly in that Realm. Presumably, it also grants the person bound to the spren a stronger presence in the Cognitive Realm, allowing her/him to manipulate Stormlight more potently, as does Lift.

The Nahel bond has been known of since the Heraldic Epochs.
Soother

A **Soother** is an Allomancer who can burn the External Mental Pushing Metal brass.

A Misting or Mistborn burning brass can Soothe (dampen) another person's emotions, like anxiety in a fight to make the person more willing to fight on. With a powerful Soothing it is even possible to extinguish all emotions, but that has to be done with the help of duralumin by a Mistborn.

A Soother can't read the person's mind. It needs a high skill to identify the person's current emotions, else the Soothing might be spotted. A skilled Soother can make the person feel exactly the way as they wish.

A Soother of old times was powerful enough to control koloss and kandra. In the current time a Soother's power is too weak for that. Only a Mistborn can take control of them with a powerful Soothing while burning duralumin at the same time.

The most famous Soother is Breeze.
This Month in Brandon Sanderson

*This Month in Brandon Sanderson* is a series of blogs here on the Brandon Sanderson Wiki were we will give out news at the beginning of every month recapping the events or releases of last month, going over what to expect in the current one, and a short summary of what is new on the wiki. To get this page in the future you can go to COMMUNITY -> THIS MONTH IN BRANDON SANDERSON or you can find the latest blog in EXPLORE -> RECENT BLOG POSTS.

Below are all of the *This Month in Brandon Sanderson* blogs so far:

## 2021

* Dember 2021
* November 2021
Stormlight Archive Magic Systems

The Stormlight Archive has many magic systems.

## Spren

Spren are tiny spirits that come whenever change happens. There are thousands of different types of spren but a few examples are rotspren, flamespren, and honorspren. The emotions and behavior of the spren vary, the honorspren show the most intellegance for example, while flamespren act like a flame, dancing and remaining in the same state, while changing at random.

## Knights Radiance

The Knights Radiance is a legion of Knights with different abilities and Spren that aid them. With the bond of a spren the Knight Radiant is able to be given Surgebinding abilities. The Radiance is divided into different orders each have 5 different ordeals they have to speak in order to be given there full potential. The first ordeal is the same for each order: Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination. Each Order has 4 unique ordeals, accept for Lightweavers who only have the first ordeal.

### Surgebinding

Surgebinding refers to a group of ten magic systems that stem from Honor and Cultivation, two of the three Shards of Adonalsium present on Roshar. Each of Surgebinding's ten systems revolves around 'binding' two natural 'Surges,' for instance Gravity and Adhesion, to the Surgebinder's will. Surgebinding is powered by Stormlight, and the ability is granted to humans through bonding with a Spren, a type of elemental spirit native to Roshar. There are ten surgebinding branches.

Each Order of the Knights Radiance are divided up by what kind of Surgebinding the person uses. For example Windrunners use both Adhesion and Gravitation, and Lightweavers use both Illumination and Transformation.

### Orders of the Knights Radiance

There are 10 different Orders each with there own Ordeals wich go hand-in-hand with there Surgebinding abilities.

* Lightweavers
* Elsecallers
* Windrunners
* Skybreakers
* Dustbringers
* Edgedancers
* Thruthwatchers
* Willshapers
* Bondsmiths
* Stonewards

See the Orders of the Knight Radiance page for a more detailed explanation for each Order.
Infusion

**Infusion** is the process by which Stormlight is taken in.

Stormlight is the fuel for the magic system on Roshar, known as Investiture. The process by which Stomlight is gathered is infusion. During a highstorm, Stormlight is generated. This Stormlight provides energy that can be infused into either gems or people.
The Thrill

**The Thrill** is a heady euphoria described differently given the situation in which a combatant is involved.  It is a feeling experienced by an individual and, likely, each individual's interpretation of it is unique.

Men didn't often speak of the Thrill, the joy and lust for battle. It was a private thing.

Seemingly, The Thrill 'sings' within the combatant's mind and provides him with focus and a sense of glory, thereby affording him the internal confidence to persevere, even in the face of deadly adversarial conflict.

Knights Radiant are immune to the Thrill's effects, and are often racked with feelings of disgust and nausea if it starts to come upon them.

The Thrill, as always, is fleeting once battle itself has ended.  A dull sense of nothingness follows. Also, pain from injury surges as the Thrill fades.

Until Taravangian's takeover of Jah Keved, it seemed as if the Thrill was largely focused in Alethkar. Now, it appears to be moving westward, into Jah Keved and beyond.
Spook

**Spook** is a skaa Misting on Scadrial in the Final Empire and works in

    Kelsier's crew. His original name is Jedal, after his father, but goes by Lestibournes before Kelsier gives him his nickname of Spook. The name Lestibournes is a reference to the Eastern street slang phrase, 'lefting I'm born', which means 'I've been abandoned'.  He is a Tineye, and is Clubs' nephew.  He is fifteen during the Collapse.  He mentions to Beldre that in his family it had been his grandfather who had had noble blood. Although it is not mentioned explicitly it is likely that it was his grandfather on his mother's side, as Clubs was also an Allomancer. He also mentions that he never knew his grandfather, having grown up on the streets.
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians Series (2007-present)

***Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians*** is a middle-school fantasy series by American author Brandon Sanderson. The series currently consists of 5 books but will soon have a 6th in spring 2022.

## Books

* *Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians* (2007)
* *The Scirvener's Bones* (2008)
* *The Knights of Crystallia* (2009)
* *The Shattered Lense* (2010)
* *The Dark Talent* (2016)
* Untitled 6th book (spring, 2021)
	+ Co-authored with Janci Patterson

## Publication

* ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE EVIL LIBRARIANS (Scholastic, 2007; Tor, 2016)
* ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE SCRIVENER’S BONES (Scholastic, 2008; Tor, 2016)
* ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE KNIGHTS OF CRYSTALLIA (Scholastic, 2009; Tor, 2016)
* ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE SHATTERED LENS (Scholastic, 2010; Tor, 2016)
* ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE DARK TALENT (Tor, 2016)
* German rights (entire series) to Heyne
* Chinese rights (entire series; complex) to Crown
* French rights (Books #1-4) to Mango
* Portugese rights (Brazil; Books 1 & 2) to Saraiva
* Romanian rights (Book #1) to Editura Corint Junior
* Russian rights (Book #1) to Via Magna
* Spanish rights (Book #1) to Via Magna
* Thai rights (entire series) to Rueanpanya
Smedry Talents

Smedry Talents are part of the magic system in the Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians series.

In the course of the book, it is revealed that Alcatraz's biological family, the Smedrys, all are born with amazing talents that they use to combat the evil cult of librarians.

Alcatraz has the talent of breaking things.

Grandpa Smedry, Alcatraz's grandfather, has the power to arrive late. As such, he is always running behind the clock. But his power also allows him to arrive late to other things, like bullets, which always miss him, and his blood can arrive late to wounds so that he doesn't bleed to death. In his own words "I've been arriving late to my own death for years now."

Sing, Alcatraz's cousin's talent is the ability to trip and fall to the ground. This helps when this is a sign of danger.

Quentin, another cousin, has the talent to speak gibberish or nonsensical phrases. His talent proves beneficial when he is captured by the librarians, as they cannot understand him and thus cannot gain important information from him, even through torture. It is through some of Quentin's supposed gibberish that Alcatraz is prompted to know what to do in future events.

Smedrys from ancient days had grand talents, though relatively unexplained. One could get unbelievable amounts of water on the ground when she did the dishes, which allowed her to end a drought. Another could make rude noises at inappropriate moments, breaking enemies' concentration so they could not use weapons.

If someone not related to the Smedrys marries a Smedry, the person marrying into the family gets their spouse's Talent.
Thug

A misting who can burn pewter is called a **Thug** or a **Pewterarm**. The advantages of burning pewter are obvious; enhanced physical abilities can be seen in the way the Thug acts. For instance, even the most clumsy man can become graceful with the aid of pewter. They might dress for warm weather in the winter, or survive falls that they would otherwise perish from. Thugs or Mistborn can pewter drag, or strain their bodies far longer than would otherwise be possible, sometimes entering a trancelike state. Recovery may induce a coma-like sleep.
Voidbinding

Voidbinding is a magic system. According to the Ars Arcanum, there are ten levels of Voidbinding, similar to the ten levels of Surgebinding. However, it is unknown if the ten levels of Voidbinding are associated with the ten numbers and Essences like Surgebinding are.

One of the most common powers associated with Voidbinding is prophecy and foresight. According to the ardents, Voidbinding is a dark and evil thing and even the Heralds denounced its use.

The Parshendi are able to Voidbind, but this requires "absorbing" Voidspren.
Elend Venture

**Elend Venture** is an idealistic young noble and later, a Mistborn from the Final Empire on Scadrial. Alo

   ngside Vin and the remnants of Kelsier's crew, he forms the New Empire and helps to save the world from its destruction at Ruin's hands by uniting as many people as possible, using Seers to burn the vast atium cache known as the Trust, and allowing Marsh to kill him during the Battle of Hathsin, giving Vin the drive to kill Ruin.
Janci Patterson

Janci Patterson is an American author who has co-authored with Brandon Sanderson. She writes paranormal, science fiction, romance, epic fantasy, and contemporary YA books.

## Skyward Novellas

Janci Patterson co-authored with Brandon Sanderson to write 3 different Skyward novellas each centering on a different character.

### Sunreach

***Sunreach*** follows FM as she experiments on the slug hyperdrives with Jorgen and Rig. The novella was released on September 28, 2021.

### ReDawn

***ReDawn*** follows Alanik who returns to her planet to find that they had given in to the lies of the Superiority. She turns to Spensa's friends FM, Jorgen, and Rig feeling she has no other choice. *ReDawn* was released on October 26, 2021.

### Evershore

***Evershore*** follows Jorgen Weight a member of Skyward flight while he learns more about his cytonic abilities. *Evershore* was be released on December 28, 2021.

## Bio

On her website Patterson has the following Bio:

*Janci Patterson writes romantic comedy, epic fantasy, young adult urban fantasy, and contemporary young adult novels.  She is honored to have co-authored novels with Brandon Sanderson, James Goldberg, Lauren Janes, and Megan Walker.  Janci lives in Orem, Utah, with her husband, Drew Olds.   When she’s not writing, she can be found customizing Barbie dolls, playing geek games of all kinds, and watching reality TV.*

## Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

Janci Patterson is planned co-author the sixth book of the Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians Series. The book will be released in spring 2022.
Lord Ruler

**Rashek** is a Terrisman from Scadrial. Known as the **Lord Ruler**, the **Sliver of Infinity** and the **Father**, he has

   access to the full range of abilities of both a Feruchemist and an Allomancer, and has Hemalurgic spikes in his body. As a result, he is an extremely powerful Compounder, and he was able to unify the world into an empire that lasted for one thousand years.
LET'S GET MARRIED

**LET'S GET MARRIED** is a 2018 BROCKHAMPTON snippet for *Puppy*. It was later reworked into Kevin Abstract's song "Baby Boy", released in April 2019, featuring Ryan Beatty.

## Snippet

### **LET'S GET MARRIED**

*Video.*

On March 30, 2018, BROCKHAMPTON published a video titled "LET'S GET MARRIED", starring Jaden Smith in a parking garage announcing that the band had signed to RCA. As he walked away the snippet began to play.

The only lyrics played were Ryan Beatty's, then interrupted by a beeping sound.

> At this point, you're pretty much out of my mind
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### ***THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE RADIO***

On July 18, 2018, on the second episode of *Things We Lost In The Fire Radio*, BROCKHAMPTON played a series of tracks and samples. First was an interlude starring Quadron, then a verse from JOBA, then an excerpt from a Bernie Mac interview. Last was the snippet "LET'S GET MARRIED" with an additional line:

> At this point, you're pretty much out of my mind
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## Song

On September 26, 2018, Kevin Abstract tweeted that he's working on something related to "LET'S GET MARRIED."

On August 22, 2019, on *GINGER Radio* episode two, Kevin said that work on *ARIZONA BABY* began around October 2018, implying that "Baby Boy" was one of the first songs that were worked on when production for his album began.

On April 27, 2019, one day ahead of the *Ghettobaby* release of his solo album *ARIZONA BABY*, the music video for "Baby Boy" was posted on YouTube. It stars Internet personalities Drew and Enya, as well as Jabari Manwa and Ryan Beatty.

## Trivia

* Fans have pointed out the song appearing in different artists' work:
	+ "Everytime" by Paul McCall samples the snippet as a chorus for his rap song.
	+ "BOY" by Victor Internet has a similar melody at the end of his song.
	+ "Everyytime" by Tylo $mith
	+ "BYE" by Teej

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC\_RDaqFgKU
2. ↑ https://images.genius.com/511def2bbc205edb0f807fdb473ba947.502x534x1.png
3. ↑ https://youtu.be/9vR6FQBX0QY
4. ↑ https://youtu.be/0ExYU2R8\_FM?t=159
Pewter

**Pewter** is an allomatic metal that, when burnt, gives the user extreme strength, resistance and durability. It's uses include combat, moving objects, surviving attacks, running for obscene distances, and healing oneself. The major problem with pewter is that when it runs out, all the pain and injury that you resisted using the pewter (or at least a large portion of it) hits you at once. Pewter is an alloy of lead and tin, 91 % tin and 9 % lead.

When used in Feruchemy, pewter will store strength. The user lessens the size of his muscles now in order to increase their size later.

A pewter spike steals Feruchemical physical powers when used in Hemalurgy. This is one reason that the Steel Ministry seizes feruchemists, as they are neccessary to create Steel Inquisitors
Worldhopper

A **Worldhopper** is any character from within the Cosmere books who is capable of 'traveling' from locale

 to locale in the Physical Realm by the use of some form of Investiture. Likely, this is achieved through access to Shadesmar (i.e., the Cognitive Realm).

Brandon has addressed Worldhopping; essentially, there are three ways Worldhoppers are able to do what they do:

1) Some are functionally immortal. They do not age.

2) Some age very, very slowly.

3) Some benefit from relativistic effects.

Hoid is likely both 1) and 3).

The only time manipulation for which there is solid evidence is in Allomancy, bendalloy and cadmium (within The Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self and The Bands of Mourning), and that's effectively a relativistic effect. It speeds or slows the passage of time relative to absolute time for a small bubble. This could be used to travel forward in time, but cannot be used to go back.

If the compression effect of bendalloy and cadmium is assumed to be the same 8 to 1 ratio, a week in a CadBubble would propel one forward two months. Not a huge leap really, but if one is functionally immortal from Atium burning, breaths, or some other Investiture, it's reasonable.

There may be Surges, Awakenings, glyphs of some other Investiture that allows other effects, but they have yet to be seen.

## Known Worldhoppers

### Hoid

Hoid is a reoccurring character that shows up in every Cosmere series, who is originally from the Shardworld Yolen. His motives remain unknown, although it has been concluded that he is looking for something unknown. Hoid's full origin will be revealed in the *Dragonsteel* series, although we do know that Hoid is not his name and has gone by many aliases.

He has collected a variety of Invested items from around the cosmere and gained access to multiple Invested Arts. He has written to Frost, Endowment, Autonomy, and Harmony, hoping to enlist their help in dealing with Odium, though only Harmony has responded positively. He has some ability to manipulate Fortune, which lets him learn where and when he needs to be to advance his goals, though he often doesn't know why being somewhere is important.
BIG BOY

**BIG BOY** is the tenth track from the 2019 BROCKHAMPTON album *GINGER*. It was released on August 23, 2019, with the rest of the album.

## Song

The track features themes of growing up, reminiscing on the feelings the members experienced with growing up.

### Writing credits

* Ian Simpson
* Russell Boring
* Ciaran McDonald
* Matt Champion
* Romil Hemnani
* Jabari Manwarring

### Producing credits

* Produced by Romil Hemnani and Jabari Manwa

### Recording credits

* Recorded by Romil Hemnani at the BROCKHAMPTON Factory, Los Angeles, California
* Mixed by Tom Elmhirst at Electric Lady Studios, New York, New York
* Mix engineered by Brandon Bost
* Mix assisted by Matthew Scatchell
* Mastered by Vlado Meller at Vlado Meller Mastering, Charleston, South Carolina

## References

1. ↑ https://genius.com/Brockhampton-big-boy-lyrics
2. ↑ http://brckhmptn.com/aircrew/