Oathbringer/Statistical analysis

This page contains some statistical analysis of Oathbringer, the third book in The Stormlight Archive.

For a full series overview see The Stormlight Archive/Statistical analysis, and for other books in the series see The Way of Kings/Statistical analysis, Words of Radiance/Statistical analysis, and Rhythm of War/Statistical analysis.

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Chapter by Chapter Breakdown

Chapter	Character	Word Count	Percentage
Prologue: To Weep	Eshonai (flashback)	2,843	0.63%
Part 1: United
1: Broken and Divided	Dalinar Kholin	2,298	0.51%
2: One Problem Solved	Adolin Kholin	592	0.13%
	Dalinar Kholin	2,715	0.6%
3: Momentum	Dalinar Kholin (flashback)	4,042	0.89%
4: Oaths	Dalinar Kholin	4,936	1.09%
5: Hearthstone	Kaladin	2,278	0.5%
6: Four Lifetimes	Kaladin	2,432	0.54%
7: A Watcher at the Rim	Kaladin	4,660	1.03%
8: A Powerful Lie	Shallan Davar	3,470	0.76%
9: The Threads of a Screw	Shallan Davar	1,580	0.35%
10: Distractions	Kaladin	2,931	0.64%
	Adolin Kholin	1,548	0.34%
11: The Rift	Dalinar Kholin (flashback)	5,594	1.23%
12: Negotiations	Dalinar Kholin	6,339	1.39%
13: Chaperone	Shallan Davar	3,859	0.85%
14: Squires Can't Capture	Kaladin	961	0.21%
15: Brightness Radiant	Shallan Davar	3,330	0.73%
16: Wrapped Three Times	Dalinar Kholin	6,566	1.44%
17: Trapped in Shadows	Kaladin	3,162	0.7%
18: Double Vision	Shallan Davar	6,924	1.52%
19: The Subtle Art of Diplomacy	Dalinar Kholin (flashback)	3,813	0.84%
20: Cords to Bind	Kaladin	1,271	0.28%
21: Set Up to Fall	Shallan Davar	3,446	0.76%
22: The Darkness Within	Shallan Davar	2,127	0.47%
23: Storming Strange	Kaladin	1,578	0.35%
24: Men of Blood and Sorrow	Dalinar Kholin	4,018	0.88%
25: The Girl Who Looked Up	Shallan Davar	3,835	0.84%
26: Blackthorn Unleashed	Dalinar Kholin (flashback)	4,855	1.07%
27: Playing Pretend	Shallan Davar	3,550	0.78%
28: Another Option	Dalinar Kholin	4,162	0.92%
29: No Backing Down	Shallan Davar	6,344	1.4%
30: Mother of Lies	Shallan Davar	990	0.22%
31: Demands of the Storm	Kaladin	4,786	1.05%
32: Company	Shallan Davar	923	0.2%
Part 1 Total		115,915	25.67%
Interludes
I-1: Puuli	Puuli	819	0.18%
I-2: Ellista	Ellista	1,959	0.43%
I-3: The Rhythm of the Lost	Venli	1,804	0.4%
Interludes Total		4,582	1.01%
Part 2: New Beginnings Sing
33: A Lecture	Shallan Davar	1,957	0.43%
34: Resistance	Dalinar Kholin	4,693	1.03%
35: First into the Sky	Sigzil	3,987	0.88%
36: Hero	Dalinar Kholin (flashback)	1,643	0.36%
37: The Last Time We March	Rock	7,782	1.71%
38: Broken People	Dalinar Kholin	5,932	1.31%
39: Notes	Shallan Davar	3,795	0.84%
40: Questions, Peeks, and Inferences	Shallan Davar	3,417	0.75%
41: On the Ground Looking Up	Teft	1,908	0.42%
42: Consequences	Dalinar Kholin	2,226	0.49%
43: Spearman	Moash	2,290	0.5%
44: Bright Side	Shallan Davar	4,406	0.97%
45: A Revelation	Moash	2,443	0.54%
46: When the Dream Dies	Skar	4,448	0.98%
47: So Much Is Lost	Jasnah Kholin	1,820	0.4%
48: Rhythm of Work	Moash	2,020	0.44%
49: Born unto Light	Dalinar Kholin (flashback)	4,021	0.88%
50: Shash Thirty-seven	Dalinar Kholin	3,859	0.85%
51: Full Circle	Moash	1,204	0.26%
	Shallan Davar	1,225	0.27%
52: After His Father	Dalinar Kholin (flashback)	2,551	0.56%
53: Such a Twisted Cut	Jasnah Kholin	3,691	0.81%
54: An Ancient Singer's Name	Moash	2,786	0.61%
55: Alone Together	Rlain	2,872	0.63%
56: Always with You	Dalinar Kholin	1,985	0.44%
57: Passion	Dalinar Kholin	1,948	0.43%
Part 2 Total		80,909	17.92%
Interludes
I-4: Kaza	Kaza	3,207	0.71%
I-5: Taravangian	Taravangian	3,183	0.7%
I-6: This One Is Mine	Venli	2,105	0.46%
Interludes Total		8,495	1.88%
Part 3: Defying Truth, Love Truth
58: Burdens	Dalinar Kholin	2,247	0.49%
59: Bondsmith	Dalinar Kholin	5,343	1.18%
60: Winds and Oaths	Kaladin	2,460	0.54%
61: Nightmare Made Manifest	Kaladin	4,492	0.99%
62: Research	Shallan Davar	4,196	0.92%
63: Within the Mirror	Shallan Davar	3,241	0.71%
64: Binder of Gods	Dalinar Kholin	2,835	0.62%
65: Verdict	Dalinar Kholin	4,881	1.07%
66: Strategist	Dalinar Kholin (flashback)	2,567	0.56%
67: Mishim	Shallan Davar	4,458	0.98%
68: Aim for the Sun	Shallan Davar	3,225	0.71%
69: Free Meal, No Strings	Kaladin	2,787	0.61%
70: Highmarshal Azure	Kaladin	2,580	0.57%
71: A Sign of Humanity	Dalinar Kholin (flashback)	3,195	0.7%
72: Rockfall	Shallan Davar	4,111	0.9%
73: Telling Which Stories	Kaladin	3,899	0.86%
74: Swiftspren	Shallan Davar	2,520	0.55%
75: Only Red	Dalinar Kholin (flashback)	2,622	0.58%
76: An Animal	Dalinar Kholin (flashback)	3,364	0.74%
77: Stormshelter	Kaladin	2,044	0.45%
	Shallan Davar	2,468	0.54%
78: The Revel	Shallan Davar	537	0.12%
	Kaladin	595	0.13%
	Shallan Davar	1,317	0.29%
	Kaladin	612	0.13%
	Shallan Davar	622	0.14%
79: Echoes of Thunder	Kaladin	2,061	0.45%
80: Oblivious	Shallan Davar	1,372	0.3%
81: Ithi and Her Sister	Kaladin	975	0.21%
82: The Girl Who Stood Up	Shallan Davar	3,359	0.74%
83: Crimson to Break	Adolin Kholin	5,326	1.17%
84: The One You Can Save	Kaladin	840	0.18%
	Shallan Davar	218	0.05%
	Kaladin	1,148	0.25%
	Shallan Davar	601	0.13%
	Kaladin	411	0.09%
	Shallan Davar	554	0.12%
	Kaladin	960	0.21%
85: Grieve Later	Adolin Kholin	601	0.13%
	Shallan Davar	192	0.04%
86: That Others May Stand	Dalinar Kholin	1,384	0.3%
87: This Place	Adolin Kholin	509	0.11%
Part 3 Total		93,729	20.76%
Interludes
I-7: Envoy	Venli	2,058	0.45%
I-8: Mem	Mem	1,185	0.26%
I-9: True Labor Begins	Venli	314	0.07%
I-10: Sheler	Sheler	878	0.19%
I-11: Her Reward	Venli	1,171	0.26%
Interludes Total		5,606	1.24%
Part 4: Defy! Sing Beginnings!
88: Voices	Dalinar Kholin (flashback)	2,008	0.44%
89: Damnation	Adolin Kholin	1,164	0.26%
	Shallan Davar	1,503	0.33%
	Adolin Kholin	864	0.19%
90: Reborn	Szeth	1,643	0.36%
91: Why He Froze	Kaladin	1,798	0.4%
92: Water Warm as Blood	Szeth	3,318	0.73%
93: Kata	Adolin Kholin	1,923	0.42%
94: A Small Bottle	Dalinar Kholin (flashback)	678	0.15%
95: Inescapable Void	Kaladin	1,500	0.33%
96: Pieces of a Fabrial	Navani Kholin	4,407	0.97%
97: Riino	Kaladin	1,038	0.23%
	Shallan Davar	674	0.15%
	Kaladin	700	0.15%
	Shallan Davar	183	0.04%
	Kaladin	1,427	0.31%
98: Loopholes	Szeth	2,593	0.57%
99: Reachers	Kaladin	3,567	0.78%
100: An Old Friend	Dalinar Kholin	3,628	0.8%
101: Deadeye	Adolin Kholin	2,515	0.55%
102: Celebrant	Kaladin	1,341	0.3%
	Shallan Davar	881	0.19%
	Kaladin	347	0.08%
	Shallan Davar	225	0.05%
	Kaladin	404	0.09%
	Shallan Davar	433	0.1%
	Kaladin	728	0.16%
103: Hypocrite	Dalinar Kholin	2,624	0.58%
104: Strength	Navani Kholin	2,783	0.61%
105: Spirit, Mind, and Body	Dalinar Kholin (flashback)	2,845	0.63%
106: Law Is Light	Szeth	1,779	0.39%
107: The First Step	Dalinar Kholin	4,829	1.06%
	Taravangian	1,295	0.28%
108: Honor's Path	Shallan Davar	3,622	0.8%
	Kaladin	1,611	0.35%
	Adolin Kholin	463	0.1%
109: Neshua Kadal	Dalinar Kholin	1,142	0.25%
	Venli	2,445	0.54%
	Dalinar Kholin	394	0.09%
110: A Million Stars	Shallan Davar	1,753	0.39%
111: Eila Stele	Dalinar Kholin	4,197	0.92%
112: For the Living	Kaladin	1,285	0.28%
113: The Thing Men Do Best	Dalinar Kholin	1,524	0.34%
Part 4 Total		76,081	16.85%
Interludes
I-12: Rhythm of Withdrawal	Venli	767	0.17%
I-13: Rysn	Rysn	4,141	0.91%
I-14: Teft	Teft	638	0.14%
Interludes Total		5,546	1.23%
Part 5: New Unity
114: The Cost	Dalinar Kholin (flashback)	3,476	0.76%
115: The Wrong Passion	Dalinar Kholin	510	0.11%
	Shallan Davar	490	0.11%
	Jasnah Kholin	352	0.08%
	Venli	1,129	0.25%
	Teft	342	0.08%
	Navani Kholin	334	0.07%
	Venli	486	0.11%
	Kaladin	171	0.04%
	Venli	220	0.05%
116: Alone	Kaladin	335	0.07%
	Dalinar Kholin	1,067	0.23%
	Jasnah Kholin	104	0.02%
	Shallan Davar	337	0.07%
	Venli	259	0.06%
	Kaladin	602	0.13%
	Yanagawn	882	0.19%
	Shallan Davar	325	0.07%
	Szeth	372	0.08%
	Kaladin	556	0.12%
	Navani Kholin	507	0.11%
117: Champion with Nine Shadows	Dalinar Kholin	728	0.16%
	Adolin Kholin	713	0.16%
	Shallan Davar	591	0.13%
	Lift	584	0.13%
	Szeth	287	0.06%
	Kaladin	453	0.1%
	Dalinar Kholin	271	0.06%
	Lift	831	0.18%
	Navani Kholin	192	0.04%
	Shalash	344	0.08%
	Renarin Kholin	307	0.07%
	Dalinar Kholin	234	0.05%
118: The Weight of It All	Dalinar Kholin	366	0.08%
	Szeth	516	0.11%
	Jasnah Kholin	50	0.01%
	Shalash	83	0.02%
	Kaladin	118	0.03%
	Lift	267	0.06%
	Navani Kholin	469	0.1%
	Dalinar Kholin	258	0.06%
	Teft	23	0.01%
	Kaladin	39	0.01%
	Dalinar Kholin	318	0.07%
	Szeth	139	0.03%
	Renarin Kholin	80	0.02%
	Venli	349	0.08%
	Kaladin	113	0.02%
	Jasnah Kholin	370	0.08%
	Dalinar Kholin	93	0.02%
119: Unity	Dalinar Kholin	254	0.06%
	Renarin Kholin	210	0.05%
	Dalinar Kholin	44	0.01%
	Kaladin	59	0.01%
	Dalinar Kholin	192	0.04%
	Kaladin	103	0.02%
	Shalash	287	0.06%
	Teft	105	0.02%
	Renarin Kholin	326	0.07%
	Navani Kholin	102	0.02%
	Dalinar Kholin	253	0.06%
	Lift	240	0.05%
	Dalinar Kholin	883	0.19%
120: The Spear That Would Not Break	Kaladin	221	0.05%
	Adolin Kholin	509	0.11%
	Szeth	265	0.06%
	Kaladin	317	0.07%
	Dalinar Kholin	96	0.02%
	Shallan Davar	342	0.08%
	Adolin Kholin	482	0.11%
	Jasnah Kholin	293	0.06%
	Szeth	696	0.15%
	Adolin Kholin	825	0.18%
	Kaladin	659	0.15%
	Dalinar Kholin	140	0.03%
	Jasnah Kholin	599	0.13%
	Szeth	491	0.11%
	Shallan Davar	278	0.06%
	Kaladin	855	0.19%
	Adolin Kholin	1,099	0.24%
	Dalinar Kholin	183	0.04%
	Venli	624	0.14%
	Adolin Kholin	1,709	0.38%
	Szeth	711	0.16%
	Kaladin	1,629	0.36%
	Renarin Kholin	325	0.07%
	Shallan Davar	816	0.18%
	Renarin Kholin	1,122	0.25%
	Shallan Davar	278	0.06%
	Renarin Kholin	528	0.12%
	Dalinar Kholin	353	0.08%
	Kaladin	948	0.21%
	Shallan Davar	294	0.06%
	Kaladin	152	0.03%
121: Ideals	Moash	805	0.18%
	Navani Kholin	441	0.1%
	Shallan Davar	1,057	0.23%
	Venli	490	0.11%
	Szeth	468	0.1%
	Shallan Davar	1,275	0.28%
	Kaladin	1,158	0.25%
	Dalinar Kholin	460	0.1%
	Moash	339	0.07%
	Lopen	1,598	0.35%
	Shalash	479	0.11%
122: A Debt Repaid	Kaladin	431	0.09%
	Taravangian	2,083	0.46%
	Shallan Davar	1,705	0.38%
	Palona	398	0.09%
	Moash	481	0.11%
	Shallan Davar	1,106	0.24%
	Dalinar Kholin	1,046	0.23%
Part 5 Total		58,759	13.01%
Epilogue: Great Art	Wit	1,975	0.43%

Unique POV Breakdown

Character (29+1)	# of POVs (273)	% of Total POVs	Word Count (454,440)	% of Word Count
Shallan Davar	54	19.78%	106,337	23.4%
Dalinar Kholin	45	16.48%	94,454	20.78%
Kaladin	54	19.78%	74,588	16.41%
Dalinar Kholin (flashback)	15	5.49%	47,274	10.4%
Adolin Kholin	16	5.86%	20,842	4.59%
Venli	14	5.13%	14,221	3.13%
Szeth	13	4.76%	13,278	2.92%
Moash	8	2.93%	12,368	2.72%
Navani Kholin	8	2.93%	9,235	2.03%
Rock	1	0.37%	7,782	1.71%
Jasnah Kholin	8	2.93%	7,279	1.6%
Taravangian	3	1.1%	6,561	1.44%
Skar	1	0.37%	4,448	0.98%
Rysn	1	0.37%	4,141	0.91%
Sigzil	1	0.37%	3,987	0.88%
Kaza	1	0.37%	3,207	0.71%
Teft	5	1.83%	3,016	0.66%
Renarin Kholin	7	2.56%	2,898	0.64%
Rlain	1	0.37%	2,872	0.63%
Eshonai	1	0.37%	2,843	0.63%
Wit	1	0.37%	1,975	0.43%
Ellista	1	0.37%	1,959	0.43%
Lift	4	1.47%	1,922	0.42%
Lopen	1	0.37%	1,598	0.35%
Shalash	4	1.47%	1,193	0.26%
Mem	1	0.37%	1,185	0.26%
Yanagawn	1	0.37%	882	0.19%
Sheler	1	0.37%	878	0.19%
Puuli	1	0.37%	819	0.18%
Palona	1	0.37%	398	0.09%

This meta article is complete, but has yet to be reviewed.