The Stormlight Archives - The Way Of Kings opening scene animatic (edited & dubbed)
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- original video @meghowes3544
sound and voice added by Jared Porras
music:
clocktown remix by Vetrom
The Assassin in White by the black piper
(original book soundtrack)
the first time I saw this video I was so impressed and inspired that I wanted to add my own creative touch to Meg Howes' video. I've had very little experience with sound design but I'm so happy with how this turned out.
Enjoy!
"Szeth son son Valano, truthless of Shinovar wore white on the day he was to kill a king."
"White not to blend in. White to give notice. For if you were going to assassinate a man, he was entitled to see you coming."
He wore white on the day he did the Cosmere a favour.
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Jared Porras, painter of the truthleas of Shinovar wore white on the day he was to animate a king.
I bet 5 emerald broams that the man sleeping on the table and making that ink spill on the Ardent's missive was Dalinar.
I bet it was hoid's mssive
I bet it was a Herald ( forgot his name )
@@saki1333I believe it was confirmed to be a Herald, Dalinar was loudly drunk at the high-table and the Herald appeared at some point in each prologue.
@@saki1333 Jezrien was the other drunk out in the hall asking if you've seen him.
No. That was Jezrien, King of the Heralds and patron of the Windrunners. As a Herald, he went crazy along with the others, and throughout the books, he was shown in scenes near art or sculptures of the Heralds, and he would yell at random people "Have you seen me? Do you see me?" while drunk. The "do you see me" is referring to all the paintings and sculptures of himself, being the Herald King and all. He's constantly drunk and acting crazy like this, often laughing at grand art of him and the Heralds (likely due to his shame over what they did), but when confronted by Vyre, he displays momentary awareness and cognition to the situation, himself, and what's going on.
Also, during Gavilar's feast, Nale and Kelek refer to him being there, and they also reference another Herald being there due to "seeing her handiwork" (likely Shalash, since she was known for defacing and destroying any art of the Heralds showing herself, also due to shame). But yea, the drunk guy under the giant statue in this animation is without question Jezrien, since he quotes EXACTLY what he says in the books, is under art of likely a herald like the books, and was a drunk at Gavilar's feast. There is literally a scene exactly like this, where Szeth walks by him as he yells if anyone sees him, before Szeth attacked Gavilar.
Dalinar was passed out, not yelling, and at the Royal Table. Not in some random hallway.
I love the detail that Szeth looks utterly miserably the entire time, and looks uncomfortable with what he is doing. It really shows how even though everyone thinks he is evil, he is just following orders.
You forgot one of the most critical lines in the opening “You must find the most important words a man can say”, Gavalar tells Szeth to say this to Dalinar,
**spoiler**
It leads into Dalinar swearing the first ideal of the Bondsmith, and following that also leads to Dalinar telling Odium “You can’t have my pain”. Finally, it leads onto Dalinar saying “The most important step a man can take, is not the first one. It’s the next one.”
*MAJOR SPOILER FOR BOOK 5*
*NO KIDDING SPOILER*
*REALLY, SPOILER FROM THE PROLOGUE OF BOOK 5*
*IS BETTER IF YOU WATCH THE PROLOGUE IN BRANDON SANDERSON RUclips*
In the prologue, we see that Gavilar said that because he was saying random phrases to the supposed "Stormfather" trying to become a herald (yes, that´s right) and the "Stormfather" told him to stop saying random shit and won´t trust anyone from the Kholin family again. In the end, Gavilar never was even close to figuring it out the words and was an awful person.
The fact that Szeth is kicking his ass in the book makes it less wild that the man doesn’t chase, thus making Szeths deduction even more impressive tbh
Proof of why a Stormlight Archives film adaptation NEEDS to be animated
I agree. I don’t think it could be done in live action.
Who caught Wit writing the first of the epigraph letters to Frost?
"Old friend, I hope this missive finds you well. Though, as you are now essentially immortal, I would guess that wellness on your part is something of a given."
Who caught the Clock Town music from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask?
Unless this is a different missive from Wit, the epigraph in question was to Sazed, on Scadrial, not Frost. Am I missing something, or did you mix something up? I know therr are a ton of epigraphs, so maybe you're thinking of a different one? The way this one began, is exactly how he began his letter to Sazed/ Harmony.
@@JadusMoltrielhe didn’t begin his letter to sazed like this, he’s never even met sazed up till this point, so why would he call him “old friend”
@@MrKhalsaman He most certainly knows Sazed at this point. Mistborn Era 1 took place long before the events of Stormlight, and Sazed and Hoid became more acquainted upon and after Sazed's ascension. Harmony noticed Hoid's ability to travel between his world and others without alerting the Shards, and was wary of Hoid's intentions. They most definitely know each other.
@@JadusMoltriel okay I love how confidently incorrect you are but yeah you’re so wrong lol. First of all I said he had never “met” sazed. This is evident in Sazed’s letter to Hoid in Oathbringer where he says “I am also made uncertain by your subterfuge. Why have you not made yourself known to me before this?”.
Furthermore, although Hoid did write a letter to Sazed, the contents of said letter are not present in any of the books’ epigraphs. The words we see in this video are from the book The Way of Kings, and is the first letter in the epigraphs that we got in this series. And it is absolutely directed to Frost rather than Sazed, we even get Frost’s response in latter epigraphs.
Before you waste any more of my time by insisting that I’m incorrect, I suggest you look at the coppermind wiki entry for the stormlight letters. You will find the truth within there. Here’s a link if you’re too lazy to google it yourself coppermind.net/wiki/Letters
@@MrKhalsaman Wow. Even if I was wrong, where did all that obnoxious disrespect come from? I never said anything remotely disrespectful to you, yet you replied with insults and arrogance. I have no problem admitting when I'm wrong in life, but you don't have to attack someone's personality or character to point it out. Wtf. Learn how to have respectful discourse with people. I'm a woman on the Spectrum, and even I know that was way out of line for a simple online discussion on a fictional world we all love.
1:04
Jezrien was present during that memorable evening, didn't know that - I should reread the archives
10/10 for adding Jezrien.
"Live, Laugh, Love" the immortal words of the Way of Kings
Wow you animated this perfectly, I finished this chapter months ago and could recall every moment as I watched ❤❤❤
As much as I appreciate it, I did not create the animatic. It was created by Meghowes, I just added the voice and effects.
This is a really cool proof of concept for a Stormlight Archive adaptation. You left out a few things that need to be there. But other than that, this is so cool.
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The drunk sitting on the statue is actually Jezrien, Herald, whose blade is the one that Szeth uses in this scene.
Isn’t he sitting under a statue of himself to boot?
Such fun details to have
@@bonelessbooks9263 So you DID see him
That whole prologue sequence is PACKED with absolutely bonkers foreshadowing. Nail is there too, which I caught on a re-read and had my mind blown by it.
It was great, but too bad you didn't add message from king for his brother, writen by Shet with blood.
"Tell... tell my brother... he must find the most important words a man can say..."
*Szeth-son-son-vallano, Truthless of Shinovar
just seen this but i do love the little easer eggs, like that its clearly wit writing the message in the beginning, and where the old drunk is sitting
"Tell my brother... _he_ must find the most important Words a man can say..."
This is really amazing, I just wish you included Gavilar's dying words. That line sets the entire events of the series in motion.
The only problem I have with the animation, great as it is, is that Szeth's blade should be much longer, as all of the blades are, especially the honorblades. Although I do admit, animating something as intricate as that would be painstaking
Actually, I'm pretty sure the honor blade szeth had was described as short and thin.
@@mvaalh Yeah, much more than the others but it is supposed to be the size of a regular sword, as opposed to a 6ft long sword the rest have, the one in the animatic looks unwieldly small.
@@WilliamGerot good point
@@WilliamGerot I think they can get as long as 10ft
Jezrien's Honorblade, which is what Szeth uses, is described as about 5 feet long, thin (compared to other Honorblades), with a slight curve. It should look like a slightly larger version of Elrond's sword in Lord of the Rings, with maybe a slightly more pronounced curve at the end, and a long handle with a subtle crossguard. The other Honorblades and shardblades are described as around 6 feet long, and SOME of them are wider, though they can be regular width for a sword, too. I noticed a lot of the concept art in the books made them seem a little bigger and thicker than they are described in the words of the books themselves, and I believe that is an artistic intent to make the reader aware that they ARE, indeed, big, but if you were to adapt from the book to visual medium exactly by the words Sanderson wrote, they wouldn't be as big or wide as they are in the inner artwork. I noticed the COVER (and back cover) art on the books tends to very closely imitate the written descriptions. For example, look at the cover of Way of Kings. You see Elhokar in his golden shardplate, pointing his shardblade out in front (Is the name of that blade Sunraiser, I think?), and the proportions of both the armor and blade in that image are precisely what they are described as in the text. It also looks more realistic, and thus would be more believable to do in animation or live action, than if they based it off the inner, "concept" art.
Another back-cover image shows Szeth (I believe back of Words of Radiance), and you see that the Honorblade isn't as much bigger than a regular sword than some people think. Jezrien's Honorblade is smaller than most shards, but compared to normal weapons, it's like a big Elven longsword or almost falchion.
I enjoyed this animation, but the honorblade and shardblade were not good. I just addressed Szeth's honorblade, but for Gavilar, his blade is detailed out in text and shown in concept art as the one that was straight, wide, and with the lower third looking like tongues of flames reaching up towards the blade. The one animates in this video is clearly Adolin's. Easy mistake to make, even for those that read multiple times, but if you check the books, you'll see I am correct about this.
Still, thank you SO much for your work animating this scene! I'm sure it took a lot of effort, and overall I enjoyed it!
The opening scene of this book has always been my one of my favorite openings to any book ever. It's incredible to see it animated.
No idea what was that. Never read the book. I love it
Me too, only read The Final Empire
@@galaxydeathskrill5607 READ IT!!! Stormlight is so great!! That’s where all the stuff from the rest of the Cosmere starts coming together. You won’t regret it
@@bonelessbooks9263 oh I know, I'm just saving it for the best time hehe
@@galaxydeathskrill5607 Best time is now, I think book 5 comes out in December, so get ready
Bro they should make movies for the books, that would go crazy
You captured the stuff that was hard to even imagine when reading this for the first time. Incredible work
ayyy!!!! instantly recognised the Assasin In White tune!!! So glad to see an animatic with it!
This is so well done!! matches the ebb and flow of the music really well!!
This must have taken so much time! It’s amazing I love how you did the fight scenes
That was such an amazing animation! The fight scenes were great, it was even cooler than I had imagined reading all the flashbacks to then!
Syl at the end was such a nice touch
THIS IS AMAZING, OH MY GOSH! HOW MUCH EFORT WAS THIS!
I love the detail of Jezrien’s Honorblade in the statue as being the same as Szeth’s sword. Great attention to detail!
Excellent! Just like the book!
seriously this is so underrated. i think ive seen your art on pinterest as well! awesome job dude
Been trying to make my way through the book lately, and I think this prologue was maybe a bit _too_ awesome. Like, it got my hopes up. I was like: "Yes. Awesome people dueling with magic anime swords, a gravity-manipulating ninja, magical power armor, this is all great. I hope the entire rest of the book is like this."
Then it's a lot of Kaladin's life sucking a lot while Shallan draws pictures and tries to find this Jasnah person so she can rob her. When do they get their shardblades? This is dragging on a bit too much for my taste, get to the cool shit please.
Honestly this just goes to show how much we need a castlevania/legends of Vox Machina styled cartoon for this series
Now I want a Stormlight Archive animatic adaption more than everything.
so so so sooo good, left me with goosebumps
You did an amazing adaptation of the beginning of the book that was very cool to see animated
Szeth son son Vallano, truthless of Shinovar, wore white on the day he was to kill a king.
AND DO THE WHOLE COSMERE AND SPECIALLY NAVANI
this deserves so many more views. Awesome!
Exactly what I had imagined listening to the audio book
Loved it, only two notes: szeths sword would be cooler if it was longer, and you should add the gavilars message to dalinar
Amazing work! Damn that was impressive O:
This is awesome! Great job! I'd love to see more
The music was perfectly cut, well done on the edit
Make more Stormlight Archive videos!! So awesome!
For real
This is awesome
Exactly as I imagined while reading this chapter.
Wait, Aang killed Gavilar?
1:08 you even showed Jasnah for a moment, since she noticed Szeth in the Prologue of Words of Radiance, but dismissed him
Lore accurate prolouge animation
Small detail but he seems to have thrown his shardblade at Gavalar’s hand to stop him from conjuring his own blade. There was blood there even though shardblade doesn’t cut the body but the soul.
Very well done man, I really enjoyed this and appreciate your dedication to the Archive
BRO THIS IS SO GOOD I NEED TO REREAD
BRO AND THE MUSIC HITS AT THE RIGHT SPOTS
AND SYLPH AT THE END
Pretty good! A few minor details missing, but you captured the souls of the scene.
That first soundtrack was far from the descriptions, but evrrything else was great
very well made, my friend... congratulations
Beautiful job!
This was legit! Thanks dude :)
That was so good omg ty
Honestly Brandon should adapt Stomligth in animated form. Its so much better them liveaction, and so much more freeing with the magic sistem and figth choreographhy
Was not expecting the Zelda music there
I just wanted to point out how much of the chapter you forgot, what about the guards following Szeth, and Gavilars last words to Dalinar, the Anti-Voidlight sphere too...
This was awesome thank you ❤
I don't get the magic system here. Are the lamps magical or is he doing all this with light?
In the book, gemstones glow after storms and certain people can harness this stormlight to do a variety of "Magics"
Normal people just use the gems for illumination because they don't know there are magical folk who can weaponize it.
Szeth, the assassin in white, can use the light he consumes to heal himself and control gravity.
“W-What are you?”
“What am I? I, am sorry”
I so badly want Studio Mir to adapt The Stormlight Archive.
great job
AMAZING CONGRATS
Szeth grimaced after killing the second guy, but why, he could have easily injured him with the spear, and it was not required to kill him, which means he did it out of free will
If I remember correctly, Szeth was ordered to cause destruction and mayhem. His actions, along with the Parshendi leaders' surrender, provided a distraction for the rest of the Parshendi to escape Kholinar.
And yes, since Szeth's sentencing as Truthless was wrong, he was never bound to murder. We see that when he speaks with Nale at the end of Words of Radiance, that it was only his own code of honor that kept him obeying the holder of his Oathstone.
So cool!
this is SO GOOD, omg
This is almost exactly how I imagined it
Woooow better than I imagined
fuck this makes me want to reread the books
Honorblade is gunna so much bigger than that
in fact, Honor blades are more like actual swords, the fancy looking and gigant ones are the shard-blades, 'couse Spoiler: they are Spren
Great work, but why does almost everything happen so slowly?
Dang this was good
Really good, better than anything hollywood could produce at least.
new sub, this was amazing
This is superb!
You need to add to the title (reimagined).
Is this word for word how it goes down? I thought Szeth was the one who was knocked to the balcony and crashed it down with himself and Gavalar?
Aces my dudes.
Aghhh this is soooo coooolll
Ayy nice edits
yo do you do commisions
That was sick
*Spoiler*
I love how we see Jezrien in this prologue.
i wish u showed zseth geting the shit punched out of him it made me laught so hard when i read it
do all the chapters!
Clock town?!
The fact that I associate that song very strongly with Majoras Mask makes this animatic funnier
why didn't he write "unite them" for king gavilar?
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man, this is superb work
Shit did szeth really leave the spear under the guy falling like that? I read that scene like 4 times and must not have noticed damn