This time, however, I was determined to push on, despite the introductory slow nature of the book. This false-start behaviour left me with weird assumptions as to what the book was going to be, which in turn kept me from returning to the book, and pushing on. I’ve been wanting to read Elantris for some time now, but every time I tried I just felt un-captivated by the story as it started. It’s taken me two false-starts and a long two weeks to get there, but here I am finally having completed one of the most critically acclaimed and financially successful fantasy books of the past few decades. While I was a third of the way through rereading ‘the Way of Kings’ I decided I would start ‘Elantris’ (mainly so I could read the soon-to-be-read-and-reviewed ‘The Emperor’s Soul’). Performed by James Konicek, Danny Gavigan, Lily Beacon, Richard Rohan, David Coyne, Thomas Penny, Jason Stiles, Thomas Simpson, Tony Nam, Elizabeth Jernigan, Kate Foster, Tim Getman, Sherri Simpson, Mary McGowan, Casie Platt, Jonathan Watkins, Michael Glenn, Eric Messner, Colleen Delany, Sunny Lasskey, Mort Shelby, Terence Aselford, Nanette Savard, Scott McCormick, Andy Clemence, James Lewis, Steven Carpenter, Timothy Lynch.My Brandon Sanderson-athon has been continuing, and I’ve been enjoying myself immensely. With Elantris as their beacon, the light inside all humanity was allowed to shine, elevating it to new heights. Through a process known as the “Shaod”, a normal person could go to bed one night and awake the next morning to throw away the shackles of mortality and become a being of incomparable power and grace. To be an Elantrian was to be without sickness, without pain, and without want.Īnd anyone could become a god. Able to create powerful magics with a mere wave of their hands, the Elantrians were able to heal mortal wounds and create any object they desired. The only thing more glorious than the city itself was its inhabitants, Godlike beings, with silvery skin and hair of the purest flowing white. A sprawling metropolis of unrivaled grandeur, it was a symbol of power and strength, built to be as imposing as it was magnificent. Elantris once stood as the symbol of all that is beautiful.

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