Where are all the Shardblades?

If you’ve read The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson, then you know all about Shardblades. They’re massive, six foot long super swords that can cut through nearly anything. They’re also incredibly rare… or are they…? You see, there’s evidence that there should be thousands of Shardblades on Roshar, but the vast majority seem to have gone missing. In this video we’ll explore some theories about where they are now.

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Artist Attribution:
Isaac Stewart - Cosmere Constellation, Dawnshard and Edgedancer covers
Michael Whelan - TWoK, WoR, OB, and RoW covers, Lasting Integrity
Ben McSweeney - Edgedancer cover, Honorspren Sketch
roshar.17thshard.com - various maps
Victoria Eng - Most of the Shardblade art
sfaira - Person in Shardplate
dnavenom - Stonewards and Windrunners
scrapchap - Shardbearer on Ryshadium
Ziraelart - Dalinar
Caio Santos - The Recreance
FateUBW Anime - Abandoned Swords
evanteuteberg - Maya deadeye before and after
Steve Argyle - Knights Radiant Orders
Eccos - Blended Inkspren
Anders Johansson - Deadeye Maya
carlos_pozo02 - Deadeye Radiant Spren
karrahe - Adolin
Magali Villeneuve - Pailiah, Kalak
Karla Ortiz - Nale, Chanarach
Dan dos Santos - Ishar
Esther Schrader - Nale
Ralf Melevo - Axies
Shuravf - Axies, Sleepless
LaMaery - Sleepless
LLSN_ART - Nikli the Sleepless
Grace Oris - Aharietiam
Antti Hakosaari - Abandoned Honorblades
Marianne Eie - Szeth, Shardblades
Adam J. Marin - Shinovar
conjchamberlain - Rysn and Vstim
jessichenliu - Rysn and Vstim
ariirf - Shardbearer summoning Blade
Dragontrill - Vstim

If I missed any artists, please reach out and let me know.

Stock Images and stock footage from Mixkit, vecteezy, pixabay, unsplash and pngwing

Sources Used:
The Stormlight Archive books 1-4 + novellas
coppermind.net

Music Used:
Relaxing Green Nature (slowed version) by David Fesliyan
Elven Forest by David Renda (Fesliyan Studios)