Words of Radiance/Headings
It has been theorized that the faces on the arches at each of the epigraphs is a Herald (or Hoid), and that each face tells us something about the chapter that is about to be read.
The heralds' faces, along with attributes associated with each herald, are listed at Ten Essences.
The herald icons are listed in order from left to right.
Chapter | Chapter Title | Symbol | Herald Name 1 | Herald Name 2 | Herald Name 3 | Herald Name 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prologue | To Question | Shadesmar | Battar |
Battar |
Battar |
Battar |
1 | Santhid | Shadesmar | Pailiah |
Pailiah |
Pailiah |
Pailiah |
2 | Bridge Four | Kaladin | Talenel |
Talenel |
Talenel |
Talenel |
3 | Pattern | Shadesmar | Shalash |
Shalash |
Shalash |
Shalash |
4 | Taker of Secrets | Dalinar | Ishar |
Ishar |
Ishar |
Ishar |
5 | Ideals | Kaladin | Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
6 | Terrible Destruction | Shadesmar | Shalash |
Shalash |
Shalash |
Shalash |
7 | Open Flame | Shadesmar | Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
8 | Knives in the Back - Soldiers on the Field | Dalinar | Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
9 | Walking the Grave | Kaladin | Nale |
Nale |
Nale |
Nale |
10 | Red Carpet Once White | Shallan Flashback | Vedel |
Vedel |
Vedel |
Vedel |
11 | An Illusion of Perception | Pattern | Battar |
Battar |
Battar |
Battar |
12 | Hero | Kaladin | Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
I-1 | Narak | Eshonai | Shalash |
Shalash |
Shalash |
Shalash |
I-2 | Ym | Five Swords | Vedel |
Vedel |
Vedel |
Vedel |
I-3 | Rysn | Five Swords | Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
I-4 | Last Legion | Eshonai | Talenel |
Talenel |
Talenel |
Talenel |
13 | The Day's Masterpiece | Pattern | Shalash |
Shalash |
Shalash |
Shalash |
14 | Ironstance | Adolin | Kalak |
Kalak |
Kalak |
Kalak |
15 | A Hand with the Tower | Pattern | Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
16 | Swordmaster | Kaladin | Ishar |
Ishar |
Ishar |
Ishar |
17 | A Pattern | Pattern | Shalash |
Shalash |
Shalash |
Shalash |
18 | Bruises | Kaladin | Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
19 | Safe Things | Shallan Flashback | Nale |
Shalash |
Shalash |
Nale |
20 | The Coldness of Clarity | Pattern | Battar |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Battar |
21 | Ashes | Pattern | Nale |
Talenel |
Talenel |
Nale |
22 | Lights in the Storm | Kaladin | Nale |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Nale |
23 | Assassin | Kaladin | Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
24 | Tyn | Pattern | Shalash |
Kalak |
Kalak |
Shalash |
25 | Monsters | Kaladin | Jezrien |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Jezrien |
26 | The Feather | Adolin | Pailiah |
Kalak |
Kalak |
Pailiah |
27 | Fabrications to Distract | Shallan Flashback | Shalash |
Shalash |
Shalash |
Shalash |
28 | Boots | Pattern | Talenel |
Shalash |
Shalash |
Talenel |
29 | Rule of Blood | Five Swords | Shalash |
Talenel |
Talenel |
Shalash |
30 | Nature Blushing | Pattern | Shalash |
Pailiah |
Pailiah |
Shalash |
31 | The Stillness Before | Pattern | Ishar |
Vedel |
Vedel |
Ishar |
32 | The One Who Hates | Kaladin | Jezrien |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Jezrien |
33 | Burdens | Kaladin | Jezrien |
Nale |
Nale |
Jezrien |
34 | Blossoms and Cake | Pattern | Nale |
Shalash |
Shalash |
Nale |
I-5 | The Rider of Storms | Eshonai | Talenel |
Talenel |
Talenel |
Talenel |
I-6 | Zahel | Five Swords | Ishar |
Ishar |
Ishar |
Ishar |
I-7 | Taln | Taln | Hoid |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Hoid |
I-8 | A Form of Power | Eshonai | Nale |
Nale |
Nale |
Nale |
35 | The Multiplied Strain of Simultaneous Infusion | Adolin | Kalak |
Battar |
Battar |
Kalak |
36 | A New Woman | Pattern | Chanarach |
Shalash |
Shalash |
Chanarach |
37 | A Matter of Perspective | Adolin | Pailiah |
Nale |
Nale |
Pailiah |
38 | The Silent Storm | Pattern | Battar |
Shalash |
Shalash |
Battar |
39 | Heterochromatic | Shallan Flashback | Nale |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Nale |
40 | Palona | Pattern | Vedel |
Kalak |
Kalak |
Vedel |
41 | Scars | Kaladin | Vedel |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Vedel |
42 | Mere Vapors | Pattern | Shalash |
Shalash |
Shalash |
Shalash |
43 | The Ghostbloods | Pattern | Hoid |
Pailiah |
Pailiah |
Hoid |
44 | One Form of Justice | Kaladin | Nale |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Nale |
45 | Middlefest | Shallan Flashback | Hoid |
Vedel |
Vedel |
Hoid |
46 | Patriots | Kaladin | Nale |
Talenel |
Talenel |
Nale |
47 | Feminine Wiles | Pattern | Shalash |
Pailiah |
Pailiah |
Shalash |
48 | No More Weakness | Shallan Flashback | Chanarach |
Vedel |
Vedel |
Chanarach |
49 | Watching the World Transform | Pattern | Chanarach |
Pailiah |
Pailiah |
Chanarach |
50 | Uncut Gems | Adolin | Pailiah |
Pailiah |
Pailiah |
Pailiah |
51 | Heirs | Adolin | Ishar |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Ishar |
52 | Into the Sky | Kaladin | Shalash |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Shalash |
53 | Perfection | Adolin | Battar |
Battar |
Battar |
Battar |
54 | Veil's Lesson | Pattern | Ishar |
Shalash |
Shalash |
Ishar |
55 | The Rules of the Game | Kaladin | Shalash |
Hoid |
Hoid |
Shalash |
56 | Whitespine Uncaged | Kaladin | Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
57 | To Kill the Wind | Kaladin | Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
58 | Never Again | Kaladin | Nale |
Nale |
Nale |
Nale |
I-9 | Lift | Lift | Nale |
Vedel |
Vedel |
Nale |
I-10 | Szeth | Szeth | Vedel |
Vedel |
Vedel |
Vedel |
I-11 | New Rhythms | Eshonai | Ishar |
Kalak |
Kalak |
Ishar |
59 | Fleet | Kaladin | Hoid |
Nale |
Nale |
Hoid |
60 | Veil Walks | Pattern | Chanarach |
Pailiah |
Pailiah |
Chanarach |
61 | Obedience | Shallan Flashback | Nale |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Nale |
62 | The One Who Killed Promises | Kaladin | Nale |
Nale |
Nale |
Nale |
63 | A Burning World | Pattern | Talenel |
Shalash |
Shalash |
Talenel |
64 | Treasures | Pattern | Shalash |
Ishar |
Ishar |
Shalash |
65 | The One Who Deserves It | Shallan Flashback | Vedel |
Pailiah |
Pailiah |
Vedel |
66 | Stormblessings | Kaladin | Nale |
Talenel |
Talenel |
Nale |
67 | Spit and Bile | Dalinar | Hoid |
Ishar |
Ishar |
Hoid |
68 | Bridges | Kaladin | Kalak |
Pailiah |
Pailiah |
Kalak |
69 | Nothing | Pattern | Shalash |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Shalash |
70 | From a Nightmare | Kaladin | Kalak |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Kalak |
71 | Vigil | Kaladin | Vedel |
Ishar |
Ishar |
Vedel |
72 | Selfish Reasons | Pattern | Kalak |
Talenel |
Talenel |
Kalak |
73 | A Thousand Scurrying Creatures | Shallan Flashback | Nale |
Nale |
Nale |
Nale |
74 | Striding the Storm | Kaladin | Pailiah |
Vedel |
Vedel |
Pailiah |
75 | True Glory | Dalinar | Vedel |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Vedel |
I-12 | Lhan | Five Swords | Ishar |
Pailiah |
Pailiah |
Ishar |
I-13 | A Part to Play | Eshonai | Battar |
Battar |
Battar |
Battar |
I-14 | Taravangian | Five Swords | Jezrien |
Pailiah |
Pailiah |
Jezrien |
76 | The Hidden Blade | Kaladin | Shalash |
Talenel |
Talenel |
Shalash |
77 | Trust | Pattern | Chanarach |
Pailiah |
Pailiah |
Chanarach |
78 | Contradictions | Pattern | Shalash |
Ishar |
Ishar |
Shalash |
79 | Toward the Center | Dalinar | Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
80 | To Fight the Rain | Kaladin | Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
81 | The Last Day | Dalinar | Chanarach |
Ishar |
Ishar |
Chanarach |
82 | For Glory Lit | Kaladin | Nale |
Chanarach |
Chanarach |
Nale |
83 | Time's Illusion | Adolin | Shalash |
Talenel |
Talenel |
Shalash |
84 | The One Who Saves | Kaladin | Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
85 | Swallowed by the Sky | Dalinar | Pailiah |
Nale |
Nale |
Pailiah |
86 | Patterns of Light | Pattern | Jezrien |
Nale |
Nale |
Jezrien |
87 | The Riddens | Five Swords | Shalash |
Jezrien |
Jezrien |
Shalash |
88 | The Man Who Owned the Winds | Pattern | Nale |
Shalash |
Shalash |
Nale |
89 | The Four | Adolin | Jezrien |
Shalash |
Ishar |
Pailiah |
Epilogue | Art and Expectation | Five Swords | Battar |
Hoid |
Hoid |
Battar |
Key
Symbols
Shadesmar | Kaladin | Dalinar | |||
Shallan Flashback | Pattern | Eshonai | |||
Five Swords | Adolin | Taln | |||
Lift | Szeth |