Stormlight
The magical substance carried by the highstorms.
The Stormlight Archive is set on Roshar, whose single supercontinent is regularly scoured by highstorms, extremely powerful thunderstorms that carry a magical substance called Stormlight. Stormlight can be trapped inside gemstones.
Quick Facts
- Author
- Brandon Sanderson
- Cover artist
- Michael Whelan (US); Sam Green (UK)
- Illustrator
- Isaac Stewart
- Ben McSweeney
- Greg Call
- Dan Dos Santos
- Howard Lyon
- Country
- United States
- Genre
- High Fantasy
- Publisher
- Tor Books (United States)
- Published
- August 31, 2010 – present
- Format
- Print (hardback and paperback)
- audiobook
- e-book
Lore & Background
Gemstones infused with Stormlight serve as everyday currency and light, and many devices run on it. Surgebinders use it to fuel their powers; in The Way of Kings Kaladin finds that consuming Stormlight gives him strength, speed and healing. In Rhythm of War Navani finds that each god of Roshar has its own Light: Storm for Honor, Life for Cultivation and Void for Odium.
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