Difference between revisions of "Summary:Words of Radiance"

Shallan is wearing a new silk dress, a gift from her father. The dress is that of a woman as she is now old enough to cover her safehand. She starts to think of her mother, then stops, like a candle suddenly snuffed. Two maids bustle past, getting ready for guests. Shallan overhears one softly whisper "She saw. Poor thing was in the room when it happened. Hasn't spoken a workword in five months. The master killed his own wife and her lover." ShallenShallan thinks that because she doesntdoes not speak, apparently the maids didntdo not think she couldcan hear either. At times, she wonders if she is invisible or isn'tnot real.

The door suddenly slams open, and her brother [[Helaran Davar|Helaran]] enters. Grinning wide, he gives her a gift of charcoal pencils and thick, expensive paper. He's has missed her drawings and asks her to practice more. He tells her she needs to be strong, and that he needs her to look after the other brothers for him. The door slams open again, this time admitting her father, [[Lin Davar]]. Her father and brother start arguing, and Helaran calls their father a murdermurderer and summons a [[Shardblade]]. Lin cuts off, putting his hands up and says "you don't know what you think you know. Your mother-", but Helaran cuts him off. Shallan manages to say "No" to Helaran, stopping him from killing Lin. Helaran leaves, saying that he has important work to do, but warns their father the he will be checking in on the house.