Dragonsteel 2022 is just around the corner! If you haven't heard yet, this year will be celebrating the release of "The Lost Metal", which will be the final installment in the 2nd era of the Mistborn series revolving around Wax and Wayne. The tales from the world of Scadrial are far from finished though as Brandon still has 2 more eras planned for the series. However, with Brandon, nothing is ever certain. Originally there were only 3 eras planned for the series with Wax and Wayne only appearing as a stand-alone novella type story in The Alloy of Law. Now we eagerly await the epic conclusion to their tale in the 4th and final installment!
For those interested there are still around 400 "Last Minute Admission Badges" available at $60 apiece. Badges will not be sold at the door so please pay before you go! All swag and book purchases have been suspended for pre-order via Tabletop, however Dragonsteel will have them available at the convention. Swag will include Dragonsteel 2022 themed and Wax and Wayne themed T-Shirts, Stickers, and Pins. The Dragonsteel booth will also be selling a variety of other merchandise from previous events and book releases, so make sure that you bring extra room in your carry-on to bring things home!
Registration for the event will officially open at 9:30am on Monday the 14th for those with event badges, at which time wristbands will be handed out to determine what number you will get from the book distribution, taking place at 10:00pm in the Event Hall. Please note that a copy of The Lost Metal must have been ordered ahead of time to receive your wrist band! Attendees are welcome to line up in an attempt to get a lower number starting at 4:00am local time at the South Temple Entrance to the Salt Palace Convention Center, however lining up prior to 4:00am is against local ordinances. All books will come pre-signed by Brandon, with a unique event stamp and number. 150 lucky individuals out of the 4500 badges purchased have also been chosen for an additional signing with Brandon, Tuesday night, at the end of the convention. These lucky winners are allowed to bring one additional attendee with them, and each of them are able to have up to 3 items and 1 personalization apiece. For those who weren't lucky enough to snag a signing with Brandon, never fear for there will be many other authors and artists in attendance who would love to sign items from your collection. A cheat sheet of who will be in attendance, and what works they are included in can be found here!
The convention will offer plenty of activities to choose from, as well as multiple exhibitors eager to meet you and share their creations. The Exhibitor Hall will open on Monday, the 14th, at 12:00pm for the VIP Badge Holders and 1:00pm for Genereal Admission Badge Holders. There are 43 exhibitors listed in attendance this year, ourselves included! Be sure you stop by and check us out as we will be showcasing multiple items and services:
- Crafty Games: Mistborn Dice / Mistborn Games + Game Books
- Stormlight Metal Bookmarks
- A Selection of UK Paperbacks: Steelheart, Firefight and Starsight
- A Selection of 1-2 copies of 1st Edition, 1st Printing Hardcovers: The Way of Kings, Warbreaker, Mistborn Era 1, and Mistborn Era 2
- Signed copies of the newly released 10th Anniversary The Emperor's Soul Paperback **LIMITED STOCK**
- A full set of Signed/Numbered, Mistborn Era 1 Leatherbounds!
- A Signed/Numbered Elantris Leatherbound!
- Book Covering Services: Brodart
- Possible other odds and ends!
In addition to these awesome items we will also have signings available from Isaac Stewart and Ben McSweeney! Isaac is the official Art Director for Sanderson and has designed items such as the Mistborn Symbols, Aons, World Maps and much more! Ben has created items such as Shallan's notebook pages, Era 2 Mistborn Broadsheets, the Mitosis novella graphic novel and Crafty Games items. We will also have a showcase display of the many editions of The Emperor's Soul thanks to our very own Lexie! Make sure you come by and check out our booth, meet us, and learn about what we do!
Other exhibitors include:
- Kings Wild Project which created the Mistborn Playing Cards
- Forged Foam which makes replica Shardblades
- Dan Wells who has worked on Dark One with Brandon, and is also the author of "I Am Not a Serial Killer"
- Janci Patterson & Megan Walker who are co-authors of Skyward and Bastille
- Darci Cole & Lyndsey Luther who are beta readers and have lots of their own content out
- Hayley Lazo who illustrated the Alcatraz Series
- Brian McClellan author of The Power Mage series, Godglass Immortals and Valkyrie Collections and is also beta reader
- Many more!
The panels will also start at 10:00am on Monday, the 14th. Many of these panels will overlap one another so make sure you take a look at the Official Panel List so you know what you want to attend. A more detailed version can be found here. Some of these required tickets to participate in, most of which sold out in minutes! However there will be plenty of content for everyone. Here are a few examples of the panels this year:
- Learn to Make Barbie Shardplate (Sold Out)
- The Making (and Breaking) of Bastille vs the Evil Librarians
- Charity Magic Draft (Sold Out)
These are only a few of the many panels that will be offered over this 2 day convention. This years convention is sure to be a fun time for everyone no matter your personal interests. We look forward to seeing everyone that comes and can't wait to meet everyone! If you can't make it this year, don't worry! Dragonsteel is growing bigger every year and Brandon's team is already planning on Dragonsteel 2023 to revolve around the 4th book in the Skyward series, Defiant, while Dragonsteel 2024 will be the release event for the conclusion to the first half of the Stormlight Archive series! Keep your calendars open and we are sure to have more fun for years to come! Thank you all and we hope to see you soon!