Difference between revisions of "Summary:Rhythm of War"

Navani checks in on her scholars and tries out the new version of the lift device. It now takes the form of a glove that will pull the wearer in different directions and at different speeds. As they confer, they are interrupted by a soldier who has captured a person caught replacing the ruby in the spanreed. She sends him to her chamber for interrogation, and one of the soldiers tells her that the person they captured is one that is associated with the Windrunners. She then gets notification through spanreed of an explosion.▼

Venli and the company are trying to breach the security systems that are in place at Urithiru. They discover that some of the systems that had originally been part of the tower are no longer active, but that the siblings still lives, though they are asleep.▼

Kaladin is speaking with his father about the patients that Kaladin has been working with. Lirin is astound at the lack of evidence-based methods for working with the mentally ill. Kaladin says that this is partly because people are afraid of those like him, and Lirin takes issue with Kaladin aligning himself with those that are mentally ill. Kaladin says that this is part of the problem; people don't view those that are ill as loved ones, but instead as "others." Lirin thanks him for challenging him. Kaladin thinks about how important it is to get a medical revolution, which includes allowing doctors to read. Teft interrupts,and says that Dabbid has not been found for 3 days, and they leave to go check with R’lain to see if he has seen him.▼

Venli and her company have come across a patrol of soldiers, and they kill them. Venli is not handling the battle well, and Raboniel is surprised given the battle between the Parshendi and the humans. Venli responds by telling her that she had been a scholar, not a fighter. She thinks to herself that doesn't want to kill anymore, and just hopes to get out of the situation without doing any more.▼