#chasmfiend

“Bind my leg,” Kaladin said weakly. “The rest of me should be fine. Heal right up . . .”

One of the funniest “never comes up again” things in SLA is Kaladin and Shallan slaying a full-ass chasmfiend and it’s never mentioned again. Shallan tells Kal to keep it quiet because she doesn’t want people to know she is a Radiant, and he goes, “yep, relatable” as he shows up in the triage tent completely wrecked with his leg in shreds and goes, uh yes, we found a dead chasmfiend. Also, something must’ve chomped on me when I wasn’t looking. Twice. Detail:

So I just saw the miniature for the chasmfiends from the Stormlight Archive/Cosmere RPG. And I immediately had one thought.

I've seen that before.

That's a Brutalisk.

So I started thinking and was like "hey it makes sense, everything on Roshar is crab" and then I was like "hey wait, whats a whitespine look like?"

That's a zergling.

Specifically, it reminds me of the Swarmling from Heart of the Swarm.

Cleeeeearly, Roshar is playing host to a bunch of stranded zerg. It's the only thing that makes sense.

I just got to the bit in Words of Radiance where Shallan and Kaladin are cornered by the chasmfiend. Naturally I had to draw it. This was my first time using charcoal and honestly it might be one of the best drawings that I’ve ever done

Chasmfiend

Chasmfiend work-in-progress…!