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[[Yalb]] serves aboard a Thaylen ship at sea as it discovers the ''[[First Dreams]]'' returning from [[Aimia]] without its crew.
[[Rysn]] decides to travel to to [[Urithiru]] with her porter [[Nikli]] to meet with [[Navani]] to discuss the terms of an expedition to [[Aimia]] - she seeks a cure for [[Chiri-Chiri]] who has taken ill, [[Queen Fen]] seeks an answer to the disappearance of the ''[[First Dreams]]'' crew, and [[Navani]] seeks information about the [[Oathgate]] on [[Akinah]]. Agreeable terms are met, including the addition of [[Lopen]], [[Huio]], and [[Rushu]] to the
During the voyage, several "omens" manifest which unnerve the crew and threaten [[Rysn|Rysn's]] position as [[rebsk]]. She manages to take charge and keep the mission afloat. During downtime, [[Huio]] stumbles upon a discovery regarding the behavior of [[fabrial|fabrials]] in the presence of [[aluminum]], which leads [[Rushu]] to create a fabrial assisted mobility device for [[Rysn]].
The [[Sleepless]]'s final trap is realized by [[Lopen]] and [[Rushu]], but they are too late to stop [[Nikli]] from reappearing aboard and a large [[Sleepless#hordeling|hordeling]] from appearing to attack the crew. [[Cord]] and [[Rysn]] jump overboard and find their way to caves beneath [[Akinah]]. In the cave is a number of soulcasters, a set of shardplate, and a mural depicting the shattering of [[Adonalsium]]. The mural contains a [[Dawnshard]], which leaves to bond with [[Rysn]] as [[Nikli]] appears with two other [[Sleepless]].
Negotiations in the cave commence while [[Huio]] and [[Lopen]] fight the [[Sleepless#hordeling|hordeling]] above. [[Huio]] swears the Third Ideal to protect [[Lopen]] when the latter's stormlight is drained by another hordeling. [[Rysn]] bargains for the crew's lives and safe passage home in exchange for a promise to keep the secret of Aimia's treasure of soulcasters and shardplate. [[Nikli]] reveals that Rysn has become a Dawnshard, and the trade talks take a turn. The Sleepless permit the
As the Wandersail returns to [[Thaylenah]], [[Rysn]] begins to notice the passive effects of the [[Dawnshard]]'s power and [[Lopen]] swears his own Third Ideal.
== Statistics ==
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''Dawnshard'' consists of nineteen chapters, a prologue and epilogue. Across these, there are 17 sections from [[Rysn]]'s point of view, 10 from [[Lopen]]'s, 1 from [[Nikli]]'s, and 1 from [[Yalb]]'s with a total of 56,282 words. Unlike Edgedancer, and like
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