The Way of Kings | In-Depth Summary

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Here’s my in-depth summary for The Way of Kings, the first book in The Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson. Let me know your favorite parts from the book, and if there’s anything I forgot to mention. If you haven’t read The Way of Kings yet, I’ll be announcing a Stormlight Archive Read-Along on the channel soon!
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@CapturedInWords 4 года назад

Table of contents: Brief Worldbuilding overview: 1:02 Prelude: 2:21 Prologue 3:20 Part One: 4:11 Interludes 1-3: 8:33 Part Two: 10:11 Interludes 4-6: 16:53 Part Three: 18:30 Interludes 7-9: 28:56 Part Four: 29:59 Part Five: 42:34 Epilogue: 46:17 ~ Join the Patreon if you want to help support the channel and help me be able to put out more content like this faster!: www.patreon.com/Capturedinwords

@alexanderjohnson3014 4 года назад

thanks a bunch. very useful

@pablolococo3785 4 года назад

Spoilers in a summary. Wow thank you very much for a little I see it. Who would say there would be spoilers in a summary

@michellependergrass8479 4 года назад

Love the table of contents.

@romangabrieljaittegarcia8438 4 года назад

¡¡¡¡¡¡El de los minutos!!!!!!! Like si entendiste

@crypticweeb 4 года назад

You are the best! Could you do one for the Words of Radiance too? I know it takes a lot of work to do so, but I would love to see that! °Plass

@DanielGreeneReviews 4 года назад

As someone who summarized all of WoT, I am seriously stunned by the amount of work and effort you clearly put in. Bravo! Sharing for sure.

@CapturedInWords 4 года назад

Thanks dude! That's awesome, I appreciate the share for sure! Not gonna lie, this was probably the most difficult video I made, I spent way too much time trying to shorten the script until I just acknowledged that it was going to be a long video and went with it XD

@Rubberdude21 4 года назад

Fantasy Community Unite.

@joshphillips5238 4 года назад

Rubberdude21 somebody say... UNITE? *gloryspren intensifies*

@vogonpoet1169 4 года назад

@@CapturedInWords We're fantasy! We roll our eyes at any fantasy books less than 800 pages. I had much the same reaction when I saw a 40+ minutes summary as I do when I see a 1000 page fantasy novel. *drool*

@Gundam00257 4 года назад

@@vogonpoet1169 Wow what an incredibly rude comment. If you're not into fantasy books or this series for that matter why even comment? It's evident a ton of work and production value went into this video, I think you're the only one 'drooling'.

@ziggyh469 4 года назад

The king of khabarath harvesting dying people was one of my favourite twists, although he does get much time in the book, the mysterious journal entires of ‘XX seconds before death’ before each chapter being payed off like that was mind blowing

@thetoxicraptorz3482 10 месяцев назад

I love how everything Brandon Sanderson shows you ends up being important somewhere down the line

@NicklasBenRasmussen 4 года назад

Favourite part of the Way of Kings must have been Dalinar explaining to Kaladin how easy a trade it was!

@403fruit 11 месяцев назад

A bargain 🥲

@Catmeowastrophee 9 дней назад

Dalinar is such a good dude.

@feniasklika125 3 года назад

I’m so glad i watched this because I totally missed the part where Shallan was about to summon a shardblade?!? I need to go reread that part right now

@a.a.taiyeb5761 2 года назад

which chapter lol

@wilversweb 2 года назад

me too! i don't remember that

@Zoenak Год назад

Did u find it because i totally missed it too

@mikkelfolting554 Год назад

haha I missed that too

@mikkelfolting554 Год назад

@@Zoenak It's right before she pretends to kill herself after accidentally Soulcasting - chapter 45

@bwanderson5340 4 года назад

This (and hopefully the others you make) will come in handy when Stormlight 4 rolls around and I need a refresher

@nicholaus3248 4 года назад

I thought the same thing throughout this whole video, "I hope he continues with these"

@kinghailz786 4 года назад

You guys read wotk? Would you agree with these top 5 characters? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_lXaEOJRROY.html

@dane4073 3 года назад

I just found out book 4 is coming out in a few months I'm going to get on it after the book I'm on

@Sela1 3 года назад

Just about 1 month away :D

@iamdnorth 3 года назад

This is exactly why I’m here :)

@lobstergal4643 4 года назад

Can I just say the amount of fantastic artists you found to fill a 50 minute video is incredibly impressive.

@CapturedInWords 4 года назад

I've been collecting fan art and organizing it all into folder for pretty much the entire year XD All the artists deserve big credit! I have a google doc in the description with credit and links to each artist :)

@lobstergal4643 4 года назад

@@CapturedInWords That's fantastic! I enjoy the organization of it all.

@ryancrockett7074 4 года назад

@@CapturedInWords Did you reach out to each artist individually? Or did you just need to acknowledge them?

@HruneeS 2 года назад

Shalan did it

@aliabdaal 3 года назад

this is incredible

@telemundoenthusiast9826 3 года назад

He's a doctor, a podcast host, a successful youtuber AND he can find the time to read 1000 page books. Are you even human Ali?! Jokes aside, I'm so happy to know that you're a Sanderfan too :)

@sciencystuff2106 3 года назад

@@telemundoenthusiast9826 you just announce this man😂

@chocolateeteapot 9 месяцев назад

I’m on my second read and I’m Shallans POV on page 131 there is a line that reads “She raised her freehand to her head, suddenly overwhelmed by the weight of House Davar’s situation, her part in it, and the secret she now carried, hidden ten heartbeats away” so, so, good!

@KaoticKaden 25 дней назад

Caught that on my first read a few days ago and i audibly gasped

@libos14 14 дней назад

THEY LITERALLY TOLD US EVERYTHING!!! Amazing!

@MUTV2 4 дня назад

I don’t get it what does this mean?

@MUTV2 4 дня назад

@@libos14I don’t get it what does this mean?

@libos14 4 дня назад

@@MUTV2 the shardblades take 10 seconds(/heartbeats) to appear. So saying ten heartbeats here gives us the reveal that Shallan always had a shardblade, we just didn't see it

@IbbyMelbourne 4 года назад

Was literally just thinking how there's not a lot of high quality videos breaking down Stormlight's world and lore. And then this video popped up. Amazing timing!

@CapturedInWords 4 года назад

Haha that's awesome!! I'll be making many more Stormlight Archive videos soon ^_^

@justinj_00 4 года назад

Correction: Szeth's list says it contains highprinces, but no Alethi highprinces are specifically mentioned, they may have been highprinces from other realms

@vaughnwiberg2641 2 года назад

This is the best summary video out there and it's not even close. I occasionally watch it just to reminisce on how great Way of Kings is. Please continue to make Stormlight summary videos! Your hard work with this video helps me to enjoy the series as a whole since it helps me remember everything!

@rileyobyrne6595 4 года назад

Can’t wait for stormlight 4!!! And can’t wait for your next vid!

@kinghailz786 4 года назад

Would you agree with these top 5 characters? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_lXaEOJRROY.html

@santihagne8151 4 года назад

Jay is back ! I repeat: Jay is back ! GRAB SOME POPCORNS, LOCK YOURSELF IN A ROOM AND WATCH !!! I am just going to do it 😍😍😍😍

@CapturedInWords 4 года назад

I'M BACK! ^_^

@kad9964 4 года назад

The beginning giving me the chills... When i first read the book, I dint understand what was going on. But damn, I feel for the heralds.

@thejaredmyers 4 года назад

Yeah, you need to cover the next two books. This was amazing

@Karynchan 4 года назад

I finished “The way of kings” just yesterday and wanted to read “Words of radiance” next month, but after watching your video I started reading the second book straight away😆 Great job!

@Zenik16 4 года назад

Honestly this is amazing and the amount of effort put into this is astounding, tbh you're one of the most underrated youtuber because you're videos are actually high quality compared to most and all

@CapturedInWords 4 года назад

Thank you so much!

@RachelHowden 2 года назад

I check back every couple months to see if you've made a summary video for WOR and OB. I can't wait to watch and share with my friends who read the series. This WOK summary is by far the best I've seen! I can't even imagine how much time it took to make. If you make the others I'm sure a lot of us will be very grateful!!

@mikesbookreviews 3 года назад

Didn't want to watch this until I finished my review so the thoughts were my own. But watching now and it's brilliant, as usual. Awesome work, my friend.

@PabloSantiago 4 года назад

Absolutely amazing ! As a college student I don't have much time to be rereading all the books so this is a great option for me !

@CapturedInWords 4 года назад

Thanks! That was a big reason I wanted to make this video, I know there's many people out there who won't get time to re-read it and might forget a lot of the details, so I'm glad this video helps!

@omkarvarudkar3149 4 года назад

The editing is so good. I applaud you for all the work you clearly put into this video

@CapturedInWords 4 года назад

Thanks! It was definitely a lot of work to put together

@samuelleask1132 2 года назад

The Sanderlanche in this book freaking blew my mind. I read it last month and now I’m more than halfway through Words of Radiance

@asolomoth1066 8 месяцев назад

"Sanderlanche" is such a good way of describing the entire ending process of this book

@EE-bg1de 4 месяца назад

Delinar to his nephew the king: "Oh by the way, get used to the idea of me courting your mom. It's happening." Delinar dropped the mic and just walked away. Epic.

@tesiu101 4 года назад

48 min of Way of Kings? Sing me up!

@georgijaxx1557 4 года назад

I can't stress enough how magnificent this summary is! I am speechless...please tell me parts 2 and 3 are brewing. Thanks for putting all of this together, plus all the fan art is amazing. Go Bridge 4!!!!

@johnkane8473 4 года назад

Please do more of these for Words of Radiance and Oathbringer. I think there are some things I missed.

@peterdeluca 13 дней назад

This video deserves an award of some kind!

@chrisadair99 4 года назад

This is the best book tube video I've seen. Serious props for the time and effort put into this!

@CapturedInWords 4 года назад

Haha thanks for the amazing comment!

@o_o-lj1ym 3 года назад

This is seriously so impressive. Also, the way the visuals are edited is so perfect. I couldn’t look away!

@angelaory7728 4 года назад

Yes please please please make one of these (this long!) for words of radiance! This was so awesome. I’m getting ready to read Oathbringer so I wanted a refresh on the first books and this was perfect!

@josepher9071 4 года назад

I'm only 2 minutes in to the video and, as always, the editing and explaination is absolutely outstanding.

@Hadrian1616 4 года назад

Now THIS is entertainment. So many fantastic artists! I've only seen a fraction of this SLA art over on pinterest. You really dug deep son. Thanks from the bottom of my ten heatbeats for this. Next time pace yourself or end up as cracked as Kal and see some Spren. Words of Radiance is my favourite of the first 3 books. I love that we get to see Kal learn his surges better and grow as a knight. The rising of the spear hero eh? Shallan is the superstar and the whole world is unlocked for more frantically eager theorycrafting. All praise Jay and his captured in words channel. Very well made video. Well made sir.

@CapturedInWords 4 года назад

Haha thank you! I've pretty much been collecting artwork and organizing it into different folders through out the entire year. Be prepared to see more of, because I plan on making many more Stormlight Archive related videos! And of course, I'll definitely make a summary video for both Words of Radiance and Oathbringer before the 4th book comes out!

@tonyt3638 4 года назад

Please keep doing these! The chronological display of fan art mixed with summary is the perfect format!

@kamichkaran Год назад

what a great video, the editing, fanart and the soundtrack made the summary more enjoyable. great job and keep doing more summaries like this one.

@florencelibellule7224 4 года назад

You're explaining so clearly this story, great job!!!

@CapturedInWords 4 года назад

Thanks! :D

@peachakai 4 года назад

The sheer amount of time and effort you put into this video ASTOUNDS ME. The Stormlight Archive is my favorite series in the world and you did it so much justice 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I’d love to see a Words of Radiance summary but take your time and don’t burn yourself out! You’re fantastic!!

@CapturedInWords 4 года назад

I'm so happy to hear I did it justice! :D That's something I was really worried about when making this video! I will for sure make one for WoR and Oathbringer some time before the 4th book comes out! Thanks!

@GeoKnowLearning 2 года назад

@@CapturedInWords I would still love to see WoR and Oathbringer videos!

@syscansannin4692 2 года назад

@@CapturedInWords oh really?

@Neontaster 3 года назад

This is such a phenomenal video. I was looking for an in depth summary because it's been a while since I've read this and I enjoy longer form videos like this, but I was not expecting to find something this detailed and full of visual aides etc. I can't imagine how much work this took so serious kudos.

@ivanhoe1024 4 года назад

This is one of the best video I’ve ever seen, great contents, great editing, great fan art... great everything! I know it’s a lot of work but I hope to see more coming!

@filipefaria830 4 года назад

Amazing work, I definitely want to see the other Stormlight books summarized by you :)

@CapturedInWords 4 года назад

Thank you! I'll definitely make summary videos for the other books in the series! :)

@AlexCollins85 3 года назад

@@CapturedInWords do you have an idea of when you will create the followup videos? This was an excellent recap, thanks.

@cybersketcher1130 3 года назад

@@CapturedInWords just in case you forgot, you said you'd make videos for the other Stormlight books.

@tinango1828 3 года назад

@@CapturedInWords Please make more summary videos!!!

@Awexuwu 4 года назад

I clicked on an ad for you. I'm 3 minutes in but I'm already impressed.

@CapturedInWords 4 года назад

Haha thanks I appreciate it! ^_^

@gabisarcanum2022 3 года назад

It never stops amazing me how much work you put in your videos. I love your content and editing.

@themarcazard 4 года назад

Gotta commend you for your effort in this summary! Thank you for this. I hope you will continue to do this with the series so we can refer to these as a refresher as the new books cone out. Thank you again!

@rainunderfire9041 4 года назад

These are my highlights from your video: - 23:21 this entire scene you described so well, not to mention the visuals and voice you used for the cryptic are amazing! - 33:18 again your description for the Wandersail story was fantastic, plus props for adding the flute music, and the quote you read out. - 45:36 I love the way you described this Dalinar vision! Oh and also the prelude 2:51 that part was amazing as well, and helped me understand what was actually going on in the prelude

@barjablast 4 года назад

Storms! This was incredible. Showed me a couple connections I missed or forgotten about. Would most definitely want a Words of Radiance version when you're up to the task!

@CapturedInWords 4 года назад

Haha thanks!! I'll definitely be making one for WoR as well as Oathbringer before the 4th book comes out! :)

@Sour01 3 года назад

@@CapturedInWords mate, how are you going with it???? Book 4 is nearly out :)

@Kaladin0622 4 года назад

Insane how perfect you summarized a story this BIG. Amazing video!

@genericnpc08 4 года назад

I love this book series!! More than 150 hours for all three books combined in audiobook format!

@balkisrincon 4 года назад

I love your creativity and the energy that you put in your videos. Sadly I haven’t read the book and I have the intention of reading it coz I love Sanderson’s writing. So, I can’t really watch this video, but as you asked, you have my “like” and here you have my “comment” 😜👍

@walternate2914 4 года назад

It’s evident that an incredible amount of work went into the production of this video. Well done and thank you.

@charlesvane133 3 года назад

This was beyond amazing! Incredibly impressed. Thank you for doing this. I can't imagine how long it must've taken you. Exactly what I needed to refresh the story for the next books.

@AdamCollings 4 года назад

Fantastic, Mate. This video is a very valuable resource. I find myself needing to refresh my memory each time I start reading a new Stormlight book. There's just so much in them you can't keep it all in your head over the 2 year break between books. Thanks for all your effort creating this.

@cagankaplan5302 4 года назад

Wow what an amazing effort you've put into this video!

@CapturedInWords 4 года назад

Thanks! I don't think I ever put so much time into a video before, so it feels great to finally have it up!

@franciscorecchia5803 4 года назад

Please Do a WOR one! This was just great and helped remember much stuff.

@firesandflowers 4 года назад

Thanks - I loved this! I read the Stormlight books about a year or two ago. This was a great summary and I'd love to see the next two done as well! This will be a good resource for those who don't have time to reread the series each time a new book comes out.

@Skybreak31 4 года назад

i love Brandon Sanderson's books and the way he writes! You my friend did an outstanding job on this video!

@apanda1122 4 года назад

My god, the efforts put into this awesome video, hats off!!

@CapturedInWords 4 года назад

Thank you!

@SheIsAnOpenBook 4 года назад

WOW! Thank you for taking time to make this video! I find it so difficult to explain this book & this is the perfect refresher to continue with the series. Great Job!!!

@ghstrdio 4 года назад

Some new artwork I 've never seen. Excellent work and summary!

@nathanplacer4176 3 года назад

This is truly stunning! I appreciate this video so much!!

@SuperDoctor9 4 года назад

Time to settle in for what is no doubt an awesome video. It's clear you put so much effort into your content!

@matiasgagliardone7545 4 года назад

Awesome work man! I hope you get the attention you deserve.

@d3cayedd3cayed9 4 года назад

Great work, can't wait to see the next book. Tyvm for the dedication and effort.

@Avokaddo 3 года назад

this is incredible and will come in super handy when the new books are coming out! Nice telling and the pictures and dynamic you use are just amazing! Thanks so much for this huge video!

@PetrikLeo 4 года назад

Dude... subscribed. The amount of work that went into this video is INSANE. Well done, seriously well done!

@CapturedInWords 4 года назад

Thanks so much! I probably spent way too much time working on this video XD but I wanted to try and do the book some justice

@noelnovels6511 4 года назад

Wow. Just wow. I finished this last night and was just like in a daze! I can’t believe how much stuff I missed as well! This video was amazing! I felt so atmospheric! Awesome job! This will definitely go down as one of my favorite books of all time! Definitely can’t wait to finish the next 2 books in the series!

@jessienube7034 3 года назад

The best summary on booktube! I can't imagine how much effort this took. Just subscribed to your channel.

@Royhaven12 3 года назад

The art in this is AMAZING!

@jonmadrak873 4 года назад

I appreciate the effort and commend the execution. This was a great refresher and study guide for this series. Thanks

@mattstreckfuss9678 4 года назад

Bravo. A ton of work to put together! Please continue with next books in saga. I can’t wait to watch your summary deep dives - before starting into book 4 when released!

@adonis3726 4 года назад

I can't even imagine the work that went into this! Thank you.

@ShadowsDesigns 2 года назад

I cannot thank you enough. You are an absolute legend of a guy. The effort you've put in really comes through in the video.

@pdlawson100 4 года назад

Absolutely loved this. The visuals in particular are amazing, and the level of detail is just right to get a really comprehensive overview. It's actually really helpful for me as I'm halfway through book 2 and forgot some important stuff from the first book.

@kavanpuranik98 3 года назад

Please make the next one just as long, or even longer, this was amazing!! ❤️❤️❤️

@trueharrypotterfan 4 года назад

Holy moly! Splendidly summarized. Thank you so much :)

@igloomaster 3 года назад

Amazing work please keep them coming!!!

@tanyam928 4 года назад

I loved this video! Stormlight is my favorite series. Your summary was so well done, the artwork and animations all came together to make it even better. Thank you for all the work you put into making such great videos, I would love to see videos for the next 2 Stormlight books as well!

@IssaFe 3 года назад

This is the best (as detailed as it could be) summary of The Way of Kings I've watched so far. Your explanation and outline, plus the additional cosmere connections/facts are thoroughly explained. Please do consider continuing with the other books in the series.

@alysiabarg1873 2 года назад

I wanted to say I think you did a wonderful job. You truly bring the book to life! Thank you

@jonathanturner1464 3 года назад

This video is incredible. Way to hit it out of the park. You put a lot of effort into all the animations and editing and I will be using this in my book club for those who cannot keep up with our path to book 4 pace.

@brettwaddingham3296 4 года назад

So this is where you've been! Great job, thanks for the hard work, it's a fantastic video!

@deanaoxo 4 года назад

Holy good god, that was the shortest 48 minutes ever. Thank you thank you. I had to read this book three times, just to be able to really understand how awesome it is. Plus, it only gets better. The fan art is amazing, and really brings the characters to life. I can't wait to read more, and hear more, so yes, Words of Radiance, i'm in. Again, thank you. Your in depth summary's, hearing the names pronounced, all bring the characters to life. I still marvel at Sanderson's ability to world build, and character build, plus, wondered if any characters jumped, that is now confirmed. Whoa, lots here, so much to take in. Bravo.

@PianoLibra 3 года назад

This is amazing!! Thank you so much for all your time and effort, this is exactly what I needed as my time is too limited to reread the series, YOU SAVED ME!!

@atinybard6594 Месяц назад

Read Way of Kings years ago and wanted to jump right into Words of Radiance, this has been exceedingly helpful

@lessthan12parsecs92 Год назад

Just finished the first book myself and WOW, that was a journey. Your video is very well done and I will be coming back for more after Book 2!

@delindadavis 3 года назад

Wow!!! Excellent job summarizing the first book. I read it recently but you reminded me of many things I had forgotten. Beautiful and concise review

@nichmoore1 4 месяца назад

Fantastic work! This is some of the best work I’ve ever seen on RU-vid, thank you so much!

@dlockwo2 5 месяцев назад

Fantastic work! Can’t wait for words of radiance! Thank you!

@leviwendigo1811 4 года назад

i finished the book several months ago and this summary with visuals was exactly what i needed to keep the memories in my head and even give depth to some of the parts of the book i didn't pick up on! thank you much captured in words. if you could do same type video for words of radiance i'm sure there would be nothing but praise.

@jamesmccullough9364 4 года назад

This was so helpful. I was just about to start Words of Radiance, but wanted a refresher. Great video! Cheers!

@brassgoblin 4 года назад

Wow. This was great! As more SLA books come out I and many other will come back for a refresher. Thank you!

@findwhy11 Год назад

I'm always blown away by thr production quality of your work!

@matthewwoolley4131 4 года назад

Incredibly well done summary! There were many details and scenes that I had forgotten since I had read WoK (and a good few foreshadowing bits that definitely went over my head the first time I read). Definitely look forward to seeing a similar summary of Words of Radiance and Oathbringer!

@jenniferwood144 4 года назад

This video is fantastic, a wonderful job. Please continue with more! Thank you

@abigailkirchhofer5794 16 дней назад

I edit videos for a living and this ☹️🥲this is a labor of love. Thank you.

@rebeccaarmstrong587 2 года назад

This is the best summary I have come across! So much work in here, it is appreciated. I will be watching the rest of these for sure. Excited to see you doing the same for Rothfuss too.

@frugephoto2191 4 года назад

Thank you for taking the time to make this video man. I took a small break and just started Oathbringer. This was exactly what I needed.

@Paul_Oz 4 года назад

Thanks man, Please do this for each book! I have to reread the the series every time a new book comes out. Thanks much, will try to hit you up on patreon.