#AND HES FROM SCADRIAL

[willshaper]

FELT??????

[shouldprobablybereading]

I like that dragonsteel decided to release the much requested art/lore book through the rpg just after wind and truth undid like half of it

[lamaery]

SPOILER for The end of WIND AND TRUTH Told you, there’s more :D 💙 🪩 ✨ 🕶️ 🌩️ Honor is Dad, but he brought the new kid to the rink so they might learn some important bits. 

Vessel is vessel, no matter how long they hold the power. So the jorts are back, not that there was much to be added from the Beach AU look …

More Shard Roller Disco AU: Roshar Cultivations, Honor and Odium Nalthis Endowment Sel and Scadrial Devotion, Dominion, Preservation and Ruin Scadrial 2 Preservation and Harmony First of the Sun and Taldain Autonomy Threnody Ambition Roshar 2 (row spoilers) Odium Roshar 3 Bonus Dawnshard (spoilers) Roshar 4 (wat spoilers) Retribution Roshar 5 (WaT spoilers) Honor Dawnshard Bonus 2 (WaT and Sunlit spoilers)

[friendlyghostintheattic]

By End of Wind and Truth our favorite characters are:

Kaladin Stormblessed: Reforged the Oathpact, now the tenth Herald, replacing Jezrin, presumed dead, physically on Braize, mentally in the Spiritual Realm with the other Heralds

Shallan Davar: Trapped in Shadesmar with Pattern and Testament, with no way out, and possibly pregnant

Adolin Kholin: Founder of the Unoathed, In Azimir, one of the only kingdoms that isn’t under control by Retribution, and isn’t experiencing a constant Everstorm

Renarin and Jasnah Kholin: Starting a representative government in Urithiru

Navani Kholin: put into a protective coma along the Sibling to preserve the tower against Retribution

Dalinar: killed by Retribution, in the beyond, but he left part of himself in the Spiritual Realm that Retribution is in control of

Venli - the Listeners control the Shattered Plain as an independent nation and the war with the Alethi is finally over

Wit - currently on Scadrial, regrown from a cell culture after Retribution vaporized him

Sigzil - no longer a Windrunner due to breaking his oaths, given a Dawnshard by Wit to prevent Retribution getting it, leaving Roshar through Shadesmar, as part of an Irialai caravan, joined by 12124, Szeth’s old Spren, who will later become Auxiliary

[theskytraveler]

Taravodium is giving his PowerPoint presentation of what he believes is the greater good for the cosmere and asking Jasnah if she would let Roshar be destroyed to protect all the other planets and honestly he's having this conversation with the wrong person. Can someone please bring in Kelsier? Mr. "I founded a secret organization with the sole purpose of protecting Scadrial from all threats" would thrive in this discussion. And he'd also slap Taravodium square in the face because that's his brand and personally I'd love to see that

[cosmerelists]

If Cosmere Characters Were Given Three Wishes From a Genie...

As requested by anon. :)

[A few of the jokes in this are WAT spoilers! They are marked in the entry title in case you need to skip 'em]

Cosmere characters have just rubbed a magic lamp and now they're being offered three wishes by a genie! How will that go for them?

1. Steris

Genie: There are three rules! Genie: I cannot kill anyone, I cannot bring anyone back to life, and I cannot make anyone fall in love. Steris: (Taking notes) Can I wish for more wishes? Genie: No. Steris: Can I wish for someone else to have more wishes? Genie: Also no. Steris: Can I cancel a wish in the future if I no longer want it? Genie: ...no. Steris: Can I modify a wish after wishing it? Genie: ...no. Steris: I see. Steris: My first wish, then, is to help you create an actual Wish Rule Handbook because that, I'm afraid, is a lot more than three rules. Steris: Let's get drafting! Genie: Why am I afraid

2. Kelsier

Kelsier: Three wishes? Amazing! Kelsier: First, I'd like to finally obtain the exact physical body I've been dreaming of all these years! Kelsier: Second, I'd like Scadrial to be utterly protected from the nefarious designs of Odium or any other hostile Shard. Kelsier: And third, I'd like Hoid to stub his toe every day for the rest of his life. Kelsier: Phew! That was way easier than what I've been doing! Kelsier: I can't believe I wasted hundreds of years on machinations, ha ha! Genie: ... Kelsier: What?

3. Szeth [Mild WAT spoilers!]

Szeth: (suspiciously) Wishes? Szeth: As in, things that I personally want? Szeth: What is this, some kind of therapy? Szeth: Away with you! Genie: H-Hey, if you want to wish for some therapy, it sounds like that might be kind of helpful for you? Szeth: Away, I say! Genie: Well, I tried.

4. Taravangian

Taravangian: [slams a 400-page tome down on the table] Taravangian: This is my first wish--it includes caveats for every possible loophole, bad faith interpretation, and/or unintended consequence. Taravangian: I declare that this whole book constitutes the sum total of Wish #1. Genie: ...Which is? Taravangian: I'd like Hoid to stub his toe every day for as long as he lives. Genie: ... Genie: That wish required 400 pages?! Taravangian: I like to be thorough.

5. Vin

Vin: I would like to always have the exact metal or metals I desire in my flask as soon as I desire them. Vin: I'd also like Elend to feel a surge of reassurance that yes of course I love him whenever he feels doubt. Genie: Two very fine wishes. What is your third? Vin: Hmmm.... Vin: Honestly, I just keep thinking that I'd like to be faster than a horse. Genie: ...Like, horses in general or one specific horse? Vin: Just...horses in general. Genie: ...It's not the weirdest wish I've heard today.

6. Adolin [WAT SPOILERS!]

Adolin: Oooh, I've always wanted the ability to point at an outfit in a fashion magazine and instantly have that outfit in my perfect size. Genie: Granted! Adolin: I'd also like Shallan to be brought here safely to Azimir if that's what she wants--like, please ask her first just in case. Genie: Granted! Adolin: ... Adolin: I would also like everyone to think I gave those wishes in the reverse order. Genie: Granted! Adolin: Wait, does that count as a wish?? Adolin: ... Adolin: No, actually I'm okay with that.

7. Azure

Azure: I would like to know where Nightblood is, please. Azure: I've been looking for so long! It's IMPOSSIBLE to find! Genie: [silently hands her a map] Azure: ... Azure: IT'S BEEN ON ROSHAR THE WHOLE TIME?!

8. Lightsong

Lightsong: You grant three wishes, huh? Lightsong: I can only grant one wish. And I have to die to do it. Genie: That's a tough break. Lightsong: Well, to be fair I live a life of luxury and worship, rather than being trapped in a tiny lamp. Genie: I appreciate that. Many people treat my abilities as frivolous, wishing for things they could obtain for themselves if they tried or for things they should never truly have. Genie: It is a genuine relief to meet someone who understands the true import of wishes. Lightsong: ... Lightsong: I was gonna wish for you to hand me that glass so I don't have to get up, but now it feels awkward. Genie: ... Lightsong: I'm just really comfortable right now.

9. Kaladin

Kaladin: [muttering to himself] Can't wish for all of my friends to be safe. They'd probably be magically locked in a room forever or something. Kaladin: I could wish for Oroden to grow up happy, but what if that means he dies if he gets sad or something? Or like loses the ability to feel things? Kaladin: I could wish for Moash to go back to how he was, but how could I take away his ability to make choices? Kaladin: It's too much! I don't want any wishes! Genie: Uh....granted? Kaladin: Did that count as a wish???

10. Venli

Venli: I wish for your freedom. Genie: ... Genie: As your first wish? Venli: Yup. Genie: Not as, like, your third wish after you obtain two other wishes? Venli: Nah. Genie: W-Who are you?? Venli: I'm a Willshaper, baby. Tumi: [hums contentedly]

[stolen-stardust]

after finishing wind and truth, the lost metal is kinda fucking wild in retrospect right. what’s the timeline here. when shallan’s talking to kell he says it’s been months for her but years for him (and the rest of the cosmere). does that mean all of era 2 happened in that time?? sounds like it from what he described??

is that why twinsoul described iyatil as running amok on roshar? did they just go months or Years without clear correspondence from any rosharan ghostbloods and didn’t confirm iyatil was dead until shallan mentioned that?? and she’d been dead for Years??????

like okay i need Exact numbers on the time dilation nonsense STAT. right after it starts ulaam implies hours on roshar = weeks on scadrial. even though its balancing out that’s fuckin Crazy.

did odium/retribution have something to do with autonomy moving against scadrial after all??? i’m going insane

[vins-paranoia]

See, I don't really blame Rashek for accidenatally turning Scadrial into a post-apocalyptic wasteland. He was doing his best under stressful circumstances, and on top of being new to the whole being a god thing, he had a short time limit

But the social hierarchy? The fuck was that about??? Legit what was running through his head

"Lemme just enslave 90% of the population, no biggie"

"Hooray! I prevented everyone from dying, now it's time to make them regret being alive in the first place!"

"Oh it's okay to become a tyrant whose empire is built on the backs of slaves, I saved the world once, I get a pass:)"

[cosmermaid]

The abandonment of the Oathpact predates the Lord Ruler. There was established trade between Scadrial and other worlds that the Lord Ruler knew about and allowed. Which means there were worldhoppers in the time of the final empire that KNEW what was going on with Scadrial and did not care to do anything about it.

By the time Kelsier learns of all this his planet is dying, and the Worldhoppers he meets are Hoid, who mocks him, Khriss and Nazh who threaten him and only offer a knife as assistance, and some Elantrians that are lurking like vultures to steal a shard. A shard that is NEEDED to prevent Scadrial from being destroyed.

The Cosmere at large proved to Kelsier that it would let an entire planet die at best and seek to destroy it at worst.

Despite all this, we see the Ghostbloods behave surprisingly cordially to people from other worlds. (Mraize is an ass but that's another topic.) Kelsier doesn't treat other worlds as enemies even when he's treating them as potential threats. His Scadrial first attitude doesn't seem to come from any kind of xenophobia, but because from his perspective SOMEBODY has to prioritize Scadrial or else it will die. And he isn't wrong.

[abalidoth]

what is cosmere? (is that what its called?)

The Cosmere is a big, interconnected fantasy universe that is the setting of most of the works by the author Brandon Sanderson. The cool thing about his books is that each series is contained to its own world, and you can read any of them in isolation without realizing you're missing anything, but if you read them all you get a sense of the larger plot happening behind the scenes as those worlds start to collide and things cross over.

Brandon's magic systems tend to be very rule-based and well-defined, with a lot of twists being characters finding interesting ways to use those rules of magic. This lends itself well to the crossovers, because all the magic systems (as different as they are) share the same underpinning principles.

Here's some quick rundowns of different series and standalones in the Cosmere:

The Stormlight Archive

Planned ten-book series, currently four books are out.

A massive sprawling epic about the world Roshar, that's hit by a hurricane about every four days, and all the life has adapted to survive that environment. Knights Radiant -- superpowered individuals with a close bond to a spirit -- are starting to re-emerge in the world after being absent for centuries.

Because there are so many characters, this is where a lot of the character fandom tends to focus their efforts. I wouldn't recommend starting with it, though -- the first book alone is a thousand pages. I'd wait until you have a sense of Brandon's writing. But it's very good.

Mistborn

One trilogy (completed), one tetralogy set a couple hundred years later (completed), two trilogies some time in the future.

One cool thing about this series is that it follows one world (Scadrial) from a vaguely Renaissance tech level in the first trilogy, to 1920s in the second series, and eventually 1980s in the third and space-age magic in the fourth.

The magic itself is very intricate and all woven around metals -- there are people called Metalborn who can ingest metals and burn them in their stomachs to get different effects, including super-senses, strength, and Magneto-ish metallokinesis. That last bit makes the gunfights in the second series particularly fun.

The first book is a heist novel about robbing a thousand-year-old God-Emperor blind. It's a pretty good place to start, although it's a pretty hefty novel to start with.

The Emperor's Soul

I'm putting this one in a different category from the rest of the one-offs for a very good reason -- it's, in my opinion, the single best place to start reading the Cosmere.

It's a novella (just over a hundred pages) about a forger named Shai who uses magic to rewrite the histories of objects. She is captured by the government of an empire to reforge the soul of their Emperor, who has been left braindead after an assassination attempt, in the 100 days before the mourning period is over.

It's a fantastic meditation on art, a cool introduction to the way Brandon writes both characters and magic systems, and Shai herself is one of my favorite Cosmere characters. If any of this sounds at all interesting to you, I recommend you check it out.

One-offs

Brandon has also written a bunch of one-off novels in the Cosmere.

Elantris: His first book, and the one that my tattoo is from. About a prince who is affected by a dark transformation and thrown into a city of fellow undead, and the princess betrothed to him who arrives just in time to be told he died. Good, but suffers from some first book issues, pacing problems, and weird plot cul-de-sacs. Set in the same world as The Emperor's Soul, although there's basically no crossover.

Warbreaker: About a world where souls (Breaths) are bought and sold, and used to animate objects to do work, ruled by The Returned, living gods who require a steady dose of Breaths to live. One of my favorites, and an essential if you'd like to get into the crossover-y parts of the cosmere, as it introduces a bunch of elements that show up later (Especially in Stormlight)

Tress of the Emerald Sea: The first of his wildly successful Kickstarter project books, it's a fairy tale style story about a girl who braves a sea of bubbling, deadly spores to rescue the man she loves. It's lovely, especially if you're into a more Diana Wynne Jones kind of vibe to your fantasy. Probably a pretty good place to start!

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter: The third Kickstarter book. About a shrine priestess who stacks rocks to draw spirits, and a man who paints the nightmares that roam the streets of his city to banish them -- they become trapped in each other's places and must learn about each other's worlds to survive. This is currently my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE cosmere novel, oh my GOD it's so good. I'm not sure it's a great place to start, as a lot of the conclusion might feel a bit rushed if you don't have a good feel for the vibe of how Brandon writes magic, but honestly it might stand alone just fine even then.

The Sunlit Man: Fourth Kickstarter book. I haven't read this one yet.

Novellas: There are a bunch of novellas and short stories, some set on worlds we haven't otherwise seen, some set on Roshar or Scadrial.

If any of this sounds good to you, I recommend you give his writing a shot. He's one of my all time favorite writers (the tattoo should prove that, lol) and the Cosmere fandom is by and large wonderful and welcoming. I've made many lifelong friendships there.

[gabwynart]

Just finished Wind and Truth and... I have a lot of issues with this book, I love it, sure, its still a Brandon Sanderson Book and I like it, but when this books is supossed to be the closing part of the first arc of the stormlight archive I was expecting more

SPOILERS ALERT!!!!!!! READ WIND AND TRUTH!!!!!11

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The good:

-Adolin, like, if you have read the book you know why this is here, he is literally doom guy tryin his darn best to protect the city, be a friend, help his ex, help the morale of the team and just making the right thing, without powers

-Taravangian showing how hipocrite Jasnah was, I know its an important character trail that Jasnah believes she is superior to everyone else and always has a snarky comment to reflect any insult, but in this book taravangian DESTROYS HER WITH FACTS AND LOGIC (sorry I just wanted to type that lol)

-Tanavast chapters finally giving us some more lore

-Gavilar prelude is 100% the best prologue

-SHALLAN IS PREGNANTTTTTT GIRLLLLLLLLLL

-Kaladin and Syl dancing

-Taravangian winning and 3 seconds later realizing "Oh sh*t the other shards now are loooking at me "

The bad

-WHY DOES THE SPIRITUAL REALM CAN HOLD A LIVING BEING FOR 20 YEARS AND THEN SPIT OUT LIKE NOTHING?? IS THIS THE TIME CHAMBER FROM DBZ????!!! THATS SO STUPID, WHY DID ODIUM WASTED SO MUCH TIME WITH THE FUSED AND THE EVERSTORM IF HE COULD JUST TRAIN A SUPER ARMY FOR 100 YEARS IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM

-WHY DID BOTH KALADIN AND SZETH JUST DONT GIVE A F*CK ABOUT ACHIEVING 5 IDEAL ORDER?????????

-NAVANI REALLY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING RELEVANT

-THE SO CALLED DAWNSHARD "ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPONS IN THE COSMERE" DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ON THIS BOOK

-Thaidakar get your lame ass back to scadrial because you achieve nothing on this book

[foxoftamriel]

Mistborn AU where Ruin is the protagonist and Preservation is the antagonist

Ati was able to control Ruin a little bit more, channeling its Intent to destroy things that harmed humanity. But Preservation still did not like this destruction. He would rather humanity be harmed, but not destroyed, so long as everything in the universe stays stable with all its processes working smoothly. In his mind, Ruin is messing with the natural order of things, so he locks Ruin up. Preservation in this AU is more stable, so he continues to affect things around Scadrial to keep everything The Same. But Ruin was still trying to get out. Alendi and all that stuff happens, but Preservation uses Rashek killing Alendi for his own goals, manipulating him to create an empire without change. It doesn’t matter if people suffer, so long as everything is The Same.

Flash forward to the books, and Ruin manages to get enough of his power into the world to infuse Kelsier with some of it (fun morally good destruction guy, Ruin loves him). Kelsier notices he has some weird powers that he shouldn’t have, and it excites him, but it also freaks him it since he has no idea where it comes from. Eventually, an Inquisitor “accidentally” spikes him so Ruin can speak to him, explaining his plans. Kelsier is excited because a god trying to kill The Lord Ruler? Awesome! So he works with Ruin to kill Rashek. He still dies in this AU but becomes a Cognitive Shadow with Ruin’s Investiture, not Preservation’s.

Ruin figures out that in order to stop Preservation, they *both* need to be destroyed, so most from here on out goes similar to canon, with Harmony/Discord being created. Vin still has to take the power of Preservation to defeat Ruin, which really pisses Kel off.

[foxofscadrial]

New Years Headcanons for The Cosmere

Roshar (mostly Alethkar)- New Year’s Day is seen as a day for drinking, dueling, and worshipping the Heralds. Adolin loves celebrating New Year’s Day, but Dalinar didn’t want to celebrate on the Shattered Plains because they were literally at war, it was a religious day for him more than celebratory. Later on, Adolin usually celebrates New Year’s with Shallan and Kal. Kal doesn’t like New Year’s but Adolin and Shallan do so he comes along anyway.

Scadrial- During the Final Empire, New Year’s was “celebrated” as the anniversary of The Lord Ruler’s ascension. It’s not really a fun day, the ministry hosts religious ceremonies, but there’s no partying or fun. In current Scadrial however, people are obsessed with New Year’s. There’s a ton of partying, fireworks, and they do stay up until midnight. There are a lot of rioters at New Year’s parties rioting people’s excitement about the new year. Wayne loves it, but Wax and Steris prefer more quiet celebration at home. Wax has a weird relationship with New Year’s stemming from his weird relationship with Harmony. Marasi has fun with it, but she doesn’t go to the really intense parties. Kelsier loves to disguise himself and join the celebrations, it helps him feel human again.

Nalthis- Hallandran loves New Years. Everything is somehow more colorful than it usually is. People tend to repaint their homes, give more art to the gods, and paint art on the streets. Vivenna was terrified her first Hallandran New Years but Siri loved it and so did Susebron. Idris doesn’t really celebrate, they think it’s ostentatious.

I honestly don’t remember Sel enough to make headcanons lol

[syllarinfirinne]

Random thoughts about Wind and Truth (some of them mainly about the ending and the fallout thereof, so spoiler warning):

If Roshar is in a time bubble where roughly 10 years will pass while 70-80 will pass outside of it I cannot wait to see what technological advancements worlds like Scadrial, Sel, Nalthis, Komashi, and even Lumar or Canticle (which while neither have a Shard, both have large amounts of Investiture and have been visited by spacefaring Scadrialians). Specifically Id love to see what kind of advancements Scadrial and Komashi make in the next 80 years, as the former has created trains while being on pace for discovering the radio while the latter has electricity. Steam and Electric power, without magic, signaled a technological boom in our own history, as within 100 years of Steam Powered Trains we had cars, and within 80 years of the light bulb we were going to space. With Hoin and Metal Bending, who knows what those worlds could get up to while Roshar is stuck in time.

Is Braize, or whatever/wherever Kaladin took the Heralds, within the time bubble? I am assuming, from my understanding of the text, that its not. Which means Kaladin will have close to 100 years to work with the Heralds, hopefully bringing them some peace.

I would really love an Edgedancer/Secret History/Dawnshard type novella/interlude exploring the 20 years that Odium trapped Gav in the Spiritual Realm to brainwash him. I was totally shocked when he appeared as the Champion of Odium, I think that couldve been seeded better to make the reader/audience suspect while it still being a Holy Shit moment, but getting away from teh Shock of it, it did feel a bit cheap. I would like to experience his experiences and re-read the reveal with the context of what he went through.

Ive read a few reviews and a few posts (thankfully no more than a handful, but of course the ones I disagree with are the reviews I remember) saying that Wind and Truth was somehow a "character assassination" of Kaladin. None of them really went into detail explaining their reasoning so to them I just wanna say a general "Huh?" Cause...like...how is Depressed Man Focused On Helping People Accepting That He Cant Help Everyone But Still Trying To Do His Best To Help Those Who Ask and Those In Need not Kaladins best ending??

[il3x]

alec on scadrial! what crimes will he commit?

fun facts!

Era 1 Mistborn AU, Heartbroken-centric. I wanted to draw Aisha and some other Heartbroken before posting this, but ran out of patience >.< don't worry though, they are coming! Based on this post and this post.

I'm torn on whether to transport Heartbreaker into this AU, or just make the Heartbroken Straff Venture's kids. He'd mess them up in a similar fashion.

Alec is a Rioter (can inflame people's emotions), but doesn't use Allomancy much to avoid drawing his family's attention. Instead, he is adept with poisons (he's the cooler Zane).

Weapon of choice is poisoned glass or obsidian throwing knives. The materials are because they look cool as non-metals, they can't be pushed around by Allomancy. The method is because inconveniencing and sometimes incapacitating enemies from the sidelines fits his combat style. I only remembered that Glass Exists after drawing this... he'd probably use that more often. For the aesthetic.

I want all the Heartbroken to operate in sniper-assassin capacity, so they all get ranged weapons. [Archer Cherie has consumed my brain.]

This is Alec infiltrating a ball, he dresses Slightly less fancy in everyday life but not by much. (He can't afford to simply replace his fancy clothes here, so he's a bit more careful with them than in canon.)

Alec gets scars @lakesbian edition because they helped me out with Alec's Mistborn-era fashion (ty :) ), but also because he was one of Heartbreaker/Straff's bastard children, raised as skaa, then used as Heartbreaker/Straff's private assassin, then lived on the streets at first after escaping. That leaves a literal mark.

it's SO HARD to draw mistborn alec without just drawing book 1 vin 😭😭 scrawny scarred androgynous french-adjacent 15yo kid with short black hair who wears a mistcloak and/or ballgowns at times? i see no difference

(alec does not have a mistcloak but aisha lets him run around in hers sometimes. for fun)

(if he was a mistborn he'd get a custom white mistcloak made. wouldn't wear it when stealth was required, but for Dramatics? absolutely)

[cosmerelists]

Nomad Rates Cosmere Planets

As requested by @endervexer :)

Nomad is always on the move--but if he had time to stop and rate Cosmere planets as if they were hotels (you know, rating how clean they are, what the accommodations are like, etc), what would those ratings look like?

1. Canticle (The Sunlit Man)

Place was pretty clean, as the ever-present burning of the sun constantly purified the land.

Food was mediocre. Needed spice.

Accommodations were pretty old and worn down, but clean.

People were polite but not overly friendly, which I count as a positive. Some of them tried to kill me, which I count as a negative.

Entertainment consisted of gladiatorial fights and/or public executions. You can also hear stories. The stories are about ghosts.

BTW, place is haunted.

Overall, 2/5.

2. First of the Sun (Sixth of the Dusk)

Note: I only had time to visit part of this planet. Specifically, the island jungle part.

I would not call it "clean." It is a jungle. It is full of death.

If you like your food fresh-caught and cooked over a fire, you will like the food here. I did not try much of the food, because I was mostly fleeing death.

Accommodations were sparse, unpleasant, and--you guessed it!--not very safe from death.

The people tended to be distrustful and prickly. I did not hold this against them. I was only there briefly, and I was prickly too.

Entertainment was mostly hunting and camping. Although I would not class it as "entertainment" as much as "necessary survival."

NOT an island vacation. 1/5 stars (one star because the chickens there were pretty)

3. Lumar (Tress of the Emerald Sea)

For a place in which water brings death, it was actually pretty clean. Not sparking, but clean enough.

I did not like the food much. Bland. Their sea chickens do not taste as good as land chickens, IMO.

Since most of planet seems to be oceans (NOT water-based), you will find yourself staying on ships if you stay on this planet. What do you want me to say? It's a ship. Even if you have a private cabin, it will be small. It was fine.

People were on the whole friendly but seemed unused to visitors. I don't think this spot is very popular.

Interesting place to sightsee. The oceans are all different colors. The lunagrees (moon aether waterfalls) are worth seeing.

Overall, 3/5

4. Nalthis (Warbreaker)

Planet was generally well kept up--dirty in the way that populated cities or vast snowy landscapes full of woods can be dirty, but nothing major.

Great if you like seafood. Worth seeking out ethnic neighborhoods within the big cities for better food.

Some parts of the planet have better accommodations than others. If you want to stay in a cabin and feel cold and depressed all the time, try Idris. If you want to be a warmer place and like seafood and way too much color, try Hallandren.

If you want culture & stuff to do, try Hallandren. We're talking sports, art, music, creepy statues, pretty much anything you can think of. I cannot emphasize enough that it too colorful though.

This place will take your breath away (just a little Nalthian humor).

4/5 I had to soak my eyes after.

5. Scadrial (Mistborn)

Saw lots of reviewers saying that planet is the dirtiest place they've ever been, what with the constant rain of deadly ash.

Not my experience. Place was admittedly dusty in a "we love our cowboy aesthetic" kind of way, but they've clearly cleaned up since some of those earlier reviews.

Food was okay, but this seems to be more a place you go to drink. If you like whiskey, you will like Scadrial. Yeah I saw the review saying people drink perfume. Can't verify. Didn't see that.

Lots of places to stay, many of which are pleasant enough. If you happen to be speeding through the planet in fear of your life and the life of everyone you've ever cared about, then you'll be happy to hear that your options are many: horses, cars, trains, magic.

(I will ding them for their idiotic train system. Sometimes people don't WANT to go through the center on every trip.)

Entertainment options I saw: ride trains, see giraffes, drink, visit fast-food places, drink, visit the Field of Rebirth, shoot guns, drink.

4/5 I'm just not that into cowboys

6. Sel (Elantris)

Cleanliness varied from "sparkling silver city of the gods" to "battlefield awash in the blood of innocents." Definitely not the dirtiest place I've ever stayed.

Food was a highlight. You can get good spice here. Sweet things are also available for women/ardents.

On the whole, accommodations are solid. Good infrastructure, no weather actively trying to kill you, some places on planet not currently at war.

People can be aggressively religious, but if you avoid people in red armor, it's fine.

For entertainment, I can recommend sightseeing--go see the city of Elantris. It's worth it. Note: reviews complaining about zombies and sludge are old. Always check the date on reviews.

Overall 4/5

7. Taldain (White Sand)

The place has too much sand to be clean. I'm sorry but it has to be said.

The place has too much sand to have good food. I feel like it was always slightly...crunchy.

The accommodations are fine if you like sand.

The people always seem to be subtly wanting to prove that they're better than you. Sometimes it is not subtle. I guess this is what happens when Autonomy is in charge.

If you want entertainment, try the Darkside.

Overall, 2/5 just not my favorite place.

8. Threnody (Shadows for Silence)

Place is quite clean.

Food is bland again. You cannot trust Threnodites to have good food.

Oh, also the place is full of ghosts who will murder you.

0/5

9. Komashi (Yumi and the Nightmare Painter)

Can verify that place is no longer infested by deadly nightmares seeking your death. Travelers no longer need to seek out the few pockets of warmth and light in the sea of encroaching darkness. It's a pretty normal planet now.

Food is pretty good. Ramen place in Kilahito (Noodle Princess) is a highlight.

Good accommodations, tech-wise. Heating, lighting, hion-viewers. If you need that stuff to feel comfortable, not a bad place to visit.

If you're not actively on the run, there is plenty to do, from watching your shows to attending local festivals or art installations, to star gazing.

Pleasant place, these days. 5/5

10. Roshar

Note: I'm from here so my review may be biased.

Can't say planet is very clean. It's always at war, and the rain is full of crem.

Food varies. Soulcast food is not very good. Non-soulcast homemade food is great! (Most food is soulcast.)

Accommodations matter--try to stay in a building that is sturdy on both the east & the west side because the storms here do want to kill you. That is not entirely a metaphor. Are the accommodations nice? I mean, they're fine.

There is a lot to do here if you like war. There is a lot of war.

5/5 This place sucks and I miss it a lot.