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;Plot Summary
:''Seven years ago''
[[Navani]] is occupied with logistics for [[Gavilar]]'s feast. While managing preparations, she interacts with [[Aesudan]], who is speaking with [[Rushur Kris]], a master [[artifabrian]]. She passes through the feast but leaves quickly after seeing [[Dalinar]]. Looking for the king, she finds herself outside her study and overhears voices. Her husband is speaking to two men, one a [[Makabaki]] and one a [[Vorin]], supposedly ambassadors from the West. On the table between them, she sees strange [[spheres]], which she assumes are meant for [[fabrial]]s. Gavilar notices her and excuses himself. Navani presses him for answers about the [[spheres]] and questions him about missing appointments and responsibilities related to the feast. He, in turn, berates her for rumors of unfaithfulness that have been spreading around the court. They fight about [[Jasnah]]'s refusal to court [[Amaram]], which becomes a fight about Gavilar's legacy as king. He insults his wife's notion that she is a scholar and says she chose him over Dalinar for power, then leaves. Furious, Navani burns a [[glyphward]] which reads, ''Death. Gift. Death.''
 
After the feast, Navani hears of the [[assassination of Gavilar|assassination]]. She does not believe that her husband is dead until she personally sees his body. She is stunned, hoping her glyphward did not lead to this outcome. She also feels pity, seeing her husband, who thought he was eternal, dead before her. Remembering the strange spheres from his meeting, she checks his pockets. Finding nothing, she conceals her actions. Navani composes herself and begins the process of picking up the pieces among the chaos of Gavilar's death.
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