17th Shard

Forum · Message Board
Name:	17th Shard
Date(s):	2010-present
Moderated:	Yes
Moderators/List Maintainers:	Many
Founder(s):	Chaos, Rubix, firstRainbowRose
Type:	Discussion
Fandom:	Cosmere
Scope:
URL:	https://www.17thshard.com/forum/
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The 17th Shard is the official Brandon Sanderson fansite. It was founded in 2010, and is named after an in-universe group of worldhoppers. It primarily functions as a fan forum, and links to the Coppermind and the Arcanum. There is also an official 17th Shard discord.

Mission

The official mission of the 17th Shard is:

17th Shard (also referred to as 17S or the Shard) is a fun, family-friendly online community, home to people who love Brandon Sanderson and his books. We offer a Brandon Sanderson podcast, a well-maintained wiki, news, a fan gallery, and various discussions, theories, games, and roleplays about the books and other subjects. Combined, we want to be the premier place to discuss Brandon and the center of his fandom.

A helpful guide to our community rules and policies can be found here, and we also have a subforum you can ask questions in if you need other assistance (and of course, feel free to contact any of the staff).

Though Brandon finished The Wheel of Time, we are not a Wheel of Time fansite. However, their fanbase is extremely active online, so there are plenty of options for that, such as Dragonmount.

17s About

History

The 17th Shard was created in 2010, out of desire for a site solely dedicated to Sanderson's works. Prior to this, the community was on Timewaster's Guide, a forum created by Sanderson's brother. Originally, it was going to be called "Hoid's Compendium", but the name 17th Shard was suggested by Sanderson.

Sometime between 2017 and 2020, the 17th Shard created a Discord server, which is now a major part of the community and has over 4500 members. Many members of the 17th Shard are primarily or only active in the Discord.

The forum celebrated its 10th anniversary on June 4th, 2020.

Discussion Categories

Categories for sub-forums of the 17th Shard include:

• 17th Shard
  • Introduce Yourself!
  • 17th Shard Discussion (and Tech Support)
  • The Coppermind Wiki
  • Arcanum Discussion
• Brandon Sanderson
  • General Brandon Discussion
  • Events and Signings
  • Sanderson Fan Works
• Cosmere
  • Cosmere Q&A
  • Cosmere Discussion
  • Stormlight Archive
  • Mistborn
  • Elantris and Emperor's Soul
  • Warbreaker
  • White Sand (and White Sand Prose)
  • Cosmere Short Stories
  • Unpublished Works (including Way of Kings Prime and Aether of Night)
• Non-cosmere works
  • The Reckoners
  • The Rithmatist
  • Skyward
  • Alcatraz
  • Dark One
  • Other Stories
  • The Wheel of Time
• Related Works
  • Writing Excuses
  • Reading Excuses
• Community
  • General Community (including Forum Games and Random Stuff; AMAs)
  • Entertainment Discussion
  • Science, Technology, and Math Discussion
  • Creator's Corner
  • Role-Playing (including Sanderson Elimination, Reckoners RPG, Alleyverse, Inactive RPs)
  • Social Groups, Clans, and Guilds

Statistics

As of March 21st, 2021, the 17th Shard had:

• 27,074 registered members
• 36,518 total forum topics
• 1,134,757 total forum posts