The Way of Kings: Headings

Following is a list of The Way of Kings: Headings for each chapter in The Way of Kings and what they contain.
Each chapter heading has 6 symbols. From left to right, there is the double eye of the Almighty, the images of two Heralds and/or Wit/Hoid, then the same two images mirrored, then again the eye of the Almighty, followed by Epigraphs.
==List==
Chapter 	Title 	Symbol 	Herald Name 1 & Attributes 	Herald Name 2 & Attributes 	Quote 	POVs 	Timeline 	Summary 	Comments re: Heralds
Prelude 	Prelude 	 	 	 	 	Kalak 	4500–4505 years before Chapter 1	Kalak and the Heralds break the Oathpact. 	
Prologue 	To Kill 	Szeth 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	“The love of men is a frigid thing, a mountain stream only three steps from the ice. We are his. Oh Stormfather ... we are his. It is but a thousand days, and the Everstorm comes.” –Collected on the first day of the week Palah of the month Shash of the year 1171, thirty-One seconds before death. Subject was a darkeyed pregnant woman of middle years. The child did not survive. 	Szeth 	5 years before Chapter 1 	Szeth kills Gavilar. 	Jezrien because of Gavilar?
One 	Stormblessed 	Kaladin 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“You’ve killed me. Bastards, you’ve killed me! While the sun is still hot, I die!” –Collected on the fifth day of the week Chach of the month Betab of the year 1171, ten seconds before death. Subject was a darkeyed soldier thirty-one years of age. Sample is considered questionable. 	Cenn 	 	Cenn is brought into Kaladin's squad. 	
Two 	Honor is Dead 	Kaladin 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	“Ten orders. We were loved, once. Why have you forsaken us, Almighty! Shard of my soul, where have you gone?” –Collected on the second day of Kakash, 1171, five seconds before death. Subject was a lighteyed woman in her third decade. 	Kaladin 	8 months after Chapter 1 	Kaladin as a slave. 	Kaladin tries to help a fellow slave by diagnosing him.
Three 	City of Bells 	Shallan 	Shalash Creative/Honest 	Shalash Creative/Honest 	“A man stood on a cliffside and watched his homeland fall into dust. The waters surged beneath, so far beneath. And he heard a child crying. They were his own tears.” –Collected on the 4th of Tanates, year 1171, thirty seconds before death. Subject was a cobbler of some renown. 	Shallan 	 	Shallan arrives at Kharbranth. 	
Four 	The Shattered Plains 	Kaladin 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“I’m dying, aren’t I? Healer, why do you take my blood? Who is that beside you, with his head of lines? I can see a distant sun, dark and cold, shining in a black sky.” –Collected on the 3rd of Jesnan, 1172, 11 seconds pre-death. Subject was a Reshi chull trainer. Sample is of particular note. 	Kaladin 	 	Kaladin arrives at the Shattered Plains. 	
Five 	Heretic 	Shallan 	Paliah Learned/Giving 	Paliah Learned/Giving 	“I have seen the end, and have heard it named. The Night of Sorrows, the True Desolation. The Everstorm.” –Collected on the 1st of Nanes, 1172, 15 seconds pre-death. Subject was a darkeyed youth of unknown origin. 	Shallan 	 	Shallan is rejected by Jasnah. 	Jasnah's Herald is Paliah?
Six 	Bridge Four 	Kaladin 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“I’m cold. Mother, I’m cold. Mother? Why can I still hear the rain? Will it stop?” –Collected on Vevishes, 1172, 32 seconds pre-death. Subject was a lighteyed female child, approximately six years old. 	Kaladin 	 	Kaladin is placed with Bridge Four. 	
Seven 	Anything Reasonable 	Shallan 	Ishar Pious/Guiding 	Ishar Pious/Guiding 	“They are aflame. They burn. They bring the darkness when they come, and so all you can see is that their skin is aflame. Burn, burn, burn ... ” –Collected on Palahishev, 1172, 21 seconds pre-death. Subject was a baker’s apprentice. 	Shallan 	 	Shallan prepares her case to Jasnah and meets Kabsal. 	For Kabsal
Eight 	Nearer the Flame 	Shallan 	Paliah Learned/Giving 	Paliah Learned/Giving 	“Victory! We stand atop the mount! We scatter them before us! Their homes become our dens, their lands are now our farms! And they shall burn, as we once did, in a place that is hollow and forlorn.” –Collected on Ishashan, 1172, 18 seconds pre-death. Subject was a lighteyed spinster of the eighth dahn. 	Shallan 	 	Shallan is accepted by Jasnah. 	For Jasnah?
Nine 	Damnation 	Kaladin 	Nalan Just/Confident 	Nalan Just/Confident 	“Ten people, with Shardblades alight, standing before a wall of black and white and red.” –Collected: Jesachev, 1173, 12 seconds pre-death. Subject: one of our own ardents, overheard during his last moments. 	Kaladin 	 	Kaladin fails again and hits a new low. 	
Ten 	Stories of Surgeons 	Kaladin 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	No quote 	Kaladin 	9 years ago 	Kaladin, learning of healing. 	
Eleven 	Droplets 	Kaladin 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	“Three of sixteen ruled, but now the Broken One reigns.” –Collected: Chachanan, 1173, 84 seconds pre-death. Subject: a cutpurse with the wasting sickness, of partial Iriali descent. 	Kaladin 	 	Kaladin almost commits suicide, then hardens his resolve to protect Bridge Four. 	
Interlude 1 	Ishikk 	Almighty	Hoid 	Hoid 	No quote 	Ishikk 	 	People are looking for Hoid. 	
Interlude 2 	Nan Balat 	Almighty	Kalak Resolute/Builder 	Kalak Resolute/Builder 	No quote 	Nan Balat 	 	Shallan's brothers have problems of their own. 	??
Interlude 3 	The Glory of Ignorance 	Szeth 	Shalash Creative/Honest 	Shalash Creative/Honest 	No quote 	Szeth 	 	Szeth is displayed by Took in a tavern then gets a new master when Took is killed by footpads. 	Szeth is honest to his new master?
Twelve 	Unity 	Dalinar 	Hoid 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	Old friend, I hope this missive finds you well. Though, as you are now essentially immortal, I would guess that wellness on your part is something of a given. 	Adolin 	 	Dalinar, Adolin, and Elhokar go on a hunt for a chasmfiend. Wit is introduced. 	
Thirteen 	Ten Heartbeats 	Dalinar 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	Chanarach Brave/Obedient 	I realize that you are probably still angry. That is pleasant to know. Much as your perpetual health, I have come to rely upon your dissatisfaction with me. It is one of the cosmere’s great constants, I should think. 	Dalinar 	 	Dalinar saves the king from the chasmfiend. 	
Fourteen 	Payday 	Kaladin 	Kalak Resolute/Builder 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	Let me first assure you that the element is quite safe. I have found a good home for it. I protect its safety like I protect my own skin, you might say. 	Kaladin 	 	Kaladin tries to lead his men, explores Syl's differences. 	
Fifteen 	The Decoy 	Dalinar 	Chanarach Brave/Obedient 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	You do not agree with my quest. I understand that, so much as it is possible to understand someone with whom I disagree so completely. 	Adolin/Dalinar 	 	Elhokar fears his strap was cut. History of Sadeas. 	
Sixteen 	Cocoons 	Kaladin 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	No quote 	Kaladin 	7 1/2 years ago 	Kal and Laral talk, and their citylord dies. 	
Seventeen 	A Bloody, Red Sunset 	Kaladin 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	Might I be quite frank? Before, you asked why I was so concerned. It is for the following reason: 	Kaladin 	 	Kaladin starts to medically treat the Bridgemen. 	
Eighteen 	Highprince of War 	Dalinar 	Battar Wise/Careful 	Battar Wise/Careful 	Ati was once a kind and generous man, and you saw what became of him. Rayse, on the other hand, was among the most loathsome, crafty, and dangerous individuals I had ever met. 	Adolin/Dalinar, Adolin, Dalinar 	 	Dalinar suggests uniting the highprinces under a Highprince of War. 	Not his normal Herald.
Nineteen 	Starfalls 	Dalinar 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	He holds the most frightening and terrible of all of the Shards. Ponder on that for a time, you old reptile, and tell me if your insistence on nonintervention holds firm. Because I assure you, Rayse will not be similarly inhibited. 	Dalinar 	 	Dalinar's first vision (related to readers). Encounters the ancient Radiants and Midnight Essence. 	Dalinar is healed by one of the Radiants which seems to supersede his protecting of his "family".
Twenty 	Scarlet 	Kaladin 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	No quote 	Kaladin 	7 years ago 	Kal fails to save a patient. 	
Twenty-One 	Why Men Lie 	Kaladin 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	One need only look at the aftermath of his brief visit to Sel to see proof of what I say. 	Kaladin 	 	Kaladin starts to get a reaction from the bridgemen; he, Rock, and Teft start working on something. 	
Twenty-Two 	Eyes, Hands, or Spheres? 	Dalinar 	Hoid 	Kalak Resolute/Builder 	In case the reader has turned a blind eye to that disaster, know that Aona and Skai are both dead, and that which they held has been Splintered presumably to prevent anyone from rising up to challenge Rayse. 	Dalinar 	 	Dalinar meets with Wit and Navani returns. 	Kelek for Navani?
Twenty-Three 	Many Uses 	Kaladin 	Ishar Pious/Guiding 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	You have accused me of arrogance in my quest. You have accused me of perpetuating my grudge against Rayse and Bavadin. Both accusations are true. 	Kaladin 	 	Collecting the reeds. Rock's backstory. 	??
Twenty-Four 	The Gallery of Maps 	Dalinar 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	Chanarach Brave/Obedient 	Neither point makes the things I have written to you here untrue. 	Dalinar/Adolin 	 	Adolin confronts his father about his visions. 	
Twenty-Five 	The Butcher 	Kaladin 	Battar Wise/Careful 	Nalan Just/Confident 	No quote 	Kaladin 	7 years ago 	Kal discovers the animosity of their village, including their new citylord. 	??
Twenty-six 	Stillness 	Dalinar 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	I am being chased. Your friends of the Seventeenth Shard, I suspect. I believe they’re still lost, following a false trail I left for them. They’ll be happier that way. I doubt they have any inkling what to do with me should they actually catch me. 	Dalinar 	 	Dalinar and Sadeas argue. Dalinar experiences revulsion in battle. Adolin captures a gemheart. 	
Twenty-seven 	Chasm Duty 	Kaladin 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	If anything I have said makes a glimmer of sense to you, I trust that you’ll call them off. Or maybe you could astound me and ask them to do something productive for once. 	Kaladin 	 	Kaladin unites the men with his spear and Rock's soup. 	
Twenty-eight 	Decision 	Dalinar 	Paliah Learned/Giving 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	For I have never been dedicated to a more important purpose, and the very pillars of the sky will shake with the results of our war here. I ask again. Support me. Do not stand aside and let disaster consume more lives. I’ve never begged you for something before, old friend. I do so now. 	Adolin/Dalinar 	 	Dalinar decides to step down as highprince. 	?? for Adolin??
Interlude 4 	Rysn 	Almighty	Battar Wise/Careful 	Battar Wise/Careful 	No quote 	Rysn 	 	We meet Vstim, the trader who first "bought" Szeth from the Shin. 	For the Shin?
Interlude 5 	Axies the Collector 	Almighty	Paliah Learned/Giving 	Paliah Learned/Giving 	No quote 	Axies the Collector 	 	Axies studies spren. There are MANY unusual types. Is he immortal? 	
Interlude 6 	A Work of Art 	Szeth 	Nalan Just/Confident 	Nalan Just/Confident 	No quote 	Szeth 	 	Szeth is ordered to kill a competitor of Makkek, finds that both the victim and his master are already dead, then receives a list of targets from his new master.	
Twenty-nine 	Errorgance 	Shallan 	Shalash Creative/Honest 	Paliah Learned/Giving 	“The ones of ash and fire, who killed like a swarm, relentless before the Heralds.” –Noted in Masly, page 337. Corroborated by Coldwin and Hasavah. 	Shallan 	 	Shallan reports her progress and has further discussions w/ Jasnah on recent history. 	
Thirty 	Darkness Unseen 	Kaladin 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“They were suddenly dangerous. Like a calm day that became a tempest.” –This fragment is the origin of a Thaylen proverb that was eventually reworked into a more common derivation. I believe it may reference the Voidbringers. See Ixsix’s Emperor, fourth chapter. 	Kaladin/Gaz, Kaladin, Gaz 	 	Bridge Four practices the side carry. Some background from Gaz. 	
Thirty-One 	Beneath the Skin 	Kaladin 	Chanarach Brave/Obedient 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	No quote 	Kaladin 	6 years ago 	Kaladin's father holds off the townspeople, who have come to rob him. 	
Thirty-Two 	Side Carry 	Kaladin 	Nalan Just/Confident 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“They lived high atop a place no man could reach, but all could visit. The tower city itself, crafted by the hands of no man.” –Though “The Song of the Last Summer” is a fanciful tale of romance from the third century after the Recreance, it is likely a valid reference in this case. See page 27 of Varala’s translation, and note the undertext. 	Kaladin 	 	Kaladin pulls off the side carry, resulting in ruinous losses. 	
Thirty-Three 	Cymatics 	Shallan 	Ishar Pious/Guiding 	Paliah Learned/Giving 	“They changed, even as we fought them. Like shadows they were, that can transform as the flame dances. Never underestimate them because of what you first see.” –Purports to be a scrap collected from Talatin, a Radiant of the order of Stonewards. The source–Guvlow’s Incarnate–is generally held as reliable, though this is from a copied fragment of “The Poem of the Seventh Morning,” which has been lost.	Shallan 	 	Shallan learns from Kabsal that the shapes of cities mirror sound waves. 	For Kabsal
Thirty-Four 	Stormwall 	Kaladin 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	Nalan Just/Confident 	“I walked from Abamabar to Urithiru.” –This quote from the Eighth Parable of The Way of Kings seems to contradict Varala and Sinbian, who both claim the city was inaccessible by foot. Perhaps there was a way constructed, or perhaps Nohadon was being metaphorical. 	Kaladin 	 	Kaladin is sentenced to be hung out in the highstorm. 	
Thirty-Five 	A Light by Which to See 	Kaladin 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	“Though many wished Urithiru to be built in Alethela, it was obvious that it could not be. And so it was that we asked for it to be placed westward, in the place nearest to Honor.” –Perhaps the oldest surviving original source mentioning the city, requoted in The Vavibrar, line 1804. What I wouldn’t give for a way to translate the Dawnchant. 	Kaladin/Teft 	 	Kaladin survives the storm. 	Kaladin sees the Stormfather.
Thirty-six 	The Lesson 	Shallan 	Nalan Just/Confident 	Paliah Learned/Giving 	“Taking the Dawnshard, known to bind any creature voidish or mortal, he crawled up the steps crafted for Heralds, ten strides tall apiece, toward the grand temple above.” –From The Poem of Ista. I have found no modern explanation of what these “Dawnshards” are. They seem ignored by scholars, though talk of them was obviously prevalent among those recording the early mythologies. 	Shallan 	 	Jasnah kills thieves as a lesson to Shallan. Shallan steals her Soulcaster, partly in retribution. 	
Thirty-seven 	Sides 	Kaladin 	Paliah Learned/Giving 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	No quote 	Kaladin 	5-1/2 years ago 	Kaladin and Lirin meet Roshone over dinner. 	
Thirty-eight 	Envisager 	Kaladin 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	“Born from the darkness, they bear its taint still, marked upon their bodies much as the fire marks their souls.” –I consider Gashash-son-Navammis a trustworthy source, though I’m not certain about this translation. Find the original quote in the fourteenth book of Seld and retranslate it myself, perhaps? 	Kaladin/Teft 	 	Teft heals Kaladin with spheres, revealing he (Teft) has hidden knowledge. 	
Thirty-nine 	Burned into Her 	Shallan 	Nalan Just/Confident 	Shalash Creative/Honest 	“Within a heartbeat, Alezarv was there, crossing a distance that would have taken longer than four months’ travel by foot.” –Another folktale, this one recorded in Among the Darkeyed, by Calinam. Page 102. Stories of instantaneous travel and the Oathgates pervade these tales. 	Shallan 	 	Shallan reports her success, and tries to Soulcast. 	
Forty 	Eyes of Red and Blue 	Kaladin 	Kalak Resolute/Builder 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“Death upon the lips. Sound upon the air. Char upon the skin.” –From “The Last Desolation” by Ambrian, line 335. 	Kaladin 	 	Kaladin returns to Bridge Four. 	
Forty-One 	Of Alds and Milp 	Kaladin 	Nalan Just/Confident 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	No quote 	Kaladin 	5-1/2 years ago 	Lirin saves Roshone (instead of opportunistically killing him), loses Rillir Roshone. 	Justice prevails
Forty-Two 	Beggars and Barmaids 	Shallan 	Paliah Learned/Giving 	Ishar Pious/Guiding 	“Like a highstorm, regular in their coming, yet always unexpected.” –The word Desolation is used twice in reference to their appearances. See pages 57, 59, and 64 of Tales by Hearthlight. 	Shallan 	 	Shallan meets w/ Kabsal again. Readies herself to leave in a week. 	
Forty-Three 	The Wretch 	Kaladin 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“They lived out in the wilds, always awaiting the Desolation–or sometimes, a foolish child who took no heed for the night’s darkness.” –A child’s tale, yes, but this quote from Shadows Remembered seems to hint at the truth I seek. See page 82, the fourth tale. 	Kaladin 	 	Nothing changes for Bridge Four, they are on permanent chasm duty. 	
Forty-Four 	The Weeping 	Kaladin 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	No quote 	Kaladin 	5 years ago 	Roshone’s revenge, drafting Tien into the army. Kaladin joins with Tien to protect him. 	
Forty-Five 	Shadesmar 	Shallan 	Shalash Creative/Honest 	Paliah Learned/Giving 	“Yelig-nar, called Blightwind, was one that could speak like a man, though often his voice was accompanied by the wails of those he consumed.” –The Unmade were obviously fabrications of folklore. Curiously, most were not considered individuals, but instead personifications of kinds of destruction. This quote is from Traxil, line 33, considered a primary source, though I doubt its authenticity. 	Shallan 	 	Shallan soulcasts accidentally, runs from the figureheads, and finds herself in Shadesmar. 	
Forty-six 	Child of Tanavast 	Kaladin 	Chanarach Brave/Obedient 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	“Though I was due for dinner in Veden City that night, I insisted upon visiting Kholinar to speak with Tivbet. The tariffs through Urithiru were growing quite unreasonable. By then, the so-called Radiants had already begun to show their true nature.” –Following the firing of the original Palanaeum, only one page of Terxim’s autobiography remained, and this is the only line of any use to me. 	Kaladin 	 	Kaladin dreams he is the storm. Repeats his distrust of lighteyes, even when his men disagree. 	
Forty-seven 	Stormblessings 	Kaladin 	Nalan Just/Confident 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	No quote 	Kaladin 	1 year ago 	Kaladin kills a Shardbearer to save Amaram’s life. Kaladin refuses a Shardblade. 	
Forty-eight 	Strawberry 	Shallan 	Ishar Pious/Guiding 	Ishar Pious/Guiding 	“They take away the light, wherever they lurk. Skin that is burned.” –Cormshen, page 104. 	Shallan 	 	Shallan is poisoned. Reveals her theft. 	Because of Kabsal? Surely this chapter has a lot more than his involvement ...
Forty-nine 	To Care 	Kaladin 	Kalak Resolute/Builder 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“Radiant / of birthplace / the announcer comes / to come announce / the birthplace of Radiants.” –Though I am not overly fond of the ketek poetic form as a means of conveying information, this one by Allahn is often quoted in reference to Urithiru. I believe some mistook the home of the Radiants for their birthplace as well. 	Kaladin 	 	Kaladin comes up with a desperate plan and trains Bridge Four to fight with a spear. 	
Fifty 	Backbreaker Powder 	Shallan 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	“Flame and char. Skin so terrible. Eyes like pits of blackness.” –A quote from the Iviad probably needs no reference notation, but this comes from line 482, should I need to locate it quickly. 	Shallan 	 	Shallan recovers, Jasnah spurns her. Reveals that Kabsal is the poisoner. 	
Fifty-One 	Sas Nahn 	Kaladin 	Nalan Just/Confident 	Nalan Just/Confident 	No quote 	Kaladin 	1 year ago 	Amaram steals the shardblade by killing Kaladin's remaining squad. Spares Kaladin by making him a slave. 	Exactly what is just about this?
Interlude 7 	Baxil 	Almighty	Shalash Creative/Honest 	Shalash Creative/Honest 	No quote 	Baxil 	 	
Baxil's mistress destroys art. 	She is Shalash herself.
Interlude 8 	Geranid 	Almighty	Paliah Learned/Giving 	Paliah Learned/Giving 	No quote 	Geranid 	 	Two scholars study the curious properties of spren. 	
Interlude 9 	Death Wears White 	Szeth 	Nalan Just/Confident 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	No quote 	Szeth 	 	Szeth kills the king of Jah Keved 	
Fifty-Two 	A Highway to the Sun 	Dalinar 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	“I’m standing over the body of a brother. I’m weeping. Is that his blood or mine? What have we done?” –Dated Vevanev, 1173, 107 seconds pre-death. Subject: an out-of-work Veden sailor. 	Adolin/Dalinar 	 	Dalinar tells his sons and Navani about abdicating. 	
Fifty-Three 	Dunny 	Kaladin 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	“He must pick it up, the fallen title! The tower, the crown, and the spear!” –Dated Vevahach, 1173, 8 seconds pre-death. Subject: a prostitute. Background unknown. 	Kaladin 	 	Dunny doesn't make it. Kaladin discovers his healing abilities. 	
Fifty-Four 	Gibletish 	Dalinar 	Nalan Just/Confident 	Hoid 	“The burdens of nine become mine. Why must I carry the madness of them all? Oh, Almighty, release me.” –Dated Palaheses, 1173, unknown seconds pre-death. Subject: a wealthy lighteyes. Sample collected secondhand. 	Dalinar 	 	Wit warns Dalinar. Sadeas vindicates him. 	
Fifty-Five 	An Emerald Broam 	Kaladin 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“A woman sits and scratches out her own eyes. Daughter of kings and winds, the vandal.” –Dated Palahevan, 1173, 73 seconds pre-death. Subject: a beggar of some renown, known for his elegant songs. 	Kaladin 	 	Bridge Four finds a way to get supplies from chasms. 	
Fifty-six 	That Storming Book 	Dalinar 	Chanarach Brave/Obedient 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	“Light grows so distant. The storm never stops. I am broken, and all around me have died. I weep for the end of all things. He has won. Oh, he has beaten us.” –Dated Palahakev, 1173, 16 seconds pre-death. Subject: a Thaylen sailor. 	Dalinar 	 	Dalinar saves Sadeas's life. Experiences nausea again. 	
Fifty-seven 	Wandersail 	Kaladin 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	Hoid 	“I hold the suckling child in my hands, a knife at his throat, and know that all who live wish me to let the blade slip. Spill its blood upon the ground, over my hands, and with it gain us further breath to draw.” –Dated Shashanan, 1173, 23 seconds pre-death. Subject: a darkeyed youth of sixteen years. Sample is of particular note. 	Kaladin 	 	Kaladin meets Wit and explores his powers. 	
Fifty-eight 	The Journey 	Dalinar 	Battar Wise/Careful 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	“Re-Shephir, the Midnight Mother, giving birth to abominations with her essence so dark, so terrible, so consuming. She is here! She watches me die!” –Dated Shashabev, 1173, 8 seconds pre-death. Subject: a darkeyed dockworker in his forties, father of three. 	Adolin/Dalinar 	 	Dalinar explains the codes to Sadeas and Elhokar. 	
Fifty-nine 	An Honor 	Kaladin 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	Kalak Resolute/Builder 	“Above the final void I hang, friends behind, friends before. The feast I must drink clings to their faces, and the words I must speak spark in my mind. The old oaths will be spoken anew.” –Dated Betabanan, 1173, 45 seconds pre-death. Subject: a lighteyed child of five years. Diction improved remarkably when giving sample. 	Kaladin 	 	Kaladin practices his powers. He comes up with a plan for the Parshendi armor. 	
Sixty 	That Which We Cannot Have	Dalinar 	Paliah Learned/Giving 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	“The death is my life, the strength becomes my weakness, the journey has ended.” –Dated Betabanes, 1173, 95 seconds pre-death. Subject: a scholar of some minor renown. Sample collected secondhand. Considered questionable. 	Dalinar 	 	Dalinar meets Nohadon, the author of The Way of Kings. 	
Sixty-One 	Right for Wrong 	Dalinar 	Kalak Resolute/Builder 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“In the storm I awaken, falling, spinning, grieving.” –Dated Kakanev, 1173, 13 seconds pre-death. Subject was a city guardsman. 	Dalinar 	 	Navani and Dalinar have an honest conversation. 	??
Sixty-Two 	Three Glyphs 	Kaladin 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“The darkness becomes a palace. Let it rule! Let it rule!” –Kakevah 1173, 22 seconds pre-death. A darkeyed Selay man of unknown profession. 	Kaladin 	 	The Parshendi armor attracts the archers. Adolin saves Bridge Four. 	
Sixty-Three 	Fear 	Kaladin 	Chanarach Brave/Obedient 	Kalak Resolute/Builder 	“I wish to sleep. I know now why you do what you do, and I hate you for it. I will not speak of the truths I see.” –Kakashah 1173, 142 seconds pre-death. A Shin sailor, left behind by his crew, reportedly for bringing them ill luck. Sample largely useless. 	Kaladin 	 	Kaladin gets the team ready for escape. 	
Sixty-Four 	A Man of Extremes 	Dalinar 	Battar Wise/Careful 	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“They come from the pit, two dead men, a heart in their hands, and I know that I have seen true glory.” –Kakashah 1173, 13 seconds pre-death. A rickshaw puller. 	Dalinar/Kaladin, Adolin 	 	Sadeas and Dalinar assault the tower together. 	??
Sixty-Five 	The Tower 	Dalinar 	Nalan Just/Confident 	Chanarach Brave/Obedient 	“I see them. They are the rocks. They are the vengeful spirits. Eyes of red.” –Kakakes 1173, 8 seconds pre-death. A darkeyed young woman of fifteen. Subject was reportedly mentally unstable since childhood. 	Dalinar/Kaladin, Dalinar 	 	Sadeas tricks Dalinar, abandons him to die with three Parshendi armies. 	
Sixty-six 	Codes 	Dalinar 	Nalan Just/Confident 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	“That chanting, that singing, those rasping voices.” –Kaktach 1173, 16 seconds pre-death. A middle-aged potter. Reported seeing strange dreams during highstorms during the last two years. 	Kaladin/Dalinar 	 	Dalinar prepares to die. 	
Sixty-seven 	Words 	Kaladin 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	“Let me no longer hurt! Let me no longer weep! Dai-gonarthis! The Black Fisher holds my sorrow and consumes it!” –Tanatesach 1173, 28 seconds pre-death. A darkeyed female street juggler. Note similarity to sample 1172-89. 	Kaladin/Dalinar, Kaladin, Kaladin (flashback to about 3 years ago), Kaladin	 	Bridge Four tries to save Dalinar. We learn of how Kaladin failed Tien. Kaladin becomes a Radiant. 	
Sixty-eight 	Eshonai 	Dalinar 	Battar Wise/Careful 	Chanarach Brave/Obedient 	“They named it the Final Desolation, but they lied. Our gods lied. Oh, how they lied. The Everstorm comes. I hear its whispers, see its stormwall, know its heart.” –Tanatanes 1173, 8 seconds pre-death. An Azish itinerant worker. Sample of particular note. 	Adolin/Teft, Dalinar, Kaladin, Dalinar, Kaladin, Dalinar 	 	Bridge Four rescues Dalinar and some of his men. Kaladin fights the Parshendi. 	??
Sixty-nine 	Justice 	Dalinar 	Nalan Just/Confident 	Shalash Creative/Honest 	“All is withdrawn for me. I stand against the one who saved my life. I protect the one who killed my promises. I raise my hand. The storm responds.” –Tanatanev 1173, 18 seconds pre-death. A darkeyed mother of four in her sixty-second year. 	Navani/Dalinar, Kaladin, Dalinar 	 	Dalinar confronts Sadeas, trades his shardblade for the bridgemen. He finally settles things with Elhokar. 	
Seventy 	Sea of Glass 	Shallan 	Battar Wise/Careful 	Shalash Creative/Honest 	No quote 	Shallan 	 	Shallan Soulcast with honesty. Pops into Shadesmar to prove a point to Jasnah and is reaccepted by her 	
Seventy-One 	Recorded in Blood 	Szeth 	Nalan Just/Confident 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	No quote 	Szeth 	 	Szeth enters Taravangian's palace; they visit the Silent Gatherers. Szeth gets new orders. 	
Seventy-Two 	Veristitalian 	Shallan 	Paliah Learned/Giving 	Paliah Learned/Giving 	No quote 	Shallan 	 	A truth about the Voidbringers is revealed. 	
Seventy-Three	Trust 	Kaladin 	Vedeledev Loving/Healing 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	No quote 	Kaladin 	 	Bridge Four becomes Dalinar's Honor Guard. 	
Seventy-Four 	Ghostblood 	Shallan 	Ishar Pious/Guiding 	Paliah Learned/Giving 	No quote 	Shallan 	 	The significance of the three diamond pattern and Shallan's father is revealed. 	Is Ishar the Herald of the Ghostbloods? (He appeared w/Kabsal and Kabsal was a Ghostblood.) This also reinforces that the king is NOT a Ghostblood.
Seventy-Five 	In the Top Room 	Dalinar 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	Jezrien Protecting/Leading 	No quote 	Dalinar 	 	The source of the visions reveals himself. 	
Epilogue 	Of Most Worth 	Almighty	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	Hoid 	No quote 	Wit 	 	Talenelat returns. 	
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