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|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1171|6|5|1}}, 31 seconds before death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a darkeyed pregnant woman of middle years. The child did not survive.{{epigraph ref|sa1|prologue}}
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:::It is estimated this rattle came exactly 12291227 days before the advent of the Everstorm.{{citeref|text=This rattle was collected on {{Rosharan numeric date|1171|6|5|1}}{{epigraph ref|sa1|prologue}} and the Everstorm arrived on {{Rosharan numeric date|1173|10|10|3}}{{book ref|sa2|50}}{{book ref|sa2|81}}}} 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 prophesy that it would be 1000 days until the Everstorm.
 
 
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1172|1|2|3}}, 11 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers.{{epigraph ref|sa1|4}}
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:::This Rattle references [[Shadesmar]], based on theThe description of the sun and sky, andas well as the appearance of a [[Cryptic]]., Theindicate Silentthe Gatherersspeaker consideredhere thiswas Deathviewing Rattle[[Shadesmar]]. to beThe ofsubject particular note, likely because the subjectalso apparently retained some consciousness while dying, evidenced by them asking the Silent Gatherers "Healer, why do you take my blood?"{{epigraph ref|sa1|4}}In light of those conditions, the speaker may not have actually been affected by Moelach.
 
 
 
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|Victory! We stand atop the mount! We scatter them before us! Their homes become our dens, their lands are now our farms! And they shall burn, as we once did, in a place that is hollow and forlorn.
|They are aflame. They burn. They bring the darkness when they come, and so all you can see is that their skin is aflame. Burn, burn, burn...
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1172|5|10|46|2}}, 2118 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a baker'slighteyed spinster of the eighth apprenticedahn.{{epigraph ref|sa1|78}}
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:::May refer to how the humans took Roshar from the singers during the First Desolation. Could possibly also refer to a Fused victory over humans.
:::This rattle is from the perspective of the Singers as they watch humans enter Roshar from Ashyn.
 
 
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|Three of sixteen ruled, but now the Broken One reigns.
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|11711173|83|62|2}}, 584 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a lighteyedcutpurse womanwith inthe herwasting thirdsickness, of partial Iriali decadedescent.{{epigraph ref|sa1|211}}
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:::Most likely refers to Honor, Cultivation, and Odium--three [[Shards]] out of sixteen total. It is unclear what "Broken One" means, however.
 
 
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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}}
 
 
|Observed on {{Rosharan date|1173|5|1|1}}, collected secondhand and later reported to the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a wealthy lighteyes.{{epigraph ref|sa1|54}}
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:::This rattle appears to be from the perspective of the [[Herald]] [[Talenel]], the only Herald to be returned, through death,return to [[Braize]] at the end of the [[Last Desolation]].
 
 
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|5|4|2}}, 73 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a beggar of some renown, known for his elegant songs.{{epigraph ref|sa1|55}}
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:::This rattle islikely believed to referrefers 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 has defaced depictions of herself by scratching her face out of paintings or by destroying statues depicting her.
 
 
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|6|7|4}}, 8 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a darkeyed dock-worker in his forties, father of three.{{epigraph ref|sa1|58}}
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:::This rattle refers to the unmadeUnmade [[Re-Shephir]] and her midnight[[Midnight essenceEssence]].
 
 
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|7|2|2}}, 45 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a lighteyed child of five years. Diction improved remarkably when giving sample.{{epigraph ref|sa1|59}}
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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 [[Knights Radiant/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]].
 
 
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|8|2|4}}, 13 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a city guardsman.{{epigraph ref|sa1|61}}
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:::MayThis rattle likely refer to Kaladin swearing histhe [[Knights Radiant/Immortal Words#Ideals of the Windrunners|Fourth Ideal of the Windrunners]] while falling in the [[highstorm]] towards the end of [[Raboniel]]'s occupation of [[Urithiru]]. The events of this Death Rattle had not occurred as of the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]].{{wob ref|11616}}
 
 
|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 Warcampswarcamps at the [[Shattered Plains]] following antheir ill-fatedfall expeditioninto the chasms. The "pit" is a reference to the chasms and the "two dead men" are Kaladin and Shallan, presumed to be dead after falling into athe chasmfall. The "heart" is an emerald [[gemheart]] they harvested from a [[chasmfiend]] they encountered and killed on their return journey.
 
 
|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 Elokhar, through a string of related events, was responsible for Kaladin being unable to keep is 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 ===
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|You've killed me. Bastards, you've killed me! While the sun is still hot, I die!
|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!
|ObservedCollected circaon {{Rosharan date|11731171|missing-date=y7|3|5}}, 10 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was [[Gadol]], a memberdarkeyed soldier thirty-one years of [[Bridgeage. Sample is considered Four]]questionable.{{bookepigraph ref|sa1|171}}
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:::Refers to the souls of the Fused, destroying the whole world in order to destroy humankind.{{book ref|sa3|38}}
 
 
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|Ten orders. We were loved, once. Why have you forsaken us, Almighty! Shard of my soul, where have you gone?
|Victory! We stand atop the mount! We scatter them before us! Their homes become our dens, their lands are now our farms! And they shall burn, as we once did, in a place that is hollow and forlorn.
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|11721171|108|6|2}}, 185 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a lighteyed spinsterwoman ofin theher eighththird dahndecade.{{epigraph ref|sa1|82}}
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:::May refer to how the humans took Roshar from the singers during the First Desolation. Could possibly also refer to a Fused victory over humans.
 
 
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|A man stood on a cliffside and watched his homeland fall into dust. The waters surged beneath, so far beneath. And he heard a child crying. They were his own tears.
|Three of sixteen ruled, but now the Broken One reigns.
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|11731171|39|21|24}}, 8430 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a cutpurse with the wasting sickness,cobbler of partialsome Iriali descentrenown.{{epigraph ref|sa1|113}}
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:::Most likely refers to Honor, Cultivation, and Odium--three [[Shards]] out of sixteen total. It is unclear what "Broken One" means, however.
 
 
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|I'm cold. Mother, I'm cold. Mother? Why can I still hear the rain? Will it stop?
|That chanting, that singing, those rasping voices.
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|11731172|84|910|31}}, 1632 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a middle-agedlighteyed potterfemale whochild, reportedapproximately seeingsix strangeyears dreams during highstorms during the previous two yearsold.{{epigraph ref|sa1|666}}
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:::Likely refers to Fused rhythms.
 
 
=== Unknown Meanings ===
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|They are aflame. They burn. They bring the darkness when they come, and so all you can see is that their skin is aflame. Burn, burn, burn...
|A man stood on a cliffside and watched his homeland fall into dust. The waters surged beneath, so far beneath. And he heard a child crying. They were his own tears.
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|11711172|95|110|4}}, 3021 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a cobblerbaker's of some renownapprentice.{{epigraph ref|sa1|37}}
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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!
|I'm cold. Mother, I'm cold. Mother? Why can I still hear the rain? Will it stop?
|CollectedObserved oncirca {{Rosharan date|1172|49|10|1missing-date=y}},. 32Subject secondswas pre-death[[Cenn]], bya themember Silentof Gatherers.[[Kaladin]]'s Subjectsquad was a lighteyed female child,in approximatelyBrightlord six[[Meridas yearsAmaram]]'s oldarmy.{{epigraphbook ref|sa1|647}}
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:::This is not a reference to [[Hoid]].{{wob ref|8240}}
 
 
 
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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!
|The darkness becomes a palace. Let it rule! Let it rule!
|CollectedObserved oncirca {{Rosharan date|1173|8|4|5missing-date=y}}, 22 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was [[Maps]], a darkeyed Selay manmember of unknown[[Bridge professionFour]].{{epigraphbook ref|sa1|6257}}
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|The death is my life, the strength becomes my weakness, the journey has ended.
|Above silence, the illuminating storms—dying storms—illuminate the silence above.
|CollectedObserved on {{Rosharan date|1173|97|2|41}}, by95 seconds pre-death, collected secondhand and later reported to the Silent Gatherers. Subject was ana scholar of some minor renown. Sample illiterateconsidered Herdazianquestionable.{{bookepigraph ref|sa1|endnote60}}
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:::An inversion of the First Ideal of the Knights Radiant.
 
 
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|The darkness becomes a palace. Let it rule! Let it rule!
|He watches! The black piper in the night. He holds us in his palm... playing a tune that no man can hear!
|ObservedCollected circaon {{Rosharan date|11721173|8|4|5}}., Subject22 wasseconds [[Cenn]]pre-death, aby memberthe ofSilent [[Kaladin]]'sGatherers. squadSubject inwas Brightlorda [[Meridasdarkeyed Selay man of Amaram]]'sunknown armyprofession.{{bookepigraph ref|sa1|4762}}
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:::This is not a reference to [[Hoid]].{{wob ref|8240}}
 
 
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|That chanting, that singing, those rasping voices.
|And all the world was shattered! The rocks trembled with their steps, and the stones reached toward the heavens. We die! We die!
|ObservedCollected circaon {{Rosharan date|1173|missing-date=y8|9|3}}, 16 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was [[Maps]], a membermiddle-aged potter who reported seeing strange dreams during highstorms during the ofprevious [[Bridgetwo Four]]years.{{bookepigraph ref|sa1|5766}}
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:::LikelyMay refersrefer to Fused rhythms.
 
 
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|Let me no longer hurt! Let me no longer weep! Dai-gonarthis! The Black Fisher holds my sorrow and consumes it!
|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=y1|3}}, 28 seconds pre-death, by Taravangianthe Silent Gatherers. Subject was a youngdarkeyed boyfemale street juggler. Note similarity to sample 1172-89.{{bookepigraph ref|sa1|7167}}
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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!
|So the night will reign, for the choice of honor is life...
|ObservedCollected circa {{Rosharan date|1173|109|missing-date=y}} by Taravangian. Subject was Kinga [[Valam]]young of [[Jah Keved]]boy.{{book ref|sa2|isa1|1471}}
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|Above silence, the illuminating storms—dying storms—illuminate the silence above.
|You've killed me. Bastards, you've killed me! While the sun is still hot, I die!
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|11711173|79|32|54}}, 10 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a darkeyed soldier thirty-one years of age. Sample isan consideredilliterate questionableHerdazian.{{epigraphbook ref|sa1|1endnote}}
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|So the night will reign, for the choice of honor is life...
|The death is my life, the strength becomes my weakness, the journey has ended.
|Observed oncirca {{Rosharan date|1173|710|2|1missing-date=y}}, 95by seconds pre-death, collected secondhand and later reported to the Silent GatherersTaravangian. Subject was aKing scholar[[Valam]] of some[[Jah minor renown. Sample considered questionableKeved]].{{epigraphbook ref|sa1sa2|i|6014}}
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:::An inversion of the First Ideal of the Knights Radiant.
 
 
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|Let me no longer hurt! Let me no longer weep! Dai-gonarthis! The Black Fisher holds my sorrow and consumes it!
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|9|1|3}}, 28 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a darkeyed female street juggler. Note similarity to sample 1172-89.{{epigraph ref|sa1|67}}
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|Ten orders. We were loved, once. Why have you forsaken us, Almighty! Shard of my soul, where have you gone?
|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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