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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.
== Development ==
*The cover of the novella depicts the exoskeleton of a [[larkin]].{{wob ref|13828}}
*The prologue from the first draft was sent in Brandon's newsletter on August 6, 2020.
== Interior Art ==
{{for|/Interior art|a gallery of the book's interior art}}
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== 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,
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