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Questioner
Are you ever gonna write a book with dragons in it?
Brandon Sanderson
I have, technically, already written books with dragons in them. Dragons in the cosmere... you've only heard from one. There haven't been... Frost, who is Hoid's old friend from the planet where he grew, is a dragon. And he's the person that he's exchanging letters with. Look for where Hoid calls someone "you old reptile." So, there are dragons in the cosmere. They are shapeshifters. And so you will rarely see them in dragon form until I go back and do Hoid's origin story. Then, you'll see quite a number of them. But you will also see them later on.
Questioner
(paraphrased)
Regarding a certain dragon mentioned in Stormlight Archive, and dragons in general in the cosmere: is functional immortality a natural part of a dragon's lifespan?
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
The way I have written dragons in the cosmere… ALL dragons are naturally functionally immortal. They can be killed, but they don't age.
Stormlightning
Is a Edgli a dragon?
Brandon Sanderson
Edgli, oh, from tears of Edgli, uh, RAFO.
Questioner
You recently said that dragons in the cosmere can take the form of humans.
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Questioner
A kandra from Mistborn can do something very similar. Is there a meaningful connection between what the dragons and kandra can do?
Brandon Sanderson
Noooo, except for on fundamental cosmere rules stuff, but that's-- I would say no, in the same way that if you're like, "Is there any similarity between the way that bats fly and birds fly?" Well, there is some similarity 'cause-- But there is [convergent] evolution and stuff like that.
Blightsong
Are sandlings from white sand an early concept for crustaceans on Roshar, with greatshells being a parallel to deep sandlings?
Brandon Sanderson
No, um, the idea for white sand came first, and it was more that I was exploring divergent ecology, but I've been doing that in Dragonsteel and in White Sand and in here with Roshar. I would say that the fact that white sand hadn't been published meant that I could do something's that were similar without worrying about repeating myself, but it's not like I used them specifically as models.
Blightsong
*jokingly* So are we going to get to see little dragons running around in Dragonsteel?
Brandon Sanderson
Uh, well, in Dragonsteel the dragons are sapient, so when I write Dragonsteel I will put dragons in there, but the dragons are intelligent and uh, can take human form, but there are actual little dragons.
Blightsong
Wait, they can take human form?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, yes, yup.
Pagerunner
There is currently one dragon on Roshar. Before Tanavast died, were there two dragons on Roshar?
Brandon Sanderson
Ha ha ha, RAFO. Nice try.
Questioner
Are there ever gonna be dragons in the cosmere?
Brandon Sanderson
There are dragons.
Questioner
*gasps* Wait. Are we supposed to know and I haven't read it?
Brandon Sanderson
No. But the-- Hoid calls someone a reptile. The "you old reptile..." That is-- yeah, one of them.
Questioner
The second question is about dragons! One race, on Yolen, are dragons with the ability to shift. I'm positively sure that we haven't seen any dragons in dragon form around yet. How about in human form, and would it be possible to actually recognize a human dragon?
Brandon Sanderson
So, the question is, I haven't written the book yet, but one of the books I've talked about that is the origin of all of this is called Dragonsteel, and there are dragons in it! 'Cause, like I said, 'Why not? Why wouldn't you?' And she's asking about Dragonsteel. Have we seen dragons hidden among the characters in the books that we have seen. You have very likely seen -
Questioner
A letter.
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, you have seen a letter from a dragon. And you... there are some that are off-world, and so you might have seen them. I won't tell you for sure, but you would not recognize them.
Peter (PFSP)
In the cosmere, other than Frost, have we been introduced to other dragons?
Brandon Sanderson
There have been others around, but I don't know if.-- There have been others around. I'll just say that.
clyguy
Are you willing to comment on what it is that provides Frost's longevity, is it something innate to his race or some--
Brandon Sanderson
It's racial.
havoc_mayhem
You've once said that there were three sentient species on Yolen: Human, Dragon and [Sho Del]. We've seen a lot of 'people' on the different planets that were either descended from or intentionally based on humans. Frost is known to be a dragon.
Are any of the non-human species we've seen descended from or based on either Dragons or [Sho Del]?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO! :)
havoc_mayhem
What colour is Frost's blood? What color is a [Sho Del]'s blood?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO, more because I'm not ready to canonize Dragonsteel facts yet, as opposed because it will be a huge revelation.
Questioner
Obviously the Shards are the top dogs in terms of power and stuff, but Hoid seems to be his own level of dangerous. Are there any other characters as sort of rivals to his ambition or power?
Brandon Sanderson
Depends on how you want to express it. Some of the dragons from Yolen are as old and are very crafty. You could argue that the aethers, the actual core aethers, are as ancient and potentially powerful. I wouldn't put them by raw power at Shard level, but they would claim that they are. Depends on what you would think there. There are some other individuals of a similar, not as dangerous as Hoid, but on a similar level. Been around for thousands of years, investigated a lot of the magics, and these sorts of things.
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You’ve been known to say that the fantasy genre is the best genre because you can do anything another genre can do and you can have dragons. And yet, we haven’t had a dragon from you yet. Well we see a Sanderson Dragon anytime before Dragonsteel? I’m assuming Dragonsteel has dragons?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, I smile inwardly as I say that, because I know that--indeed--I don't use a lot of dragons. I do like reading about them, but I haven't found myself eager to put them into my works. I think it's because I've read so many excellent dragon books, I figure, that area of fantasy is being covered by others--and I should try different things.
That said, Dragonsteel has dragons, and so you will eventually see them there. I don't know that I'll do them before.
Questioner
In regards to the title of Dragonsteel, is Adonalsium a dragon?
Brandon Sanderson
No, good question though, excellent question. But they do live on the planet.
Questioner
In The Stormlight Archive, are there any on-screen appearances of dragons in any form?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. Sorry.
Questioner
Dragons can be shapeshifters, correct?
Brandon Sanderson
They can, yes.
Questioner
Do they only have a humanoid form they can appear as, or can they appear as many humans?
Brandon Sanderson
Depends.
LizBusby
They were talking about, on the cosmere podcast, if cosmere dragons can breathe fire?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. They can fly. So they--
LizBusby
Okay. That's good to know. I was just thinking, Frost like, doesn't sound very fiery to me. It sounds icy to me.
Brandon Sanderson
Mmhmm. *significant look* RAFO on that. You won't even find that in Dragonsteel, the old one, if you read it. It doesn't say.
Questioner
You like dragons very much, right?
Brandon Sanderson
I do like dragons very much.
Questioner
Well then you don't have dragons in any of your books.
Brandon Sanderson
One of my books has dragons. It's the one I wrote but didn't get published and will eventually re-publish, called Dragonsteel. So one of the very first I wrote had dragons, but I don't want to do dragons in every book. So I'm waiting for the book that it is right for.
Questioner
Hmm.
Brandon Sanderson
Good question.
Questioner #1 (in Mistborn cosplay)
I was wondering if we were ever going to see dragons in the Cosmere?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, Dragonsteel, which is one of the first books that I wrote in the Cosmere has dragons. It's also just one of the weaker books, so I can't publish it as is, but yea. Being a big fan of dragons, I did write them into the Cosmere. They are the one kind of generic- kind of the standard fantasy race in there.
Questioner #2
Are they ever going to infiltrate the other worlds kind of?
Brandon Sanderson
Well Hoid writes a letter to one, he calls him you old reptile. And that's in Words of Radiance. So that's a letter to one of the dragons. So they are referenced.
Questioner #3
I thought that was a general insult.
Brandon Sanderson
Nope, he's actually writing to Frost, an old reptile.
Questioner
If a kandra were to somehow take the form of a dragon, would they notice any differences in anatomy, or is it spot-on impersonation?
Brandon Sanderson
I'm going to RAFO that, to leave Dragonsteel for Dragonsteel when we get there.
Feifner
Do you think you will ever include dragons in your books?
Brandon Sanderson
Dragonsteel, a series I’ll do someday, has Dragons in it. Hint: This world/series is very important to Hoid..
Is "dragon's nest" a Nalthis to English translation or are dragons part of their culture? Is Edgli a dragon?
I don't know the answer to that.
Dragons are mythological on Nalthis, but there is a reason that the stories exist. It's not a translation quirk.
Questioner
Anything you can tell us about Frost?
Brandon Sanderson
What do you want to know about Frost?
Questioner
Everything.
Brandon Sanderson
Then no. I'm not going to tell you everything about Frost. He's still alive.
Questioner
He's immortal?
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah. He can be killed, he's just functionally immortal, he doesn't age.
Questioner
Has he always been able to take the form of that-- *audio obscured*
Brandon Sanderson
Yes. He was born as one.
Questioner
Born as one.
Brandon Sanderson
It is a race.
Questioner
What are dragons like?
Brandon Sanderson
In the Cosmere? They are sneaky and long-lived.
Questioner 2
Will they have wings?
Brandon Sanderson
They do have wings, depending on what form they're in. They are natural shapeshifters.
Questioner
Are they Cognitive Shadows or are they people?
Brandon Sanderson
They are people.
Questioner
Do we have yet to see a dragon from you? I was wondering if those were coming later.
Brandon Sanderson
I did put, one of my world has Dragons.
Questioner
Is that Dragonsteel?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes it is!
