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{{epigraph|The ones of ash and fire, who killed like a swarm, relentless before the Heralds}}
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'''Shallan'''
Shallan is talking to her brothers and [[Nan Balat]]'s betrothed [[Eylita]] over spannreed, in her quarters, discussing how to get to [[Jasnah]]'s [[Soulcaster]]. She considers how difficult it will be for her not to fall in love with the freedom and the studying, when Nan Balat informs her, after having sent his brothers out, that [[Luesh]] has died. He also tells her that some “friends” of their fathers came by some weeks later “suggesting” Balat should return the Soulcaster. In Balats Opinion they are the owners of the Soulcaster and are very dangerous. Balat has Eylita draw a picture of three diamonds of which they found a pendent worn by Luesh, he also mentions that one of the “friends” had the same pattern on his thumb tattooed. After the end of the conversation Shallan burns it in the sitting room's fireplace before heading back to her studies.
Five hours later as she is studying the Alethi monarchy she has an outburst about the way how some of the books are written. In a discussion about it she tells Jasnah that she thinks the authors are “errorgant”. Jasnah informs her that this is the “Assuredness Movement” in which the authors overstated their cases. Shallan wonders why she is researching events as resent as the murder of King [[Gavilar]], to which Jasnah replies that she thought to ease Shallan into true scholarship this way. The discussion moves on to Shallan's habit of saying the first passable clever think that come into her mind and the incompetence of her former tutors and their punishments. Jasnah believes [[Wit]] would find her amusing. They move on and talk about what Shallan has learned about Gavilar's murder, and later about youth and scholarship. Shallan wonders what it is that Jasnah is working on.
Two hours later [[Taravangian]] comes to their balcony joining them at lunch. After Jasnah breaks the silence with a question about his granddaughter, he asks about Jasnah's Soulcaster though Jasnah avoids the question. He than asks Shallan if he could do a drawing of him, which he intends as a gift for his granddaughter. While Shallan is drawing Taravangian and Jasnah discuss the [[Almighty]], Jasnahs lack of faith and the concept of right and wrong. When inspecting her finished picture Shallan realizes that she has drawn some creatures with symbols as heads ([[Cryptic]]'s). Crumpeling the page she claims to have made a mistake and offers to do a new one for the King by the end of the day. After the King has left Jasnah and Shallan have a talk about him, during which Jasna claims not to be closed to the possibility that she might join a [[Devotary]] at some point. The two continue the discussion about faith for a short while before Jasnah tells Shallan to get on with her Sketch for the King.
===Chapter 30: Darkness Unseen===
{{epigraph|They were suddenly dangerous. Like a calm day that became a tempest}}
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