The Way of Kings/Statistical analysis

This page contains some statistical analysis of The Way of Kings, the first book in The Stormlight Archive.
For a full series overview see The Stormlight Archive/Statistical analysis, and for other books in the series see Words of Radiance/Statistical analysis, Oathbringer/Statistical analysis, Rhythm of War/Statistical analysis, and Wind and Truth/Statistical analysis.
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=== Chapter by Chapter Breakdown ===
Chapter 	Character 	Word Count 	Percentage
Prelude to the Stormlight Archive	Kalak 	1,290 	0.3357%
Prologue: To Kill 	Szeth-son-son-Vallano 	6,128 	1.5947%
Part One: Above Silence 	Part One: Above Silence 	Part One: Above Silence 	Part One: Above Silence
Ch1: Stormblessed 	Cenn 	4,510 	1.1737%
Ch2: Honor is Dead 	Kaladin 	5,023 	1.3072%
Ch3: City of Bells 	Shallan Davar 	5,279 	1.3738%
Ch4: The Shattered Plains 	Kaladin 	4,100 	1.0670%
Ch5: Heretic 	Shallan Davar 	3,994 	1.0394%
Ch6: Bridge Four 	Kaladin 	7,184 	1.8695%
Ch7: Anything Reasonable 	Shallan Davar 	6,146 	1.5994%
Ch8: Nearer the Flame 	Shallan Davar 	6,887 	1.7923%
Ch9: Damnation 	Kaladin 	2,316 	0.6027%
Ch10: Stories of Surgeons 	Kaladin (flashback) 	2,290 	0.5959%
Ch11: Droplets 	Kaladin 	3,160 	0.8223%
Part One Total 	Part One Total 	50,889 	13.2432%
Interludes 	Interludes 	Interludes 	Interludes
Interlude: Ishikk 	Ishikk 	2,058 	0.5356%
Interlude: Nan Balat 	Balat Davar 	1,344 	0.3498%
Interlude: The Glory of Ignorance	Szeth-son-son-Vallano 	2,017 	0.5249%
Interludes Total 	Interludes Total 	5,419 	1.4102%
Part Two: The Illuminating Storms	Part Two: The Illuminating Storms	Part Two: The Illuminating Storms	Part Two: The Illuminating Storms
Ch12: Unity 	Adolin Kholin 	1,402 	0.3649%
Ch12: Unity 	Dalinar Kholin 	1,692 	0.4403%
Ch12: Unity 	Adolin Kholin 	4,535 	1.1802%
Ch13: Ten Heartbeats 	Dalinar Kholin 	2,626 	0.6834%
Ch13: Ten Heartbeats 	Adolin Kholin 	726 	0.1889%
Ch14: Payday 	Kaladin 	3,872 	1.0076%
Ch15: The Decoy 	Adolin Kholin 	635 	0.1653%
Ch15: The Decoy 	Dalinar Kholin 	3,493 	0.9090%
Ch15: The Decoy 	Adolin Kholin 	4,134 	1.0758%
Ch15: The Decoy 	Dalinar Kholin 	889 	0.2314%
Ch16: Cocoons 	Kaladin (flashback) 	5,600 	1.4573%
Ch17: A Bloody, Red Sunset 	Kaladin 	6,974 	1.8149%
Ch18: Highprince of War 	Adolin Kholin 	1,107 	0.2881%
Ch18: Highprince of War 	Dalinar Kholin 	2,193 	0.5707%
Ch18: Highprince of War 	Adolin Kholin 	1,481 	0.3854%
Ch18: Highprince of War 	Dalinar Kholin 	3,638 	0.9467%
Ch19: Starfalls 	Dalinar Kholin 	5,936 	1.5448%
Ch20: Scarlet 	Kaladin (flashback) 	748 	0.1947%
Ch21: Why Men Lie 	Kaladin 	4,364 	1.1357%
Ch22: Eyes, Hands or Spheres 	Dalinar Kholin 	5,671 	1.4758%
Ch23: Many Uses 	Kaladin 	5,422 	1.4110%
Ch24: The Gallery of Maps 	Dalinar Kholin 	2,137 	0.5561%
Ch24: The Gallery of Maps 	Adolin Kholin 	1,336 	0.3477%
Ch25: The Butcher 	Kaladin (flashback) 	3,285 	0.8549%
Ch26: Stillness 	Dalinar Kholin 	6,587 	1.7142%
Ch27: Chasm Duty 	Kaladin 	9,105 	2.3695%
Ch28: Decision 	Adolin Kholin 	3,157 	0.8216%
Ch28: Decision 	Dalinar Kholin 	6,403 	1.6663%
Part Two Total 	Part Two Total 	99,148 	25.8020%
Interludes 	Interludes 	Interludes 	Interludes
Interlude: Rysn 	Rysn 	2,768 	0.7203%
Interlude: Axies the Collector 	Axies the Collector 	2,100 	0.5465%
Interlude: A Work of Art 	Szeth-son-son-Vallano 	3,471 	0.9033%
Interludes Total 	Interludes Total 	8,339 	2.1701%
Part Three: Dying 	Part Three: Dying 	Part Three: Dying 	Part Three: Dying
Ch29: Errorgance 	Shallan Davar 	6,562 	1.7077%
Ch30: Darkness Unseen 	Kaladin 	328 	0.0854%
Ch30: Darkness Unseen 	Gaz 	1,046 	0.2722%
Ch30: Darkness Unseen 	Kaladin 	1,862 	0.4846%
Ch30: Darkness Unseen 	Gaz 	401 	0.1044%
Ch31: Beneath the Skin 	Kaladin (flashback) 	1,994 	0.5189%
Ch32: Side Carry 	Kaladin 	4,813 	1.2525%
Ch33: Cymatics 	Shallan Davar 	5,708 	1.4854%
Ch34: Stormwall 	Kaladin 	1,981 	0.5155%
Ch35: A Light by Which to See 	Kaladin 	1,197 	0.3115%
Ch35: A Light by Which to See 	Teft 	697 	0.1814%
Ch36: The Lesson 	Shallan Davar 	5,441 	1.4159%
Ch37: Sides 	Kaladin (flashback) 	5,810 	1.5120%
Ch38: Envisager 	Kaladin 	721 	0.1876%
Ch38: Envisager 	Teft 	992 	0.2582%
Ch39: Burned into Her 	Shallan Davar 	3,770 	0.9811%
Ch40: Eyes of Red and Blue 	Kaladin 	5,077 	1.3212%
Ch41: Of Alds and Milp 	Kaladin (flashback) 	2,070 	0.5387%
Ch42: Beggars and Barmaids 	Shallan Davar 	5,419 	1.4102%
Ch43: The Wretch 	Kaladin 	4,544 	1.1825%
Ch44: The Weeping 	Kaladin (flashback) 	4,720 	1.2283%
Ch45: Shadesmar 	Shallan Davar 	7,799 	2.0296%
Ch46: Child of Tanavast 	Kaladin 	7,135 	1.8568%
Ch47: Stormblessings 	Kaladin (flashback) 	4,879 	1.2697%
Ch48: Strawberry 	Shallan Davar 	3,422 	0.8905%
Ch49: To Care 	Kaladin 	3,513 	0.9142%
Ch50: Backbreaker Powder 	Shallan Davar 	1,237 	0.3219%
Ch51: Sas Nahn 	Kaladin (flashback) 	1,882 	1.7077%
Part Three Total 	Part Three Total 	99,700 	25.9456%
Interludes 	Interludes 	Interludes 	Interludes
Interlude: Baxil 	Baxil 	1,267 	0.3297%
Interlude: Geranid 	Geranid 	1,446 	0.3763%
Interlude: Death Wears White 	Szeth-son-son-Vallano 	2,884 	0.7505%
Interludes Total 	Interludes Total 	5,597 	1.4565%
Part Four: Storm's Illumination 	Part Four: Storm's Illumination 	Part Four: Storm's Illumination 	Part Four: Storm's Illumination
Ch52: A Highway to the Sun 	Adolin Kholin 	740 	0.1926%
Ch52: A Highway to the Sun 	Dalinar Kholin 	6,235 	1.6226%
Ch53: Dunny 	Kaladin 	2,658 	0.6917%
Ch54: Gibletish 	Dalinar Kholin 	5,548 	1.4438%
Ch55: An Emerald Broam 	Kaladin 	5,801 	1.5096%
Ch56: That Storming Book 	Dalinar Kholin 	4,740 	1.2335%
Ch57: Wandersail 	Kaladin 	8,868 	2.3078%
Ch58: The Journey 	Adolin Kholin 	2,242 	0.5835%
Ch58: The Journey 	Dalinar Kholin 	5,121 	1.3327%
Ch59: An Honor 	Kaladin 	6,553 	1.7053%
Ch60: That Which We Cannot Have 	Dalinar Kholin 	4,129 	1.0745%
Ch61: Right for Wrong 	Dalinar Kholin 	3,123 	0.8127%
Ch62: Three Glyphs 	Kaladin 	5,108 	1.3293%
Ch63: Fear 	Kaladin 	2,111 	0.5494%
Ch64: A Man of Extremes 	Dalinar Kholin 	1,728 	0.4497%
Ch64: A Man of Extremes 	Kaladin 	535 	0.1392%
Ch64: A Man of Extremes 	Adolin Kholin 	870 	0.2264%
Ch65: The Tower 	Dalinar Kholin 	1,072 	0.2790%
Ch65: The Tower 	Kaladin 	796 	0.2071%
Ch65: The Tower 	Dalinar Kholin 	2,076 	0.5403%
Ch66: Codes 	Kaladin 	890 	0.2316%
Ch66: Codes 	Dalinar Kholin 	1,574 	0.4096%
Ch67: Words 	Kaladin 	2,126 	0.5533%
Ch67: Words 	Dalinar Kholin 	780 	0.2030%
Ch67: Words 	Kaladin 	1,612 	0.4195%
Ch67: Words 	Kaladin (flashback) 	1,944 	0.5059%
Ch67: Words 	Kaladin 	669 	0.1741%
Ch67: Words 	Teft 	146 	0.0380%
Ch68: Eshonai 	Adolin Kholin 	269 	0.0700%
Ch68: Eshonai 	Teft 	417 	0.1085%
Ch68: Eshonai 	Dalinar Kholin 	1,375 	0.3578%
Ch68: Eshonai 	Kaladin 	2,501 	0.6509%
Ch68: Eshonai 	Dalinar Kholin 	377 	0.0981%
Ch68: Eshonai 	Kaladin 	320 	0.0833%
Ch68: Eshonai 	Dalinar Kholin 	1,430 	0.3721%
Ch69: Justice 	Navani Kholin 	1,669 	0.4343%
Ch69: Justice 	Dalinar Kholin 	2,552 	0.6641%
Ch69: Justice 	Kaladin 	1,072 	0.2790%
Ch69: Justice 	Dalinar Kholin 	2,328 	0.6058%
Part Four Total 	Part Four Total 	94,105 	24.4896%
Part Five: The Silence Above 	Part Five: The Silence Above 	Part Five: The Silence Above 	Part Five: The Silence Above
Ch70: Sea of Glass 	Shallan Davar 	2,397 	0.6238%
Ch71: Recorded in Blood 	Szeth-son-son-Vallano 	2,561 	0.6665%
Ch72: Veristitalian 	Shallan Davar 	807 	0.2100%
Ch73: Trust 	Kaladin 	3,400 	0.8848%
Ch74: Ghostblood 	Shallan Davar 	942 	0.2451%
Ch75: In the Top Room 	Dalinar Kholin 	1,948 	0.5069%
Part Five Total 	Part Five Total 	12,055 	3.1372%
Epilogue: Of Most Worth 	Wit 	1,595 	0.4151%
=== Unique POV Breakdown ===
Character (17+1) 	# of POVs (124)	% of Total POVs	Word Count (384,265)	% of Word Count
Kalak 	1 	0.8065% 	1,290 	0.3357%
Szeth-son-son-Vallano	5 	4.0323% 	17,061 	4.4399%
Cenn 	1 	0.8065% 	4,510 	1.1737%
Kaladin 	36 	29.0323% 	127,711 	33.2351%
Kaladin (flashback) 	11 	8.8710% 	39,902 	10.3840%
Shallan Davar 	15 	12.0968% 	65,810 	17.1262%
Ishikk 	1 	0.8065% 	2,058 	0.5356%
Balat Davar 	1 	0.8065% 	1,344 	0.3498%
Adolin Kholin 	13 	10.4839% 	22,634 	5.8902%
Dalinar Kholin 	28 	22.5806% 	87,401 	22.7450%
Rysn 	1 	0.8065% 	2,768 	0.7203%
Axies the Collector 	1 	0.8065% 	2,100 	0.5465%
Gaz 	2 	1.6129% 	1,447 	0.3766%
Teft 	4 	3.2258% 	2,252 	0.5861%
Baxil 	1 	0.8065% 	1,267 	0.3297%
Geranid 	1 	0.8065% 	1,446 	0.3763%
Navani Kholin 	1 	0.8065% 	1,669 	0.4343%
Wit 	1 	0.8065% 	1,595 	0.4151%
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