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=== The Shattered Plains (1173) ===
==== Shipwrecked ====
Jasnah and Shallan took passage on''[[Wind's Pleasure]],'' to travel to the Shattered Plains. While sketching Shadesmar after her brief delving into the strange world, she noticed a pattern on her skethpad which began to move. When she was startled by its sudden movement, the pattern quickly disappeared. Several days into the journey, Shallan spied a [[santhid]] - an elusive and ancient dweller of the ocean - moving alongside the ship. She wanted to observe the santhid underwater in order to sketch it, but was dissuaded from the dangerous task by Captain Tozbek. Jasnah soon joined her, and detecting her ward's innattention to her reading, explained the nature of Shadesmar and spren to her. Shallan mentioned the patterns of lines she has been noticing. While conversing, Shallan revealed Jasnah also detailed the measures she has taken to help House Davar: sending money to Shallan's brothers, communicating with her mother about the broken Soulcaster, and setting up a causal betrothal with [[Adolin Kholin]]. Finally, Jasnah gave Shallan words of advice on power and how even its illusion can be enough to create authority. Taking these words to heart, Shallan commanded the captain to help her go overboard in order to observe and take a Memory of the santhid. {{book ref|wor|1}}
While trying to recreate the strange pattern she glimpsed earlier on her sketchpad, the image suddenly moved and drifted to the floor of her room. Startled by the movement, Shallan attempted to find Jasnah, who conveniently showed up just as she opened the door of her room. When she explained what she observed, Jasnah informed her that this was her spren, a Cryptic-type specifically; and Shallan even managed to catch a glimpse of Jasnah's own spren, [[Ivory]]. Jasnah shared that these type of spren had not been seen in centuries, making Shallan the first one to interact with one in a while. As they continued to converse, Jasnah began to explain the nature of the Knights Radiant and the Orders making up the organization. She explained that Shallan was a part of the [[Order of Lightweavers]] while she belonged to the [[Order of Elsecallers]], a similar yet different order. {{book ref|wor|3}}
One night on the journey, their ship is attacked and Shallan sees Jasnah stabbed in the chest. She smells smoke in the cabin. Using Lightweaving, she created an indistinct human form, which the attacking men chased. She then entered Jasnah's cabin and observed a large amount of blood on the floor, but no body. She assumed that the men removed Jasnah's corpse. She heard sounds above and Pattern tells her that the ship's crew are being executed. Out of desperation Shallan attempted to Soulcast the hull of the ship. With a huge amount of stormlight and the help of pattern, she reached into Shadesmar and Soulcasted the '' Wind's Pleasure'' into water to escape.{{book ref|wor|7}}▼
Later, Shallan continued to observe her spren, which she named [[Pattern]] for the complex geometric shapes that made up the spren. While trying to connect with her spren, Shallan learned the spren was able to connect complex thoughts and was fond of lies. Shallan eventually asked of its earliest memories and a brief scenery of Jah Keved appeared in response, indicating that the spren has been with Shallan prior to this. After being horrified by the memories being recalled in response to the image of her home, the scenery quickly faded away. {{book ref|wor|6}} After a brief respite, Shallan headed to her deck where she discovered the spheres she held in her pouch had become dim. Curious, she asked Jasnah about the reason for this, and the scholar explained that this was due to her unconsciously Lightweaving the scene she witnessed with Pattern. While on the topic, Jasnah requested that Shallan focused more on learning about her Illumination Surge rather than [[Transformation]] as [[Soulcasting]] could be dangerous when used incorrectly. Jasnah also shared her fears over the inevitable Desolation. She revealed that when the [[herald|heralds]] eventually returned to train the Radiants, the parshmen will reveal themselves to be the Voidbringers and upset the economy that had been established across Roshar by the enslavement of the people. Jasnah also revealed that she believed that the rediscovery of [[Urithiru]], the ancient city in the Shattered Plains and the base for the Knights Radiant, would aid them in their battle agaist the Voidbringers. Before Shallan headed to bed, Jasnah gifted Shallan with ''[[Words of Radiance (in-world)|Words of Radiance]]'', a book containing more information on the Order of Lightweavers. {{book ref|wor|6}}
Arriving on a shore with no sign of any surving members of the ship, Shallan is rendered helpless as she had nobody to aid her but Pattern. She attempted to Soulcast a [[Stick]] into fire with Pattern easing her into Shadesmar but to no avail. Tired and injured, Shallan wandered the unfamiliar area until Pattern notified her that there are people who may be able to help her. She encountered two slavers led by a man named [[Tvlakv]]. {{book ref|wor|11}} Adhering to Jasnah's advice, she assumed a confident and haughty attitude in order to assert her domiance over the slavers and rpevent them from enslaving her as well. While in the company of the slavers, Shallan learned how to take in stormlight and heal herself as well as cast minor illusions to change her appearance. {{book ref|wor|15}} Pattern attempts to make Shallan aware that she is Knight Radiant, something Shallan adamantly refuses. While accompanying the slavers' caravan, they observe a pillar of smoke and begin to make their way towards it at Shallan's command. {{book ref|wor|17}}▼
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▲Arriving on a shore with no sign of any surving members of the ship, Shallan is rendered helpless as she had nobody to aid her but Pattern. He guided her to a safe spot where she was able to secure Jasnah's waterproof trunk containing her books and notes. After waiting for any more survivors, Shallan attempted to build a fire but failed. She then attempted to Soulcast a [[Stick]] into fire with Pattern easing her into Shadesmar but to no avail. Tired and injured, Shallan wandered the unfamiliar area until Pattern notified her that there are people who may be able to help her. She encountered two
==== Journey to the Shattered Plains ====
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As Tyn continued to teach Shallan the skills needed to be a con artist, she gave advice to Shallan on how to approach Adolin, believing their marriage arrangement to be a love scam, and tells Shallan that she would like to introduce her to her associates. {{book ref|wor|30}} When Tyn is reading a [[spanreed]] from her associates, she discovered that Shallan is truly who she claimed she was and demanded to know if Jasnah is really dead from the shipwreck, revealing herself to be connected to Jasnah's assassins. Shallan is quickly attacked by Tyn, but [[Pattern]] distracted the con artist long enough to conjure an illusion to catch her by surprise and summon her Shardblade to kill Tyn. When Vathat, Gaz, and the other deserters enter the tent, Shallan revealed her Sharblade and assumed command of the group, telling them to search through Tyn's belongings. While reading the message written from the spanreed, Shallan realizes that Tyn's associates were actually the Ghostbloods and they ask if Tyn is ready for another job which Shallan readily accepts, under the pretense that she is Tyn. {{book ref|wor|34}}
Shallan retrieved clothing and spheres from Tyn belongings while Vathat and the deserters burn Tyn and her boydguards' bodies and their remaining belongings. They finally arrive to the Shattered Plains where they encounter Kaladin who is acting as the bodyguard of Elhokar, the Alethi king. When Shallan attempts to announce her identity and betrothal to Alodin, Kaladin brings up her previous lie where she claimed to be a [[Horneater]] princesss, which Shallan argues she said to remain anonymous. Shallan quickly provided the documents including Jasnah's handwriting and requested for its authenticity to be analyzed by [[Navani Kholin]], Jasnah's mother. Kaladin soon returned and summoned Shallan to enter the palace where Elhokar is in a conference with his uncle, [[Dalinar Kholin]]. {{book ref|wor|36}}
==== Arrival
Entering the palace, Shallan would meet Dalinar and Navani Kholin, the latter whom almost immediately disapproved of the girl. Shallan retold the moments leading to Jasnah's death, leaving out the fact that she Soulcasted ''Wind's Pleasure''. Navani berated Shallan when she told them that she set fire to ship in order to prevent the assassins from killing her and escaping. Dalinar defended Shallan's actions and Navani quickly apologized before leaving the room. Shallan then gave Dalinar a quick recount of her journey to the Shattered Plains and informed him of Jasnah's proposal to marry Adolin to the young girl. Adolin comes to meet Shallan, and the two exchange awkward introductions. When Shallan first laid her eyes Adolin, she was almost immediately attracted to the young prince. Seeing that the two were interested in one another, Dalinar agreed to the betrothal but postponed their marriage for a later date.
While staying in Sebarial's warcamp, Shallan taught Pattern more about the human language and how to better communicate. As she was teaching the spren, she later received a message from the Ghostbloods informing her that Tyn would be expected to attend a meeting with her employers later that evening. Shallan informs them that she (Tyn) is sick and that the con artist would send her apprentice in her place. Shallan used her Lightweaving abilities to conjure a disguise as the [[darkeyed]] apprentice named Veil who would come in Tyn's place. Dressed in Tyn's clothing, Bluth's hat, and the Lightweaving she placed overherself, Shallan made her way to the requested area to meet the Ghostbloods.{{book ref|wor|42}}
Shallan, disguised as Veil, arrived at the tenement building where she would meet the Ghostbloods. She met a man known as [[Mraize]], who initially doubted her identity. When she successfully convinced the assassin that she was truly who she said, she met five other Ghostbloods including a masked woman, later known as [[Iyatil]]. Mraize infromed Shallan that her next target would be [[Meridas Amaram]] and she would need to scavenge for new information in his manor. As Shallan left the meetingplace, Pattern informed her that she was being tailed by the masked woman. Shallan successfully lost her by using her Lighweaving abilities to conjure a wall to hide her. After her stormlight dissipated, Shallan ditched her disguise and stealthily returned to Sebarial's warcamp. {{book ref|wor|43}}
==== Date with Her Betrothed ====
Shallan spent more time with Adolin in order to grow closer to the prince. Despite his charismatic personality, Shallan was not too quick to fawn over Adolin. She was able to impress him by rebuffing his charms and even ignore him as seen when she ran away to draw pictures of [[Shardplate]] and [[Shardblades]] rather than fawn over him and spend her time idly talking with him. {{book ref|wor|43}} Later, Shallan and Pattern began to study maps of Roshar and discovered that they contradicted the supposed location of where the mystical city, [[Urithiru]], should have been found. Confused by what this may mean, Shallan decided to take a break from her research by going on a date with Adolin. She arrived at the open-air-winehouse, the place where the date would be held, and the two conversed and grew closer to one another. While initially hoping to forge a relationship with House Kholin, Shallan drifted away from her original goal and eventually asked the prince about the likelihood of removing the [[parshmen]] from the slave system established in Roshar. Adolin revealed this was unlikely, much to Shallan's disappointment. As they enjoyed fine wine, a [[highstorm]] appeared which Adolin informed Shallan would be a viewing pleasure for the visitors. As their date concluded, Shallan began to think of how she would infiltrate Amaram's manor. {{book ref|wor|49}}▼
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Shallan decided to complete the job given to her by the Ghostbloods and infiltrated Amaram's house by disguising herself as a messenger boy. {{book ref|wor|52}}
▲Shallan spent more time with Adolin in order to grow closer to the prince. Despite his charismatic personality, Shallan was not too quick to fawn over Adolin. She was able to impress him by rebuffing his charms and even ignore him as seen when she ran away to draw pictures of [[Shardplate]] and [[Shardblades]] rather than fawn over him and spend her time idly talking with him. {{book ref|wor|43}} Later, Shallan and Pattern began to study maps of Roshar and discovered that they contradicted the supposed location of where the mystical city, [[Urithiru]], should have been found.
When Adolin and Kaldin, the latter serving as the former's bodyguard, later arrived to meet with Shallan at Sebarial's warcamp, she was excited to see that [[Wit]] was their carriage driver. Shallan revealed that she had encountered Wit as as a child while attending the Middlefest Fair. As Wit disappeared, Shallan and Adolin decided to go visit the local menagerie. Despite being in the company of the stony-faced bodyguard, Shallan found that she enjoyed flirting with Adolin. {{book ref|wor|55}}
{{sidequote|The sensation—it’s not sorrow, but something deeper—of being broken. Of being crushed so often, and so hatefully, that emotion becomes something you can only wish for. If only you could cry, because then you’d feel something. Instead, you feel nothing. Just . . . haze and smoke inside. Like you’re already dead.|Shallan to Kaladin while stuck in the chasm {{book ref|wor|71}}|right|300px}}
As Shallan was drawing the bridges being placed on the field and the local fauna, she and Kaladin fall into a chasm due to the work of one of [[Sadeas|Sadeas']] men. While stuck in the chasm, Shallan began to warm up to Kaladin and realized that the two of them shared a few things in common such as both being broken. After revealing her Shardblade to Kaladin, they began to suspect one another of being Radiants.
==== Discovery of Urithiru ====
As the [[Parshendi]] arrived to battle the Alethi, Shallan was asked to leave with the other civilians. Shallan proclaimed that the [[Oathgate|Oathgates]] were real and
When Shallan returned to her room, she received a letter form the Ghostbloods informing her that they were aware of her true identity and her association with the Knight Radiant. They tell her that she would now be working for them despite Shallan's duty as a Knight Radiant. She later meets with [[Mraize]], who informs her that she would be acting as the broken soulcaster they still needed from her family. When Shallan threatens the assassin, he informs her that she will need their assistance if she wanted to protect her family and learn more about the Knight Radiant and their organization. Shallan decides that she will work as both a Radiant and a member of the Ghostbloods. {{book ref|wor|89}}
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