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==Prologue: To Kill==
The prologue begins with [[Szeth]], a [[Truthless]] [[Shin]] assassin, waiting quietly in a large room, watching the [[Alethi]] celebrate the signing of a peace treaty with the [[Parshendi]]. None of the Alethi seem to notice him.
:“He was just a servant, and Shin were easy to ignore. Most out here in the East thought Szeth's kind were harmless. They were generally right.”
::::::::::::::::::::-The Way of Kings, Pg 21 (Hardcover), Prologue: “To Kill”
Szeth leaves the room, noting that his Parshendi masters have seen him and will soon withdraw. He notes several important Alethi, particularly [[Dalinar]] Kholin, the king's brother, who is passed out drunk at a table, and [[Elhokar]], the king's son and heir, who is talking to two foreigners.
Szeth wonders why the Parshendi have commanded him to kill King [[Gavilar]] of the Alethi.
:“They did not seem offended. They did not seem angry. And yet they were going to break their treaty of only a few hours. It made no sense.”
::::::::::::::::::::- The Way of Kings, Page 22 (Hardcover), Prologue: “To Kill”
Szeth also explains that he wears white because the Parshendi commanded him too. The Parshendi apparently believe that if you are going to assassinate a man, he deserves to see you coming.
By this point, Szeth has reached an area just outside of the king's quarters. Making use of his abilities as a [[Surgebinder]], Szeth uses the [[Stormlight]] from the gems that light the corridors to fight his way past all the guards. This is when Szeth explains another of the oddities in his orders from the Parshendi, the fact that he was instructed to kill the king, but be seen doing it. Make a scene.
As Szeth reaches the king's quarters, he sees the king leave with his guards through a side passage. Szeth is confronted by a [[Shardbearer]], who he fights until he is able to get past the man.
As he is pursuing the king, Szeth realizes that the Shardbearer isn't following him. This is odd behavior for a bodyguard, and Szeth realizes that the Shardbearer is actually King Gavilar, and the man he's been pursuing is a decoy.
Szeth goes back to face Gavilar for the second time. He is nearly killed in the fight. Gavilar has the advantage of Shardplate, while Szeth is forced to rely on his Surgebinding to survive. Eventually, Szeth is knocked out onto the balcony of the King's Quarters, where Gavilar follows him. Szeth Lashes the balcony to the ground several times, making it five times as heavy as it normally would be. The balcony collapses under the weight, and Gavilar plunges to the ground below. Szeth, however, is able to keep from falling by Lashing himself to the wall of the palace.
Szeth goes down to see the king, who is near death. The king asks Szeth who sent him, and when Szeth tells him that the Parshendi are his masters, Gavilar says, “The Parshendi? That makes no sense.”
Gavilar then gives Szeth a strange black sphere and tells him, “You must take this. They must not get it.” The king then instructs Szeth to tell his brother that he must “find the most important words a man can say.”
Szeth leaves a note for Dalinar with the King's message, as the Shin consider a dying wish to be sacred. He takes the sphere and leaves, leaving the King's Shardblade behind, thinking “The Blade Szeth already carried was curse enough.”
==Part One: Above Silence==
==Interludes==
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