Rhythm of War Cosmere Connections: Part 1

With each part getting its own video, I might need to go chapter by chapter for Wind and Truth.
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[@haku8135]

I would like to point out that Kal's fight with Zahel is from KAL'S perspective. So HE didn't hear Zahel give verbal commands, but that doesn't mean he didn't. Zahel is basically hiding this entire time and Kaladin doesn't even know where or which direction he's in. So it's far more likely he gave quiet verbal commands. He's VERY good at Awakening, obviously, so he could easily dart around Awakening different sheets to set traps for Kal, rather than actively attacking him. Like instead of saying "Wrap Kal's arm" he'd be saying "When someone other than me gets close to you grab their arm" or something like that. Things that like would be child's play for Zahel.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Great point.

[@herosmith5662]

On the note of Zahel's speed, Denth is actually described as being supernaturally fast in Oathbringer (one of the thugs he meets with even comments on how he's infamous for it), so I'm guessing it is some sort of Returned thing.

[@nassan1599]

In oathbringer? Where is Denth mentioned in oathbringer?

[@hubrisnxs2013]

He means Warbreaker

[@TheCosmerenaut]

This type of clarification is why I'm waiting so impatiently for the Nightblood novel!

[@CallmeJochem]

​@@hubrisnxs2013no, Nightblood also mentions him in Oathbringer towards Szeth.

[@hubrisnxs2013]

@@CallmeJochem no, "one of the thugs he [Denth] meets" isn't in Oathbringer. It's in Warbreaker.

[@snowdrop9810]

10:42 on the warbreaker annotations, brandon mentions that he inteded to actually call the story teller "Dust" and not Hoid. So it makes sense that vasher uses the name dust

[@TheCosmerenaut]

I love that we have those annotations. I'm sad Brandon doesn't do them anymore.

[@Elijah_Gillard]

'Four score and ... Like 1 year ago' made me laugh more then it should have

[@TheCosmerenaut]

I initially put in my script a reminder to write something more clever there before I filmed, and then totally forgot about it so that was just what came out.

[@OK25000]

Youre going in depth as much as we need to! Theres no think as overthinking in great stories

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Then I shall continue!

[@necrolord1920]

Rhythm of WAR, WAR NEVER CHANGES

[@TheCosmerenaut]

There's a lot you can learn from old books.

[@snowdrop9810]

5:34 This sounds a whole lot like burning gold or malatium. He saw something he *COULD* have been.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

INTERESTING

[@nathangladden4518]

I’m loving your “more in depth than you need to”! Please keep this exact depth if possible for all Cosmere connections!

[@TheCosmerenaut]

The people have spoken!

[@neodigremo]

For any new abilities with Breath we aren't used to, we need to remember that awakening is a fairly new art in Warbreaker at least in terms of systematic understanding. They only figured out some pretty vital stuff (such as 1 command lifeless) recently and Vasher is one of the guys who invented half the art. And we know he can use it to do things no one else can in the book. Him finding all the hacks - yes I believe it.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Oh yeah, he's had a long time to experiment.

[@sbrevoltuion5]

5:50 I’d be willing to bet that era 2 has jasnahs journals as epigraphs somewhere, since we are eventually getting her flashbacks apparently

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Very likely.

[@KevinHorecka]

I may need to reread stormlight before 5. Soooo much of what you said I'd totally forgotten! Great video!

[@TheCosmerenaut]

I'll have a summary video for Rhythm of War before Dragonsteel Nexus this year! Then again, it's always a good time for a reread...

[@KevinHorecka]

@@TheCosmerenaut I wanted to reread everything before stormlight 6 😭 how am I ever going to finish the wheel of time lol

[@TheCosmerenaut]

We're in the same boat on that one. I tapped out halfway through book 9.

[@KevinHorecka]

@@TheCosmerenaut ah I'm on 7. Somehow when I heard books 4-6 were Brandon's favorite that took the wind from my sails (a frustrating reaction from myself). But I will finish them... Just may take some time!

[@Scp4521]

1:00 About the epicanthic folds. I've long had a theory that a full Feruchemist (or someone with the appropriate spikes) can shapeshift by storing a piece of their Identity (in this case, Connection to scadrial), using stored Connection to Connect to a place, object, or person (Roshar) and using gold to heal themselves to match this new Connection. Don't know how well it could work, but I'm hopeful.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

He pulled it off somehow, so we know it's possible!

[@Cosplaythefamilyway]

On the 10,000 year old I assumed that was Cultivation and Honor coming over

[@samueljo7910]

We don't know how long the Shards spent before they settled on worlds. It could've been a lot of time, but no time at all, since Shards can distort their perspective of time

[@TheCosmerenaut]

They probably arrived on Roshar about 8500 years ago, if I calculated it correctly in my last timeline video.

[@xMonkeyLord4]

I've been waiting for this video!!!

[@TheCosmerenaut]

So say we all.

[@arkamis1354]

personal theory about repelling fabrials (5:00) they might have just not discovered the right blend of steel to use for them 🤔

[@TheCosmerenaut]

That's possible I suppose.

[@MistbornTaylor]

Do you think inevitably when someone has to go find the Nergaoul for whatever plot reason, they're going to be called thrill seekers?

[@TheCosmerenaut]

💯

[@alexpalmer4825]

You are a great guy thanks for doing this!

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Glad it's useful!

[@alexwood5106]

Great video and a great refresher! Although your pronunciation of somethings throws me off hahaha 😂I’m a big audio book guy.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

I try and follow audiobook pronunciation when I can, but some things are just too ingrained.

[@davidwilson6577]

You just cut in a clip from the episode of Mythbusters where they play music at plants, and expected people to get the joke?

[@Cosplaythefamilyway]

I got it!🎉🎉🎉🍕🍕🍕💜💜💜😂😂😂

[@TheCosmerenaut]

That is exactly what I did, yes.

[@davidwilson6577]

@@TheCosmerenaut bold, but it worked for at least 4 people.

[@snowdrop9810]

Did you notice that when dalinar said "He felt there should be one more" after slamming open the perpendicularity in Oathbringer, it propably was VENLI. I think venli being a willshaper was the tenth one

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Yup! I actually talk about that in my Oathbringer Cosmere Connections video!

[@dreamendles4828]

Well, time to reread RoW again

[@TheCosmerenaut]

My job here is done.

[@nathanielskinner6868]

Just read my way through Rhythm, so this is a good recap.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Happy to help!

[@plaecholder]

You say you're going to indeoth. But i gotta say man, its never too much depth. It's hard to keep up on these while reading. Your videos are helpful

[@TheCosmerenaut]

I'm glad to hear they're useful!

[@georgeforeman2234]

Wow this is so much! I am such a noob. But when referencing zahel and loosing his mind/memories to time, this is why the heralds go crazy but Hoid kept his memories because he stored them in his breaths right? So zahel could do the same thing

[@TheCosmerenaut]

We already saw Vasher manipulate memories through Breath in Warbreaker, so he absolutely could be doing some pruning to keep himself more sane.

[@ephraimcullen]

13:27 "Does the birth of honorspren coincide with the shattering?" Yeah, Syl herself said she was a sliver of God, so I can't imagine spren existing without adonalsium being shattered. HONOR didn't exist before the shattering, so how could honorspren exist? Also, out of curiosity, where did you pull the number 10,000 years from? Is that a WOB?

[@Supaawesomeification]

Might’ve been a wob. I don’t remember where. But in the most recent reading from Stormlight 5, Hoid explicitly says that he’s 10,000 years old so it’s probably about to be fully canon

[@SuperDrawBot]

I think he isn't surprised they weren't older than the shattering, he's surprised they aren't more recent than it.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Yep, 10,000 years is WoB-based. I explain it more in my updated timeline video.

[@stealthmonkeydc2869]

Cool T-shirt.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Thanks!

[@havenschade8174]

Lets gooooo

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Aw yeah!

[@djbslectures]

❤

[@TheCosmerenaut]

😊

[@thekwjiboo]

Oof, don't say beyond beyond. If you say that too many times the ghost of bad RPGs will force you to play through Beyond the Beyond.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Ah! Quick!! ⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️🅱️🅰️