Difference between revisions of "Summary:The Way of Kings"
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As he is pursuing the king, Szeth realizes that the Shardbearer isn't following him. This is odd behavior for a bodyguard, and Szeth realizes that the Shardbearer is actually King Gavilar, and the man he's been pursuing is a decoy.
Szeth goes back to face Gavilar for the second time. He is nearly killed in the fight. Gavilar has the advantage of [[Shardplate]], while Szeth is forced to rely on his Surgebinding to survive. Eventually, Szeth is knocked out onto the balcony of the King's Quarters, where Gavilar follows him. Szeth Lashes the balcony to the ground several times, making it five times as heavy as it normally would be. The balcony collapses under the weight, and Gavilar plunges to the ground below. Szeth, however, is able to keep from falling by Lashing himself to the wall of the palace.
Szeth goes down to see the king, who is near death. The king asks Szeth who sent him, and when Szeth tells him that the Parshendi are his masters, Gavilar says, “The Parshendi? That makes no sense.”
Gavilar then gives Szeth a strange black sphere and tells him, “You must take this. They must not get it.” The king then instructs Szeth to tell his brother that he must “find the most important words a man can say.”
Szeth leaves a note for Dalinar with the King's message, as the Shin consider a dying wish to be sacred. He takes the sphere and leaves, leaving the King's [[Shardblade]] behind, thinking “The Blade Szeth already carried was curse enough.”
==Part One: Above Silence==
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