The Mystery of Jasnah Kholin | Stormlight Archive Secrets & Easter Eggs #3

[@Sheija]

I can't imagine what's in Jasnah's flashbacks. The fact that Taln, whose flashbacks will presumably take us from Ashyn, through the Oathpact, the Desolations, and his time on Braize, is book 9 and not 10 is crazy.

[@dookieshoe2905]

I'm curious of what her ideals were. I alwasy assumed that she made it to her fourth ideal so quickly because she is so intelligent and would understand pretty easily how the ideals work. If this is the case though, then why hasn't she spoken the fifth yet? I'm sure it all has to do with her past so it must be very difficult and troubling for her if she hasn't said it yet. B$ is an evil man to make us wait so long for these answers. XD

[@Girentina242]

Did Brandon ever say what books are getting what flashbacks? Didn't know Taln was 9 and Jasnah was 10!

[@Sheija]

@@Girentina242 Yup it’s Lift book 6, Renarin book 7, Shalash book 8, Taln book 9 and Jasnah book 10.

[@Girentina242]

@@Sheija Thanks! RENARIN FLASHBACKS LETS GOOOOOOOOO!

[@tonyfriendly4409]

Jasnah is a mystery wrapped in an enigma. Seeing such an interesting person elevated to Queen of Alethkar was interesting, I can't wait to see how Jasnah and Navani influence the future of Roshar.

[@harrywetherell774]

Can’t believe we might be waiting 15 years for the Jasnah flashbacks… 🥲

[@floydroid772]

At least we can believe they'll actually happen

[@dookieshoe2905]

Hey, it's a good reason to stay in shape for those of us who aren't so young anymore. Anything can happen in that time and I want to be here when book 10 releases. 😅

[@Betadel]

More like 20 years

[@ThanatoselNyx]

Isn't there a 10 real years gap between book 5 and 6?

[@dookieshoe2905]

@@ThanatoselNyx yeah, that's why they said it might be 15 years before we get to Jasnah's book, which probably won't be book 6 so it'll be even longer than 10 years.

[@UnalloyedLore]

Storms! I hadn't noticed Aesudan's addition. Great find.

[@sirgoo9962]

Brandon Sanderson said once Jasnah would be, if not a major, *the* major character of the second half of the series. It's insane to think what we don't know yet, especially if her flashbacks are set for the very final book of the series.

[@troyharbpro]

I’m not sure what happened to Jasnah as a kid, but I’m leaning towards the idea that her mental state was changed magically, as opposed to this being a reference to her experience with real-world psychological issues. Brandon has often made a distinction between the two; i.e. while Kaladin has depression, Nale is magically bonkers. Sooo if Jasnah was experimented on to become a Herald/Radiant as a kid, it would make sense that she got “magical mental trouble” from the process.

[@SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

She is such a great character! Looking forward to learning more about her backstory!

[@morganasay7759]

Great work. You strike a careful balance between informing of possible plot points that could require further digging, without going full “twilight zone”. I really appreciate this

[@jonathanmurray834]

Closer to launch, will you be making a long “catching you up to book 5” video

[@LostinDiscovery]

That's a cool idea! Perhaps

[@DanBSmith83]

Yes it is

[@keniafarias9576]

Can’t wait to learn more about her. Kaladin and Jasnah are my 2 favorite characters.

[@ExploringTheCosmere]

Intriguing video! It will be very interesting to see Jasnah's flashback chapters. I think the Aesudan part may have been a mistake in an early draft of the prologue because when Brandon read the prologue on his KZbin channel he said Navani in place of Aesudan.

[@mistborn724]

I didn't notice the Aesudan connection until watching this, but I just read in chapter 63 of WoR that the Ghostbloods think Dalinar left someone in Alethkar to spy on the queen. There's definitely more to her than I originally thought.

[@newbiesama]

5:18 I have two thought: 1) He broke her, because he knew spren only bound themself to broken people. 2) She was somehow foreseeing the future. This would also give Brandon a good way out to explain why Gavalar knew so much.

[@b3n835]

Hell yeah! Keep up the good work homie

[@bim41337]

I'm really excited for Book 5, but I gotta say I have neither the time nor the desire to re-read all prior parts of the series to be prepared for it. I hope I'm able to keep up with it when it comes out.

[@tonykuriger573]

The speculation about Gavilar trying to break Jasnah is a rabbit hole I'd go down. Jasonian's video about spiritual damage in the cosmere lends a lot of weight to this theory.

[@thomazeblen]

knowing that hoid and jasna are somewhat of a couple, and she loves knowlage more than tounch, i find that theres a change hoid star to tell her about other planets, and mistborns and alike, theres a chage she becomes a mistborn by book10. since more conections with the other cosmere books will be happening by then

[@GermanTodd]

This is such brilliant, illuminating, and scholarly commentary! Well done!

[@GrapefruitPizza]

My favorite pages are always the ones with her on them

[@danl455]

Yaaaas

[@rosssims7224]

What edition of the book is that?

[@Alexhamsher09]

Is the stick the survival shard???

[@ghostbass_alex]

Which flashbacks are slated for SA arc 2 books? I can’t find it online 🧐

[@ericF-17]

They are on the seventeenth shard page for the Stormlight Archive

[@mkaiww]

I feel like the flashbacks in book 10 are going to be as long as the way of kings on their own

[@JB-qg6on]

Jasnah Colon 😂😂😂😂