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{{image|ShallanOB74.jpg|width=300px|side=right|Shallan encounters Wit in Kholinar}}
 
[[Kaladin]], accompanied by [[Elhokar]],two [[Adolin]],of Shallanhis squires, [[VathahElhokar]], [[IshnahAdolin]], [[Skar]]Shallan, and [[Drehy]]her retinue, arrive in Kholinar in order to open the [[Oathgate]] and defend the city. from the Fused. Tasked with finding a way to access Kholinar's [[Oathgate]], Shallan, disguised as Veil, scrounged for information. During her exploration of the city, Shallan encountered an urchin named [[Grund]] that had been abandoned because of his physical disfigurement. In exchange for information, Shallan gifted food to the boy and others willing to provide intel. Through the information she gathered, Shallan learned that a group known as the [[Cult of Moments]] and, under the influencethrall of the [[Unmade]] [[Ashertmarn]], guard the Oathgate, and that the only way to join their ranks is to bring food to their grand feasts after receiving an invitation. Assuming the persona, Swiftspren, Shallan attempted to attract the Cult of Moments through the displays of Ligthweaving and philanthropy. Eventually, she received an invitation from the Cult of Moments after a grand heist at a local mansion. {{book ref|sa3|72}}{{book ref|sa3|74}}
 
Despite her charitable actions, Shallan unwittingly caused the death of Grund after the boy is attacked by the [[Grips]], a group that had been stealing the food given to him. {{book ref|sa3|80}} Following the murder of the urchin, Shallan is scarred by the experience and left revisiting traumatic memories from her past. In attempt to ease the pain, she shifted through several personas using Lightweaving in an attempt to search for a personality that could repair the damage she has habitually caused. She soon came to the conclusion that the past actions she took to aid others only left things worse in her wake. As Shallan began to doubt her actions taken to provide for the poor citizens in Kholinar, [[Wit]] arrived and comforted her. While talking, they discussed the meaning of power, eventually giving Shallan the advice she needed to infiltrate the Cult of Moments. After this, he left her with the bill for the food he ate, much to her displeasure.{{book ref|sa3|82}}
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