Difference between revisions of "Summary:The Way of Kings"

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{{epigraph|Ten orders. We were loved, once. Why have you forsaken us, Almighty! Shard of my soul, where have you gone?}}

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{{epigraph|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.}}

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{{epigraph|I'm dying, aren't I? Healer, why do you take my blood? Who is that beside you, with his head of lines? I can see a distant sun, dark and cold, shining in a black sky.}}

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{{epigraph|I have seen the end, and have heard it named. The Night of Sorrows, the True Desolation. The Everstorm.}}

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{{epigraph|I'm cold. Mother, I'm cold. Mother? Why can I still hear the rain? Will it stop?}}

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{{epigraph|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...}}

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{{epigraph|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.}}

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{{epigraph|Ten people, with Shardblades alight, standing before a wall of black and white and red.}}

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;Nine Years Earlier

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{{epigraph|Three of sixteen ruled, but now the Broken One reigns.}}

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;[[Ishikk]]

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;[[Balat Davar]]

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{{epigraph|The ones of ash and fire, who killed like a swarm, relentless before the Heralds}}

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{{epigraph|They were suddenly dangerous. Like a calm day that became a tempest}}

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;Six years ago

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{{epigraph| They changed, even as we fought them. Like shadows they were, that can transform as the flame dances. Never underestimate them because of what you first see.}}

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{{epigraph|I walked from Abamabar to Urithiru.}}

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{{epigraph|Though many wished Urithiru to be built in Alethela, it was obvious that it could not be. And so it was that we asked for it to be placed westward, in the place nearest to Honor.}}

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{{epigraph|Taking the Dawnshard, known to bind any creature voidish or mortal, he crawled up the steps crafted for Heralds, ten strides tall apiece, toward the grand temple above.}}

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;Five and a half years ago

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{{epigraph|Born from the darkness, they bear its taint still, marked upon their bodies much as the fire marks their souls.}}

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{{epigraph|Within a heartbeat, Alezarv was there, crossing a distance that would have taken more than four months to travel by foot.}}

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{{epigraph|Death upon the lips. Sound upon the air. Char upon the skin.}}

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;Five and a half years ago

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{{epigraph|Like a highstorm, regular in their coming, yet always unexpected.}}

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{{epigraph|They lived out in the wilds, always awaiting the Desolation—or sometimes, a foolish child who took no head of the night's darkness.}}

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;Five years ago

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{{epigraph|Yelig-nar, called Blightwind, was one that could speak like a man, though often his voice was accompanied by the wails of those he consumed.}}

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{{epigraph|Though I was due for dinner in Veden City that night, I insisted upon visiting Kholinar to speak with Tivbet. The tariffs through Urithiru were growing quite unreasonable. By then, the so-called Radiants had already begun to show their true nature.}}

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;One year ago

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{{epigraph|They take away the light, wherever they lurk. Skin that is burned.}}

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{{epigraph|Radiant / of birthplace / the announcer comes / to come announce / the birthplace of Radiants.}}

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{{epigraph|Flame and char. Skin so terrible. Eyes like pits of blackness.}}

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;One year ago

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{{epigraph|I'm standing over the body of a brother. I'm weeping. Is that his blood or mine? What have we done?}}

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{{epigraph|He must pick it up, the fallen title! The tower, the crown, and the spear!}}

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{{epigraph|The burdens of nine become mine. Why must I carry the madness of them all? Oh, Almighty, release me.}}

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{{epigraph|A woman sits and scratches out her own eyes. Daughter of kings and winds, the vandal.}}

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{{epigraph|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.}}

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{{epigraph|I hold the suckling child in my hands, a knife at his throat, and know that all who live wish me to let the blade slip. Spill its blood upon the ground, over my hands, and with it gain us further breath to draw.}}

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{{epigraph|Re-Sephir, the Midnight Mother, giving birth to abominations with her essence so dark, so terrible, so consuming. She is here! She watches me die!}}

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{{epigraph|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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{{epigraph|The death is my life, the strength becomes my weakness, the journey has ended.}}

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{{epigraph|In the storm I awaken, falling, spinning, grieving.}}

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{{epigraph|The darkness becomes a palace. Let it rule! Let it rule!}}

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{{epigraph|I wish to sleep. I know now why you do what you do, and I hate you for it. I will not speak of the truths I see.}}

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{{epigraph|They come from the pit, two dead men, a heart in their hands, and I know that I have seen true glory.}}

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{{epigraph|I see them. They are the rocks. They are the vengeful spirits. Eyes of red.}}

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{{epigraph|That chanting, that singing, those rasping voices.}}

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{{epigraph|Let me no longer hurt! Let me no longer weep! Dai-gonarthis! The Black Fisher holds my sorrow and consumes it!}}

Kaladin explodes with energy and light. The bridgemen watch in wonder as Kaladin furiously fights.

 

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{{epigraph|They named it the Final Desolation, but they lied. Our gods lied. Oh, how they lied. The Everstorm comes. I hear its whispers, see its stormwall, know its heart.}}

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{{epigraph|All is withdrawn for me. I stand against the one who saved my life. I protect the one who killed my promises. I raise my hand. The storm responds.}}

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