17th Shard

The official Brandon Sanderson fansite, and home of the Coppermind, Arcanum, Shardcast, and more! Follow us for our art commissions, content we produce, and occasional news. Warning: We only tag major spoilers! Find our websites and social media accounts at https://linktr.ee/17thshard.

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August 2024 Art Commission

What is this, me being on time? Anyway new Patreon commission, this time from Defiant!

Who has blessed us with this adorable artwork? Why, that would be Jillistrations, who you may also recognize from like half the other fanart of this series out there. Go check out her stuff if you haven't already!

FYI, we'll probably be posting Isles of the Emberdark commissions soon™, so if you don't want to see that yet then make sure to blacklist #isles of the emberdark.

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WaT Spoilers!!!!

A neat lil commission I did recently of Adolin fighting the thunderclast in Azimir 😌

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I swear we don't have a grudge against posting the Adolin commissions ourselves, I just have a bad memory... Anyway, seems Marie was more on the ball than us, so here's the April 2025 piece in case y'all haven't already seen it!

Image description below:

A digital illustration of Adolin battling the thunderclasts in Azimir. The image is composed dynamically, capturing Adolin, in his blue Shardplate cracked all over, mid-flight as he descends upon the thunderclast below, massive metal chain wrapped around his waist, its hooked end held in one hand. The thunderclast, a monster of jagged rocky spikes, basial face, and red light glowing from inside its skull, is looking up at Adolin's flying form. In the distance, many of the bronze-topped buildings of the city of Azimir have either been reduced to rubble or are actively burning, filling the air with dust, and ash, and smoke.

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September 2024 Bonus Commission

People keep giving us too much money, so in addition to the main piece we commissioned from Palomaloid, y'all are also getting stupid sexy Vyre with his stupid sexy crown from her. Happy Pride month?

Also, if you're seeing this around when we post it (statistically likely) and have opinions (numerically probable) on 17th Shard moderation (I have no idea), our annual (historically questionable) staff review survey is live! Tell us what you like, what you hate, and most importantly who your favorite mod is (I am unbiased).

Oh yeah and also check out our Patreon and stuff. They fund Argent's our art addiction commissions and vote monthly on what we should get next, so yeeeeeeeeeeeee. (I am good at this 😎)

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January 2025 Bonus Art Commission

t h e a r t n e v e r s t o p s t h e a r t n e v e r e n d s T H E A R T C O N S U M E S A L L

Anyway here's the last commission from the backlog, after this we'll need to wait for more to be finished.

Our Patrons foolishly left us with too much cash after our bills, our first January commission, and our conquest of the known universe were done, so we had NaabArts bring everyone's favorite ardent and flamespren duo to life:

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February 2025 Art Commission

ART.

It's best boy again, this time by Gar Leyva! Here a rather more aggressive Adolin summons the Unoathed to battle:

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@17th-shard commission done back in February of Yanagawn and Adolin playing Towers.

The shardplate was referenced from the book illustrations, and Adolin's outfit is referenced from the mini figures that were released!

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Well I had something written up for today, but turns out Nozomi was much more prompt than us and posted the January 2025 commission here back when it was first released, so just go check that post out instead if you haven't already! Or even if you have, tbh, Adolin Kholin always deserves second and third lookings.

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September 2024 Art Commission

Windiest of truths ahead! If you have not read Stormlight Five, best to move along. But if you have...

This time 'round we've got Palomaloid's depiction of the most fateful loaf of bread yet baked:

If you've already seen one of these commissions before then you know the drill and can move on, but in case you haven't: each month we commission a fanartist to portray a topic from the books voted on by our Patreon supporters (one dollar or higher), so check that out if you'd like to voice an opinion on future pieces. Regardless, enjoy the pretty pictures! Still a few left to go before we're caught up.

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December 2024 Art Commission

And here's the next one! As before, Wind and Truth spoilers below, even bigger this time.

This month's piece, also by Caio Santos, needs no explanation:

Caio has also posted an image of the spearhead when it's not buried in the ground, so go check that out!

As always, thanks to our wonderful Patrons who make these commissions possible! If you want to vote on the next subject, or just support us, you can join at the $1 tier or above. (Don't fret if not, though, we still post the end results publicly! As, you know, you could probably tell from this post.)

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November 2024 Art Commission

We've got a bit of a backlog to get through, so I'll cut right to the chase: ART! PRETTY PRETTY ART! But also SPOILERY ART. If you've read Wind and Truth, or just like living life on the edge, see below the cut for the full piece. Otherwise, skedaddle.

Without further ado, here are the Heralds of War and Beauty kicking some Fused ash, illustrated by Caio Santos:

While you're at it, why not check out Caio's other Taln too?

The observant among you might notice that Wind and Truth wasn't out in November 2024. Are we time travelers??

Alas, the answer is more mundane: our Patrons (who get to vote on commission topics) elected to save the September, October, and November 2024 budgets until after it came out. So expect more art very soon!

(And by that I mean very soon, because those of us who run this page kind of missed the most recent ones and are now playing catch-up... If you don't want to deal with our forgetfulness, we humbly and non-biasedly suggest joining our Patreon, where someone with a better memory than us always remembers to post them right away! Don't worry, the free tier still gets to see all the final pieces, it's just voting on upcoming ones that's restricted to the paid tiers because it's their money we're spending.)

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Congrats on even 16000 entries 🥳

holy crap

alright guys, we just need to ask Brandon precisely one thousand more questions to achieve perfection, we can do this 👏

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Any idea when the Arcanum for the interview would be up?

No particular estimate I'm afraid, it depends on when people have the time and motivation.

(Shameless plug: anybody can sign up and transcribe things on the event page! Check out the guide for more.)

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Interview with Brandon on Wind and Truth (and more)!

Recently we had a chance to sit down with Brandon and ask him some questions! Naturally most of them focus on Wind and Truth, so for spoiler reasons teasers are below the cut.

psst, are they gone? good, good. anyway, marketing™ time...

Want to hear about Hoid's dating life? How about pedantry over the definition of "God Metal"? Or perhaps serious topics like how Brandon decided who should hold Odium are more up your alley? All these answers and more await you!

...And also RAFOs. There were lots of RAFOs. But fewer than you might expect!

Besides, we kept the video under an hour, by our standards that's practically short. So really what excuse do you have? (Don't answer that.) Watch today and cure your brainworms!*

*This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This video is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any brainworms.

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The Fourth (Commission) of July 2024

Aaand the final Patreon commission from last July! Once again by pekgna, this one depicts Wax's ascent through Bilming's Independence Tower (aka the Shaw), dealing copious amounts of violence.

Insert call-to-action here about joining our Patreon to vote on upcoming commissions and help us support more fancy awesome fanart from fancy awesome fanartists, you know the drill by now.

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July 2024 Art Commission the Third

You thought we were done with July, were you? Nay, I say! As with the previous two, this Patreon commish is by pekgna—this time around we have Shallan activating the Stormseat Oathgate and saving the Alethi armies at the end of Words of Radiance.

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August 2023 (Bonus) Art Commission

Commission by Botanica of the eponymous Yumi and the Nightmare Painter! (There's a fun extra on Patreon, if you are so inclined to click through.)

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July 2024 Art Commission the Second

Another Patreon commission! Check out ya girl, Marasi, also by pekgna!

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July 2024 Art Commission

Hello hello, I come to bring Gaotona art! Everyone's second favorite The Emperor's Soul character, at the end of the story.

This art was done by pekgna! As usual, if you are so inclined, you can check out our Patreon, where our patrons provide the funds to make awesome art happen.