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King [[Taravangian]] of [[Kharbranth]] has been harvesting these death rattles, in a secret hospital under his palace, in an effort to supplement the [[Diagram]].{{book ref|sa1|71}}{{book ref|sa2|i|14}}
 
== Known Death Rattles ==
{{quote|You've killed me. Bastards, you've killed me! While the sun is still hot, I die!|Collected on Chachabah 1171, 10 seconds pre-death, by Diagramists. Subject was a darkeyed soldier thirty-one years of age. Sample is considered questionable.{{epigraph ref|sa1|1}}}}
 
{{quote|A woman sits and scratches out her own eyes. Daughter of kings and winds, the vandal.|Collected on Palahevan 1173, 73 seconds pre-death, by Diagramists. Subject was a beggar of some renown, known for his elegant songs.{{epigraph ref|sa1|55}}}}
 
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]].{{cite}} Shalash is also considered to be [[Baxil]]'s [[Baxil's mistress|Mistress]] who destroys art, including depictions of a specific Herald, believed to be those of Shalash herself.
 
{{quote|Light grows so distant. The storm never stops. I am broken, and all around me have died. I weep for the end of all things. He has won. Oh, he has beaten us.|Collected on Palahakev 1173, 16 seconds pre-death, by Diagramists. Subject was a Thaylen sailor.{{epigraph ref|sa1|56}}}}