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==Death Rattle Quotes==
{{for|Death Rattle|more information and a complete list of observed Death Rattles}}
Over the course of ''
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! Chapter !! Death Quote !! Source !! Seconds Before Death !! Date
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! Prologue{{anchor|Prologue}}
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|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.
|31
| data-sort-value="1171 6 5 1" | {{Rosharan date
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! 1{{anchor|Chapter 1}}
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|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.
|10
| data-sort-value="1171 7 3 5" | {{Rosharan date
|-
!2{{anchor|Chapter 2}}
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|Collected on the second day of Kakash, year 1171, five seconds before death. Subject was a lighteyed woman in her third decade.
|5
| data-sort-value="1171 8 6 2" | {{Rosharan date
|-
!3{{anchor|Chapter 3}}
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|Collected on the 4th of Tanates, year 1171, thirty seconds before death. Subject was a cobbler of some renown.
|30
| data-sort-value="1171 9 1 4" | {{Rosharan date
|-
!4{{anchor|Chapter 4}}
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|Collected on the 3rd of Jesnan, 1172, 11 seconds pre-death. Subject was a Reshi chull trainer. Sample is of particular note.
|11
| data-sort-value="1172 1 2 3" | {{Rosharan date
|-
!5{{anchor|Chapter 5}}
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|Collected on the 1st of Nanes, 1172, 15 seconds pre-death. Subject was a darkeyed youth of unknown origin.
|15
| data-sort-value="1172 2 1 1" | {{Rosharan date
|-
!6{{anchor|Chapter 6}}
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|Collected on Vevishes, 1172, 32 seconds pre-death. Subject was a lighteyed female child, approximately six years old.
|32
| data-sort-value="1172 4 10 1" | {{Rosharan date
|-
!7{{anchor|Chapter 7}}
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|Collected on Palahishev, 1172, 21 seconds pre-death. Subject was a
|21
| data-sort-value="1172 5 10 4" | {{date/sa|year=1172|month=5|week=10|day=4}}
|-
!8{{anchor|Chapter 8}}
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|Collected on Ishashan, 1172, 18 seconds pre-death. Subject was a lighteyed spinster of the eighth dahn.
|18
| data-sort-value="1172 10 6 2" | {{date/sa|year=1172|month=10|week=6|day=2}}
|-
!9{{anchor|Chapter 9}}
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|Collected: Jesachev, 1173, 12 seconds pre-death. Subject: one of our own ardents, overheard during his last moments.
|12
| data-sort-value="1173 1 3 4" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=1|week=3|day=4}}
|-
!11{{anchor|Chapter 11}}
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|Collected: Chachanan, 1173, 84 seconds pre-death. Subject: a cutpurse with the wasting sickness, of partial Iriali descent.
|84
| data-sort-value="1173 3 2 2" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=3|week=2|day=2}}
|-
!52{{anchor|Chapter 52}}
|
|Dated Vevanev, 1173, 107 seconds pre-death. Subject: an out-of-work Veden sailor.
|107
| data-sort-value="1173 4 2 4" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=4|week=2|day=4}}
|-
!53{{anchor|Chapter 53}}
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|Dated Vevahach, 1173, 8 seconds pre-death. Subject: a prostitute. Background unknown.
|8
| data-sort-value="1173 4 5 3" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=4|week=5|day=3}}
|-
!54{{anchor|Chapter 54}}
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|Dated Palaheses, 1173, unknown seconds pre-death. Subject: a wealthy lighteyes. Sample collected secondhand.
|?
| data-sort-value="1173 5 1 1" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=5|week=1|day=1}}
|-
!55{{anchor|Chapter 55}}
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|Dated Palahevan, 1173, 73 seconds pre-death. Subject: a beggar of some renown, known for his elegant songs.
|73
| data-sort-value="1173 5 4 2" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=5|week=4|day=2}}
|-
!56{{anchor|Chapter 56}}
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|Dated Palahakev, 1173, 16 seconds pre-death. Subject: a Thaylen sailor.
|16
| data-sort-value="1173 5 8 4" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=5|week=8|day=4}}
|-
!57{{anchor|Chapter 57}}
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|Dated Shashanan, 1173, 23 seconds pre-death. Subject: a darkeyed youth of sixteen years. Sample is of particular note.
|23
| data-sort-value="1173 6 2 2" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=6|week=2|day=2}}
|-
!58{{anchor|Chapter 58}}
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|Dated Shashabev, 1173, 8 seconds pre-death. Subject: a darkeyed dock-worker in his forties, father of three.
|8
| data-sort-value="1173 6 7 4" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=6|week=7|day=4}}
|-
!59{{anchor|Chapter 59}}
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|Dated Betabanan, 1173, 45 seconds pre-death. Subject: a lighteyed child of five years. Diction improved remarkably when giving sample.
|45
| data-sort-value="1173 7 2 2" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=7|week=2|day=2}}
|-
!60{{anchor|Chapter 60}}
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|Dated Betabanes, 1173, 95 seconds pre-death. Subject: a scholar of some minor renown. Sample collected secondhand. Considered questionable.
|95
| data-sort-value="1173 7 2 1" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=7|week=2|day=1}}
|-
!61{{anchor|Chapter 61}}
|
|Dated Kakanev, 1173, 13 seconds pre-death. Subject was a city guardsman.
|13
| data-sort-value="1173 8 2 4" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=8|week=2|day=4}}
|-
!62{{anchor|Chapter 62}}
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|Kakevah 1173, 22 seconds pre-death. A darkeyed Selay man of unknown profession.
|22
| data-sort-value="1173 8 4 5" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=8|week=4|day=5}}
|-
!63{{anchor|Chapter 63}}
|
|Kakashah 1173, 142 seconds pre-death. A Shin sailor, left behind by his crew, reportedly for bringing them ill luck. Sample largely useless.
|142
| data-sort-value="1173 8 6 5" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=8|week=6|day=5}}
|-
!64{{anchor|Chapter 64}}
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|Kakashah 1173, 13 seconds pre-death. A rickshaw puller.
|13
| data-sort-value="1173 8 6 5" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=8|week=6|day=5}}
|-
!65{{anchor|Chapter 65}}
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|Kakakes 1173, 8 seconds pre-death. A darkeyed young woman of fifteen. Subject was reportedly mentally unstable since childhood.
|8
| data-sort-value="1173 8 8 1" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=8|week=8|day=1}}
|-
!66{{anchor|Chapter 66}}
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|Kaktach 1173, 16 seconds pre-death. A middle-aged potter. Reported seeing strange dreams during highstorms during the last two years.
|16
| data-sort-value="1173 8 9 3" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=8|week=9|day=3}}
|-
!67{{anchor|Chapter 67}}
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|Tanatesach 1173, 28 seconds pre-death. A darkeyed female street juggler. Note similarity to sample 1172-89.
|28
| data-sort-value="1173 9 1 3" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=9|week=1|day=3}}
|-
!68{{anchor|Chapter 68}}
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|Tanatanes 1173, 8 seconds pre-death. An Azish itinerant worker. Sample of particular note.
|8
| data-sort-value="1173 9 2 1" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=9|week=2|day=1}}
|-
!69{{anchor|Chapter 69}}
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|Tanatanev 1173, 18 seconds pre-death. A darkeyed mother of four in her sixty-second year.
|18
| data-sort-value="1173 9 2 4" | {{date/sa|year=1173|month=9|week=2|day=4}}
|-
!Endnote
|
|An illiterate Herdazian.
|?
|}
==
The epigraphs
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Since [[Gavilar]]'s assassination, [[Jasnah Kholin]] has dedicated a large portion of her time to finding out as much information as she can about the [[Voidbringer]]s and the city of [[Urithiru]]; this research appears to have been prompted by seeing [[Szeth]]'s [[Surgebinding]] on the night of Gavilar's death and her own developing [[Nahel bond]] with [[Ivory]].{{book ref|sa2|prologue}} The epigraphs for the chapters in Part 3 are excerpts from [[Jasnah's notebook|her notebook]] that lead her to believe the parshmen are descended from Voidbringers.
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!29{{anchor|Chapter 29}}
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|Noted in Masly, page 337. Corroborated by Coldwin and Hasavah.
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!30{{anchor|Chapter 30}}
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|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
|-
!32{{anchor|Chapter 32}}
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|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
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!33{{anchor|Chapter 33}}
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|Purports to be a scrap collected from Talatin, a Radiant of the Order of Stonewards. The
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!34{{anchor|Chapter 34}}
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|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.
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!35{{anchor|Chapter 35}}
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|Perhaps the oldest surviving original source mentioning the city, requoted in The Vavibrar, line 1804. What I
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!36{{anchor|Chapter 36}}
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|From The Poem of Ista. I have found no modern explanation of what these
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!38{{anchor|Chapter 38}}
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|I consider
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!39{{anchor|Chapter 39}}
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|Another folktale, this one recorded in Among the Darkeyed, by Calinam. Page 102. Stories of instantaneous travel and the Oathgates pervade these tales.
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!40{{anchor|Chapter 40}}
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|From
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!42{{anchor|Chapter 42}}
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|The word Desolation is used twice in reference to their appearances. See pages 57, 59, and 64 of Tales by Hearthlight.
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!43{{anchor|Chapter 43}}
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|A
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!45{{anchor|Chapter 45}}
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|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.
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!46{{anchor|Chapter 46}}
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|Following the firing of the original Palanaeum, only one page of
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!48{{anchor|Chapter 48}}
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|Cormshen, page 104.
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!49{{anchor|Chapter 49}}
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|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.
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!50{{anchor|Chapter 50}}
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|A quote from the Iviad probably needs no reference notation, but this comes from line 482, should I need to locate it quickly.
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