#aesudan

[the-overanalyzer]

One of the funnier book-to-book moments is how in Words of Radiance Sadeas and Ialai are spitballing what to do next and they're like "we could go back to the capital and capture the queen and take over that way, it'll be easy, nothing's happening over there" and then in Oathbringer we see what's going on in the capital and it turns out the queen has become a warlock and is feeding the city to the crab gods.

[cosmerelists]

Cosmere Characters on Blind Dates

Last Valentine's Day, my special was a series of Valentine's Day Poems. This Valentine's Day, I'm going to randomly pair up Cosmere characters & imagine what a first date between them would be like (something I've done before...). I'm using a random number generator & my list of Cosmere characters! Let's see what happens!

(As in the past, this is truly random...except that I omitted anyone underage or anyone from the last time did this. Talking to you, Gaz, who was managed to be rolled THREE times!)

1. Lyn & Kiin

Kiin: Listen, the fact is--I'm already married. Kiin: But to make up for it, I did make you this sweet, spiced pudding! Lyn: ... Lyn: Definitely not the worst date I've been on.

2. Kenton & Hrathen

Kenton: Oh wow, you REALLY remind me of my father. Kenton: Stubborn, uptight, unyielding, rigid... Kenton: I'm out. Hrathen: ... Hrathen: All I said was that I ordered us wine.

3. Veil & Sixth of the Dusk

Veil: You know...you remind me of someone. Veil: The intense eyes, the scars, the fact that you're a hunter, the very colorful chicken you have with you... Veil: You're a lot like Mraize! Dusk: ...You remind me of a tree I met once. Veil: ... Dusk: I don't meet a lot of people.

4. Aesudan & Sigzil

Aesudan: [petulant sigh] Aesudan: I mean, you're hot 'n' all. Aesudan: But you don't look like you have the sweltering desire for power and conquest burning within your manly breast. Sigzil: That's...fine. I'm not interested in you. Aesudan: What?! Why?! Sigzil: You're married! You let your infant son be tortured by evil spren! Aesudan: Oh, like YOU don't have any faults! Sigzil: ...This is the LAST time I try a blind date...

5. Charlie & Allik

Charlie: I think I'll start off this date by ranking every glass of milk I've ever had. Allik: Oh...yeah? I was gonna show off how high I can count. Charlie: ... Allik: ... Charlie: Are we...both trying to blow this date? Allik: I-I just I have a lovely woman I'm already into! Charlie: Me too! Allik: Want to...just talk about how great our SOs are instead? Charlie: Honestly, that sounds like a ton of fun.

6. Sebarial & Colot

Sebarial: [sniffs the air] Sebarial: Hmmm.... Sebarial: I sense in you a man who doesn't quite know his place, who isn't sure where he belongs... Sebarial: A stray, one might say... Sebarial: Do you want to move in with me?? Colot: It's been 30 seconds!

7. Crow & Navani

Navani: I like dangerous women. Crow: I have within me a dangerous power that keeps me alive but will ultimately destroy me. Crow: I need a partner who will do whatever it takes to reach our goal, no matter the consequences. Navani: I made a god-killing weapon through the power of toxic yuri. Crow: Do you want to make out?

8. Silence & Hesina

Hesina: ...Wow, it sounds like you've had a rough go of it. Silence: Motherhood has hardly been easy for you, either. Hesina: Do you want to order large amounts of wine and sweets? Silence: Maybe just this once...

9. Shai & Ulaam

Ulaam: Give me the right materials, and I can make my body into anything I can imagine! Shai: Give me the right materials, and I can remake a man's soul. Ulaam: Do you want to make out?

10. Dalinar & Ialai

Dalinar: Well, this is...awkward. Ialai: [waves a hand] Just think of it as a chance to imagine what might have been. Ialai: Had we been together, you never would have burned your wife alive, you know. Ialai: I would have been right there, helping you take that city. Ialai: You also wouldn't have nearly died on the Tower--I doubt Torol would have been such a threat without me. Dalinar: Okay, but...we don't like each other. Dalinar: And I couldn't choose any path that would lead away from Navani. Ialai: Who says marrying me means no Navani in your marriage? Dalinar: ...What? Ialai: What?

[aesudan-kholin]

Stormlight moodboards part 11: Aesudan

[cosmereplay]

I think Queen Aesudan just tried to follow me

[moash]

aesudan, in the wreckage of kholinar after she drove it into the ground, eyes glowing red from consuming yelig-nar: god forbid women do anything!

[lamaery]

Aesudan, Elhokar and Gavinor

What stuck with me when I read last chapters of the Kholinar arc in Oathbringer yesterday were mostly these three. So I decided to do new portraits of them. (I was not happy with my first version of the Kholin Queen anyway). As much fun as I had with Aesudan's robe, as annoying was her hair. It just wouldn't get right. So I am giving up on it now.😑

[poploppege-cosmere]

Aesudan is like Unmade? what horrible forces i hate them i- *trips* *gemstone containing yelig-nar falls from pocket* fuck that's not mine i swear i’m just holding it for a friend i- *ashertmarn takes up residence in the palace* fu ck no they’re not mine i hate them i just- *sja-anat corrupts the gate spren as i fall to my knees, desperately trying to hide them* hang on a sec jUst LISTEN

[onlycosmere]

Pronunciation

Sunbird: How do *YOU* pronounce the name of Elhokar's wife (Aesudan)?

Brandon Sanderson: A-sue-dawn (ˈe͡isudan).