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== Known Death Rattles ==
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|The love of men is a frigid thing, a mountain stream only three steps from the ice. We are his. Oh Stormfather... we are his. It is but a thousand days, and the Everstorm comes.
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|3|2|2}}, 84 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a cutpurse with the wasting sickness, of partial Iriali descent.{{epigraph ref|sa1|11}}
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:::Most likely refers to Honor, Cultivation, and Odium--three [[Shards]] out of sixteen total. It is unclear what "Broken One" meansmay refer to Honor's shattering, howeversaying he reigns may refer to the almighty of vorinism.
 
 
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|They break the land itself! They want it, but in their rage they will destroy it. Like the jealous man burns his rich things rather than let them be taken by his enemies! They come!
|Observed circa {{Rosharan date|1173|missing-date=y}}. Subject was [[Gadol]], a member of [[Bridge Four]].{{book ref|sa1|17}}
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:::Refers to the souls of the Fused, destroying the whole world in order to destroy humankind.{{book ref|sa3|38}}
 
 
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|8|6|5}}, 13 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a rickshaw puller.{{epigraph ref|sa1|64}}
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:::This rattle appears to refer to Kaladin and [[Shallan Davar|Shallan]] returning to the warcamps at the [[Shattered Plains]] following their fall into the chasms. The "pit" is a reference to the chasms and the "two dead men" are Kaladin and Shallan, presumed to be dead after the fall. The "heart" is an emerald [[gemheart]] they harvested from a [[chasmfiend]] they encountered and killed on their return journey.{{ref|text=[[Summary:Words of Radiance#Chapter 75|The chapter of ''Words of Radiance'' in which Kaladin and Shallan return from the chasms]] is titled "True Glory."}}
 
 
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|9|2|4}}, 18 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a darkeyed mother of four in her sixty-second year.{{epigraph ref|sa1|69}}
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:::This rattle appears to refer to Kaladin saving [[Elhokar]] from [[Moash]], an event during which Kaladin swears the [[Knights Radiant/Immortal Words#Ideals of the Windrunners|Third Ideal of the Windrunners]]. "The one who killed my promises" likely refers to the fact that ElokharElhokar, through a string of related events, was responsible for Kaladin being unable to keep ishis promise to protect Tien in battle. "I raise my hand. The storm responds." refers to the fact that Kaladin's words are accepted and Syl returns to him as a Shardblade.
 
=== Unknown Meanings ===
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1171|8|6|2}}, 5 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a lighteyed woman in her third decade.{{epigraph ref|sa1|2}}
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:::AnLikely inversionrefers ofto the Firstten Idealorders of the [[Knights Radiant.]]
 
 
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|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|4|2|4}}, 107 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was an out-of-work Veden sailor.{{epigraph ref|sa1|52}}
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:::May refer to the assassination of king [[Gavilar Kholin]].
 
 
 
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|The death is my life, the strength becomes my weakness, the journey has ended.
|And all the world was shattered! The rocks trembled with their steps, and the stones reached toward the heavens. We die! We die!
|Observed circaon {{Rosharan date|1173|missing-date=y7|2|1}}, 95 seconds pre-death, collected secondhand and later reported to the Silent Gatherers. Subject was [[Maps]], a memberscholar of [[Bridgesome minor renown. Sample considered Four]]questionable.{{bookepigraph ref|sa1|5760}}
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:::An inversion of the First Ideal of the Knights Radiant.
 
 
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|They break the land itself! They want it, but in their rage they will destroy it. Like the jealous man burns his rich things rather than let them be taken by his enemies! They come!
|The death is my life, the strength becomes my weakness, the journey has ended.
|Observed oncirca {{Rosharan date|1173|78|2|1missing-date=y}}, 95 seconds pre-death, collected secondhand and later reported to the Silent Gatherers. Subject was [[Gadol]], a scholarmember of some minor renown. Sample considered[[Bridge questionableFour]].{{epigraphbook ref|sa1|6017}}
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:::RefersMay refer to the souls of the Fused, destroying the whole world in order to destroy humankind.{{book ref|sa3|38}}
:::An inversion of the First Ideal of the Knights Radiant.
 
 
 
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|Above silence, the illuminating storms—dying storms—illuminate the silence above.
|The day was ours, but they took it. Stormfather! You cannot have it. The day is ours. They come, rasping, and the lights fail. Oh, Stormfather!
|Collected circaon {{Rosharan date|1173|9|missing-date=y2|4}} by Taravangianthe Silent Gatherers. Subject was aan youngilliterate boyHerdazian.{{book ref|sa1|71endnote}}
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:::May refer to the visions given by the Stormfather to prospective Bondsmiths, which revealed the death (and therefore silence) of Tanavast.
 
 
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|And all the world was shattered! The rocks trembled with their steps, and the stones reached toward the heavens. We die! We die!
|Above silence, the illuminating storms—dying storms—illuminate the silence above.
|CollectedObserved oncirca {{Rosharan date|1173|9|23|41}}<!-- bySA thetimeline SilentEvent GatherersID 23 -->. Subject was an[[Maps]], a member of illiterate[[Bridge HerdazianFour]].{{book ref|sa1|endnote57}}
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|The day was ours, but they took it. Stormfather! You cannot have it. The day is ours. They come, rasping, and the lights fail. Oh, Stormfather!
|ObservedCollected circa {{Rosharan date|1173|9|missing-date=y}} by Taravangian. Subject was [[Gadol]], a member of [[Bridgeyoung Four]]boy.{{book ref|sa1|1771}}
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:::'Rasping' may refer to the rythms of the Fused. May be talking of fabrials that suppress radiant powers and [[Stormlight]].
 
 
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