The Way of Kings (book)

The Way of Kings is the name of the book written by King Nohadon, after which Dalinar has patterned his life, given the dying request of his brother, Gavilar. According to Dalinar, the book was once considered one of the great masterpieces of political philosophy. Kings around the world used to study it daily. Now, it is considered to be borderline blasphemous.
==History==
The book is a copy of a text originally written in the years before the Recreance. It is one of the oldest, and the only complete text from the Shadowdays.
The book is a series of forty parables that are metaphors for the author's life, real events turned into an example. Later, the book was used by the Knights Radiant as a guide for their Ideals. The ancient text was saved from being lost by the Vanrial and it is the single complete work known to Alethi scholars that survived from early years.
The book's association with the Radiants and contradiction with Vorin teachings (in saying that lighteyes were beneath darkeyes) made it unpopular among the Alethi and presumably all the Vorin kingdoms.
Yet, it is an old, ancient text, once well regarded. Associated with the Lost Radiants, nobody references it anymore. Still, Jasnah believed that there had to be some secret there, a puzzle behind her father's last words, and wondered whether it was a cipher of some sort.
==Text==
Known text as quoted by Dalinar:
===The Eighth Parable===
===Unknown Passage===
===Second Unknown Passage===
The sequence was one of Dalinar’s favorites:
===Third Unknown Passage===
===Postscript===
Chapter 	Epigraph 	Sources
One Hundred Nineteen 	As I began my journey, I was challenged to defend why I insisted on traveling alone. They called it irresponsible. An avoidance of duty and obligation. Those who said this made an enormous mistake of assumption.	From The Way of Kings, postscript
One Hundred Twenty- 	If the journey itself is indeed the most important piece, rather than the destination itself, then I traveled not to avoid duty—but to seek it. 	From The Way of Kings, postscript
One Hundred Twenty-One	It becomes the responsibility of every man, upon realizing he lacks the truth, to seek it out. 	From The Way of Kings, postscript
One Hundred Twenty-Two	Yes, I began my journey alone, and I ended it alone. But that does not mean that I walked alone. 	From The Way of Kings, postscript
===Other Quotes===
==Notes==
According to Brandon, Nohadon's The Way of Kings is directly influenced by King Benjamin's speech and Mosiah, and this is intentional.Starsight Release Party, Orem, UT, 11/26/19
The above refers to this.
==References==
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