The Stormlight Archives - The Way Of Kings opening scene animatic (edited & dubbed)

original video ‪@meghowes3544‬
sound and voice added by Jared Porras
music:
clocktown remix by Vetrom
The Assassin in White by the black piper
(original book soundtrack)
the first time I saw this video I was so impressed and inspired that I wanted to add my own creative touch to Meg Howes' video. I've had very little experience with sound design but I'm so happy with how this turned out.
Enjoy!

[@Hoops_Fan]

"Szeth son son Valano, truthless of Shinovar wore white on the day he was to kill a king."

[@DarcOfTheShadows]

"White not to blend in. White to give notice. For if you were going to assassinate a man, he was entitled to see you coming."

[@unhackerthelaziestbastardo6083]

He wore white on the day he did the Cosmere a favour.

[@bwgaming-lq4gd]

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[@jito7377]

Jared Porras, painter of the truthleas of Shinovar wore white on the day he was to animate a king.

[@RexusprimeIX]

I bet 5 emerald broams that the man sleeping on the table and making that ink spill on the Ardent's missive was Dalinar.

[@sebastiangutierrez9102]

I bet it was hoid's mssive

[@saki1333]

I bet it was a Herald ( forgot his name )

[@JeremyHoffman]

Who caught Wit writing the first of the epigraph letters to Frost? "Old friend, I hope this missive finds you well. Though, as you are now essentially immortal, I would guess that wellness on your part is something of a given." Who caught the Clock Town music from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask?

[@GhostKingDeAngelo]

I love the detail that Szeth looks utterly miserably the entire time, and looks uncomfortable with what he is doing. It really shows how even though everyone thinks he is evil, he is just following orders.

[@Salvanore]

1:04 Jezrien was present during that memorable evening, didn't know that - I should reread the archives

[@noahgoff4744]

The fact that Szeth is kicking his ass in the book makes it less wild that the man doesn’t chase, thus making Szeths deduction even more impressive tbh

[@dylanhalifaux]

10/10 for adding Jezrien.

[@thebygoneking]

You forgot one of the most critical lines in the opening “You must find the most important words a man can say”, Gavalar tells Szeth to say this to Dalinar, **spoiler** It leads into Dalinar swearing the first ideal of the Bondsmith, and following that also leads to Dalinar telling Odium “You can’t have my pain”. Finally, it leads onto Dalinar saying “The most important step a man can take, is not the first one. It’s the next one.”

[@Sebastianbertolotto1880]

*MAJOR SPOILER FOR BOOK 5* *NO KIDDING SPOILER* *REALLY, SPOILER FROM THE PROLOGUE OF BOOK 5* *IS BETTER IF YOU WATCH THE PROLOGUE IN BRANDON SANDERSON KZbin* In the prologue, we see that Gavilar said that because he was saying random phrases to the supposed "Stormfather" trying to become a herald (yes, that´s right) and the "Stormfather" told him to stop saying random shit and won´t trust anyone from the Kholin family again. In the end, Gavilar never was even close to figuring it out the words and was an awful person.

[@stevenhedge2850]

just seen this but i do love the little easer eggs, like that its clearly wit writing the message in the beginning, and where the old drunk is sitting

[@Kenwood_DigitalArt]

Wow you animated this perfectly, I finished this chapter months ago and could recall every moment as I watched ❤❤❤

[@J-radPorras]

As much as I appreciate it, I did not create the animatic. It was created by Meghowes, I just added the voice and effects.

[@joagluck]

It was great, but too bad you didn't add message from king for his brother, writen by Shet with blood.

[@nadavos0147]

"Tell... tell my brother... he must find the most important words a man can say..."

[@ajbXYZcool]

*Szeth-son-son-vallano, Truthless of Shinovar

[@finnmyers7137]

This is a really cool proof of concept for a Stormlight Archive adaptation. You left out a few things that need to be there. But other than that, this is so cool.

[@cambabamba4159]

Proof of why a Stormlight Archives film adaptation NEEDS to be animated

[@Bowtiedhillbilly]

I agree. I don’t think it could be done in live action.

[@aedalis8894]

Spoiler: - - - - - The drunk sitting on the statue is actually Jezrien, Herald, whose blade is the one that Szeth uses in this scene.

[@bonelessbooks9263]

Isn’t he sitting under a statue of himself to boot?

[@leira_elmira]

Such fun details to have

[@IceGavel]

"Tell my brother... _he_ must find the most important Words a man can say..."

[@enki8161]

You captured the stuff that was hard to even imagine when reading this for the first time. Incredible work

[@that_nerdy_hylian]

That was such an amazing animation! The fight scenes were great, it was even cooler than I had imagined reading all the flashbacks to then!

[@SugarTheRat]

Szeth son son Vallano, truthless of Shinovar, wore white on the day he was to kill a king.

[@harrison127]

This is really amazing, I just wish you included Gavilar's dying words. That line sets the entire events of the series in motion.

[@Emily-kh3zj]

ayyy!!!! instantly recognised the Assasin In White tune!!! So glad to see an animatic with it!

[@Emily-kh3zj]

This is so well done!! matches the ebb and flow of the music really well!!

[@Bowtiedhillbilly]

I love the detail of Jezrien’s Honorblade in the statue as being the same as Szeth’s sword. Great attention to detail!

[@matousrehak5556]

This must have taken so much time! It’s amazing I love how you did the fight scenes

[@WilliamGerot]

The only problem I have with the animation, great as it is, is that Szeth's blade should be much longer, as all of the blades are, especially the honorblades. Although I do admit, animating something as intricate as that would be painstaking

[@mvaalh]

Actually, I'm pretty sure the honor blade szeth had was described as short and thin.

[@WilliamGerot]

@@mvaalh Yeah, much more than the others but it is supposed to be the size of a regular sword, as opposed to a 6ft long sword the rest have, the one in the animatic looks unwieldly small.

[@mvaalh]

@@WilliamGerot good point

[@Ramax_]

@@WilliamGerot I think they can get as long as 10ft

[@bettylou1030]

Beautiful job!

[@tungsten8or]

THIS IS AMAZING, OH MY GOSH! HOW MUCH EFORT WAS THIS!

[@alexpallaressierra7730]

No idea what was that. Never read the book. I love it

[@galaxydeathskrill5607]

Me too, only read The Final Empire

[@bonelessbooks9263]

@@galaxydeathskrill5607 READ IT!!! Stormlight is so great!! That’s where all the stuff from the rest of the Cosmere starts coming together. You won’t regret it

[@galaxydeathskrill5607]

@@bonelessbooks9263 oh I know, I'm just saving it for the best time hehe

[@yasielromero8236]

this deserves so many more views. Awesome!

[@matteabrown195]

This is awesome! Great job! I'd love to see more

[@xo_a]

seriously this is so underrated. i think ive seen your art on pinterest as well! awesome job dude

[@joshuaglenn6605]

Very well done man, I really enjoyed this and appreciate your dedication to the Archive

[@melissaroberts2299]

So cool!

[@La_Cabra_Astral]

man, this is superb work

[@biggideal]

so so so sooo good, left me with goosebumps

[@rileyhartis748]

You did an amazing adaptation of the beginning of the book that was very cool to see animated

[@user-ik4kh9lt6d]

Excellent! Just like the book!

[@johnnysomething153]

Small detail but he seems to have thrown his shardblade at Gavalar’s hand to stop him from conjuring his own blade. There was blood there even though shardblade doesn’t cut the body but the soul.

[@curiousmelon7272]

This was awesome thank you ❤

[@BackAlleyTANGO]

Amazing work! Damn that was impressive O:

[@trailblazer2339]

Exactly as I imagined while reading this chapter.

[@praxisplaysmc9313]

This is awesome

[@isiwol]

this is SO GOOD, omg

[@SpunkyGrubber]

This was legit! Thanks dude :)

[@frangocommel]

very well made, my friend... congratulations

[@ErickCorderoAK]

This is superb!

[@RandomizedYoutuber012]

The music was perfectly cut, well done on the edit

[@ericgabrielbautistajaimes9187]

new sub, this was amazing

[@NoahPopejoy]

I so badly want Studio Mir to adapt The Stormlight Archive.

[@youdontknowme2913]

Lore accurate prolouge animation

[@valiantswordgaming4619]

great job

[@ikercaballerocano9643]

AMAZING CONGRATS

[@upside_you_mop]

Ayy nice edits

[@FA-bp3po]

Woooow better than I imagined

[@catpowers9932]

fuck this makes me want to reread the books

[@machamccone3992]

Aghhh this is soooo coooolll

[@kodyswenson5634]

Make more Stormlight Archive videos!! So awesome!

[@LuzzyStef]

For real

[@hawkfu]

That was sick

[@Kyrbi0]

Dang this was good

[@thomasray]

Wait, Aang killed Gavilar?

[@maddiem8238]

BRO THIS IS SO GOOD I NEED TO REREAD

[@maddiem8238]

BRO AND THE MUSIC HITS AT THE RIGHT SPOTS

[@maddiem8238]

AND SYLPH AT THE END

[@RandomizedYoutuber012]

“W-What are you?” “What am I? I, am sorry”

[@NataliaPunko]

That first soundtrack was far from the descriptions, but evrrything else was great

[@tonyrockywarrior4096]

This is almost exactly how I imagined it

[@SirCowdog]

Pretty good! A few minor details missing, but you captured the souls of the scene.

[@itsfynn]

yo do you do commisions

[@rainynight02]

Was not expecting the Zelda music there

[@TheLegend-gj6bw]

You need to add to the title (reimagined).

[@jdfranco25]

Aces my dudes.

[@noahgoff4744]

Honorblade is gunna so much bigger than that

[@emanuelestellano3412]

in fact, Honor blades are more like actual swords, the fancy looking and gigant ones are the shard-blades, 'couse Spoiler: they are Spren

[@luna6445]

i wish u showed zseth geting the shit punched out of him it made me laught so hard when i read it

[@milkman4407]

Szeth grimaced after killing the second guy, but why, he could have easily injured him with the spear, and it was not required to kill him, which means he did it out of free will

[@joshuafischer684]

If I remember correctly, Szeth was ordered to cause destruction and mayhem. His actions, along with the Parshendi leaders' surrender, provided a distraction for the rest of the Parshendi to escape Kholinar. And yes, since Szeth's sentencing as Truthless was wrong, he was never bound to murder. We see that when he speaks with Nale at the end of Words of Radiance, that it was only his own code of honor that kept him obeying the holder of his Oathstone.

[@iamaperson.9471]

I don't get the magic system here. Are the lamps magical or is he doing all this with light?

[@ephraimcullen]

In the book, gemstones glow after storms and certain people can harness this stormlight to do a variety of "Magics" Normal people just use the gems for illumination because they don't know there are magical folk who can weaponize it. Szeth, the assassin in white, can use the light he consumes to heal himself and control gravity.

[@Bradoblue]

Is this word for word how it goes down? I thought Szeth was the one who was knocked to the balcony and crashed it down with himself and Gavalar?

[@biggideal]

do all the chapters!

[@MrKommienezuspadt]

Really good, better than anything hollywood could produce at least.

[@Jenin_12]

*Spoiler* I love how we see Jezrien in this prologue.

[@that_nerdy_hylian]

Clock town?!

[@that_nerdy_hylian]

The fact that I associate that song very strongly with Majoras Mask makes this animatic funnier

[@zontawedge2112]

why didn't he write "unite them" for king gavilar?

[@5ofineed5aladder]

Shit did szeth really leave the spear under the guy falling like that? I read that scene like 4 times and must not have noticed damn