Shardcast: The Brandon Sanderson Podcast

We haven't done Words of Brandon since July, and there's been a quite a lot to cover! This episode covers some random events, but also FanX in September and November's Dragonsteel Mini-Con. There's spicy stuff here: aethers, dragons, Lost Metal hints, Ian completely despairing... Enjoy! Next weekend we'll have part two where we primarily cover December's spoiler stream. This episode has Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), and Kadie (AonEne)! Words of Brandon we talk about this episode: https://wob.coppermind.net/collections/990/ You can get a copy of the original Aether of Night manuscript (that is uncanonical) on the 17th Shard forums: https://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/60219-aether-of-night-manuscript-requests/?page=1 Dragonsteel Prime sample chapters: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/dragonsteel-prime-chapter-25-bridge-four-1/ 2:36 Aethers are really relevant to the future of the cosmere 6:39 Why do gemstones crack when Stormlight is drawn out of them quickly? 9:43 Would Plate perfectly fit