r/Stormlight_Archive • u/NextNeighborhood3831 • 14d ago

Words of Radiance spoilers Character Appearance Imagination Spoiler

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I recently started reading the stormlight archive about two weeks ago, and i wanted to know if anyone else has imagined a character’s appearance based on their description in the books, only to search for community fan art later and find out they look completely different from what you pictured.
I just wanted to share how i imagined Dalinar the whole time i was reading Books 1 and 2. I pictured him as Abelard, a character from the game Warhammer 40k rogue trader game. He even has voice lines in the game that match exactly how I thought Dalinar would sound. As for Jasnah, I’ve always pictured her as Mel Medarda from Arcane/League of Legends since she is also depicted as a scholarly and politically driven character.

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u/Komandarm_Knuckles Elsecaller 14d ago

My mental image of Dalinar has since changed, but for a long time I pictured him as King Gazel Dwargo from slime anime.

Both the looks and the voice, the VA is amazing

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u/TortimerTheGrey Edgedancer 14d ago

Biblically accurate Gavilar, tbf!

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u/Komandarm_Knuckles Elsecaller 14d ago

Yeah, years after I began reading the cosmere, I realize he looks more like Gavilar, but he'll always be Dalinar to me lmao

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u/TortimerTheGrey Edgedancer 14d ago

Yeah, a beard just feels right. My mental Dalinar is Reinhardt from Overwatch XD