Stormlight: The Way of Kings Explained

[@da1battlefront]

The scene when Dalinar saved Bridge 4 on the Shattered Plains, and then gave Kaladin a salute. I got goosebumps again just remembering it.

[@adoniscreed4031]

Dalinar is so insanely likeable in this book, he is the best 🤣

[@codyquinn8646]

Nice spoiler bitch

[@monkeydjelly6059]

I listened to the way of kings on audiobook and holy crap! The last few hours are full of epic moments, from bridge 4 saving Dal, Kal speaking the second ideal, and Dalinar trading a priceless sword for a group of slaves to retain his honor. Can’t think of a book having a better ending than this

[@bridge4]

no doubt! it's as solid a book as there is. there are a handful of awesome moments in every storylight book so far, but my favorite is the last line of a chapter in book 2. and there's a line in book 4 that got me all teary-eyed lol (not gonna lie though, i reread WoK twice when making this video. and the first time i got to Syl staring east at Dalinar, it got dusty over here lol)

[@brhettdavis7061]

Syl Charging the death spren will forever be one of my favorite moments in the series. God i love her so much. I want a ride or die inspirational spren too

[@Major98]

I just finished this book yesterday. It was an epic journey, the audiobook was the longest I've listened to at 45 hours. I'm still digesting but it was really amazing.

[@govannibarrett]

Going through my first read of this series right now. Read the first two just this month and on the 3rd right now. If you enjoyed the first then I'm sure you'll love the second one! I finished it in half the time it took me to read the first one I couldn't put it down

[@doby7106]

I just finished the way of kings!! And I just so happened to be watching your last kingdom recap videos to prepare myself to watch season 4 and 5. And I noticed your name was bridge4!!! A fellow man of culture I see. Now I'm here watching the storm light recap. Love to see it.

[@abhJOKA]

Can't wait to watch this. Love that it is time stamped too. Hope you continue the WOT detailed recap series at some point!

[@bridge4]

hey, i had meant to finish that before season 1 even aired lol. things just take so long to put together because i do so many rereads per video. case in point, i reread "The Way of Kings" 2.5 times while making this video. and its a pretty big book lol so here's my "short-term" goal of 2022. im going to continue covering shows that i enjoy here or there. like i'll do an ozark recap/ending explained when that show drops at the end of the month. same for stranger things, umbrella academy, yadda yadda. and ill experiment with episode breakdowns for shows i like, but if they dont get views, i wont burn an entire day on them (such as with Toyko Vice. im still watching it, but my episodes 1-3 vid got 2k views. its not worth burning a day for that) in terms of your comment and book coverage, which is my true passion, im putting my history and lore videos for "The Wheel of Time" on hold. and same with the detailed recaps. first, im going to do full book recaps for "The Wheel of Time" like this video. so bigger, but more high-level videos first the only decision point im still toying with is which order. when i first began reading "The Way of Kings" for this video, i envisioned alternating one week Stormlight, one week The Wheel of Time. but then i realized that Book 7 of Mistborn comes out in the fall. maybe august. something like that. so i was thinking "do i alternate between mistborn and wheel of time before finishing stormlight?" however, after rereading Stormlight book 1, i was pulled right back in. because as much as i love First Law, Mistborn, Wticher, and Wheel, Stormlight is the f*ckin best lol. so over the last two weeks, ive decided that i've just been toying with the order. im still unsure if im going to alaternate 1 cosmere and 1 wheel book each week. or maybe a three week rotation of Stormlight, Mistborn, Wheel sorry, im rambling. my point was that the next Wheel video will be a high-level "The Great Hunt" video. whether i do that over this next week, or if i do mistborn book 1, or words of radiance, im not sure. i'm leaning words of radiance though lol. so im tempted to do all of stormlight. then maybe Wheel 2 and 3. then mistborn era 1. then Wheel 4-6. then mistborn era 2, then wheel 7-10, then warbreaker, elantis, and other Cosmere novellas/short stories, then Wheel 11-14 something like that probably then once i finish the fourteen "The Wheel of Time" book summaries, i can work on either history and lore, theory, or detailed breakdowns and same for Cosmere stuff because as im working on the full book recaps, im documenting everything i need for topical videos such as timeline stuff, history and lore, best fighters, etc apologies for such a long message!!

[@abhJOKA]

@@bridge4 Damn thanks for the detailed reply! Makes sense putting WOT stuff on hold with the hype dying down for now. Also agree that stormlight is the best series lmao can completely understand you doing these videos as a priority. Seems like you have a lot to juggle and decide on - but no matter what the content is always well thought out and top tier dude hope you find your niche that goes viral! Also if you haven't already you should read the Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard Series) shit slaps.

[@christinearmington]

@@bridge4 Thanks. Interesting to hear about your process. Love your voice and summarization.

[@ryanm5305]

This is a wonderful summary. Keep up the amazing work!

[@bridge4]

thanks, Ryan!

[@austingarst]

BEFORE YOU WATCH - There are spoilers in this beyond what is explicitly covered in the first book, Way of Kings. For instance, the youtuber describes the origin of Szeth's shardblade. This is not revealed in this book. This was actually a spoiler for myself.

[@unosocongorra5779]

Just finished the book, and yeah that took me by surprise

[@mariamodan3769]

Thank you! Saved the video to watch it after finishing the rest of the books to avoid spoilers

[@Far_a_mir]

Thanks for the warning. This looks like an awesome video but I have about 100 pages left in Way of kings.... so i appreciate the heads up.

[@BazzGamez]

thanks for the warning

[@Shadoww2309]

Late to the party but thanks for the video! I just finished my audiobook reading, but because there is so much going on I wanted to see if I had missed something big! This series is incredible in its scope, I am incredibly impressed by how Sanderson is bringing the whole world alive.

[@katiasofiagonzales1235]

I just discovered the storm light archive a couple weeks ago and it's the best thing that has happened to me in a while. Is so enjoyable to revisit it with your video, and finally hear how the names are pronounce 😅 Thank you

[@yousefabdullah5982]

Amazing video. Would love to see more videos like this for the remaining books in the series! They would be my go-to recap videos whenever new books come out!

[@xHTxRaptorF22]

Glad to see you doing Stormlight content man. Been a fan since the GoT days

[@bridge4]

thanks for the kind words! yeah, i hadnt planned on jumping back into Cosmere stuff, but once Brandon dropped that new draft Prologue for book 5, i had to crack open Way of Kings. and ahhhh, it was so good. what an awesome series!! =))

[@xHTxRaptorF22]

@@bridge4 yeah Stormlight probably takes the cake for me. I might be biased a bit since it is the series i read while in rehab and it helped me alot, but every reread has moments that bring me to tears almost. can't wait for the secret project books to arrive

[@bridge4]

no doubt. im with ya. and you got this, raptor!

[@xHTxRaptorF22]

@@bridge4 much appreciated man. not many content creators are as active in replying to their fans. keep making the content you want to make and it will be good

[@bridge4]

i dig your positivity. fingers crossed =))

[@mexygnome]

Such an awesome video!!!! It's nice to have a video that can refresh my experience reading the book so long ago. Hope to see more from you!!!

[@joshuam7921]

Why can't I find this summary for the other books?? This one was great!

[@dancolon47]

I've already to the audios of the first three books back when Book 3 came out. I know Book 4 came out back in Nov. 2020 ... but I still haven't listened it because I really don't want to listen to 150 Combined HOURS just to refresh my memory. This video did an excellent job of condensing nearly 50 Hours of Book 1 into just 30 minutes.

[@ErickCorderoAK]

I read the book, but wanted to check out some of the videos. Yours is excellent! Thank you for sharing it.

[@chukwudisimere8463]

i cannot expresss how much i needed this. and my thanks as well

[@Felicia_ilana_Zaccaria]

i haven't finished the book yet but I did just start it and now I get your name. It literally felt like a lightbulb lighting up in my head.

[@adoniscreed4031]

Muahahaha I can finally watch this video!!! 🔥 I have read the first two books, even though Words of Radiance is absolutely incredible I prefer The Way of Kings, Bridge 4's struggle is just too incredible!!! What an amazing series

[@garrettwyckoff8711]

I JUST finished a reread so this is perfect timing to make sure I haven’t missed anything.

[@Emanon...]

About to start on book 3 after a long hiatus. This was excellent. Thank you.

[@Algo3105]

I loved your video, amazingly done. Can we expect the same video for book 2?

[@akashas6012]

Thanks. This is the best recap ok WoK on KZbin.

[@Jonathan-ug9yu]

The Way of Kings is my favourite book of all time. My absolute number one. I like it more than Words of Radiance.

[@bridge4]

it's difficult for me to choose a favorite book of all-time since my memory only lasts about 3 hours. so it tends to be whatever i read last lol i know one thing though. i looooooooooooove this book. it so good =))

[@keirangrant1607]

"When people say her name all he hears is (noise)"......Wow! Thats some serious PTSD......

[@bridge4]

hey Keiran! i dont want to get too into spoilers since the details for that are in book 3 iirc, but Dalinar's backstory is intense. and its interesting to see how Stormlight fans have reacted to Dalinar as a result of his backstory versus how they react to other characters in the current timeline who are also broken side note, i had said "shshshsh", but the noise cancellation for low decibel sounds removed the last three "sh"s. i then edited a bunch of the audio before getting to that spot and realizing it. so i just copied the one remaining "sh" and pasted three more times, which is why it came across as a more agressive "shshshsh" than my initial recording, which decrescendod lol

[@keirangrant1607]

@@bridge4 I think it was a good piece of editing. It gave me goosebumps, which is why I commented almost immediately. Thank you for putting out videos of books I probably would never have heard about. Now I'm gonna watch the Prologue you did a few weeks ago.

[@bridge4]

no no no Keiran! dont watch that. the prologue to every Stormlight book takes place during the same scene from 6 years prior to the current story. but you dont want to learn stuff from the book 5 prologue until you've read books 1-4 "bridge4" comes from this series ... bridge four. it's a slave crew that carries a bridge for an army =)) The Stormlight Archive is the best ongoing fantasy series imo (and very well may go down as the best fantasy series when it's completed). granted, i'm biased since i love the way Brandon Sanderson writes. But there are many who would agree that Brandon and Stormlight are the best =))

[@keirangrant1607]

@@bridge4 Ok!. I wont watch it until you say so. I am really digging the story brother. And I finally know why you call yourself Bridge4. I thought it had something to so with NJ. You've gotten me into 3 or 4 series/books that I would never have known about otherwise. Thank you Good Sir. As an aside, Szeth seems like an interesting character to me.

[@bridge4]

your intuition is correct. Szeth-son-son-Vallano is a very complex and interesting character =)))

[@klumzy_wizard2619]

Great Summary!! Just finished and was a good way to put it all together in my head!

[@freddymeisner]

I just binged all of the cosmere in the last 6 weeks, great timing

[@vincentd.2284]

This seems kind of spoilery for the following books. The herald story at the beginning is not that clearly explained in Way of Kings. I will come back to this once I have read the others.

[@oregonstate8656]

This was an incredible recap. Do you plan on doing one for WoR? Oathbringer? And RoW? Would love the recaps before diving into wind and truth

[@spencerurban1092]

Love the art in this video!

[@RedSonya4]

I pledged on kickstarter for Brandon’s Four Secret Novels. In the meantime, maybe it’s time for me to do a Cosmere reread.

[@Taytaytaytaytaytaytaytay]

Do the other books! This was so good!

[@poolshark121]

One of the most beautiful books ever.

[@bridge4]

i had stared at the book every time i went to get stuff from my local Barnes and Noble. and although the cover art is great, it didnt appeal to me. so i was behind the ball with this story. but when i finally read book 1, i was like "whoaaaa." and at the time, book 2 was already out. so i was lucky enough to jump right into that =))

[@poolshark121]

@@bridge4 that's so cool. I actually got into the series because of your Channel. I'll forever be a fan of yours for that

[@bridge4]

nice!!

[@hunterwalker2012]

Great video my friend. I look forward to the rest

[@bridge4]

thanks, Hunter!

[@hananiatacorelis2152]

I watched your channel for quite a while because of other franchises and just now realized where your channel name comes from😄

[@michellemobs2221]

Thank you for this I needed a refresher before picking up rhythm of war

[@PerfectCell9]

Wow thanks man what a great summary. Your hard work is very much appreciated.

[@DragonRebornn]

Were you doing summaries for Words of Radiance and Oathbringer?

[@abereese5595]

you need to do more stormlight. especially since the new book is coming out soon!

[@cooldawg2009]

Great summary! Please do more!

[@SlamDancinMoogle]

I think the only issue I have with this video is that it does contain spoilers -- so far nothing major, but giving away the name of Dalinar's wife for those of us who haven't yet discovered it does kind of take something away. In any case, I'll continue listening, but it doesn't bode well if there are other spoilers abounds.

[@cbob213]

Finally. Air-sick lowlander. 😉😝🤘

[@bridge4]

hahah, well played, Gancho!

[@CyFi444]

@bridge4 any chance you will recap the other books?

[@theJoelShow101]

Amazing!! Next books please!

[@annaroselarsen4218]

This is kinda off topic but I'm wrapping up Mistborn today I have 6 chapters left and omg I wish I had picked it up sooner but I'm glad I picked it up its SOOOO GOOD!

[@bridge4]

you said you were doing mistborn era 1, right? ommmg get ready. Sanderson NAILS the landing of the first Mistborn trilogy. its beautiful. and i hear ya. Mistborn is a fantastic story =))

[@annaroselarsen4218]

@@bridge4 yes I'm in book 1 now going on the 2nd mistborn tomorrow !

[@bridge4]

thats what i thought. but your message had me thinking you had gotten up to book 3 lol. book 1 has an awesome ending in its own right. but the one i was referred to is book 3. book 3 is arguably the best ending to a trilogy that ive ever read. please do yourself a favor and avoid googling fan art or the wikis etc until you've read these stories. because there are a ton of huge moments that you dont want to know about until you read them. as always, enjoy =)) side note, because of your message, i began Mistborn book 1 again today lol. only read the prologue so far. my dude Kelsier. one of my favorite characters of all time =))

[@annaroselarsen4218]

@@bridge4 I'm hoping to get the the 3rd book by next Sunday because I can't put it down lol I can't wait to see what happens in book 2! And that is awesome that you're reading mistborn again. Question how many times have you re read the series ?

[@bridge4]

mistborn era 1? i have no idea. well more than a few. probably around 10-12? im just guessing though. its pretty short compared to alot of what i read, so i sometimes get the urge and tear through series like this and witcher within 3-5 days. and they are fun rides every time =))

[@alissonperez]

Awesome! Thanks for that!!

[@chukwudisimere8463]

where can i get part 2 of your explained version

[@purplecat733]

I’m still kind of confused on why they fight is it like for money for food? Like what are the heart shards? I just don’t understand that.

[@stewmond]

Can you please recap all the books before book 5 is released?

[@jakecruz9828]

Will we ever get a fantasy story with names like Bob or John?

[@bridge4]

lol whats up jake. Mistborn Era 2 has a "Wayne" ... granted, it's a play on the phrase "Wax and Wane" (and Wax's name is Waxillium, which is not normal lol)

[@mrsduncanthetall]

🤣🤣jake

[@brianmckee2267]

pfft, wheres the fun in that. or is this a joke about how ASOIAF does it. King Bobby B and John Snow etc.

[@nuggetdoja871]

What was the voice saying "yes" for then?

[@adoniscreed4031]

Looking at the pictures you use I am incapable of not imagining Gavillar and Elohkar as blonde even though it makes no sense that they would be blonde as that is not an Alethi trait so much so that its a standout trait of Adolin and Renarin! But I can't help my mind 🤣

[@mrsduncanthetall]

soooooo excited to see this❤

[@bridge4]

Apothecary: "I have a potion which, if slipped into her drink, will make her regard you with favor." Kaladin raised an eyebrow. Syl, however, opened her mouth in an amazed expression. "You should give that to Gaz, Kaladin. It would be nice if he liked you more." I doubt that's what it's intended for, Kaladin thought with a smile.

[@mrsduncanthetall]

@@bridge4 🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ this is the best series you could Ever recommend me.

[@bridge4]

no doubt, gancho. it doesnt get any better =))

[@JRAS_]

I thought this was a different type of video. ive not read any of the cosmere books and Im just about to start with the way of kings. All I'm hearing currently is "This organization fucks up something after 2 million years and causes the great event that means something to someone because this guy with purple eyes went to conquer this kingdom in this map etc etc etc"

[@LESLEYMEASE]

Loved this

[@selfawaremeatpuppet413]

Awesome recap! I've read a lot of fantasy since reading Stormlight the first time and hearing all these details again the series really stands out as one of the best. Among a ton of other stuff I think Sanderson did an excellent job with motivations behind character's actions. The kind of complexity that makes re-reads so worth it. (If anyone is looking to recap then I can stand by the audiobooks they're fantastic. Storm father/Dalinar deliveries in the audiobooks are next level)

[@bridge4]

hear, hear! Brandon Sanderson is awesome. he writes excellent character arcs and huge moments to define them. And Michael Kramer and Kate Reading are terrific audiobook narrators. like you said, some of the lines Michael delivers are so moving!

[@mrsduncanthetall]

Not to mention @bridge 4 fabulous recap.to condense awok in 30 min capturing the best is a huge task in itself

[@selfawaremeatpuppet413]

@@mrsduncanthetall absolutely! I'm looking forward to all of these, I have a feeling it's gonna be even more work for the later books

[@bridge4]

lol. you read my mind. i was just thinking about mistborn and i had a pause like "whoa... so ive got to keep a lot of secrets throughout the first three videos, and then explain what reallllly is going on at the end of mistborn 3" and like you said, the same will apply to Stormlight, as the world and magic system expands, and clarity emerges among the various mysteries this will be fun though. i have such a bad memory, that i tend to forget what happens in my favorite books until i work on youtube projects for them (granted, the silver lining to my bad memory is that i get to enjoy multiple rereads more than i should if i had a working brain lol)

[@mrsduncanthetall]

@@bridge4 📻🎶🎶🎶like a virgin ..touched for the very first time...like a virginnnnn🎶🎶🎶

[@aeradyr7907]

this contain spoilers for the next books guys

[@zakgraham1283]

Thank you

[@MrNH718]

Why don't you have a recap for book 2?

[@laurasalo6160]

I'm totally new to this kind of fantasy (most fantasy, really) and so I just heard a lot of people and fighting with things and people for other things in places and other places for reasons. And magic. I'm sure it's great, by the sounds of the comments, but i have never been so confused by a summary....!?!!?! ...

[@gracesull78756]

i mean that's because it's just a half hour summary of a 1000 page book that's about 40+ hours in audio form 😭 it sounds like you haven't read it, in which case it's much less confusing and such a great read

[@joshuamaher614]

thank you

[@MrGallinavoladora]

Kaladin's eyes are too light on that representation of him. He wouldn't like that.

[@420wierd]

you should do the other books,!

[@seteven41]

I do not speak english as my native language This was really hard to understand haha but regardless I enjoyed it!

[@DrMadPotato]

What a great recap! Just finished Edgedancer and I'm on my way to Oathbringer but this was such a needed refresher, probably going to need all books recapped by the time the 5th book comes out, are you going to recap all stormlight archive books? (Please do)

[@TheErick1116]

An you do the other books like this plz

[@christianrapper]

If you have not read passed book 1 this video is sort of spoilery. Be careful.

[@racyrowdyrocket]

Elhokar sounds like Alucard

[@christianrapper]

Only because of the way that he pronounces it

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[@notribadsvault]

The thumbnail face kinda reminds of the Bill Clinton Rabbi kid