The Heralds of Roshar
993The Heralds are some of the most important and most mysterious characters in the Stormlight Archive. These incredibly powerful magical beings were chosen by Honor do be his champions and warriors. For the past 6,000 years, The Heralds have protected and guided humanity until they couldn't take the pain anymore.
This video explores the magical abilities of these keystone characters and explains how they operate and why they're so important. Echoes of things these characters can do can be found in other books such as Mistborn, Warbreaker, Elantris, and other works by Brandon Sanderson.
This video relies heavily on information from the most recent Stormlight Archive Book, Wind and Truth. If you haven't read that I would recommend you stay away.
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Chapters
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0:00 Intro
2:05 What is a Herald?
4:17 How the Heralds were made.
9:31 The powers of the Heralds
14:58 Oathpact
16:55 Vedel's Method
19:30 Playing with Souls
21:20 Cracking of the Oathpact
24:12 The Future of the Heralds and the Oathpact
27:20 Conclusion