Hemalurgy: The Cosmere's Darkest Art

In the Mistborn series of books by Brandon Sanderson, one of the most mysterious powers is that of Hemalurgy. This dark art involves harvesting powers from a person and placing them in another in a gruesome manner. Powered by the shard of Ruin, this is undoubtedly the darkest arcana we've seen in the Cosmere. Nowhere is safe from Hemalurgy. It works anywhere in the cosmere. From the planet Nalthis from Warbreakr, to the planet Sel from the book Elantris, and even on Roshar of the Stormlight Archive. Ruins tendrils can be felt everywhere. In this video, Jason has been kidnapped by a cult of hemalurgists known as "The Children of Seran". This fictitious group has forced Jason to use his wealth of cosmere knowledge to make an instructional video to teach their acolytes how to use this dark art. Art in the Thumbnail by: Diego Lopez Matthis Seguin, Konrad Hetko, Brotherwise Games,   / jasonioan   Special thanks to these incredible people for proofreading the script: The_Hessay ‪@audonalsium‬ Mac May ‪@aidanpocock‬ Jofwu ‪@The.Cosmere.Academy‬ Follow Me on social media for behind-the-scenes content: TikTok:   / jasonioan   Instagram:   / jasonioan_the_worldhopper   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jasonioan.bs... Twitter: https://x.com/Jasonioan #brandonsanderson #cosmere #investiture #videoessay #mistborn #stormlightarchive #wayofkings #books #fantasy #booktok #bookstagram #booktube #cosmererpg #worldhopping #Roshar #magicsystem #islesoftheemberdark #adonalsium #mistborn #hemalurgy #scadrial #dragonsteel #dragonsteelprime CTC Chapters ----------------- 0:00 Intro 0:56 Basics of Hemalurgy 2:06 The Hemalurgic Table and Metals 5:31 Spiritual DNA and Spikes in the Soul 7:51 How Hemalurgy has Changed and Hemalurgic Decay 11:12 Harvesting Raw Investiture 15:07 Bind Points 16:25 Physical Changes to Hemalurgists 17:13 How to Make an Inquisitor Live Demo 22:54 Greater Cosmere Significance 28:45 Conclusion