Gavilar's Feast: What Really Happened? | Stormlight Archive Lore and Easter Eggs

The scene that began it all...
Join me in this exploration of the events of the fateful night where Szeth, the Assassin in White was hired to kill King Gavilar Kholin. You may be surprised in what you find!
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[@LostinDiscovery]

Hey guys, this is hands down my biggest video to date in all aspects - I loved making this and I hope you all enjoy watching it just as much. Thank you for your continued support and hope to chat with you all here in the comments! Happy holidays

[@Haxerous]

Yeah the events of that night are super confusing. Especially, Gavilar's actions and motivations. Hopefully things get cleared up in the next book's prologue because it's gonna be from Gavilar's PoV. So that's exciting.

[@iqaznili]

@@Haxerous I was thinking this could be explored in the 5th book or a novella on it own. There is a chance the assassin's on white will be explored in the fifth book flashbacks.

[@Haxerous]

@@iqaznili the next book is confirmed to be Szeth.

[@philvogelfilms]

This was an excellent recap! Never knew I needed this 😄

[@keniafarias9576]

Awesome 👏 video!

[@JamesDuckettAuthor]

Theory: Book five's opening Gavilar feast will be from the POV of either Gavilar himself or Elhokar.

[@Hippie2089]

Agreed. Gavilar would definitely be the most interesting and I feel like it would really finally bring that scene all together.

[@henrywayne5724]

But it IS confirmed. The prologue will be Gavilar's.

[@jessicapatton6523]

Sanderson has confirmed it; book five is Gavilar's POV for the Feast Prologue

[@CobaltContrast]

It's the better red wedding. Each retelling from a different perspective makes the plot that much more interesting.

[@e22ddie46]

I'm really intrigued by gavilar. Obviously he was such a piece of shit and therefore it's very odd he also was encouraging dalinar to focus on the code

[@andrew20146]

I love how Sanderson uses that night of Gavilar's feast as this crucial moment around which the whole series revolves. I remember reading TWOK and after the two prologues being rather confused. It was my first exposure to Sanderson and was not expecting that the Szeth perspective was more than just some initial worldbuilding and explaining the magic system. Sanderson really is masterful.

[@Darkkfated]

There's a ton to unpack from the get-go, starting from the first page (the Prologue to the whole series). We learn about Thunderclasts, Dustbringers, we see 2 Heralds in person and are told there are 8 others, we learn that they are effectively immortal but doomed to alternate between Damnation and Desolation, and we see the exact moment when Taln is betrayed and the Oathpact corrupted. Not to mention seeing all the Honorblades in one place before we're even introduced to their (arguably lesser) cousins, the Shardblades. A lot of this stuff doesn't make a lick of sense until pretty deep into Oathbringer and some of it, arguably, Rhythm of War.

[@evenman27]

Another detail (Dawnshard spoilers): in Navani's pov we see that a bunch of grain for the feast has been infested with worms- just like how it happened on Rysn's ship to try and get her to turn around. So maybe the sleepless knew what might happen at the feast and tried to stop it.

[@NemisCassander]

It is not often (at this point) I come across someone who notices a stray detail I didn't. Good job. :)

[@CristianzenV]

I know this was written two years ago, but anyway, i don't think that it is related. Dawnshard worms spoiled the food to force the voyage to be cancelled. This feast wouldn't be cancelled for some worms in the food

[@tgcid101]

"Unite them." A reference maybe to how Navani and Rab unite rhythms to create different kinds of light.

[@durvilemayfield5752]

Could it be unite the shard blades with the shard plates and only a Bondsmith can do it?

[@serqet42]

Unite the three realms. He screams this just before opening the perpendicularity for the first time like he's finally understood the meaning.

[@FirCorred]

@@serqet42 yes! Dalinar himself didn't know what he was to unite - I thought it was people, too, cause 2nd Ideal was based on it. But it was realms, unite the 2 finite realms with the infinite, Spiritual realm, creating infinity, which by definition, holds everything. That's how the remains of Honor, the ones not incorporated in the Stormfather, returned to Roshar - among others.

[@dontask3613]

@@serqet42 yeah but gavilar wasn't trying to unite the world's, he was working on light similar to navani

[@snowman9631]

It refers to the 3 realms... The spiritual, cognative and material

[@thenailsageofgeo4975]

Best part is, the fifth book is probably going to make this event so much more meaningful as we get the final piece of what happened on that night

[@thomasray]

Dude your frickin nail is way too big

[@shananika]

I wonder whose POV we will get in the book 5 prologue. I assume it will be Taravangian.

[@thomasray]

@@shananikamany people suspect Gavilar

[@shananika]

@@thomasray well, that would be awesome 🤩

[@jonahcbarnett]

@@thomasray Yeah that would be so ridiculous. It makes sense as well...since no-one else can tell us what he wanted to actually accomplish except him. And I bet we find out more about that gemstone

[@buffasa1]

Please make a video like this about every topic in the SA. This was class A. Amazing job brother. Best on KZbin in explaining

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thanks man! Many more topics to cover for sure :)

[@henrywayne5724]

Sanderson's is a BEAST at this. All the Easter eggs are just mind-blowing. And the prologues ACTUALLY have a purpose. My goodness, I have read so many novels where the prologues are just put there for the sake of. I love how slowly, with each passing book, we start seeing who Gavilar REALLY was, and Sanderson has accomplished this without him even having a POV chapter. It's incredible. Plus I'm enjoying the reversals we see. We start TWOK thinking Gavilar was a victim and the Parshendi were the perpetrators, but as we go on, we see that it was the other way round. Gavilar's obsession with greatness made him start messing with things that shouldn't be messed with. Plus he was an all round jerk who used and manipulated those close to him to get what he wanted. After all these books, it's hard to believe that back in TWOK, I was anti-Parshendi. Now I love them so much. It's so unfair they got the blame for everything and were almost lost to extinction for something that wasn't their fault! Ugh, I HATE Gavilar so so much. But I still can't wait for his prologue in Book 5 so that we finally get a grasp of everything. I love that each prologue shows that the causes of the war are more complicated than we thought. So many factors came to play that if one were to go back in time and change even the smallest thing, a huge butterfly effect would erupt. I mean, the Sons Of Honor, the Ghostbloods, the Heralds, Venli's selfishness, Eshonai's devotion to her people's freedom, Jezrien's Honorblade(which was hinted has a big role to play in the back five books. I mean, why couldn't Nale touch it???? And what was with Dalinar seeing Nale's thoughts?! Sanderson doesn't just put these things without intentionality.), Szeth and his Oathstone, a bunch of Ferruchemists as well. At this point, I won't be surprised if Nightblood was also chilling around at the party 👀😂. Seems like this Feast was less of an assassination and more of a huge Cosmere master plan that required so many pieces to come to place perfectly and at the right time. Hmm, someone else is pulling the strings in the background...

[@LostinDiscovery]

Damn dude you can’t just leave comments like this when I have to wait 3 years for the next book! 😆 This was amazing man, I agree with you, Sanderson is a genius.

[@havewissmart9602]

Wait feruchemists? You mean just axindweth right?

[@l.mcmanus3983]

In Navani’s POV, she talks to a steward with lots of rings. Apparently this is the guys who owns the red chicken that Lift adopts later after he is killed.

[@dteja92]

without Intent* 😅

[@Darkkfated]

I love the "reveal" that the Jezrian, Mighty King of the Heralds, has gone so pants-on-head insane that he spends all his time in a drunken stupor, spouting gibberish and giggling over his little "joke" about "Can you see me?" I also like that the Heralds' modern-day insanity is hinted at in another Prologue (Jasnah's from WoR, I think?), where you hear Nale and Kalak having a hushed conversation where one of them keeps making remarks like "Are we getting worse? I feel like we're getting worse."

[@basedinliberty9322]

"Let's move on to what the humans were doing" Dalinar: Zzzzzzzzz...... Zzzzzzzzz.... Huh? Wuh?

[@FractalParadox]

the stormlight book 5 prologue really hits different when you get the full scale of all details of that night

[@ginger770613]

I’d love a video like this about the motivations of the sons of honor, ghost bloods, diagram, and sky breakers

[@bradenleonard6286]

This is awesome. Sometimes it's difficult to remember all the details from the previous books prologues. I thought it was huge that we got an additional chapter from the day of the feast from Venli's perspective in this book. Thanks for pulling it all together for us.

[@LostinDiscovery]

So glad you enjoyed! Yeah I freaked out when we got that Venli chapter and knew I had to make this video 😊

[@jessicapatton6523]

Given that we know the Stormfather had been instructed to give the visions to a potential Bondsmith, it's possible Gavilar was actually on his way to becoming just that. Which sort of makes sense; conquering the heck out of everyone is technically 'Uniting' them, whether they like it or not.

[@NemisCassander]

I always assumed Sadees Sunmaker also received the visions, which led to his conquering...

[@SampatK164]

Which, is also what the Stormfather, believes to be right. At least initially. There are lots of scenes where the Stormfather is rigid and unbending when it comes to mercy or understanding, using the example of the effects of a storm and the unstoppable-ness of Nature itself. So, at that point, the Stormfather probably sees Gavilar as the storm and everyone else as just being caught in the storm. It isn't until Dalinar that the Stormfather realizes that he can have his own free will and make conscious choices.

[@SkyDiving_StormTrooper]

You forgot the strange coins they saw on the table, ie. boxings from Scadrial. They thought they were strange as they don't use coins on Roshar. We see that again when I think it was Adolin who asked why they don't use spheres.

[@michaeleggimann106]

Wow bro thank you so much. And everyone who contributes in the comments. I started my sanderson journey in jail after turning myself in for a probation violation and awaiting a short prison sentence. And I started with Stormlight archive because of videos like these as I was trying to put together a book list so that I’d have some god entertainment during my sentence. In fact I’d never read fantasy books at all prior to Sanderson. I still have all of my books- just riddled with bookmarks so that I could try to piece the puzzles together one day. Almost a year has passed and I knew I’d never end up getting around to revisiting it all myself. I can’t tell you how wonderful it is to find your channel and have your help and your organized and enthusiastic exploration of these pieces of the story and themes explained. I have subscribed (which I almost Never do). Again. I appreciate you. I hope you have more on the rest of the cosmere. I look forward to checking out more of your posts

[@mrothk01]

Great video! One additional detail I picked up from the prologue chapters is that Gavilar appears to have life sense. You wouldn't pick up on it unless you've read warbreaker, but he is able to seemingly magically catch both Eshonai and Navani eavesdropping on his meetings, so he is already invested to some degree, though I'm not sure how. It might be one of the ways he was attempting to gain immortality. Also the SOH make no sense to me now, their stated goals were to bring forth a new desolation to bring back the heralds. But as Kelek is their leader, and he is in fact a herald, then that makes no sense at all. What are the SOH about exactly? Did Kelek just create them to find a way to leave roshar?

[@LostinDiscovery]

If that's true then that's a crazy detail, I love it! It is very similar to how Zahel notices Kaladin coming up to his room in WoR as well. I feel like you're right in the fact it may be Kalak's weird way of scheming to get off Roshar but it's too early to say I guess??

[@mrothk01]

@@LostinDiscovery Oh it's true, I wasn't sure when he did it with Eshonai, but when he did it again with Navani... Here is the exact quote: "Gavilar suddenly stood up straight and glanced toward the doorway, though Navani hadn’t made any sound." That jumped off the page for me, and it was the second time he did it. I suppose he could somehow also be a tineye, but I don't find that likely. Somehow, he is invested though. Rysn gained lifesense when she became a dawnshard as well.

[@BossyBurrito]

@@mrothk01 Kalak stated that he wanted to get out of the system to escape the torture he knew was coming (same reason he broke the oath pact). So, he may have been using the SoH find a replacement for himself in the oathpact (maybe that’s how it works or he’s being altruistic) while also using them to execute his search for a way out of the system.

[@GhostEmblem]

pretty sure the sons of honour trying to bring the radiants back not the heralds. Probably they wanted the powers of the radiants.

[@NemisCassander]

@@mrothk01 Good point. The most likely explanation is that he bought Breaths from someone. We know from other characters that Breath isn't Connected enough to prevent people from leaving.

[@seresje]

Oooooh!!! Dalinar was drinking buddies with Jezrien!!?? I did not twig to that at all!!! 😱 Heartbreaking! I've read the books so many times, but I have missed so much! I feel I definitely have to reread again after book 5, so many new things to absorb *happy sigh

[@dteja92]

Hands down one of the best Cosmere channels I have found. The best part is where you are very empathetic about everything. Keep up the good work brother ❤

[@shannonvermeulen9111]

great video! I forgot a lot of this information, so thank you for filling the gaps!

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you!

[@lilwinchester1417]

It crazy how important that feast has become! When reading WoK it was just an amazing beginning, nothing more Why would Thaidakar want Gavilar dead? I hope we get the feast from Gavilars perspective in book 5 I need answers

[@NemisCassander]

Given what we know of Thaidakar after the end of Book 4, and information from the Prologue about Gavilar's experiments, it's pretty easy to theorize that if Gavilar had been successful, he'd have learned how to ship Stormlight offworld. That or Voidlight. One or the other. This would be against the Ghostbloods' plans. The other point is that we know that Shallan thinks (and I believe she's correct) that the Ghostbloods seek Ba-Ado-Mishram as a solution to the problem. It's heavily implied that Gavilar had BAM's gem on the night of the feast. That would make him a target of the Ghostbloods (and recall that Jasnah's prologue talks about how she is trying to prevent assassins from targeting her family). If this follows, then the most likely gem as the one that holds BAM is... the one Gavilar gives Szeth. Which means that BAM's gem is currently in Urithiru. Which... is concerning, when you think about it.

[@maryannmontaller4667]

This video is so cool! Good job man! At this point, I won't be surprised at all to know that even Sazed attended that feast. 🙃

[@LostinDiscovery]

Not sure how much Mistborn you've read but you might be surprised if you don't mind me spoiling some things 👀

[@maryannmontaller4667]

@@LostinDiscovery this is so dope. I've only read Era 1 and still reading RoW. I did see parts of Harmony in RoW so I guess he was there too. 😅

[@LostinDiscovery]

@@maryannmontaller4667 Check out the epigraph letters in Oathbringer, our boy is there too ;)

[@Geeeeeebus]

Hey Christian, I really appreciate these videos. I only recently really started looking into the SA after finishing RoW last week, and you are easily my favourite source. Just wanted to let you know, as it looks like you are only just getting started and I wanted to encourage you to keep going for my own selfish reasons! If there is something I'd like to see you talk about, it would be the listeners/fused/heavenly ones and their hierarchy and society. I feel like I glossed over this in the books and I confuse them and their abilities/authority sometimes.

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you so much! It's so cool to finally dive into the lore of your favourite series once you're up to date and I'm glad my vids fill that need :) I would love to do a video on that topic for sure, keep an eye out!

[@JoePauley]

Excellent deep dive! I love that each prologue gives us a different POV of this scene. I wonder whose we'll get next. Maybe from Gavilar himself.

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thanks man! I definitely think it'll be good ol' Gavilar for book 5.

[@dookieshoe2905]

I haven't thought about the next book too much yet since I just fidnshed Rhythm but yes, the next look back we get will likely be the man himself. I can't wait!

[@andrewjames5373]

When I read RoW the first time through the very next thing I did was go back and read the opening chapters in each book in order, it truly is incredible how Sanderson has layered this story so well and wrapped these different plots around each other. Truly superb video, I enjoyed this so much sitting here nodding along with you! Happy to subscribe!

[@LostinDiscovery]

It's incredible right? Thanks so much man!

[@LaurenTheLibrarian]

I didn’t realize how much I wanted a video on this exact topic with a clear timeline until you posted it! Great job.

[@jonahcbarnett]

really dig your channel. I enjoy the way you lay things out and connect them.

[@lucasbentley3589]

I can’t wait to watch this after i read Rhythm of War

[@blackdice1001]

This was so interesting to watch I really enjoyed your narration!

[@Jimmy_Maxwell]

Awesome video man! Finally getting round to reading Rhythm of War and I'm remembering how epic the series is!

[@evankimori]

Loving your content homie! Keep at it! Thank you for filling in all the gaps with such a pleasing voice to hear!

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thanks so much man!

[@ldvalencia.author]

Dang, this is awesome. Thanks for compiling all this.

[@Featherish]

Just stumbled across your channel, and have been binging your videos. Great work and really appreciating you drawing those connections for me. Keep up the great work!

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoy the videos :)

[@Spot_.]

Wow, Fantastic video! Please keep these coming :)

[@yousrat3133]

Loved this video! Thank you for taking the time to go through all the prologues again and highlighting the Easter eggs some of us might have missed.

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you! It was super fun finding throwaway lines here and there trying to figure out what Sanderson is planning. He's gonna get us good in book 5!

[@Smorrison87]

Great job. Really brought more clarity to this whole sequence and much appreciated!

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you!! Glad it helped!

[@seanharvey7092]

Your videos just keep getting big more and more impressive! The way you structured and broke down this scene is magnificent and really gets me excited to see how your content continues to grow and evolve. Thanks again for all your hard work Christian!

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you so much!! Can’t wait to keep upping the quality and evolving over time :)

[@SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

Loving these deep dives and reflections. Thanks so much for your generosity!

[@LostinDiscovery]

No problem! Glad you enjoy them!

[@luidutton526]

This video is absolutely amazing! I really appreciate you helping us connect the dots.

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you!!

[@seansmith1457]

Brilliant! Thank you for such well thought out content.

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you!

[@dhruveshpatel1109]

As always, amazing video mate! Greatly summed up. I learned a few things eventhough I thought I'd got everything from the prologues. It's going to be incredible when we'll have Gavilar's POV in book 5. Many things will be clear by then. Keep up the good work. Merry Christmas and happy holidays!!

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thanks mate! I'm glad there were a few extra things you were able to find here. Book 5 is gonna get us so good man, I can feel it. Happy holidays :)

[@djgonsalves3319]

Thank you! I’ve wanted to see a video on this topic for a while.

[@LostinDiscovery]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@Rachelsjourney]

Excellent! Thanks so much to connecting the dots on these events!

[@LostinDiscovery]

No worries! Glad you enjoyed!

[@emosongsandreadalongs]

I just finished Rhythm of War yesterday. This video is amazing

[@eddyteddy2035]

Great video, keep it up! Can't wait to see the full picture that will probably be told in the next book

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you, me neither!!

[@kpa7013]

So good love these videos!

[@adamborst]

This popped up in my suggested videos, seemed appropriate to watch given the pod with Jimmy and the forthcoming Wind and Truth in Dec. Great content!

[@laurabrendel9584]

Thanks for the great video! I totally missed Jezrien being at the feast. Happy Holidays to you and yours!

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you and likewise! Jezrien was such a cool easter egg to spot!

[@iqaznili]

Awesome work there mate. I bought my first Sanderson's book "The Final Empire" from Waterstones. Thinking it was a one book novel, I had no idea that I have unlocked a cosmos of novels. Cheers!

[@philvogelfilms]

Ismail Qaznili you’ve taken your first step into a vast world! Enjoy the journey!

[@iqaznili]

Thanks @@philvogelfilms , I am enjoying myself. I almost read all Cosmere, Alcatraz, and Reckoners books over the last 10 years.

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thanks mate! Oh boy, what a massive journey you must've been on. I had a similar experience but with The Way of Kings :)

[@dookieshoe2905]

@@LostinDiscovery me too, I had seen a lot of suggestions for something called The Stormlight Archive and I was looking for something new to read after my latest reread of A Song of Ice and Fire. I found out that TWoK was the first one and just started reading one night. By the end of that first night I was already hooked so I went looking for more info and found out that I just entered an entire universe of novels. XD The only downside is its hard to find out information without reading spoilers so I decided to stop looking up stuff except for something specific. I made that mistake once and that was enough. I was reading an article about Brandon and the Cosmere that was supposed to be kinda casual but in the first damn paragraph it just casually mentions one of the biggest reveals in the whole story that came near the end of Oathbringer. I was so pissed and I tried to pretend I hadn't read it but when I got to that part in the book the reveal was just ruined. So yeah, I am not reading anything else until I finish all Cosmere books.

[@OrbitalCookie]

@@dookieshoe2905 Though you might want to read Warbreaker, it's good

[@tanyam928]

Great summary of Gavilar's feast! There is so much going on that it is easy to miss details. And each part we get is from different perspectives so it is hard to put it together chronologically. This really helped! I am really looking forward to getting Gavilar's perspective in the next book. The more we see of Gavilar the less I like him, but am more and more intrigued

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you and I agree!

[@calebrimbor1730]

Love your videos man. Your passion and enthusiasm helps remind me how amazing these books are :)

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you mate!

[@jeremyfee]

Wonderful video. Great timing, as I just finished Rhythm of War today. Woot!

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you! Perfect timing!!

[@torinholt1794]

Amazing content! I'm so excited for the 5th book

[@iandomenegato4238]

Man, your lore videos are so damn good. Can’t wait to hear more! For now, enjoy First Law though. Some of the best character work I’ve ever read. Looking forward to your videos on that series.

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thanks so much man! Just finished The Blade Itself yesterday and absolutely loved it.

[@loraz5343]

It blows my bloody mind that Sanderson can tie the things from the 4TH book to the first scene of the 1st book and surprise the hell (or Braize) out of us. Axwindeth was definitely doing something that Gavilar didn't know about. And there's definitely more to come from the people and conversations we only hear mention of at the feast. You got me with the identity of the homeless drunk, too. Ugh!! To be a fly on the wall of Sanderson's writing room...! I will never reach the level of his imagination that is royally, colossally, incredibly higher than my own.

[@valarya]

EXCELLENT video! I feel like a lot of these questions were already answered in Rhythms of War. Particularly, that there are TWO reasons these factions (Ghostbloods, Sons of Honor, etc) are involved in the return of the desolations, the return of the heralds, the transferring of void spheres, etc. And they are: 1. because certain entities want to get off their systems and travel the cosmere - but they cannot; they're TIED to them. I speak mainly of Thaidakar (his real identity and real system) and Kelek. Thaidakar being the leader of the Ghostbloods, and Kelek being the leader of the Sons of Honor. 2. to find out how to transport Investiture across the Cosmere and move it off-worlds... because whoever figures out how to do that, will become the absolute richest. And they thought the ability to move voidspheres off of Braize would lead them to understand how to achieve it. Now, I don't think Thaidakar cares about being rich, but he does desperately want to get off his world. Once book 4 ended I kind of viewed the entirety of the Roshar/Braize story as an experiment for these offworlders and people in-the-know. Time will tell!!

[@Jaeno311]

Ugh. I love this channel. Makes me think about how deep this series really is.

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thanks man! The deeper you get into the narrative the more your mind is blown.

[@idylehandz3911]

having come to bransan's work from WOT and robert jordan, this makes the fragmented storytelling much much more possible to follow. Seriously talented authors. but this saves me alot of time and deep dive thought. time and effort i just dont have to spare. thank you sir.

[@cbob213]

Another awesome video mate. Id love it if you did a QnA stream with some Stormlight chit chat so we could all throw some ideas around. Trying to get one of my housemates to read The Way of Kings so I have someone to talk to about it, but its taken him months to get 3/4 of the way through and then he still has 3 bigger books to go, as well as the rest of the cosmere stuff. Its awesome to have channels like yours around so I can get my mind thinking about all the stuff going on. You're doing a great job. Much appreciated. Have a good Xmas and New Years!

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thanks man! My 3K celebration live stream was a bit like what you just described, it's up on my channel! I'd love to do another stream. Don't worry, now that your roommate is 3/4 of the way finished WoK, there won't be any stopping him now! Have a great holiday season too man, thanks for the comment!

[@flippingpages4288]

Man that was awesome, and super detailed! You reminded me of things I had forgotten and pointed out many more that never caught lol. I wonder exactly how many immortals there actually are in the cosmere. It seems like anyone who is able to hop worlds is capable of an extended life span at least.

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thanks man!! Yeah there’s probably a decent amount.

[@Hcs586]

Love your videos so much. Please keep it up friend!! ☺️

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you so much!!

[@hillary6563]

Okay, dude.🤯 I was already subscribed, and I'm not sure when the last time your channel was recommended, but this is the kind of smut I can get behind. 😂 I'll be turning on the 🔔.😅 #CosmereAddict

[@berentook]

Such an awesome video, it is amazing how Brandon manged to fit so much info into this one chapter. I wonder if book 5 prologue will be from Gavilar's POV. Looking forward to more videos.

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you! I definitely think we’ll get Gavilar next book :)

[@dinocollins720]

Wow 😮 that’s all I can say! Amazing videos!!!

[@aliseo85]

Amazing video, you explain so clearly

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you!

[@IrishCollegeGirl]

Fantastic job putting it all together! I would love a video where you do full Cosmere discussion of Rhythm of War ☺️

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you! I'll have to get on that!

[@czeslawpi]

Thanx for the summary! Gavilar must have been a card-carrying Ghostbloods member. There aren’t many groups that can travel to other planets. I think that there are still some clues to be discerned from the destruction of the human planet Ashyn. Maybe they had a big conflagration there with the anti-Lights and normal Lights. Etc.

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you! Absolutely, well (if I remember correctly) in RoW it's alluded that Ishar had a lot to do with pushing the boundaries of surge binding, leading to the destruction of Ashyn.

[@ericanyanwu7937]

Gavilar was actually a member of the Sons of Honor

[@Kikobirdification]

this was amazing!

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you!

[@mratihselohttub4404]

Well done my friend.

[@mmorgan1980]

Great video! Very informative.

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you!

[@shaqsoda9627]

My guy, your channels is gonna blow up!

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thanks dude!

[@crazy4cairns]

Another great video. Now I want to go back and re-read the first 3 books. Not enough time!

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you! There's never enough time when it comes to Sanderson books!

[@paulkafant1008]

I know that a lot of people think that Dalinar will die fighting Odium, but I think he’s gonna become the almighty just like Taravangian became Odium

[@janeh9962]

you are an absolute LEGEND for this video. i feel like fifteen different puzzle pieces just aligned in my brain. thank you so so much!!!

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you!!!

[@mishfakabdullah]

Top video! And yeah, stormlight is amazing

[@LostinDiscovery]

It really is! Thanks man :)

[@FA-bp3po]

I love this video!!! Please make one about the ghostbloods

[@jhunsaker43]

Hey man I'm absolutely loving the content so far! You're killing it! Since it'll be a few years until the next Stormlight book is out, what do you think you'll focus on next?

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thanks man! I'm about to make a video about this actually. Basically the short version is, exploring the rest of the cosmere (whilst still covering Stormlight) and jumping into a few new series. The First Law Trilogy is what I'm reading right now and will definitely be making videos on those books :)

[@blueclevername4900]

TIME TO REMAKE THIS. the prolog to book 5 shatters so much of whay we thought we understood

[@teormz]

hi thanks for this and keep it coming

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thanks, will do!

[@sandrarasp8656]

Great video !

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thanks!

[@sofiaorneberg6496]

Wow thank you for this great video. I just finished RoW and I want all informatiom I can get!

[@Riz_]

Blimey Christian. There is so much interesting information in this video. I enjoyed it so much that I subscribed.

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you!

[@Kulstan]

Great video

[@alpotap]

Do you remember how the guy in the library was playing with the plates and the bow to show the shape of cities to Jasnah and she already knew this trick? Later, the same method is used to create the anti light spheres but it was presented as something new. So, there are remnants of the technology being used in theology instead science which has to rediscover it all from scratch!

[@lacie5915]

This series is awesome

[@divyesh94]

The things that are revealed during this event during each book changes how we see Gavilar, I wonder what scene it will be for the back 5 maybe it will have Dalinar or Szeth?

[@LostinDiscovery]

I think it'll be Gavilar :)

[@andrewjames5373]

Definitely Gavilar. Dalinar viewpoint would be boring he was passed out drunk :)

[@GhostEmblem]

Wasnt szeth the first one

[@Mhidraum]

Good question... I think Brandon has hinted at (or maybe even confirmed) that the prologue POV for book 5 will be Gavilar himself.

[@user-element115]

I think he is talking about the last 5 books, not book 5. Since there will probably be another scene that’s in all the prologues there on out.

[@reallynothing6845]

I can't wait for the updated version. It can't come soon enough.

[@rustygray5058]

You should totally edit this now that we have the prologue for book 5!

[@Frey808]

Mind Blown 🤯

[@Ari-xr2ye]

Aw, I really want to watch this but I have to wait till I've read RoW... Your videos are great btw. Keep it up :)

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you! See you back here once you’re up to date :)

[@anhngoc29]

Amazing job as usual! Do you have a podcast? I'd love to hear you discuss more Cosmere stuff.

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you! Nah I don’t but that could be a cool idea for the future :)

[@ginger770613]

This video was awesome

[@LostinDiscovery]

Thank you!

[@exharkhun5605]

"Nale has some issues with the law". Yes, this truth is.

[@thisylvain]

Finally someone acknowledging that we finally know why Gavilar was assassinated ! It's a lingering question from book 1, that even character asks over and over... And we finally got the answer in RoW ! I was surprised no one has been talking about it (though, yes, a lot happen in RoW).

[@henrywayne5724]

It was alluded to in Eshonai's prologue, but it is only now that it all comes full circle.

[@ferzan1984]

Thank you.

[@LostinDiscovery]

All good dude :)

[@mordirit8727]

Most Cosmere stories: "this place is nice, I wanna own it" Everyone in Roshar: GET ME THE FUCK OUT OF HERE FFS

[@TheFrdw]

Gavilar’s power was always knowledge and it looks like he knew that every god no matter how powerful was controlled by a human from the heralds to Odium. RoW hints at his plans to bring voidlight beings back to Roshar from Braize but he ultimately planned not to destroy them with antivoidlight, but to control them for the greater war just like Odium. I believe he wanted to hold Odium or another shards power and use the Rosharian “training grounds” to continue conquering the cosmere. There definitely some economics in there with bringing light between realms as well. It would show a lot of growth for Gavilar to conquer in more ways than brute force and show Thaidakar’s influence on his plans. Also it would be cool to see Gavilar as more of a mastermind instead of just a potential Rayse 2.0. And it explains why Taravangian was trying to first subvert his plans, but ultimately ended up taking Gavilar’s place. It could also explain why Wit was so ready for this chain of events if he had been planning for it to be Gavilar gaining Odium’s shard since Taravangian isn’t a huge difference. Perhaps Cultivation became involved because of Gavilar’s death. Soon after she prepped Taravangian and Dalinar against Rayse.

[@lesteryupingkun4292]

Whatever theories I have, Brandon can do it better... I can't wait for book 5.

[@Haxerous]

From what I understand, the prologue are in reverse chronological order. As in WoK prologue is the last event of the night while RoW prologue is the the earliest (so far). So, Eshonai and Jasnah meet Gavilar after Gavilar has already met the Heralds. And Eshonai sees/hears Amaram (and Co.) in the room. Gavilar tells them to go out for a bit so that he can talk to Eshonai alone. After this Jasnah comes across Gavilar's room as Amaram and the rest are leaving.

[@LostinDiscovery]

Oh I think that might be correct, nice one!

[@dookieshoe2905]

Its so cool how Sanderson takes us back to this one night so many times and from several different perspectives and it all fits together nicely. I always wonder just how much he had envisioned when he began the Way of Kings since this would be a lot to juggle if he was writing more like the "gardener" that George R R Martin does. If I had to guess he had a lot of this stuff roughly realized from the beginning and has just slowly paid it all off over the last 4 novels. He said somewhere that a scene near the end of Rhythm of War has been in his head for over 10 years and he finally got to write it. I have a feeling to which scene he was referring but anyway its so cool having all this stuff paid off after so long. I just finished RoW last night and it was fucking incredible. I read several reviews recently that were unsatisfied by Rhythm so I was a bit worried that it was going to fall apart and that Sanderson just couldn't continue the epic awsomness any further, that he had reached his limit. Let me just say that those people are so very very wrong. I was literally tearing up at least three different times around the climax and after it near the end. There wasn't the typical "Sanderlanche" this time, it was there but a bit more subtle. At least compared to the previous three climaxes of the other books anyway.

[@LostinDiscovery]

Mate, I’m absolutely with you. In my opinion RoW continues the incredible quality of all the previous Stormlight books and even surpasses them in some aspects. I believe the scene Sanderson was referring to was Kaladin saying the 4th Ideal but I’m not 100% sure.

[@dookieshoe2905]

@@LostinDiscovery Yes, Kaladin saying the fourth ideal was my thoughts as well. Though I wonder if it might have been Taravangian's final encounter with Odium instead. That would be a huge moment that was likely planned as well so its hard to say for sure. I am more than satisfied with Rhythm, I didn't want it to end. It seems that many people don't like all the characters suffering from different mental disorders, especially Kaladin's depression. I understand a little that it may be tiresome for some people to hear him constantly down on himself instead of being the perfect ideal of a hero at all times. That is what makes it so great though, there is no magic bullet to cure depression and its so much more impactful when he finally does speak the ideal at the end. I actually teared up when he was speaking to his brother, it was such a powerful moment and made it so much better when he finally accepted that he won't be able to save everyone.

[@OrbitalCookie]

Yeah, avoid reviews, there is no point reading them :)

[@AleksandarIvanov69]

19:28 - that was definitely double meaning. Gavilar knew too much, may be even knew the future :)