Cosmere Explained - Magic, Cosmology, Origins LORE DOCUMENTARY

[@WizardsandWarriors]

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[@pyeitme508]

Meh 😑

[@ot3770]

Excellent video, thank you! What's the name of the song playing at the 2:30 mark?

[@KyrøGraal]

Just found this channel via a google add, normally dont even look at those but im so glad i found your channel, amazing work all around keep it up.

[@roberto8465]

Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination

[@aaronjudkins8314]

These words are accepted

[@Lukas-ht9xm]

Bridge 4

[@dustinbridges6831]

I am his Therapist!!😂😂😂😂

[@Gamer-xy9rf]

Taking care of Cosmere now? This is gonna be the greatest series ever.

[@brynleykent1108]

Mistborn! It’s such a good introduction to the Cosmere and it’s a cool way to introduce Preservation and Ruin in a tangible way

[@Mysterialic]

Okay I'm interested in Sanderson's stuff now. This is a majestic world-building work.

[@bradical6019]

His books are mind blowing. Have fun reading

[@knickedixen]

The world building is absolutely fanastic.

[@OhDatsikk]

Pretty underrated stuff. Hope you enjoy

[@ashaide]

Welcome to the Cosmere! Get ready for a really, realy, REALLY wild ride. And wait until you get to know everyone's favorite Worldhopper, Hoid XD

[@lorenzomizushal3980]

If only the stories were as great as the world building.

[@CrimsonFlash7]

YESSSSSSS! IT HAS BEGUN! Thank you guys for finally getting to the Cosmere. I am beyond excited.

[@solomonthefoolish]

Your hype made Me hype😂

[@caseyh1934]

Cosmere once it picks up in mainstream is going to just blow other universes out of water. Sanderson is on a different level entirely

[@miketime4290]

Depends on how and who makes it. Because almost all books get bastardized

[@therealbatman-mi3kc]

​@@miketime4290 long as Amazon & Disney keep their grubby mitts off it

[@TheDiabeticGameMaster]

Yoooooooo! I just got into the Cosmere a couple of months ago. Totally and completely obsessed now. Best shit I've read in YEARS. Thanks so much for the video. So hyped now! EDIT: ALL RIGHT, that's too much! I literally just started reading Stormlight Yesterday. I don't wanna know nothing about no Spren unless it's coming from the pages of this book, lol. I'll come back when I am better educated. Still, love the video, it's an excellent intro, thank you for all of your hard work!

[@gorzul1448]

I would like to see more on Brandon Sanderson. He is my favorite book author. Seeing my favorite history channel covering him is like the most epic cross over ever!

[@mateofilleti281]

It’s not the best video for someone to be introduced to these books as it includes a lot of general info without making a deeper focus on the most basic things (explaining the most important planets, how each magic system works, how the books are structured) and though I know that’s not the purpose of the video I'd personally love to see that with the artistic and technical quality that this video has. There are some inaccuracies that have been pointed out in other comment but I still really enjoyed it. Loved to see the artist interpretation of each shard and the depiction of Hoid is just amazing!

[@otgunz]

Glad you enjoyed the art mate. I think much is on the way in terms of in depth descriptions through some of the book series. A nice base of fans Sanderson has indeed. I am happy to create art and animation for this type of community. 🙏

[@drunkwizard2362]

I love his concept of making a connected universe throughout his books

[@lerneanlion]

Okay, this is the first time I ever heard of Cosmere. Maybe because they never been adapted into movies or animated series before. So this really is an eye-opening! Thank you so much, the team of Wizards and Warriors!

[@methany8788]

Sanderson has stated that he'd be surprised if he wasn't standing on set next spring :)

[@lerneanlion]

@@methany8788 You mean there is a plan about the movie adaptation or as a series?

[@methany8788]

@@lerneanlion I'm not 100% sure if that's known yet, but given that it's supposed to he Mistborn, my money is on movie. Edit: according to a brief google search, it'll be a movie. I may also have misremembered the time frame. They might only start production in summer. Regardless, it appears to be a sure thing at this point.

[@lerneanlion]

@@methany8788 Thank you!

[@RAD1111able]

Read it! You can start with some standalone novels like Elantris or Warbreaker which will not have a sequel in the foreseeable future.Alternatively Mistborn Era 1,then the Stormlight Archive and it's novellas (with Edgedancer and Warbreaker after Words of Radiance and Dawnshard between Oathbringer and Rhythm of War) and leave Mistborn Era 2 and Elantris at the end.Then you can read Arcanum Unbounded which reveals some spicy story details so it is best left untouched until the end :)

[@epicazeroth]

YES! The Cosmere has so many amazing battles and a surprising focus on politics, especially Sanderson's recent work. Absolutely can't wait to see you cover everything that happens in the Stormlight Archive.

[@Zantides]

I've never heard of this universe before this video, it's really fascinating.

[@tomasbarber1498]

It really is top notch. I have read all of the books and novellas and they are amazing. Start with Stormlight archives or mistborn series

[@hokaloah100]

After watching this video, I realize that I need to redouble my effort and really delve into all of Sandersons works. I’ve read Elantris, war breaker, and both the mistborn, and storm light archive series. I’ve often felt i was missing quite a bit from references made in the books, but I wasn’t sure where to start with the rest of the cosmere.

[@wilfordwarhammer8872]

A Cosmere video by Wizards and Warriors?!?!?! Please tell me I'm dreaming. YESSSSSSS!!!!!! THIS IS AWESOME!!!! Please make more of these. The Cosmere is like a treasure trove of fantasy content.

[@PuTTYsc2]

FFXIV and now the Cosmere, the writers of this channel are going into overdrive and I'm all for it!

[@wws267]

So we're getting Brandon Sanderson so hopefully the wheel of time soon and if we feeling frisky red rising

[@Heisen2420]

I never knew that Brandon Sanderson's Universe was *That Big!* I thought he made one unique fantasy world, I didn't know he made several more. I need to read his books.

[@mvuyisinjenje8140]

Yeah different series are set on different planetary systems with different magic and cultures. But he likes to leave small details about the overall Cosmere. It gets exciting when you notice the worlhopers/travelers between series

[@althor1247]

FINALLY! The cosmere is fantastic and I am so happy you are covering it.

[@joshuabrabo6400]

LOVE that you are covering this. Sanderson’s work needs more recognition and a professional exposition like this does him justice! Thank you.

[@majestic8054]

Never heard of Cosmere but I have heard of Roshar & The Vengeance Pact, Can't wait for this to go deeper into detail, your videos always come with never disappointments.

[@whyonthefall5373]

Very good introduction. This was a nice way to get a new perspective on the Cosmere, especially with the brilliant artwork. The Cosmere truly is one of the most expansive and exciting universes I've ever seen. From first reading Warbreaker to then finding out that a character from another planet showed up in another series was eye opening. Then to find out that every very different magic system all derived from the same source and set of rules was fascinating

[@whyonthefall5373]

@@steelshanks1265 I mean, I'm assuming some of the broader concepts, but the individual magic systems seem quite unique. I'm not knowledgeable about magic the gathering, but I do know brandon likes it quite a bit, so feel free to let me know of the comparisons (Also, keep in mind that this is just a short overview of the overarching stage of the Cosmere. The individual planets all have very unique magic systems that aren't talked about in depth here.)

[@DontTripChocolateDrip]

Never heard of this Sanderson before. From this brief overview of his works I am interested. Sounds like a huge world-building project and I absolutely love those

[@richardthomas9497]

Considering how big the Cosmere is, it's no wonder why Brandon Sanderson is writing so many books. Also it's so complex I have to watch it again to understand it more.

[@Thundergod7734]

Thanks for this. I've been planning to start reading Sanderson's works for years now, and with this video, I might start as soon as I can

[@nischalr577]

Thank you so much for this. Cosmere is indeed a marvel in world building

[@Dynnen]

Things to cover in the Cosmere: Politics of Scadrial: all eras Battles of Stormlight Archive: all books Politics of Stormlight Archive: all books ❤️

[@socc4298]

That's a few years' worth of content right there alone.

[@Fabrial]

Wow! And amazingly produced video. I'm super glad you made this; more exposure for Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere is always a plus in my book. There are a few inaccuracies in the video, though. Most of them are nitpicks, so I'll only point out the important ones. * Spoiler Warning* 4:35 Magic systems can exist on words without shards and are more a property of how investiture manifests on any given world. Shards do often change the pre-existing magic systems. 7:35 The implication that mortals inhabit just the physical realm is wrong. A normal person (there are exceptions) exists in all three realms at once. The physical scenes experience the physical realm, the mind experiences the cognitive realm, and the spirit (also known as the spirit-web) exists in the spiritual realm. Note: you can move your physical body to the cognitive realm by various means. 7:40 The spiritual realm is explicitly NOT the afterlife (it's way stranger than that). Brandon Sanderson explicitly wants to leave the question as to whether there is an afterlife up to interpretation. The name for the hypothetical afterlife is "The Beyond". Here is where Brandon discusses it *MAJOR SPOILERS* wob.coppermind.net/events/406-general-reddit-2020/#e13765 15:50 You note here that ambition was once on threnody ( Ambition was shattered, and the vessel was killed); this is correct. However, you didn't note that the same thing has happened to Honor on Roshar (as of Rythem of War). The vessel of Domination and Devotion were also killed; however, these shards were shattered uniquely. 17:10 The 'Survival Shard' is a complex one. Brandon hinted at a shard named along the lines of survival back in 2011. However, we don't know if this shard is one of the shards raveled after Brandon's hint, or whether it's one of the two shards we don't currently know the names of. Also, not all shards are associated with a planet.

[@ashaide]

This is a very good intro to the Cosmere. As a fan of it, starting from a chance buy of Mistborn Book 1: Final Empire, thank you. The Seventeenth Shard will be knocking on your door now, asking questions. And thank you for not spoiling Hoid, the recent events in Roshar, and most especially post-Era 1 Scadrial :D

[@kacperdrabikowski5074]

Wow that was unexpected. For all his achievements I've always thought Sanderson's writitng was a niche even in the fantasy genre. A large niche of devoted fans, but niche anyway. So, come round, one and all, to the Cosmere rabbit hole! Remember: there is always another secret ;)

[@Juan_Jose_Miraballes]

Sanderson is as mainstream as fantasy literature is

[@utubrGaming]

@@Juan_Jose_Miraballes MODERN fantasy literature. I'm still going through my Tolkien, David Eddings, Alexander Lloyd and Dennis Mckiernan... and I have Guy Gavriel Kay marked down.

[@Juan_Jose_Miraballes]

@@utubrGaming so? Don't understand how that invalidates my point

[@tomasbarber1498]

This was already my favorite channel. Now I don't see how another channel can touch this. Mistborn era 1 and 2 are my favorite

[@mattgrandich3977]

Interesting, a universe with more than one powerful entity, multiple magic systems and various worlds. Looks like there are plenty of unknowns as well. Can’t wait to see what follows as this was more of laying the groundwork for the lore and something tells me I need to start reading Sanderson’s works.

[@xy7596]

Very nice video, as a big Cosmere fan I am looking forward to this series. But I might have a few nitpicks and additions to the information(Spoilers ahead): - A Shard named Survival is not confirmed, it is just fan speculation, as is its connection to Vax(which we know nothing about). - Devotion and Dominion have also been killed and Splintered by Odium, their Investiture leaking uncontrollably into the Selish cognitive realm, making it a very dangerous place. - The Shards are actually primarily residing in the Spiritual realm, and its clearly distinct from the afterlife(the afterlife is the beyond which is totally unknown). - Would call Autonomy more expansionist rather than isolationist as she is claiming more worlds, creating semi-autonomous Avatar Gods from her self. The God on First of the Sun, Patji, is one of her Avatars for instance. -Virtiousity is another confirmed Shard

[@caseyh1934]

Gotta second you on this. Noticed the same but overall it is a very good start. -also skipped Obradai but nothing really is known of it

[@bogregz]

Autonomy is pretty isolationist also, by virtue of the Shard's nature.

[@noahcosta4141]

Autonomy enforces isolationism on Taldain while also expanding her influence elsewhere

[@solalabell9674]

I was confused by the lack of virtuosity too since she’s outright named in canon by hoid

[@xy7596]

@@solalabell9674 I believe this might be pre yumi. Might be wrong.

[@ProvidenceNL]

So many people are going to discover Sandersons amazing Cosmere thanks to this video, Thank you!

[@chandramoulisarkar2935]

Pretty Underrated Author. Start with Mistborn Its epic. I am reading Stormlight Archives now, jesus the volume of lore and scale of battles are too great.

[@sizanogreen9900]

I've been wanting to get into Brandon sandersons writing for some time now but have yet to find a good free moment for myself to do so. All the more so I am happy to see you doing a series on his expansive creations.

[@Mornathel]

I’m about halfway through book three of the Stormlight Archives and I adore Roshar, as do my brother and mother. They have even started calling me Kalladan because I also fight with a spear and do well

[@otgunz]

😁

[@stephenkenney8290]

Such devotion by this channel to the expansion of its growing dominion, performing many acts of preservation against the ruin of forgetfulness, avoiding acts of odium, maintaining an attitude of fantastical cultivation and showing much honor to the stories it tells, it's endowment of knowledge a pleasure to receive, with greater autonomy and growing ambition perhaps one day allowing escape from the spectre of Raid: Shadow Legends and other cringe ads, the invention of Patreon and increasing subscriptions furthering this goal, with nitpickers showing mercy to small errors and writers demonstrating valor in continuing their work despite the increasing pressures of reality, the whimsy of its exploration of great tales providing great variety, which will ensure survival for many years to come.

[@otgunz]

Well said good sir. Less Raid, more better skin care. :)

[@barqsayf317]

Thumbs up.

[@Tennis932000]

Wow thats a pleasant surprise! After Hot D ended im only looking forward to the Lost Metal, hope this is the start of a big cool cosmere series.

[@SnakeEyes327]

I've been going through Sanderson's stuff over the past year and half, I think the only two books I haven't read are Elantris and White Sands. But I've been loving it, especially the Mistborn and Stormlight series. And I'm glad that more and more people are getting into it, especially now that the Cosmere seems like it's on the brink of really breaking out into pop culture.

[@martinlow31]

thank you soooooooooo much for starting this. couldnt be happier! cosmere is awesome!

[@methany8788]

You're doing Cosmere? Oh my gosh, you guys are awesome

[@theawesomeman9821]

You're finally covering the Stormlight Archives! Thanks!

[@marcusblackwell2372]

The Cosmere needs a videogame. A huge one

[@DragonFan3166]

It's so fun to watch stuff like this after reading the books first

[@TheRaptorsClaw]

YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE COSMERE TO BE ON THIS CHANNEL FOR SO LONG! ❤❤❤

[@Minion_Mike]

Love this! I got into the Cosmere a few years ago with the Stormlight Archives. Smashed through all of those and Warbreaker, now enjoying the Mistoborn (Era 1).

[@jeffreycihlar3072]

I'm so excited for more cosmere content and more people finding out about these amazing worlds.

[@dylanbeazer2506]

While I would love Stormlight to be the first you cover, Mistborn is probably a better starting point.

[@otgunz]

Hey Dylan, who knows maybe we are doing Mistborn first. 😁

[@BoneistJ]

I feel like 80% of this went right over my head, but it certainly sounds neat.

[@mexygnome]

Its over such a huge expanse of books, many of which only hint at certain facts mentioned. Luckily, the author is very big on communicating with the fanbase. Check out his KZbin channel!

[@Markuden]

This whole bookserie and Sanderson got me into (audio) books! Especially the graphic audio ones, sometimes it got so intens I needed to take some time off. Its such a great point to start into fantasy books.

[@arnoldshmitt4969]

same my first audio book was elantris , graphic audio version , and from then on i have listened to thousands of audio books to the point that all i do is listen to audio books now

[@iain-duncan]

Holy shit! Let's fucking go!!!! I've been obsessed with everything Sanderson for years now!

[@wdxawwacawc6910]

Everyone just discovering brando from this video, we welcome you with open arms! Fucking love that he's getting more popular, absolutely the best fantasy author of our time

[@jaykubisanidiot8657]

Saw the title and I've never heard of this once before in my life

[@bryanmcclure2220]

What are your thoughts after seeing the video?

[@RoyLol1987]

Can't wait for the next videos! The Cosmere is my favourite fantasy universe. Welcome to all the new readers!

[@duskshard4854]

Lets goooo! This is my all-time favorite! This will be a blast!

[@Roggay47]

I recently finished all the books (yet) on the stormlight archives. Really happy you are making videos on this. It's a really interesting universe.

[@BlindTimeLord]

Can't wait for more in depth videos about all of the Cosmere setting and lore. It would be good to go into Hoyde's back story, more about the 10 Radient orders from Stormlight, the magic systems on ROshar etc and hopefully more on the cognative and spiritual realms

[@jackyc6919]

wow this video is amazing. really helps me understand the Cosmere before hopefully diving into the books this year.

[@widecrusher7100]

This is going to be a hell of a ride

[@robertm.8653]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcomed one! And remember friends, "there's always another secret"

[@mranderson718]

One awesome thing about Sanderson is that he’s big on hard magic and takes it to the extreme. He’s even having mathematicians and physicists help him try and make it as realistic and definable as possible.

[@FelineElaj]

Sanderson takes it too far, imo. I like his works, but his fantasy books lack "fantasy", for me. His magic quickly stops being magical. No author is perfect.

[@maddogbasil]

First Guys hope you do way more alt history The mongol alt history really had me on my seat I hope you guys pay respect to the true capability of the mongol war Machine While also talking about the aftermath of mongol conquest You can look at how other nations turned out after conquest by mongols Other ideas of alt history Fall of constantinople in 711

[@Nickfor20]

Rewatching these videos and thinking to myself : maaaaaan I would LOVE to see other videos on the cosmere

[@SoyNicko001]

I am so so so excited for this!!! I love all this channel’s content and now we are finally getting cosmere content!! so happy

[@cyndrannathariel5766]

Awsome to see that you cover the cosmere now, it is one of my favorite fantasy universes. Personally, I would love it if you could dive into the Stormlight Archives :) thanks for the amazing content

[@MrWitchking21]

Yes!!! The Cosmere! Please do the Battle of the Tower. Of all the battles Sanderson has written, it's easily one of the best!

[@TheSteelKeeper]

I am so here for Cosmere stuff. Thanks for doing this!

[@codycoco3058]

Very excited for upcoming cosmere videos. Brilliant decision

[@worldeaters3741]

Your videos are amazing, not all voices are created equal lol yours is very well suited for the documentary style you present. Fantastic.

[@zachtaylor8222]

YES! i have been not so patiently waiting for you to dip into the cosmere!

[@zachryder3150]

The hierarchy of BookTube is about to change.

[@killer-ll4pn]

Only read stormlight archive and am on book two of mistborn and im loving it.

[@DeadPressed4444]

There's nothing more welcome than more cosmere content

[@technicallythecenteroftheu1349]

Great video, but fanboys gotta nitpick: -First of the Sun IS invested. The islands of the Pantheon are all sentient avatars of Autonomy. -Roshar is actually smaller by Cosmere standards, being only 90% the size of Yolen, the standard. However, it only has 70% of Yolish gravity, an extremely high-oxygen atmosphere, an absurd concentration of raw investiture, and cultivation's intent facilitating quick evolution, so everything on it is quite large. -There is no Shard with the Intent of "Survival." There is a shard whose primary concern is not investing themselves in a planet and carving out a realm therein, but simply escaping Odium's wrath.

[@vivix3042]

I needed this. I've read mistborn and just started way of Kings

[@Major98]

This is an amazing guide

[@danmcguireperc]

Soooo excited to see this!!!! Can we get some videos on Mistborn?

[@WizardsandWarriors]

Very soon!

[@gavinsmith9871]

Oh hell yes. I've been waiting so long to see youtube Cosmere content.

[@zakkart]

Thank you for covering this Universe!

[@allstargaming5553]

I love this channel because I don't know so many sci-fi stories and you guys do a great job explaining them to me

[@lucas182512]

Every fantasy fan should look into reading A Stormlight Archive. The first book is a very slow burn, but if you keep at it, you get handsomely rewarded

[@robbabcock_]

Interesting. I've never heard of the author nor any of his works but it's kind of neat to see.

[@WizardsandWarriors]

Very recommended!

[@Vermbraunt]

I absolutely love sanderson

OMG! My favorite author!

[@OriginalHuman]

MOOORRREEEE!!!! 😂

[@denniscleary7580]

Thanks for covering all these amazing sci-fi fantasies, truly thinking of the fans, thanks again guys 👍

[@rogerhuggettjr.7675]

My favorite series is Mistborn, but this seems a lot more complicated than I was bargaining for. I'm on the last book of Wheel of Time and was planning on taking on the Cosmere starting with Elantris next. I'm hoping this won't be like Dune where things are made unnecessarily complicated.

[@corbanbausch9049]

It is complicated, but not in the same way as Dune. It’s not nearly as philosophical, and it wears its themes and ideas on its sleeve. You rarely have to worry about being confused in that regard. Though you should be warned that EVERYTHING is important in some way, that character you read about for a single paragraph in your 1000 page book may just be the main character of some other novel 10 books later. Also, the magic system has a lot of moving parts and is extremely self-consistent, there are whole wikis dedicated to just the magic of the cosmere. Sanderson was a science major before he was an English major and it SHOWS. His magic is practically a science, to the extent that you can make theories about what would theoretically happen if x magic were to interact with y thing at z location.

[@N-Kari]

Looking forward to following your coverage of the Cosmere. I love Misborne and Stormlight archive but aim to read the others when I get time.

[@joshuagodson6460]

Survival? Has the Shard been named? Wasn't it just a hint as to its Intent? Or is there a WoB I'm missing? Awesome video, by the way. So glad you guys are doing a series on one of the greatest fictional universes. Can't wait to see more.

[@chelrok8764]

It's just a hint, not directly named

[@mschristine7099]

Yeah. It's just a hint. It's not quite clear if Survival is a separate shard that those already revealed. Though more likely it's Wisdom/Prudence or something along those line.

[@Charok1]

Nov 15 is Brandon Sanderson's Lost Metal book release to his BEST SERIES MISTBORN

[@vegasjosejavier]

Keep this series coming! Can't wait to see Roshar battles portraited it here 😎

[@GraendalGMS]

Great video! Can't wait for more, also would love to see The Wheel of Time

[@Artur_M.]

Having read most of the Stormlight Archive (including both novellas, excluding the Rythm of War) but only that, I'm both extremely happy to see this video and simultaneously feel like I just learned way too much.

[@pskarnaq73]

Awesome that you're doing Sanderson! Hopefully this will lead into doing Wheel of Time

[@otgunz]

Honestly I wasn't aware of Sanderson's works and his such immersive universe of struggle, rebellion, sovereignity, unity, hopes and failures. We planned on a huge expansion through many stories of the Cosmere universe. I am trying my best to picture Sanderson's inspiring masterpieces, still I am a mere artist so sorry for all mistakes and flaws. Please write on your comments if you are already a fan of this universe or like me, learning it lately. See you on the videos and long live Wizards and Warriors!

[@ephraimcullen]

"More on that in our future Stormlight Archive videos" YES!!!! Hahaha I'm so excited!

[@tylerasuncion3208]

IT BEGINS!!!!!!! Life before death! Strength before weakness! Journey before Destination!

[@jamesalexandergallagher7822]

I am glad you could make sense of this universe for me