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'''Death Rattles''' are a phenomenon related to the [[Unmade]] [[Moelach]].{{wob ref|2840}} His presence causes some dying individuals to experience precognitive events in the form of cryptic utterances, in the final moments of life.{{epigraph ref|sa2|82}} The emergence of the Death Rattles appears to coincide with the expedition of King [[Gavilar Kholin]] of [[Alethkar]] where the [[Parshendi]] were first encountered. {{wob ref|4693}}
== Known Death Rattles ==
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=== Collected by the Silent Gatherers ===
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| You've killed me. Bastards, you've killed me! While the sun is still hot, I die!▼
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It is estimated this came exactly 1229 days before the advent of the Everstorm.{{cite}} It is possible that these Rattles are less than fully accurate, or that whoever gave this death rattle valued poetry over technically accurate detail or, given the specific phrasing, that this was perhaps a foreshadowing to a time 229 days in the future when someone else would prophecy that it would be 1000 days until the Everstorm.▼
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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.
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▲It is estimated this came exactly 1229 days before the advent of the Everstorm.{{cite}} It is possible that these Rattles are less than fully accurate, or that whoever gave this death rattle valued poetry over technically accurate detail or, given the specific phrasing, that this was perhaps a foreshadowing to a time 229 days in the future when someone else would prophecy that it would be 1000 days until the Everstorm.
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This seems to be from the perspective of one of the [[Knights Radiant]], likely from the [[Day of Recreance]]. The phrase "Why have you forsaken us, Almighty" likely refers to how, in the years before the Recreance, [[Honor]] did not support the newest generation of Radiants when they discovered the truth about the [[First Desolation]], and instead raved about his belief that their [[Surgebinding]] would destroy Roshar.{{book ref|sa3|113}} The phrase "Shard of my soul, where have you gone" seems to refer to how the Radiants lost their spren during the Recreance, as the [[Nahel Bond]] allows a spren to fill in some of the cracks in a person's soul.{{wob ref|2542}}
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This Rattle appears to reference [[Shadesmar]], based on the description of the sun and sky, and a [[Cryptic]]. The Silent Gatherers considered this Death Rattle to be of particular note, likely because the subject apparently retained come consciousness while dying, evidenced by them asking "Healer, why do you take my blood?"{{epigraph ref|sa1|4}}
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This may refer to humans conquering Roshar and exiling the Dawnsingers to [[Braize]].
▲This may refer to humans conquering Roshar and exiling the Dawnsingers to [[Braize]]. It may also refer to the Dawnsingers conquering [[Kholinar]].
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This seems to reference to the Heralds bearing their Honorblades and standing against Odium and the Voidbringers.
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This rattle apparently refers to the sixteen [[Shard]]s of [[Adonalsium]], three of which ([[Honor]], [[Cultivation]], and [[Odium]]) are invested in Roshar.
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This rattle could be from the perspective of [[Kaladin]] at the time of [[Tien]]'s death, the question of "What have we done?"
▲This rattle could be from the perspective of [[Kaladin]] at the time of [[Tien]]'s death, the question of "What have we done?" refering to their joining of the military. It could also be referring to the [[Jah Keved]] civil war.
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This rattle likely refers to [[Kaladin Stormblessed]], with the tower and crown being the crest of [[house Kholin]], and the spear being Kaladin's weapon of choice. The "fallen title" may refer to the [[Knights Radiant]].
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This rattle appears to be from the perspective of the [[Herald]] [[Talenel]], the only Herald to be returned, through death, to wherever the Heralds went to be tortured between [[Desolation]]s at the end of the [[Last Desolation]].
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This rattle is believed to refer to the Herald [[Shalash]], the daughter of the Herald [[Jezrien]], Herald of Kings and patron of the [[Order of Windrunners]].{{book ref|sa3|122}} Shalash is also [[Baxil]]'s mistress who destroys art, including depictions of a specific Herald, believed to be those of Shalash herself. It could also be a reference to Syl and how she
▲This rattle is believed to refer to the Herald [[Shalash]], the daughter of the Herald [[Jezrien]], Herald of Kings and patron of the [[Order of Windrunners]].{{book ref|sa3|122}} Shalash is also [[Baxil]]'s mistress who destroys art, including depictions of a specific Herald, believed to be those of Shalash herself. It could also be a reference to Syl and how she weakens while Kaladin struggles to find himself during Words of Radiance.
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| The death is my life, the strength becomes my weakness, the journey has ended.▼
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This rattle appears to be from the perspective of Kaladin during the [[Battle of the Tower]], moments before he swears the [[Immortal Words#Ideals of the Windrunners|Second Ideal of the Windrunners]]. The "final void" is a chasm over which he is jumping. The "friends behind, friends before" are the members of Bridge Four behind him and the army of [[Dalinar Kholin]] trapped by Parshendi before him. The "feast I must drink" is Stormlight stored in the gemstones knotted into the malen Parshendi's beards. The "words I must speak" is the Second Ideal. The "old oaths" are the [[Immortal Words]].▼
This rattle appears to reference the [[Immortal Words#The First Ideal|First Ideal]] of the [[Knights Radiant]]: Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.▼
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▲| Above the final void I hang, friends behind, friends before. The feast I must drink clings to their faces, and the words I must speak spark in my mind. The old oaths will be spoken anew.
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▲This rattle appears to reference the [[Immortal Words#The First Ideal|First Ideal]] of the [[Knights Radiant]]: Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.
▲This rattle appears to be from the perspective of Kaladin during the [[Battle of the Tower]], moments before he swears the [[Immortal Words#Ideals of the Windrunners|Second Ideal of the Windrunners]]. The "final void" is a chasm over which he is jumping. The "friends behind, friends before" are the members of Bridge Four behind him and the army of [[Dalinar Kholin]] trapped by Parshendi before him. The "feast I must drink" is Stormlight stored in the gemstones knotted into the malen Parshendi's beards. The "words I must speak" is the Second Ideal. The "old oaths" are the [[Immortal Words]].
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The events this Death Rattle refers to have not been seen on-screen yet.{{wob ref|11616}}
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This subject appears to have been aware of what the Silent Gatherers were doing, and somehow refused to speak of the visions he saw.
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This rattle appears to refer to Kaladin and [[Shallan Davar]] returning to the Warcamps at the [[Shattered Plains]] following an ill-fated expedition. The "pit" is a reference to the chasms. the "two dead men" are Kaladin and Shallan, presumed to be dead after falling into a chasm. The "heart" is an emerald [[gemheart]] they harvested from a [[chasmfiend]] they encountered and killed on their return journey.
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This rattle refers to the awakening of [[Thunderclast]]s.{{book ref|sa3|115}}
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Possibly referencing the events
▲Possibly referencing the events at the end of Words of Radiance, and the summoning of the [[Everstorm]].
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The Silent Gatherers have noted a similarity between this death rattle and one they denote as "sample 1172-89".
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When all Heralds, except Taln, broke the Oathpact after Aharietiam they lied and told humanity that the Voidbringers finally were defeated.
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May refer to Kaladin saving the king from Moash during the storm.
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=== Other Death Rattles ===
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| He watches! The Black piper in the night. He holds us in his palm... playing a tune that no man can hear!▼
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Refers to the soul of the Fused, destroying the whole world in order to destroy humankind.{{book ref|sa3|38}}▼
This is not a reference to [[Hoid]].{{wob ref|8240}} The "tune no man can hear" in question could be a Rhythm, percievable only by the Singers and not Humans. The Black Piper then could refer to one of the Unmade.▼
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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!
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▲This is not a reference to [[Hoid]].{{wob ref|8240}} The "tune no man can hear" in question could be a Rhythm,
▲Refers to the soul of the Fused, destroying the whole world in order to destroy humankind.{{book ref|sa3|38}}
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This could reference the clash of the [[Everstorm]] with the irregular [[Highstorm]] during the [[Battle of Narak]], which completely broke some plateaus and tossed the boulders high into the air.
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