Editing White Sand

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|setting= [[Taldain]], [[Cosmere]]

|publisher= Dynamite Entertainment

|collaborators=[[Rik Hoskin]], [[Isaac Stewart]], [[Julius Gopez]], [[Fritz Casas]], [[Nabetse Zitro]]

|released= December 2022

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'''''White Sand''''' is a graphic novel, initially released in three separate volumes, based on a story written by [[Brandon Sanderson]] and adapted by [[Rik Hoskin]]. A number of different artists were used, with each volume having its own lineup. Volume One was drawn by [[Julius Gopez]], colored by [[Sophie Campbell]], and lettered by [[Marshall Dillon]]. Volume Two was split between several artists; chapters one through five were drawn by Julius Gopez and chapter six was drawn by [[Julius Ohta]], chapters one and two were colored by [[Morgan Hickman]] and chapters three through six were colored by [[Salvatore Aiala Studios]], lettering for the whole volume was done by [[DC Hopkins]]. Volume three was drawn by [[Fritz Casas]], colored by Salvatore Aiala Studios, and lettered by DC Hopkins. It is set on the planet of [[Taldain]] and is a part of Brandon Sanderson's [[cosmere]] universe. The first volume was released on June 28, 2016. White Sand is, chronologically, the earliest book in the cosmere sequence.{{wob ref|10502}}

An omnibus edition collecting volumes 1-3 with updated and extra content was made available to preorder via [https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/brandon-sanderson-s-white-sand-graphic-novel#/ Indiegogo] in February of 2022.{{bws ref|date=2022-07-20|white-sand-omnibus-news-weekly-update|White Sand Omnibus News + Weekly Update}}

==Synopsis==

''On the planet of Taldain, the legendary Sand Masters harness arcane powers to manipulate sand in spectacular ways. But when they are slaughtered in a sinister conspiracy, the weakest of their number, Kenton, believes himself to be the only survivor. With enemies closing in on all sides, Kenton forges an unlikely partnership with Khriss -- a mysterious Darksider who hides secrets of her own. Assassins are coming for them from all directions, and Kenton's only true ally is Khriss, a visitor from the other side of the planet who has an agenda of her own to pursue.''

== Summary ==

{{for|/Summary|a chapter by chapter summary}}

== Main Characters ==

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{{for|:Category: Darksiders|a full list of Darkside characters}}

;[[Kenton]]: A weak but skilled sand master whose disapproving father is Lord Mastrell of the Diem

;[[Khrissalla]]: A Darksider duchess who has traveled to Dayside in search of her late [[Gevalden|fiance]] and the secrets of sand mastery

;[[Baon]]: A Darksider bowman who accompanies Duchess Khrissalla

;[[Ais]]: A [[Kerzta|Kerztian]] [[Trackt]] in search of a criminal mastermind

;[[Aarik]]: Kenton's childhood friend

== Setting ==

White Sand is set in the [[cosmere]] on the planet of [[Taldain]].

=== Magic System ===

The primary system of magic on Taldain is known as [[sand mastery]]. Sand mastery involves the telekinetic manipulation of white sand, a process that leaves the sand black for a time, at the expense of the user's water supply.

== Development ==

''White Sand'' is based on Brandon Sanderson's unpublished eighth novel [[White Sand (prose)|of the same name]], which is itself a complete re-write of his [[White Sand Prime|very first book]].

=== Releases ===

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! 2016

| ''White Sand Volume 1''

| #1

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! 2018

| ''White Sand Volume 2''

| #2

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! 2019

| ''White Sand Volume 3''

| #3

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! 2022

| ''White Sand'' omnibus

| Collects #1-3

| Includes a new prologue, new scenes, new Ars Arcanum pages, and modifications to previous artwork and dialogue.

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== Trivia ==

* An excerpt from the first chapter of this graphic novel can be found in [[Arcanum Unbounded]] alongside the original [[White Sand (prose)|prose]] source material for that section.

* In [[Summary: White Sand#Chapter 2|Chapter 2]] when Kenton wakes up after his fight with the [[sandling]] there is a boombox in the tent behind him. [[Brandon]] has confirmed that this is not canonical as the residents of Taldain had not yet reached that level of technology at the time of the story. [[Isaac Stewart]] said that the artist who colored the graphic novel misunderstood the line art and that there was not enough time to change it before the book went to print.{{wob ref|11076}} He also said that when they put out a second edition of the book this and the other inconsistencies will be fixed.{{wob ref|13246}} These revisions were accomplished for the omnibus edition.

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