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Chapter by Chapter Breakdown
Chapter
|
Character
|
Word Count
|
Percentage
|
Prologue: To Question
|
Jasnah Kholin
|
5,283
|
1.33%
|
Part One: Alight
|
Ch1: Santhid
|
Shallan Davar
|
Ch2: Bridge Four
|
Kaladin |
5,471 |
1.37%
|
Ch3: Pattern |
Shallan Davar |
2,849 |
0.72%
|
Ch4: Taker of Secrets |
Dalinar Kholin |
4,285 |
1.08%
|
Ch5: Ideals
|
Kaladin |
1,846 |
0.46%
|
Torol Sadeas |
771 |
0.19%
|
Kaladin |
5,883 |
1.48%
|
Ch6: Terrible Destruction |
Shallan Davar |
4,424 |
1.11%
|
Ch7: Open Flame |
Shallan Davar |
2,217 |
0.56%
|
Ch8: Knives in the Back • Soldiers on the Field |
Dalinar Kholin |
2,618 |
0.66%
|
Ch9: Walking the Grave |
Kaladin |
3,008 |
0.76%
|
Ch10: Red Carpet Once White |
Shallan Davar (flashback) |
322 |
0.08%
|
Ch11: An Illusion of Perception |
Shallan Davar |
4,062 |
1.02%
|
Ch12: Hero |
Kaladin |
4,531 |
1.14%
|
Part One Total |
50,217 |
12.61%
|
Interludes
|
I-1. Narak |
Eshonai |
3,540 |
0.89%
|
I-2. Ym |
Ym |
2,986 |
0.75%
|
I-3. Rysn |
Rysn |
7,602 |
1.91%
|
I-4. Last Legion |
Eshonai |
4,209 |
1.06%
|
Interludes Total |
18,337 |
4.60%
|
Part Two: Winds’ Approach
|
Ch13: The Day’s Masterpiece |
Shallan Davar |
2,731 |
0.69%
|
Ch14: Ironstance |
Adolin Kholin |
2,922 |
0.73%
|
Ch15: A Hand with the Tower |
Shallan Davar |
2,256 |
0.57%
|
Ch16: Swordmaster |
Kaladin |
4,464 |
1.12%
|
Ch17: A Pattern |
Shallan Davar |
4,848 |
1.22%
|
Ch18: Bruises |
Kaladin |
3,877 |
0.97%
|
Ch19: Safe Things |
Shallan Davar (flashback) |
1,447 |
0.36%
|
Ch20: The Coldness of Clarity |
Shallan Davar |
2,862 |
0.72%
|
Ch21: Ashes |
Shallan Davar |
2,371 |
0.60%
|
Ch22: Lights in the Storm |
Kaladin |
4,476 |
1.12%
|
Ch23: Assassin |
Kaladin |
1,889 |
0.47%
|
Ch24: Tyn |
Shallan Davar |
4,344 |
1.09%
|
Ch25: Monsters |
Kaladin |
4,356 |
1.09%
|
Ch26: The Feather |
Adolin Kholin |
3,790 |
0.95%
|
Ch27: Fabrications to Distract |
Shallan Davar (flashback) |
867 |
0.22%
|
Ch28: Boots |
Shallan Davar |
2,831 |
0.71%
|
Ch29: Rule of Blood |
Torol Sadeas |
3,191 |
0.80%
|
Ch30: Nature Blushing |
Shallan Davar |
2,592 |
0.65%
|
Ch31: The Stillness Before |
Kaladin |
880 |
0.22%
|
Shallan Davar |
1,392 |
0.35%
|
Ch32: The One Who Hates |
Kaladin |
758 |
0.19%
|
Shallan Davar |
84 |
0.02%
|
Kaladin |
2,487 |
0.62%
|
Ch33: Burdens |
Kaladin |
1,856 |
0.47%
|
Adolin Kholin |
252 |
0.06%
|
Kaladin |
824 |
0.21%
|
Ch34: Blossoms and Cake |
Shallan Davar |
2,772 |
0.70%
|
Part Two Total |
67,419 |
16.93%
|
Interludes
|
I-5. The Rider of Storms |
Eshonai |
1,381 |
0.35%
|
I-6. Zahel |
Zahel |
434 |
0.11%
|
I-7. Taln |
Talenel |
915 |
0.23%
|
I-8. A Form of Power |
Eshonai |
607 |
0.15%
|
Interludes Total |
3,337 |
0.84%
|
Part Three: Deadly
|
Ch35: The Multiplied Strain of Simultaneous Infusion |
Adolin Kholin |
2,120 |
0.53%
|
Navani Kholin |
2,522 |
0.63%
|
Ch36: A New Woman |
Shallan Davar |
4,614 |
1.16%
|
Ch37: A Matter of Perspective |
Adolin Kholin |
2,624 |
0.66%
|
Ch38: The Silent Storm |
Shallan Davar |
5,431 |
1.36%
|
Ch39: Heterochromatic |
Shallan Davar (flashback) |
3,032 |
0.76%
|
Ch40: Palona |
Shallan Davar |
2,141 |
0.54%
|
Ch41: Scars |
Kaladin |
5,543 |
1.39%
|
Ch42: Mere Vapors |
Shallan Davar |
2,455 |
0.62%
|
Ch43: The Ghostbloods |
Shallan Davar |
5,401 |
1.36%
|
Ch44: One Form of Justice |
Kaladin |
5,531 |
1.39%
|
Ch45: Middlefest |
Shallan Davar (flashback) |
6,710 |
1.68%
|
Ch46: Patriots |
Kaladin |
6,669 |
1.67%
|
Ch47: Feminine Wiles |
Shallan Davar |
3,612 |
0.91%
|
Ch48: No More Weakness |
Shallan Davar (flashback) |
3,356 |
0.84%
|
Ch49: Watching the World Transform |
Shallan Davar |
6,311 |
1.58%
|
Ch50: Uncut Gems |
Adolin Kholin |
2,800 |
0.70%
|
Ch51: Heirs |
Adolin Kholin |
2,752 |
0.69%
|
Ch52: Into the Sky |
Kaladin |
252 |
0.06%
|
Shallan Davar |
1,124 |
0.28%
|
Kaladin |
493 |
0.12%
|
Shallan Davar |
1,077 |
0.27%
|
Kaladin |
300 |
0.08%
|
Shallan Davar |
771 |
0.19%
|
Kaladin |
341 |
0.09%
|
Shallan Davar |
694 |
0.17%
|
Kaladin |
891 |
0.22%
|
Shallan Davar |
386 |
0.10%
|
Kaladin |
1,585 |
0.40%
|
Ch53: Perfection |
Adolin Kholin |
2,255 |
0.57%
|
Ch54: Veil’s Lesson |
Shallan Davar |
4,412 |
1.11%
|
Ch55: The Rules of the Game |
Kaladin |
6,165 |
1.55%
|
Ch56: Whitespine Uncaged |
Kaladin |
891 |
0.22%
|
Adolin Kholin |
1,074 |
0.27%
|
Kaladin |
429 |
0.11%
|
Adolin Kholin |
1,244 |
0.31%
|
Dalinar Kholin |
430 |
0.11%
|
Adolin Kholin |
431 |
0.11%
|
Dalinar Kholin |
444 |
0.11%
|
Ch57: To Kill the Wind |
Shallan Davar |
306 |
0.08%
|
Kaladin |
3,495 |
0.88%
|
Ch58: Never Again |
Kaladin |
1,038 |
0.26%
|
Torol Sadeas |
405 |
0.10%
|
Kaladin |
187 |
0.05%
|
Part Three Total |
115,408 |
28.98%
|
Interludes
|
I-9. Lift |
Lift |
10,664 |
2.68%
|
I-10. Szeth |
Szeth-son-son-Vallano |
773 |
0.19%
|
I-11. New Rhythms |
Eshonai |
4,799 |
1.21%
|
Interludes Total |
16,236 |
4.08%
|
Part Four: The Approach
|
Ch59: Fleet |
Kaladin |
2,804 |
0.70%
|
Ch60: Veil Walks |
Shallan Davar |
3,143 |
0.79%
|
Ch61: Obedience |
Shallan Davar (flashback) |
1,861 |
0.47%
|
Ch62: The One Who Killed Promises |
Kaladin |
2,153 |
0.54%
|
Ch63: A Burning World |
Shallan Davar |
5,523 |
1.39%
|
Ch64: Treasures |
Kaladin |
557 |
0.14%
|
Shallan Davar |
1,120 |
0.28%
|
Ch65: The One Who Deserves It |
Shallan Davar (flashback) |
1,821 |
0.46%
|
Ch66: Stormblessings |
Kaladin |
3,055 |
0.77%
|
Ch67: Spit and Bile |
Dalinar Kholin |
5,944 |
1.49%
|
Ch68: Bridges |
Kaladin |
7,178 |
1.80%
|
Ch69: Nothing |
Kaladin |
2,034 |
0.51%
|
Shallan Davar |
1,946 |
0.49%
|
Ch70: From a Nightmare |
Kaladin |
1,099 |
0.28%
|
Shallan Davar |
3,661 |
0.92%
|
Ch71: Vigil |
Teft |
1,333 |
0.33%
|
Kaladin |
4,629 |
1.16%
|
Ch72: Selfish Reasons |
Kaladin |
2,009 |
0.50%
|
Shallan Davar |
2,070 |
0.52%
|
Ch73: A Thousand Scurrying Creatures |
Shallan Davar (flashback) |
2,860 |
0.72%
|
Ch74: Striding the Storm |
Kaladin |
2,699 |
0.68%
|
Ch75: True Glory |
Dalinar Kholin |
1,860 |
0.47%
|
Shallan Davar |
1,981 |
0.50%
|
Part Four Total |
60,536 |
15.20%
|
Interludes
|
I-12. Lhan |
Lhan |
2,549 |
0.64%
|
I-13. A Part to Play |
Eshonai |
517 |
0.13%
|
I-14. Taravangian |
Taravangian |
7,122 |
1.79%
|
Interludes Total |
10,188 |
2.56%
|
Part Five: Winds Alight
|
Ch76: The Hidden Blade |
Kaladin |
1,144 |
0.29%
|
Dalinar Kholin |
650 |
0.16%
|
Torol Sadeas |
280 |
0.07%
|
Dalinar Kholin |
986 |
0.25%
|
Kaladin |
1,697 |
0.43%
|
Torol Sadeas |
193 |
0.05%
|
Ch77: Trust |
Shallan Davar |
3,095 |
0.78%
|
Kaladin |
835 |
0.21%
|
Ch78: Contradictions |
Shallan Davar |
3,325 |
0.83%
|
Ch79: Toward the Center |
Dalinar Kholin |
1,470 |
0.37%
|
Ch80: To Fight the Rain |
Shallan Davar |
1,866 |
0.47%
|
Kaladin |
1,708 |
0.43%
|
Ch81: The Last Day |
Dalinar Kholin |
2,239 |
0.56%
|
Kaladin |
1,717 |
0.43%
|
Adolin Kholin |
1,142 |
0.29%
|
Shallan Davar |
1,339 |
0.34%
|
Dalinar Kholin |
817 |
0.21%
|
Ch82: For Glory Lit |
Kaladin |
777 |
0.20%
|
Adolin Kholin |
857 |
0.22%
|
Dalinar Kholin |
1,455 |
0.37%
|
Kaladin |
963 |
0.24%
|
Ch83: Time’s Illusion |
Shallan Davar |
986 |
0.25%
|
Adolin Kholin |
999 |
0.25%
|
Dalinar Kholin |
1,098 |
0.28%
|
Kaladin |
718 |
0.18%
|
Ch84: The One Who Saves |
Shallan Davar |
983 |
0.25%
|
Adolin Kholin |
1,009 |
0.25%
|
Kaladin |
1,120 |
0.28%
|
Ch85: Swallowed by the Sky |
Dalinar Kholin |
700 |
0.18%
|
Shallan Davar |
236 |
0.06%
|
Dalinar Kholin |
597 |
0.15%
|
Adolin Kholin |
236 |
0.06%
|
Dalinar Kholin |
403 |
0.10%
|
Adolin Kholin |
1,204 |
0.30%
|
Ch86: Patterns of Light |
Kaladin |
313 |
0.08%
|
Shallan Davar |
122 |
0.03%
|
Dalinar Kholin |
1,037 |
0.26%
|
Kaladin |
682 |
0.17%
|
Shallan Davar |
449 |
0.11%
|
Kaladin |
1,138 |
0.29%
|
Shallan Davar |
392 |
0.10%
|
Kaladin |
351 |
0.09%
|
Shallan Davar |
255 |
0.06%
|
Kaladin |
1,163 |
0.29%
|
Ch87: The Riddens |
Kaladin |
1,891 |
0.47%
|
Shallan Davar |
1,221 |
0.31%
|
Lopen |
615 |
0.15%
|
Moash |
625 |
0.16%
|
Ch88: The Man Who Owned the Winds |
Shallan Davar |
2,128 |
0.53%
|
Meridas Amaram |
1,141 |
0.29%
|
Szeth-son-son-Vallano |
894 |
0.22%
|
Ch89: The Four |
Dalinar Kholin |
360 |
0.09%
|
Adolin Kholin |
1,184 |
0.30%
|
Dalinar Kholin |
2,511 |
0.63%
|
Part Five Total |
57,316 |
14.39%
|
Epilogue: Art and Expectation |
Wit |
1,821 |
0.46%
|
Unique POV Breakdown
Character (21+1)
|
# of POVs (178)
|
% of Total POVs
|
Word Count (398,238)
|
% of Word Count
|
Jasnah Kholin
|
1
|
0.5618%
|
5,283
|
1.3266%
|
Shallan Davar
|
50
|
28.0899%
|
125,141
|
31.4237%
|
Dalinar Kholin
|
19
|
10.6742%
|
29,904
|
7.5091%
|
Kaladin
|
55
|
30.8989%
|
124,850
|
31.3506%
|
Torol Sadeas
|
5
|
2.8090%
|
4,840
|
1.2154%
|
Shallan Davar (flashback)
|
9
|
5.0562%
|
22,276
|
5.5936%
|
Eshonai
|
6
|
3.3708%
|
15,053
|
3.7799%
|
Ym
|
1
|
0.5618%
|
2,986
|
0.7498%
|
Rysn
|
1
|
0.5618%
|
7,602
|
1.9089%
|
Adolin Kholin
|
18
|
10.1124%
|
28,895
|
7.2557%
|
Zahel
|
1
|
0.5618%
|
434
|
0.1090%
|
Talenel
|
1
|
0.5618%
|
915
|
0.2298%
|
Navani Kholin
|
1
|
0.5618%
|
2,522
|
0.6333%
|
Lift
|
1
|
0.5618%
|
10,664
|
2.6778%
|
Szeth-son-son-Vallano
|
2
|
1.1236%
|
1,667
|
0.4186%
|
Teft
|
1
|
0.5618%
|
1,333
|
0.3347%
|
Lhan
|
1
|
0.5618%
|
2,549
|
0.6401%
|
Taravangian
|
1
|
0.5618%
|
7,122
|
1.7884%
|
Lopen
|
1
|
0.5618%
|
615
|
0.1544%
|
Moash
|
1
|
0.5618%
|
625
|
0.1569%
|
Meridas Amaram
|
1
|
0.5618%
|
1,141
|
0.2865%
|
Wit
|
1
|
0.5618%
|
1,821
|
0.4573%
|