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== Known Death Rattles ==
=== KnownCommon MeaningsInterpretations ===
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|The love of men is a frigid thing, a mountain stream only three steps from the ice. We are his. Oh Stormfather... we are his. It is but a thousand days, and the Everstorm comes.
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1171|6|5|1}}, 31 seconds pre-before death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a darkeyed pregnant woman of middle years. The child did not survive.{{epigraph ref|sa1|prologue}}
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It:::This is estimated thisrattle came exactly 12291227 days before the advent of the Everstorm.{{citeref|text=This rattle was collected on {{Rosharan numeric date|1171|6|5|1}}{{epigraph ref|sa1|prologue}} and the Everstorm arrived on {{Rosharan numeric date|1173|10|10|3}}{{book ref|sa2|50}}{{book ref|sa2|81}}}} It is possible that these Rattlesrattles are less than fully accurate, or that whoever gave this death rattle valued poetry over technically accurate detail or, given the specific phrasing, that this was perhaps a foreshadowing to a time 229227 days in the future when someone else would prophecyprophesy that it would be 1000 days until the Everstorm.
 
 
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|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1172|1|2|3}}, 11 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers.{{epigraph ref|sa1|4}}
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This Rattle appears to reference [[Shadesmar]], based on the:::The description of the sun and sky, andas well as the appearance of a [[Cryptic]]., Theindicate Silentthe Gatherersspeaker consideredhere thiswas Deathviewing Rattle[[Shadesmar]]. toThe besubject of particular note, likely because the subjectalso apparently retained comesome consciousness while dying, evidenced by them asking the Silent Gatherers "Healer, why do you take my blood?"{{epigraph ref|sa1|4}}In light of those conditions, the speaker may not have actually been affected by Moelach.
 
 
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|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1172|2|1|1}}, 15 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a darkeyed youth of unknown origin.{{epigraph ref|sa1|5}}
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|Three of sixteen ruled, but now the Broken One reigns.
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|3|2|2}}, 84 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a cutpurse with the wasting sickness, of partial Iriali descent.{{epigraph ref|sa1|11}}
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:::Most likely refers to Honor, Cultivation, and Odium--three [[Shards]] out of sixteen total. "Broken One" may refer to Honor's shattering, saying he reigns may refer to the almighty of vorinism.
 
 
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|Observed on {{Rosharan date|1173|5|1|1}}, collected secondhand and later reported to the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a wealthy lighteyes.{{epigraph ref|sa1|54}}
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:::This rattle appears to be from the perspective of the [[Herald]] [[Talenel]], the only Herald to be returned, through death,return to wherever the Heralds went to be tortured between [[DesolationBraize]]s at the end of the [[Last Desolation]].
 
 
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|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|5|4|2}}, 73 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a beggar of some renown, known for his elegant songs.{{epigraph ref|sa1|55}}
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:::This rattle islikely believed to referrefers to the Herald [[Shalash]], the daughter of the Herald [[Jezrien]], Herald of Kings and patron of the [[Order of Windrunners]].{{book ref|sa3|122}} Shalash ishas also [[Baxil]]'s mistress who destroys art, includingdefaced depictions of aherself specificby Herald,scratching believedher toface be thoseout of Shalashpaintings herself.or Itby coulddestroying alsostatues bedepicting a reference to Syl and how she becomes a [[deadeye]] after Kaladin agrees to help [[Moash]] assassinate [[Elhokar]]her.
 
 
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|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|6|7|4}}, 8 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a darkeyed dock-worker in his forties, father of three.{{epigraph ref|sa1|58}}
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:::This rattle refers to the Unmade [[Re-Shephir]] and her [[Midnight Essence]].
 
 
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|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|7|2|2}}, 45 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a lighteyed child of five years. Diction improved remarkably when giving sample.{{epigraph ref|sa1|59}}
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:::This rattle appears to be from the perspective of Kaladin during the [[Battle of the Tower]], moments before he swears the [[Knights Radiant/Immortal Words#Ideals of the Windrunners|Second Ideal of the Windrunners]]. The "final void" is a chasm over which he is jumping. The "friends behind, friends before" are the members of Bridge Four behind him and the army of [[Dalinar Kholin]] trapped by Parshendi before him. The "feast I must drink" is Stormlight stored in the gemstones knotted into the malen Parshendi's beards. The "words I must speak" is the Second Ideal. The "old oaths" are the [[Immortal Words]].
 
 
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|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|8|2|4}}, 13 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a city guardsman.{{epigraph ref|sa1|61}}
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May:::This rattle likely refer to Kaladin swearing histhe [[Knights Radiant/Immortal Words#Ideals of the Windrunners|Fourth Ideal of the Windrunners]] while falling in the [[highstorm]] towards the end of [[Raboniel]]'s occupation of [[Urithiru]]. The events of this Death Rattle had not occurred as of the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]].{{wob ref|11616}}
 
 
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|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.
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|8|6|5}}, 142 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a Shin sailor, left behind by his crew, reportedly for bringing them ill luck. Sample largely useless.{{epigraph ref|sa1|63}}
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:::It appears this subject is aware that the Silent Gatherers are killing people in order to obtain their death rattles and refuses to share his visions.
 
 
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|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|8|6|5}}, 13 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a rickshaw puller.{{epigraph ref|sa1|64}}
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:::This rattle appears to refer to Kaladin and [[Shallan Davar|Shallan]] returning to the Warcampswarcamps at the [[Shattered Plains]] following antheir ill-fatedfall expeditioninto the chasms. The "pit" is a reference to the chasms and the "two dead men" are Kaladin and Shallan, presumed to be dead after falling into athe chasmfall. The "heart" is an emerald [[gemheart]] they harvested from a [[chasmfiend]] they encountered and killed on their return journey.{{ref|text=[[Summary:Words of Radiance#Chapter 75|The chapter of ''Words of Radiance'' in which Kaladin and Shallan return from the chasms]] is titled "True Glory."}}
 
 
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|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|8|8|1}}, 8 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a darkeyed young woman of fifteen who was reportedly mentally unstable since childhood.{{epigraph ref|sa1|65}}
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:::This rattle refers to the awakening of [[Thunderclast]]s.{{book ref|sa3|115}}
 
 
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|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|9|2|1}}, 8 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was an Azish itinerant worker. Sample of particular note.{{epigraph ref|sa1|68}}
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:::When all Heralds, except Taln, broke the Oathpact after Aharietiam they lied and told humanity that the Voidbringers finally were defeated.
 
 
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|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|9|2|4}}, 18 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a darkeyed mother of four in her sixty-second year.{{epigraph ref|sa1|69}}
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:::This rattle appears to refer to Kaladin saving [[Elhokar]] from [[Moash]], an event during which Kaladin swears the [[Knights Radiant/Immortal Words#Ideals of the Windrunners|Third Ideal of the Windrunners]]. "The one who killed my promises" likely refers to the fact that Elhokar, through a string of related events, was responsible for Kaladin being unable to keep his promise to protect Tien in battle. "I raise my hand. The storm responds." refers to the fact that Kaladin's words are accepted and Syl returns to him as a Shardblade.
May refer to Kaladin saving Elhokar from Moash during the storm.
 
=== Unknown Meanings ===
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|You've killed me. Bastards, you've killed me! While the sun is still hot, I die!
|They break the land itself! They want it, but in their rage they will destroy it. Like the jealous man burns his rich things rather than let them be taken by his enemies! They come!
|ObservedCollected circaon {{Rosharan date|11731171|missing-date=y7|3|5}}, 10 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was [[Gadol]], a memberdarkeyed soldier thirty-one years of [[Bridgeage. Sample is considered Four]]questionable.{{bookepigraph ref|sa1|171}}
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Refers to the souls of the Fused, destroying the whole world in order to destroy humankind.{{book ref|sa3|38}}
 
 
=== Unknown Meanings ===
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|Ten orders. We were loved, once. Why have you forsaken us, Almighty! Shard of my soul, where have you gone?
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1171|8|6|2}}, 5 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a lighteyed woman in her third decade.{{epigraph ref|sa1|2}}
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:::Likely refers to the ten orders of the [[Knights Radiant]]
 
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|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.
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1171|9|1|4}}, 30 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a cobbler of some renown.{{epigraph ref|sa1|3}}
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|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1172|4|10|1}}, 32 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a lighteyed female child, approximately six years old.{{epigraph ref|sa1|6}}
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|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...
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1172|5|10|4}}, 21 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a baker's apprentice.{{epigraph ref|sa1|7}}
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:::May be a description of the humans when they first arrived on Roshar, covered in ash and burns from their experimentation with [[Surgebinding]]{{book ref|sa4|76}} or of the singers, who, as the Voidbringers, are associated in legend with fire, ash, char, and terrible, burned skin.{{article ref|The Way of Kings/Epigraphs#Jasnah's Notes}}
 
 
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|He watches! The black piper in the night. He holds us in his palm... playing a tune that no man can hear!
|Observed circa {{Rosharan date|1172|9|missing-date=y}}. Subject was [[Cenn]], a member of [[Kaladin]]'s squad in Brightlord [[Meridas Amaram]]'s army.{{book ref|sa1|47}}
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:::This is not a reference to [[Hoid]].{{wob ref|8240}}
 
 
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|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1172|10|6|2}}, 18 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a lighteyed spinster of the eighth dahn.{{epigraph ref|sa1|8}}
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:::May refer to how the humans took Roshar from the singers during the First Desolation or a Fused victory over humans.
 
 
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|Ten people, with Shardblades alight, standing before a wall of black and white and red.
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|1|3|4}}, 12 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was an ardent member of the the Silent Gatherers, overheard during his last moments.{{epigraph ref|sa1|9}}
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:::May refer to the refounding of the ten orders of Knights Radiant standing against the Singers and the Fused. The "ten people" may also refer to the ten Heralds.
 
 
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|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|4|2|4}}, 107 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was an out-of-work Veden sailor.{{epigraph ref|sa1|52}}
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:::May refer to the assassination of king [[Gavilar Kholin]].
 
 
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|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|4|5|3}}, 8 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a prostitute of unknown background.{{epigraph ref|sa1|53}}
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:::This has not happened, on or off screen, by 1175.{{wob ref|15143}}
 
 
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|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|5|8|4}}, 16 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a Thaylen sailor.{{epigraph ref|sa1|56}}
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|The darkness becomes a palace. Let it rule! Let it rule!
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|8|4|5}}, 22 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a darkeyed Selay man of unknown profession.{{epigraph ref|sa1|62}}
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|The death is my life, the strength becomes my weakness, the journey has ended.
|Above silence, the illuminating storms—dying storms—illuminate the silence above.
|CollectedObserved on {{Rosharan date|1173|97|2|41}}, by95 seconds pre-death, collected secondhand and later reported to the Silent Gatherers. Subject was ana scholar of some minor renown. Sample illiterateconsidered Herdazianquestionable.{{bookepigraph ref|sa1|endnote60}}
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:::An inversion of the First Ideal of the Knights Radiant.
 
{{quote
|He watches! The black piper in the night. He holds us in his palm... playing a tune that no man can hear!
|Observed circa {{Rosharan date|1172|}}. Subject was [[Cenn]], a member of [[Kaladin]]'s squad in Brightlord [[Meridas Amaram]]'s army.{{book ref|sa1|47}}
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This is not a reference to [[Hoid]].{{wob ref|8240}}
 
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|They break the land itself! They want it, but in their rage they will destroy it. Like the jealous man burns his rich things rather than let them be taken by his enemies! They come!
|And all the world was shattered! The rocks trembled with their steps, and the stones reached toward the heavens. We die! We die!
|Observed circa {{Rosharan date|1173|8|missing-date=y}}. Subject was [[MapsGadol]], a member of [[Bridge Four]].{{book ref|sa1|5717}}
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:::May refer to the souls of the Fused, destroying the whole world in order to destroy humankind.{{book ref|sa3|38}}
 
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|The day was ours, but they took it. Stormfather! You cannot have it. The day is ours. They come, rasping, and the lights fail. Oh, Stormfather!
|Collected circa {{Rosharan date|1173|9|missing-date=y}} by Taravangian. Subject was a young boy.{{book ref|sa1|71}}
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|The darkness becomes a palace. Let it rule! Let it rule!
|So the night will reign, for the choice of honor is life...
|ObservedCollected circaon {{Rosharan date|1173|108|missing-date=y4|5}}, 22 seconds pre-death, by Taravangianthe Silent Gatherers. Subject was Kinga [[Valam]]darkeyed Selay man of [[Jahunknown Keved]]profession.{{bookepigraph ref|sa2|isa1|1462}}
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|You've killed me. Bastards, you've killed me! While the sun is still hot, I die!
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1171|7|3|5}}, 10 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a darkeyed soldier thirty-one years of age. Sample is considered questionable.{{epigraph ref|sa1|1}}
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{{quote
|That chanting, that singing, those rasping voices.
|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...
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|11721173|58|109|43}}, 2116 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a baker'smiddle-aged potter who reported seeing strange dreams during highstorms during the previous two apprenticeyears.{{epigraph ref|sa1|766}}
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:::May refer to Fused rhythms.
 
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|Three of sixteen ruled, but now the Broken One reigns.
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|3|2|2}}, 84 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a cutpurse with the wasting sickness, of partial Iriali descent.{{epigraph ref|sa1|11}}
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|Let me no longer hurt! Let me no longer weep! Dai-gonarthis! The Black Fisher holds my sorrow and consumes it!
|The death is my life, the strength becomes my weakness, the journey has ended.
|ObservedCollected on {{Rosharan date|1173|7|29|1|3}}, 9528 seconds pre-death, collected secondhand and later reported to theby the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a scholardarkeyed offemale somestreet minor renownjuggler. SampleNote consideredsimilarity questionableto sample 1172-89.{{epigraph ref|sa1|6067}}
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{{quote
|Above silence, the illuminating storms—dying storms—illuminate the silence above.
|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.
|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|89|62|54}}, 142 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a Shin sailor, left behind by his crew, reportedly for bringing them ill luck. Samplean largelyilliterate uselessHerdazian.{{epigraphbook ref|sa1|63endnote}}
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:::May refer to the visions given by the Stormfather to prospective Bondsmiths, which revealed the death (and therefore silence) of Tanavast.
 
 
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|And all the world was shattered! The rocks trembled with their steps, and the stones reached toward the heavens. We die! We die!
|That chanting, that singing, those rasping voices.
|CollectedObserved oncirca {{Rosharan date|1173|8|9|3|1}},<!-- 16SA secondstimeline pre-death,Event byID the23 Silent Gatherers-->. Subject was [[Maps]], a middle-aged potter who reported seeing strange dreams during highstorms during themember previousof two[[Bridge yearsFour]].{{epigraphbook ref|sa1|6657}}
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{{quote
|The day was ours, but they took it. Stormfather! You cannot have it. The day is ours. They come, rasping, and the lights fail. Oh, Stormfather!
|Let me no longer hurt! Let me no longer weep! Dai-gonarthis! The Black Fisher holds my sorrow and consumes it!
|Collected oncirca {{Rosharan date|1173|9|1|3missing-date=y}}, 28 seconds pre-death, by the Silent GatherersTaravangian. Subject was a darkeyed female streetyoung jugglerboy.{{epigraphbook ref|sa1|6771}}
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:::'Rasping' may refer to the rythms of the Fused. May be talking of fabrials that suppress radiant powers and [[Stormlight]].
The Silent Gatherers have noted a similarity between this death rattle and one they denote as "sample 1172-89".
 
 
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|So the night will reign, for the choice of honor is life...
|Ten orders. We were loved, once. Why have you forsaken us, Almighty! Shard of my soul, where have you gone?
|CollectedObserved oncirca {{Rosharan date|11711173|810|6|2missing-date=y}}, 5 seconds pre-death, by the Silent GatherersTaravangian. Subject was aKing lighteyed[[Valam]] womanof in[[Jah her third decadeKeved]].{{epigraphbook ref|sa1sa2|i|214}}
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