History ComicBook / WhiteSand

* PeekABangs: Aarik's hair covers one of his eyes; it's the "solitary" variety.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Subverted with darksiders having dark skin and lightsiders light, which seems the opposite of the way it should be. WordOfGod explains it as Darksiders having their own "dark star" that emits powerful UV radiation and little visible light.

* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Praxton is the Lord Mastrell of Sand Masters in an AsskickingEqualsAuthority system; Kenton in one of the oldest trainees in his diem and has no talent at all. They also disagree on the topic of what matters for Sand Master - Praxton says it's power, Kenton claims it's skill. Understandably, they're not on best of terms.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The Sand Masters are ranked according to who's the most powerful, with the least powerful at the bottom of the chain.

* DeterminedWidow: Khriss is travelling to Dayside to fulfill her deceased fiance's dream of learning about the Sand Masters - or "Sand Mages" as they call them - and she's going to cut through all the red tape to get what she wants.

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Kenton has brown skin and blonde hair.

* RulesLawyer: Kenton rejects the diem's decision to dissolve the Sand Master's guild, claiming that they did not give the new Master [[spoiler:(him)]] proper notice before a vote that would permanently impact the guild. The diem concedes that he had correctly quoted the law, and then say that the notice is hereby given, which, given how badly the vote had gone against the Sand Masters, means that they have until the next meeting to justify their continued existence or they will be disbanded.

* AdaptationDistillation: In the original novel, Praxton is mentioned to have several children, with Kenton being the youngest; in the comic, they're mentioned only once.
* AdaptationExpansion: The audio dramatisation, sometimes adds details from Sanderson's original prose that didn't make it to the graphic novel.

* BequeathedPower: Kenton is convinced that his father's last action [[spoiler:transferred his power to Kenton.]] That said, [[spoiler: He didn't, and this theory of Kenton is never touched upon again]].

* ChurchMilitant: The new Kerztian daikeen are warrior-priests out to punish the "infidels", AKA the Sand Masters.
* [[spoiler: CleanFoodPoisonedFork]]: [[spoiler: At the ceremony, it wasn't the water that was poisoned, but the bowl.]]

** Praxton is implied to be a Fantastic Classist, looking down on non-Sand Masters. Frankly, their system of ranks promotes that kind of thinking.

* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Ais' dilemma in volume two, once the daikeen begin attacking Kenton. As his assigned bodyguard, she's supposed to protect him; but her religion considers all Sand Mages evil, and she considers the daikeen assassins heroes for tring to kill him.

* BaldOfAwesome:
** Invoked; higher-ranking Sand Masters shave their heads.
** Baon has a bald head.

* MixedAncestry: Kenton's mother was a Darksider.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: For all the bad that can be said about him, Praxton defied FantasticRacism of Dayside by fathering a child with a Darksider, ends up proudly making his son a Mastrell and would probably rebuild the relationship with his son if he wasn't forced to have a DyingMomentOfAwesome saving Kenton.

''White Sand'' is a graphic novel created by Creator/BrandonSanderson and Creator/DynamiteComics. It's part of Sanderson's ''Literature/TheCosmere'' 'verse and the first Cosmere work not to be a prose work[[note]]As a matter of fact, ''White Sand'' was originally written as a book (and can be obtained via email) and was supposed to be released as one, but when Dynamite asked Sanderson if he wouldn't like to adapt any of his unpublished works, ''White Sand'' was remade as a graphic novel instead[[/note]]. It'll be released in three parts, with the first two already out. Previews can be seen at [[http://io9.gizmodo.com/one-of-brandon-sandersons-unreleased-fantasy-novels-is-1765541486 io9]] and [[http://www.newsarama.com/29004-brandon-sanderson-s-fantasy-epic-comes-to-comic-books-with-white-sand-preview.html newsarama]].

* UnSorcerer: Underplayed, but Kenton is ''very'' weak Sand Master. He's said to be able to support one sand ribbon, while all other Sand Masters can support fifteen or more, which means he's fifteen times weaker than all of his peers. [[spoiler:Subverted when he becomes able to support three ribbons after Overmastering once, and five in total after Overmastering a second time.]]

* UnSorcerer: Underplayed, but Kenton is ''very'' weak Sand Master. He's said to be able to support one sand line, while all other Sand Masters can support fifteen or more, which means he's fifteen times weaker than all of his peers. [[spoiler:Subverted when he mysteriously becomes able to support dozens of lines.]]

'''Mysterious man:''' [[spoiler:[[Literature/WaxAndWayne Trell]], sir.]]