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'''Szeth'''

* [[Hallaw]] (mentioned only)

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:''Five years later''

* [[Tien]] (mentioned only)

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:''Eight Months Later''

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'''Shallan Davar'''

* [[Katarotam]] (mentioned only)

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'''Kaladin'''

* [[Malise Gevelmar]] (mentioned only)

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'''Shallan'''

* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)

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'''Kaladin'''

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{{epigraph|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...}}

 

'''Shallan'''

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{{epigraph|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.}}

 

'''Shallan'''

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{{epigraph|Ten people, with Shardblades alight, standing before a wall of black and white and red.}}

 

'''Kaladin'''

=== Chapter 10: Stories of Surgeons ===

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:''Nine Years Earlier''

 

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{{epigraph|Three of sixteen ruled, but now the Broken One reigns.}}

 

'''Kaladin'''

* [[Hoid]] (mentioned only)

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'''Ishikk'''

* [[Jushu Davar]] (mentioned only)

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'''Balat Davar'''

* the [[Nightwatcher]] (mentioned only)

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'''Szeth'''

 

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'''Adolin Kholin'''

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'''Dalinar'''

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'''Kaladin'''

* [[Nohadon]] (mentioned only)

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'''Adolin'''

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:''Seven and a half years ago''

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{{Epigraph|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'''

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{{Epigraph|He holds the most frightening and terrible of all 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'''

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{{epigraph|In case you have 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'''

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'''Dalinar'''

 

* [[Shallan Davar]] (mentioned only)

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'''Adolin'''

* [[Szeth]] (mentioned only)

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'''Rysn'''

* [[Cusicesh]]

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'''Axies the Collector'''

=== Interlude I-6: A Work of Art ===

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'''Szeth'''

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{{epigraph|The ones of ash and fire, who killed like a swarm, relentless before the Heralds}}

 

'''Shallan'''

=== Chapter 31: Beneath the Skin ===

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:''Six years ago''

 

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{{epigraph| 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.}}

 

'''Shallan'''

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{{epigraph|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.}}

 

'''Shallan'''

=== Chapter 37: Sides ===

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:''Five and a half years ago''

 

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{{epigraph|Within a heartbeat, Alezarv was there, crossing a distance that would have taken more than four months to travel by foot.}}

 

'''Shallan'''

=== Chapter 41: Of Alds and Milp ===

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:''Five and a half years ago''

 

{{epigraph|Like a highstorm, regular in their coming, yet always unexpected.}}

 

'''Shallan'''

 

;Plot Summary

 

 

Kaladin climbs down into the chasm. Syl wonders why he isn't happy from surviving the highstorm. Kaladin chafes from not fighting the soldiers, but it wouldn't have helped to protect the men. Syl vaguely remembers helping men kill, to Kaladin's shock. Sometimes it is right to kill. The rest of the men climb down and Kaladin starts walking. Rock asks what they are going to do next in order to fight, and Kaladin insists that the fight is over. They find a pile of bodies and get to work. Teft stops by and also asks what's next, and Kaladin angrily replies that there is no hope, leading some of the men to grumble. Teft argues that it's not about surviving, quoting part of the Radiant oath "journey before destination." Syl likes the saying and encourages Kaladin to not give up. Kaladin thinks for a while and finally decides to try again, announcing to the men that the only chance is to try to escape. He offers to train them as spearmen, hoping it will increase their poor odds of escaping. All but Rock eagerly agree. Fighting is beneath Rock; he will cook instead.

=== Chapter 44: The Weeping ===

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:''Five years ago''

 

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{{epigraph|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.}}

 

'''Shallan'''

=== Chapter 47: Stormblessings ===

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:''One year ago''

 

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{{epigraph|They take away the light, wherever they lurk. Skin that is burned.}}

 

'''Shallan'''

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{{epigraph|Flame and char. Skin so terrible. Eyes like pits of blackness.}}

 

'''Shallan'''

=== Chapter 51: Sas Nahn ===

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:''One year ago''

 

=== Interlude I-9: Death Wears White ===

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'''Szeth'''

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{{epigraph|I'm standing over the body of a brother. I'm weeping. Is that his blood or mine? What have we done?}}

 

'''Adolin'''

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{{epigraph|The burdens of nine become mine. Why must I carry the madness of them all? Oh, Almighty, release me.}}

 

'''Dalinar'''

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{{epigraph|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.}}

 

'''Dalinar'''

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{{epigraph|Re-Sephir, the Midnight Mother, giving birth to abominations with her essence so dark, so terrible, so consuming. She is here! She watches me die!}}

 

'''Adolin'''

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{{epigraph|The death is my life, the strength becomes my weakness, the journey has ended.}}

 

'''Dalinar'''

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{{epigraph|In the storm I awaken, falling, spinning, grieving.}}

 

'''Dalinar'''

=== Chapter 70: A Sea of Glass ===

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'''Shallan'''

=== Chapter 71: Recorded In Blood ===

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'''Szeth'''

=== Chapter 72: Veristitalian ===

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'''Shallan'''

=== Chapter 74: Ghostblood ===

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'''Shallan'''

=== Chapter 75: In the Top Room ===

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'''Dalinar'''

== Epilogue: Of Most Worth ==

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'''Wit'''