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This page contains a chapter by chapter summary of '''''[[Rhythm of War]]'''''. We hope this summary will make it easier to find specific areas of the book, as well as providing a quick plot refresher for anyone who doesn't want to take the time to reread the entire book.
* [[Aesudan Kholin]]
* [[Rushur Kris]]
* [[Gereh]]
* [[Elhokar Kholin]]
* [[Adolin Kholin]]
* [[Renarin Kholin]]
* [[Dalinar Kholin]]
* [[Nale]]
* [[Gavilar Kholin]]
* [[
* [[Jasnah Kholin]]
* [[Torol Sadeas]]
* [[Rine Hatham]] (mentioned only)
* [[Sadees]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Stormfather]] (mentioned only)
* [[Cultivation]] (mentioned only)
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:''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,
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.
==Part 1: Burdens==
* [[Durnash]]
* [[Toralin Roshone]]
* [[Dieno
* [[Dor (character)|Dor]]
* [[Lezian]]
* [[Kaladin]]
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In occupied [[Hearthstone]], [[Lirin]] provides medical treatment to [[Herdazian]] and [[Alethi]] refugees. Since the coming of the [[Everstorm]] over a year ago, Herdaz
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* [[Lyn]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dieno
* [[Navani Kholin]] (mentioned only)
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'''Kaladin'''
Kaladin, having been spotted, challenges [[Lezian|the Fused]] to single combat with a gesture of his sword. The Fused waves at others to attack, so Kaladin draws him away by lashing himself upward. The Fused is not like others Kaladin has previously fought, he is able to leave his physical body, appear as a line of light, and manifest himself a new body made out of [[Voidlight]]. The enormous opponent appears experienced at fighting
'''Shallan'''
[[Shallan Davar|Veil]] is posing as [[Chanasha]], a lowborn lighteyed merchant, in the warcamp market on the [[Shattered Plains]]. She negotiates a deal with a shoe merchant and loudly and publicly denounces Dalinar Kholin as king. Shallan, with Veil and Radiant, are attempting to be kidnapped and initiated into the [[Sons of Honor]], but have long been unsuccessful. Adolin's troops are covertly following her for protection. After her business with the merchant, she stops at a winehouse to reconcile her fictional accounts and orders a drink. As she relaxes, Veil encourages her to remember everything from her past. Shallan protests and soon finds her mind becoming unfocused
'''Kaladin'''
Syl speaks with Kal about his ongoing difficulty sleeping. Kaladin muses on his feeling of disconnect from others, while Syl attempts to cheer him up with impressions of [[Teft]] and jokes about toes. They approach Hearthstone again and threaten the singer guards
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* [[Dalinar Kholin]]
* [[Ka]]
* [[Dieno
* [[Lyn]]
* [[Falilar]]
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Navani leans out over the edge of the flying platform to observe the terrain and flora of [[Alethkar]], watching as it is about to land in Hearthstone. The cartographer, [[Velat]], chides Navani for this behavior, but Dalinar says she can do what she wants on her ship. Navani thinks through the design, engineering, organization, and [[fabrial]] technology that has allowed them to fly hundreds of miles on this mission. This work has sustained her while mourning [[Elhokar]], and she wishes she could share it with him, even if she thinks her contribution is merely guiding people smarter than her. The flying platform has been named the ''[[Fourth Bridge]]'' in honor of Kaladin's old [[Bridge Four|team]], and the bridge they used has been embedded in the center of the deck as a symbol. There is a full complement of scientists and engineers on the platform, including the [[Windrunner]] scribe, [[Ka]], and the
As the ''Fourth Bridge'' sets down, a dozen graceful [[Edgedancers]] and [[Lift]] disembark and head to the town to usher the people to the transport and heal the wounded. The Windrunners are darting through the sky on watch. Navani discusses the benefits and drawbacks of this new military resource with the [[Thaylen]] prince consort, Admiral [[Kmakl]], who has joined them for this first test. Navani then heads over to Dalinar as Kaladin and Lirin approach from the town. Dalinar discusses the logistics of the evacuation with a nonplussed Lirin, who then strides away. Kaladin updates Dalinar on the presence of the Fused and requests [[Stormlight]]. Dalinar opens [[Honor's Perpendicularity]] to renew Kaladin's Stormlight while Navani writes down her observations. Kaladin pays respect to his old bridge before flying off. Dalinar and Navani discuss her notes. Navani is studying Dalinar's bond with the [[Stormfather]], hoping it will offer some clue about the [[Sibling]] and the operation of [[Urithiru]]'s tower fabrial.
Navani and Dalinar are surprised by the sudden appearance of
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Radiant wakes up being carried over someone's back with a sack on her head. Her captors take the sack off, revealing that she has been carried down into the chasms. Veil takes over as the cultists attempt to initiate "Chanasha" into the Sons of Honor. Veil is disappointed that [[Ialai]] didn't show up personally. After Veil questions the cultists, they use a fake fabrial she had sold them earlier to try and detect
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'''Kaladin'''
The Windrunners hang mid-air, watching as the [[Heavenly Ones]] approach. Kaladin directs some to land and guard the civilians while the rest engage the Fused in their customary one-on-one challenges. He watches for [[Leshwi]] as the rest pair off, and when they finally spot each other, Kaladin takes pursuit. Dalinar opens a perpendicularity as the groups fight. Kaladin carefully avoids the civilians as he chases Leshwi just above the ground, and [[Godeke]] almost scores a hit on her. Kaladin notices that Leshwi wants to observe the ''Fourth Bridge'' while he gets [[Rock]] to send an ordinary spear up to him. Lashing the spear towards Leshwi, Kaladin loses concentration momentarily when she dodges the weapon and crashes; this ends the confrontation, so Teft flies over and checks on Kaladin. Kaladin, rebuffing Teft's insistent inquiries as to how he feels, orders him to tell the Windrunners to fight defensively before he engages another Fused.
'''Shallan'''
Shallan, thinking quickly after promising the cultists that she was more than she appears to be, bluffs her way through an explanation that she sells secret military schematics to other kingdoms. She "proves" it to them by showing them a complicated Lightweaving on her notebook but fails to convince them to bring her to Ialai. As they grab her notebook from her, [[Red (Roshar)|Red]] replaces her hood and furtively whispers for instructions. They hear a commotion in the distance, which one of the men identifies as Kholin troops that have followed them.
'''Kaladin'''
Kaladin fights the Fused, cutting him to drain away his reserves of [[Voidlight]] and then smashing his weapon. After stabbing the Fused so he loses the use of an arm, Kaladin withdraws his weapon and allows his enemy to leave rather than killing him. Lezian darts toward him as a line of red light, but Kaladin evades him. Lyn immediately arrives to check on him, and after a strained conversation he sends her to spread the word about the new type of Fused that moves like a ribbon of light. After landing on the ''Fourth Bridge'', Syl berates Kaladin for his attitude towards Roshone, who is offering to lead some Edgedancers to recover the prisoners at the manor. Kaladin tells Rock about Lezian as well, and he and his family converge on Dalinar to guard him. Kaladin sees [[Sigzil]] fighting Leshwi and takes off again.
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'''Shallan'''
Radiant hears a rescue party, headed by [[Adolin]], coming for her. Deciding that she needs to meet with Ialai face to face, she demands to go with her captors. Acquiescing, they steer her along a tunnel and up through a building. Shallan maps their route through the streets as they lead her in a circuitous route to a nearby building. She takes off her hood and has time to think before she is directed into the next room, where Ialai Sadeas sits at a table. Veil intends to assassinate the woman, though she knows Dalinar and Jasnah can never sanction such an act.
'''Kaladin'''
'''Navani'''
Navani is coordinating the evacuation of the Hearthstone refugees onto the ''Fourth Bridge''. Ardent Falilar gives her an update on the progress, noting that fifteen people refuse to leave. Meanwhile, [[Renarin]] is entertaining the children with Lightweaving
'''Kaladin'''
Kaladin chases Leshwi through the battlefield, noticing that most of his Windrunners were winning their engagements. He engages the Fused, fighting midair with spear and lance. Realizing that their path was bringing them over familiar territory, Kaladin draws ahead of Leshwi and creates a diversion by emptying his canteen onto some
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'''Shallan'''
Veil talks with Ialai, trying to get her to admit to crimes or reveal some other knowledge. Ialai reveals she has access to the Kholin's inner circle and talks about the Sons of Honor; she believes the [[Ghostbloods]] killed [[Thanadal]] and [[Vamah]], with [[Restares]] being the next on the list. She is sure she will be killed and tells Shallan to search for the rarest vintage in her room before others do. Adolin rushes in with soldiers and Lightweaver squires. Shallan's personas debate and decide not to kill Ialai, but she is poisoned to death with [[blackbane]].
'''Kaladin'''
Using Godeke as hostage, the Pursuer forces Kaladin to fight indoors and activates a fabrial that disables his
'''Shallan'''
'''Kaladin'''
Kaladin goes toward the manor's cellar, and passes a wall of flames. Arriving, he finds [[Jeber]] and another man manacled to a wall. He discovers they have been killed with a
'''Shallan'''
Shallan thinks about the balance she has reached. She tastes the wines in the room, finding one that tastes different. She takes it to Adolin and he says it's Shin wine. With [[Pattern]]'s help, she finds carvings on the walls, maps of the [[Epoch Kingdoms]]. Behind a stone with a carving of [[Shin Kak Nish]], she finds a notebook.
'''Kaladin'''
Kaladin talks with Moash. Moash says he killed Roshone for revenge. He says the people Kaladin loves will continue to die, and that the only way out is to kill himself. Suddenly, a strong light appears. An illusion of Moash steps toward the light, confident, loved, and [[Knights Radiant|Radiant]]. The real Moash screams, asking for his pain to be taken away, and runs away. The light fades, and Renarin grabs Kaladin, telling him the ship is ready to leave.
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'''Kaladin'''
Kaladin returns to the ''Fourth Bridge'', and is handed a cup of broth by an ardent. The Windrunners are congratulating [[Laran]], who has sworn the [[Order of Windrunners#The Third Ideal|Third Ideal]], but Kaladin doesn't join them. Syl talks to him about his depression
'''Navani'''
Navani is in a wooden sphere, being Lashed toward the Shattered Plains. While stuck in this cramped chamber, she is contemplating the nature of contradictions and studying the Fused's Radiant suppression fabrial. She finds that the fabrial's four [[Polestone#Garnet|garnet]] design matches a sketch of the Urithiru [[gemstone]] pillar. Navani compares her technological fabrials that require trapped [[spren]] and clever applications to [[Soulcasting#Soulcasters|Soulcasters]], that have no technological explanation and manifest as small unresponsive, though seemingly intelligent, spren in Shadesmar.
Anxious to arrive, she is amusing herself thinking of Dalinar's style of travel, when she notices a blinking red light on the wall and finds a [[spanreed]] ruby attached to the bottom of her table. She attaches it to a reed pen and sets it to writing as soon as her vehicle lands. The unknown messenger warns that her imprisonment of spren is causing more pain than any living person and that she must stop creating these new fabrials.
'''Shallan'''
Shallan and Adolin are in a carriage going toward the Shattered Plains' [[Oathgate]]. Shallan thinks about the truths she's suppressing, and about how people would leave her if they knew what she had done. Veil tells Adolin that Ialai was assassinated, and they discuss about whether it would have been right to kill the highprincess. Shallan shows Adolin the notebook, including a list of words containing [[Nalthis|"Nalathis"]], [[Scadrial|"Scadarial"]], and [[Taldain|"Tal Dain"]], and at the end the name [[Thaidakar]]. Shallan
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Syl tells Kaladin, on his way to the Shattered Plains, that [[Yunfah]] wants to speak to him. She flies off and returns with Yunfah. The spren tells Kaladin he is still choosing his Radiant. Kaladin suggests [[Rlain]], but the spren refuses, angry. Kaladin orders Yunfah to try and bond Rlain for ten days before he picks anybody else.
Kaladin arrives at [[Narak]], and he talks to Dalinar about the one-on-one engagements with the Fused, explaining how they reduce casualties. Dalinar says he'll relieve Kaladin of duty
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[[Venli]] organizes Leshwi's servants to serve her on the spire. [[Timbre]] encourages her to go towards the Second Ideal. Venli introduces [[Shumin]] as a new servant, and she is accepted after facing the heights. [[Dul]] leads in [[Yokska]], a human woman tailor, to design clothing for Leshwi. Leshwi sends her to teach artform singers instead, stating she is already being doubted as being too soft to humans. Venli then discusses running away from the Fused with Shumin, Dul, and [[Mazish]]. Shumin, who has newly joined, expresses an over eagerness. Venli reveals her ability to peek into Shadesmar but pretends it is a [[Regal]] ability, to Timbre's disapproval. They scramble and pretend nothing is happening when Leshwi comes to gather them and tell them something is happening that will change the war.
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* [[Renarin Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dieno
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Ialai Sadeas]] (mentioned only)
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Arriving at Urithiru, Kaladin feels depressed despite people wanting to cheer him up. He still tries to maintain the strong façade, but collapses and thinks about Moash as soon as he enters his chambers. Syl fetches Adolin and he arrives to pull Kaladin out for a drink. They go to [[Jez's Duty]] winehouse, where Adolin has frequented and
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After dealing with her administrative duties, Shallan uncovers a spanreed communication she has received from [[Sja-anat]] confirming that the [[Unmade]] is sending more of her corrupted spren to the tower. Wanting to visit her brothers, she arrives at their rooms and settles down to sketch by the hearth with [[Jushu]]. When memories of her childhood cause her to sketch to become disturbing, she switches to looking through Ialai's notebook. [[Balat]] and [[Eylita]] arrive with a friend, and they go onto the balcony to talk. Veil finally recognizes the voice as belonging to [[Mraize]], so she protectively lingers in the doorway until Mraize subtly indicates he wishes to speak with her and takes his leave. She asks Balat about his friend "Gobby" and is concerned by the story he tells.
Rather than fetching Adolin, who is off riding [[Gallant]], Shallan approaches Mraize alone, disguised as a guard. Mraize commends Veil on taking down the Sons of Honor and asks her if she is fully committed to the Ghostbloods. After getting distracted by his [[aviar|chicken]], Shallan tells him that she can't be committed if she doesn't know what their goal is. Mraize reveals that they are looking for ways to transport Stormlight and guides Radiant into the revelation that they want to take it off [[Roshar]]. After Radiant declines Mraize's offer of another job, Shallan tells him of Sja-anat's message and tries to uncover the identity of the spy who killed Ialai. Mraize then mentions that Ialai had to die because they don't want anyone to uncover what Gavilar was truly after; he baits Shallan with further knowledge, and she finally asks for details about the job. He instructs her to find Restares in [[Lasting Integrity]], promising that all of his secrets will then be open to her. Shallan leaves without answering, but she knows she will accept because she wants the knowledge too badly.
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Venli accompanies Leshwi throughout [[Kholinar]] as she seeks information on the newly returned Fused. The next morning, she is called to a conclave of the most important singers in the city. She and the other [[Fused#Hierarchy|Voices]] to the Fused climb to the fifth floor and take their places by their masters. The [[Fused#The_Nine|Nine]] open the meeting by humming something Venli can't translate but which indicates that Odium has his eye on their gathering. They begin by discussing their recent conflict in Alethkar, including the workings of the ''Fourth Bridge'' and the suppressor device the humans had captured. This leads to an interrogation of Lezian, who claims that the device malfunctioned and states that he will shortly leave to pursue Kaladin. After Leshwi explains to Venli about the
[[Raboniel]] arrives and directly proposes that they seize Urithiru from the humans. Several others bring up objections, but Raboniel explains her plan and declares that it is time to use [[Taravangian]]'s inside information, even at the risk of exposing him. Meanwhile, Leshwi explains to Venli why she distrusts Raboniel and is wary of her claim to have found a method of stopping the endless cycle of their war. Vyre speaks up, reminding Raboniel to take Kaladin into account, but she dismisses the threat that he poses in favor of focusing on Dalinar and Jasnah. The Nine approve the proposal, and Leshwi hurries after Raboniel as the latter leaves. After Raboniel accepts the gift of Leshwi's staff of servants, Leshwi directs Venli to report to her in secret. Venli is emboldened to ask if there might be a way for her people to be free of the conflict, and after her frustration at Leshwi's rebuke, Timbre grows excited at the possible opportunity to learn how to harness their Radiant powers while at Urithiru.
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Ten days after the mission to Hearthstone, Dalinar announces Kaladin's change in status, and Kaladin promotes Sigzil and [[Skar]] to take over his previous duties. Immediately after the meeting, he goes to the sparring grounds in search of [[Zahel]]. Hearing that he is on laundry duty, Kaladin walks toward an outdoor area where they hang clothes to dry. On the way, he passes by a field where Rlain is overseeing [[rockbud]] farming with the new [[listener]] method that he has revealed to the humans. Kaladin gains Rlain's attention, and they meet in the field to speak. Rlain is at first ecstatic to hear that there is an [[honorspren]] that will bond him, but once Kaladin explains that he had told Yunfah either to bond Rlain or leave, Rlain disappointedly refuses the bond. He tells Kaladin about the prejudice he had faced as a parshman that had landed him in Bridge Four, explaining that he wants a spren who will choose him for who he is.
Leaving, Kaladin finds Zahel at the edge of the plateau hanging laundry. He hangs back, and Zahel finally asks him what he wants. When Kaladin explains that he has been forced into retirement, Zahel intuits that he thinks he might belong with the ardentia. Telling Kaladin to prove that he belongs there, Zahel initiates a fight. Kaladin summons Syl as a sword, and Zahel strikes back at him with the laundry; as they fight, Zahel gets Kaladin to search out why he really fights. He asks if Kaladin believes in the [[Almighty]], and they discuss the topic until Kaladin finds himself on the ground with his own knife to his head. Zahel tells him to return when he can truly hate the fight. Kaladin asks him if he is like [[Hoid]], which leads to an explanation of Zahel's understanding of Invested entities before Kaladin finally leaves him.
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* [[Adolin Kholin]]
* [[Shallan Davar]]
* [[Dieno
* [[Rushu]] (mentioned only)
* [[Gavilar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
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Navani is visiting [[Szeth]] in his cell sixteen days after the test of the ''Fourth Bridge''. She compares the [[black sphere|sphere]] that Gavilar gave Szeth as he was dying to a sphere of Voidlight stolen from a singer. While both glow an impossible purple-on-black that Rushu describes as hyperviolet, the air warps around the sphere Szeth had provided, evoking a wrongness. Navani is befuddled as to where Gavilar could have gotten it let alone all the other spheres she saw that night. Since the test, Navani has been working on practical issues in the tower and has not heard again from the spanreed messenger. Navani turns her attention to Szeth and his strange
An hour later, Navani is up on
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* [[Shallan Davar]]
* [[Dalinar Kholin]]
* [[Dieno
* [[Jasnah Kholin]]
* [[Hoid]]
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Navani watches carefully as Dalinar and Shallan form a map of Roshar from Stormlight. The Mink, enthralled, closely examines it and tests out various features that the Radiants can employ. Jasnah and Wit walk in, and Jasnah immediately asks for the Mink's thoughts on their situation. They discuss the status of the conflict while the Mink walks through the areas mentioned. Asking why they are showing him such information, Dalinar admits that they want his help and promises to help free Herdaz in return. The Mink tumbles to the fact that they are preparing for Taravangian to betray them and brings up their planned offensive to retake Alethkar. Declaring that he is willing to help the man who could write a book like [[Oathbringer (in-world)|Oathbringer]], he tells them that it would be a mistake to attack Alethkar. He points them toward [[Emul]] instead, and Jasnah agrees to get him more detailed reports to see if his idea is really workable. After dismissing him with Adolin and Shallan so the couple can get him the maps and reports he needs, Jasnah persuades Dalinar that it is best to listen to him and forego Althkar for now. She sends Wit to fetch the
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The ''Fourth Bridge'' is approaching the Shattered Plains, so Kaladin operates the Oathgate to take himself there, then Lashes himself into the sky, landing on the ship. An hour later, he leads his parents up to the sixth floor to show them the neighborhood that has been arranged for the former Hearthstone residents. Syl, Hesina, and Lirin banter in the hallways before they reach the rooms. Kaladin shows them around the area, assuming that Lirin disapproves of the arrangements because of his silence. Syl excitedly leads the group to the rooms they have prepared for Kaladin's family and gives them a tour of a sitting room with a full bookshelf, Oroden's room, and a fully stocked surgery. Lirin finally admits that he thinks his kind of medical care is obsolete now, but Kaladin is able to explain to him that it isn't. At Syl's prompting, Kaladin tells his overjoyed parents that he has retired from battle and wants to be a surgeon with his father.
* [[Hanavanar]] (mentioned only)
* [[Ishar]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dieno
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Wyndle]] (mentioned only)
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Navani visits Rushu in the crystal pillar room, where Rushu informs her that she hasn't made any progress mapping the gems on the pillar to fabrial constructions. She tells Navani that the captured suppression fabrial contains a corrupted spren, and Navani directs her to try to reverse the fabrial's effects. They discuss the tower's security, and then Navani visits the other scholars in the old [[Urithiru gem archive|gem archive]] room, where [[Tomor]] and Falilar show her their personal lifting fabrial prototype. After they convince her to try it out, she takes Falilar to a deep shaft that she has outfitted with several pulley systems. Explaining how this can replace some of the demand for manpower, she tasks him with designing a fabrial that can be linked to the pulleys.
The [[coalition of monarchs]] gathers later that day, and Navani immediately runs into Taravangian. He sincerely and terrifyingly, to her mind, explains that he has always been looking out for the future of Roshar before [[Noura]] begins the meeting by having Dalinar outline his proposed attack on Emul. [[Yanagawn]] shortly adds his support, followed by Taravangian; the latter's agreement causes the Alethi to second guess their idea. When Queen [[Fen Rnamdi|Fen]] approves the mission as well, she brings up the dearth of honorspren, so Sigzil brings up the idea of sending an envoy to their capital. After discussing their options, Shallan volunteers to lead the mission along with Adolin; they decide to take Godeke, an Edgedancer, as well as a Truthwatcher
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* [[Kaladin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lunamor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Shallan Davar]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Tuaka]] (mentioned only)
* [[Rua]] (mentioned only)
* [[Relador]] (mentioned only)
* [[Ishar]] (mentioned only)
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Syl is flying through the halls of Urithiru while Kaladin is still asleep. She comes across Cord, who is cooking and who gives Syl an offering. Syl takes note of Cord’s [[Shardplate]], then gets distracted. She reflects on how she constantly has to force herself to not get distracted. Syl moves on to Kaladin’s quarters and thinks about how badly she wants to help him cope with his depression, something she struggled to understand. Soon a [[highstorm]] approaches and she asks the Stormfather if he can make her feel like Kaladin does. The Stormfather denies her this wish, insisting that she put Kaladin’s needs above her own.
After the storm has passed, she goes to Dalinar and makes the same request of him, asking him to strengthen the bond between her and Kaladin. Dalinar asks Syl what she knows of the powers of a [[Bondsmith]], and she explains that they can [[Connection|Connect]] things and indeed that it was this power of Connection that created both the [[Oathpact]] and the [[Nahel bond|Nahel bonds]] between human and spren. Dalinar too denies Syl’s request, but reassures her that she can help Kaladin even so.
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* [[Sja-anat]] (point of view)
* [[Tumi
* [[Odium]]
* [[Nergaoul]] (mentioned only)
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Sja-anat moves through the Kholinar palace, living on the edge between the [[Physical Realm|Physical]] and [[Cognitive Realm|Cognitive]] Realms. She thinks about how she is only able to keep a few chosen secrets from Odium. As she feels Odium approaching, she meets with two touched [[windspren]] (ones the humans would call "corrupted") and sends them away. This is intended to serve as a distraction for Odium: She also sends a touched
Shortly after, Odium arrives and questions Sja-anat on the spren she sent away. She keeps up a pretense of working for Odium, even though both know that she wants more freedom. Ultimately, Odium commands her to ignore Urithiru and instead observe Taravangian.
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Taravangian has gathered his friends to tell them farewell in his chambers at Urithiru. Later that day, he would leave for Emul with Dalinar and Jasnah, while the rest of the [[Diagram (group)|Diagram]] would go back to [[Kharbranth]]. In Emul, Taravangian intends to have his armies betray the coalition, doing his part of the agreement with Odium. [[Jah Keved]] too will turn against the coalition at that time. He announces to his group that the Diagram has served its purpose and now has to be disbanded. Kharbranth is to distance itself from Taravangian's actions
== Part 2: Our Calling ==
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Radiant visits her [[Unseen Court|Lightweavers]], who are practicing in the underground chamber they have taken over. Though Radiant disapproves of the mission to Shadesmar, she respects the decision of the other two and tries to ease Shallan's burden by taking control of making the arrangements regarding which of her agents to bring. After giving [[Beryl]] and [[Darcira]] sparring tips, Radiant contemplates the options and decides to leave the most likely spy behind. As she begins interviewing the Lightweavers, [[Ishnah]] asks to go; Radiant asks each of the others their opinions before settling on Ishnah, [[Vathah]], Beryl and [[Stargyle]] as the most likely to be a spy. When Radiant and Shallan decide to leave them behind, Veil asserts control with a brief moment of nausea as she walks over to inform Ishnah that she, Vathah, and Stargyle are to come on the mission. Inside herself, Radiant changes her vote to agree with Veil while Shallan pounds weakly at her. Veil remains in control the rest of the day; when she returns to her rooms, she finds a note from Mraize instructing her to keep in communication with him via a strange [[Ala|cube]] he had left in her dresser.
{{anchor|Chapter 21}}
;Plot Summary
As Adolin is trying to decide what to wear into Shadesmar, Shallan walks in and gives him a hard time over taking so much time to choose. She gives him an hour to be down at the Oathgate, so after he decides on a uniform he had had designed four years before, he goes to visit Kaladin. Circumnavigating the line, Adolin enters the clinic and waits for Kaladin in an empty room. Adolin kids Kaladin about [[lighteyed]] women feigning illness to come see him, and Kaladin's reaction shows that not only is this already happening, but that Kaladin hadn't caught on yet. Despite Syl saying that she thinks his job as a surgeon is helping, Kaladin reacts instinctively when Adolin makes a sudden movement to test him. He then gives Kaladin a coin that Zahel had given him to remind him that while war should not be necessary, they live in an imperfect world. Syl gives Adolin some last minute advice regarding dealing with honorspren.
Joining those waiting at the Oathgate platform, Adolin gives his armorers instructions on what to do with his Plate should it not transfer. He speaks with Beryl before turning his attention to Gallant. Godeke, walking up, is treated to an exposition of the swords Adolin is bringing; when the Edgedancer makes his escape, Zu contends that Adolin should just get a Shardblade by becoming a Radiant. With the [[Arshqqam|Stump]]'s arrival, the whole team is there. Adolin watches as Jasnah observes the Lightweavers perform one last test by Soulcasting obsidian into [[lavis]] grain. After their successful attempts, Dalinar addresses the group. They applaud politely, then listen as Jasnah and Taravangian also speak to them. The group enters the control building, leaving Adolin and Dalinar alone. Dalinar stiffly tries to tell Adolin not to make his same mistakes while Adolin, feeling misunderstood and belittled, avoids giving vent to his blocked-up anger over his [[Evi Kholin|mother]]'s death. Dalinar leaves his son with the expectation that he will become a Radiant, and Adolin joins the others. Shallan transfers them into Shadesmar with Pattern.
{{anchor|Chapter 22}}
'''Adolin'''
Adolin thanks the gatekeepers as the group regards their surroundings. He takes a count of everyone, and then Shallan points out [[Maya]] to him. He hurries over and greets her, then takes her around and introduces her to everyone, defending his actions to an inquisitive [[Dreaming-though-Awake]]. Afterwards, while redistributing the load on Gallant, Adolin notices that the horse has a slight glowing afterimage. Adolin puts an arm around Shallan as they set off down the ramp. Pattern comes up behind them and hugs them both, exclaiming over having feet again.
Adolin spends the trip down the ramp speaking with the members of the team. He gets a few scant details on [[Zu (Roshar)|Zu]]'s past before having a discussion about the Almighty with Godeke and then speaking with Arshqqam via her spren's translation. After discussing their plan with Shallan for a bit, [[Ua'pam]] points out his [[Unativi|cousin]]'s barge to Adolin. They pay the [[peakspren]] and board the ship. After moving their possessions onto the deck, Adolin grooms Gallant; noticing Maya watching, he teaches her how to groom the [[Ryshadium]].
'''Shallan'''
}}
;Plot
Kaladin binds [[Adin]]'s ankle, telling his [[Alalan|father]] to bring him back after a week of staying off it so he can judge its progress. [[Hawin]] leads [[Mil]] in next, then leaves the room; forgetting that she is gone, Kaladin asks her to read the list of "migraine prodromes." Syl instead finds the right page and begins reading the list to Kaladin while he chats with Mil. After sending Mil away, Kaladin and Syl discuss further uses for their powers that don't have to do with fighting. Kaladin notices that Syl is acting more somber than usual. Walking out to the balcony, Kaladin is spotted by a group of Windrunners, and they salute him before flying down to the Oathgates. He treats patients for the rest of the day, taking special note of [[Cressa]]'s request to find her [[Noril|uncle]]. Going to ask Lirin about the man, Kaladin instead encounters Teft speaking with Hesina. Knowing that Teft had been mobilized with the rest of Bridge Four, Kaladin asks why he is still there. When Teft explains that he has gotten approval from Dalinar to step down from active duty, Kaladin tries to tell him to go back. Quickly realizing that Teft is dead set on his decision, Kaladin thanks him for sticking with him and tells him about their search for Noril.
{{anchor|Chapter 24}}
;Plot Summary
The second day on the barge, Radiant sets assignments for her Lightweavers, then sits down to look through Ialai's book again. Radiant and Shallan discuss the ramifications of the Ghostblood's search for [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]] in conjunction with their goal of taking Stormlight offworld, but when Radiant tries to get Shallan to emerge, Shallan instead votes to end Veil's punishment and lets her take control. Veil immediately starts making terrible attempts at sketching. When she draws Adolin very badly, she finally goads Shallan into taking control.
Shallan draws for five hours, at the end of which Adolin brings her a meal and sits down with her. They talk about Adolin's worries for the mission, which leads into Shallan confessing the real reason she had sought to become Jasnah's ward: to rob her. Adolin just laughs at her incredulously, which lightens her feeling of dread over telling him the truth. They trade bad jokes, and then Shallan asks for help with getting the peakspren's clothing right. When Dreaming-though-Awake approaches, Shallan begins to sketch her. The [[mistspren]] investigates her drawing and is disappointed to see it is just her, having overheard their earlier talk of the [[Unmade]]. They ask her what she knows about Ba-Ado-Mishram, but she just tells them to ask the [[Heralds]].
{{anchor|Chapter 25}}
* [[Aladar]] (mentioned only)
* [[Navani Kholin]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Kaladin and Teft go looking for Noril, the missing refugee. The ardent at the first
{{anchor|Chapter 26}}
;Plot Summary
On the fourth day on the barge, Shallan is trying to sketch while all four
Shallan approaches Ishnah, who is helping the peakspren manifest goods. She overhears Ua'pam and Unativi argue over whether it is best to get involved in the war or not before engaging Ishnah in conversation. Manipulating Ishnah into thinking she already knows the other woman's secret, Shallan discovers that the only thing Ishnah has to confess is how she unwittingly funded illegal enterprises among her former acquaintances in the underground. Mentioning the Ghostbloods elicits no suspicious reaction, so Shallan moves on to Beryl after telling Ishnah about seeing a corrupted windspren. Beryl is practicing Soulcasting obsidian into lavis, and the sunny woman discusses her methods with Shallan. Overheard by Pattern, who comes over to inspect the lavis, they discuss Beryl's past before Shallan feeds her a mention of a corrupted [[gloryspren]]. The conversation overwhelms Shallan, so Radiant is the one to approach Vathah. They discuss Vathah's willingness to work aboard the barge, but Shallan emerges again to take over after Radiant's poor attempt to bring the conversation around to corrupted spren. She tells Vathah that the Lightweavers are like a family, then slips into the conversation a sighting of a corrupted [[fearspren]]. When Veil tries to bring up what is really bothering Shallan about the conversations that day, Shallan retreats and forces Radiant into control.
{{anchor|Chapter 27}}
;Plot Summary
Dalinar approaches Navani as she contemplates the troops being transferred to [[Azir]]. She tells him again to watch for treachery from Taravangian before Gavinor walks in with his governess, ready to leave. Dalinar exits after him, and Navani goes to give her daughter an awkward hug. After a short discussion, Jasnah heads to the Oathgate as well and [[Sebarial]] walks up. They talk about Taravangian's inevitable betrayal, and then Sebarial obliquely solicits advice regarding [[Palona]] when Navani mentions her. Navani directs him to bring the warcamps back under Alethi control, then suggests that he try to be more sincere with Palona.
Navani and Brightness Anesa go over various reports regarding the tower as they ride to the atrium. Once there, she inspects a hidden room to which a Stoneward has created access. Falilar promises to conduct a thorough study of the scale model hidden in the room as well as to try to uncover the secrets of the gemstone found in the doorway. As she reenters the palanquin, [[Isabi]] runs up holding a blinking spanreed that indicates her mysterious contact wants to speak with her again.
{{anchor|Chapter 28}}
;Plot Summary
Falilar, Isabi, and the other scholars set up the spanreed, attaching it to a scale so they can measure the amount of decay when the fabrial is activated. Navani converses with the other party regarding the suffering to spren that her fabrial experiments cause while the others take measurements. Falilar, discovering that the writer is close enough to be inside the tower, requests that they move to a second location so they can begin to triangulate their location. Agreeing, Navani and [[Kalami]] meet the others on the plateau in front of the tower and reinitiate the conversation. The phantom writer reveals themself to be a spren, but Navani discounts Kalami's suggestion that it is another of the Unmade. The spren severs the connection, and Navani devises a plan to force them to show their hand. On her way back inside, she kicks the spanreed over the edge in such a way that makes it seem like an accident. Though she directs Falilar to search for it, she privately intends to make sure that it is unusable.
{{anchor|Chapter 29}}
'''Shallan'''
Realizing that this is a chance for her to be alone, Shallan tells Adolin that she wants to rest as the others leave for [[Nameless]]. He reluctantly leaves her, so she goes to tell Unativi that she will watch over the barge if he and his crew wish to visit the town. Pattern stays behind and, correctly intuiting her intentions, wishes to hear her conversation with Mraize. She directs him to station himself where he can both hear the exchange and watch for anyone returning to the barge. After confirming that the cube has been moved again since the last time she checked, Shallan asks the cube if she can speak with Mraize and shortly hears his voice coming from the device.
'''Adolin'''
As Adolin and Maya enter the town with a small group of his soldiers, he is transfixed by the different varieties of spren. After a brief exchange with Maya regarding why Shallan would choose to stay behind, Adolin realizes that the [[deadeye]] is staring at another [[Testament|deadeye]] standing in front of a shop. Thinking that it would be best for Maya to move on, Adolin tries to leave; however, her insistent focus on the other spren causes him to approach the shop and engage the shopkeeper in conversation. The [[inkspren]] tells Adolin the cryptic deadeye's story, disturbing him greatly when he realizes she has been killed recently. As he turns to go, Godeke jogs up to tell him about a [[Tukari caravaneers|caravan]] of humans.
{{anchor|Chapter 30}}
'''Adolin'''
Adolin, Godeke, [[Archinal]], and Maya go investigate a caravan of humans camped outside of Nameless. After trying several languages, one speaks to them in broken Alethi to tell them they do not want to talk. Adolin and Godeke agree that the group is definitely [[Tukari]] and leave pondering the implications of such a fact. As they approach the barge again, Adolin recognizes [[Notum]] speaking to Unativi.
'''Shallan'''
'''Adolin'''
Adolin and Maya step up to speak with Notum. Adolin tells the honorspren about their diplomatic mission, and Notum tries to get him to see how futile he thinks the mission will be. They argue over the [[Recreance]], and Maya growls when Adolin states that the other honorspren should listen to Syl since they think she is so precious. Adolin calls out to Notum as he leaves, referring to him as a ship's captain. Notum in turn tells him about his punishment following his decision to let their group go free prior to the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]]. He asks if they at least saved Dalinar, and Adolin is forced to admit that it had actually ended up being the other way around. Notum promises to counsel against their mission should they meet again on the road, but Adolin's resolve is only strengthened.
{{anchor|Chapter 31}}
;Plot Summary
As the incursion group hikes towards Urithiru through the mountains, Venli observes the group of ''[[Fused#Makay-im|makay-im]]''. Noticing her interest, Raboniel approaches and engages her in conversation. She implies that she knows Venli is along to spy for Leshwi and asks her the reason behind her interest in the Deepest Ones. Raboniel explains to Venli about the nine [[Surges]] and the mechanics behind that of [[Cohesion]]. She and Venli discuss the relative strength of Knights Radiant versus Fused, and then Venli asks why they serve Odium if the Surges come from [[Honor]] and [[Cultivation]]. After their conversation concludes, Raboniel moves away and [[Rothan]] steps up to warn Venli not to get entangled too deeply with the Fused
{{anchor|Chapter 32}}
Adolin conducts a meeting with the Radiants to discuss how they should approach the honorspren. The Stump rejects all the ideas he comes up with, and Godeke and Zu are quick to agree with her. After Radiant asks Beryl if she has an opinion, Arshqqam chips in again to suggest that they somehow appeal to the spren's honor. When Adolin dismisses the meeting, Radiant speaks further with Beryl and concludes that she agrees with Veil's assessment that Beryl is not the spy. While everyone else is breakfasting, Adolin brings Radiant a ration bar and suggests that they take a walk. Veil and Adolin don't go very far before they see a spectacular sight: Notum riding up to them on a brilliant white horse-like spren. Notum bids them goodbye after one last attempt to dissuade them from going to the fortress, as he must turn aside before he gets any closer.
Adolin and Veil continue to walk and talk, climbing onto a ridge that Ua'pam had told Adolin about. Adolin tries to reassure Shallan that he won't leave her no matter what, but it is the emergence of a [[starspren]] that finally draws her out. Shallan immediately begins sketching, exclaiming over the sight. They banter for a while, and a mention of Shallan's disastrous relationship with [[Kabsal]] leads to Adolin confessing the story of his mishap with [[Idani]] as a fourteen-year-old. A comment of Adolin's regarding how Idani treated Renarin causes Shallan to realize that he is feeling a mixture of emotions centered around Dalinar's expectations of him. Shallan shows him that she really understands how he feels, for which he is grateful.
{{anchor|Chapter 35}}
'''Adolin'''
Adolin and Shallan return to camp, where they separate to pack up. Adolin loads his gear onto Gallant, then helps Maya up into the saddle. Around midday, [[Felt]] brings him the news that the Tukari caravan has split off from trailing them. Calling for a break, Adolin follows the scout onto an outcropping and discusses the situation with him, telling him to keep a watch on them during their break. While on the way back to Gallant, he realizes what they must really be after.
'''Shallan'''
'''Adolin'''
As they gallop past the human's caravan and see only a handful of humans, Adolin's suspicions are confirmed. They approach Notum's group, and, noting the signs of violence ahead, Adolin directs Gallant to stay out of the fight when they get there. After riding in close enough to see the Tukari stabbing Notum repeatedly, Adolin again tells Gallant to stay away and asks Maya if she would be able to cut Notum free if he distracted the assailants. Receiving what he takes as a negative, Adolin confronts the Tukari alone with his greatsword. He drives them away from Notum, using his momentum to intimidate them and thin their numbers. As soon as they back off, however, their [[Tukari leader|leader]] organizes them so they can surround him. Adolin receives a spear through the abdomen, but he keeps fighting and soon finds that Maya has brought a sword and come to help him. He starts her going through the stances of his morning kata, and with his back now guarded and with Gallant's looming presence helping as well, he is able to kill or scare off the remaining Tukari. A group from the diplomatic mission arrive to find the Tukari gone and the wounded Adolin holding Notum.
{{anchor|Chapter 36}}
Regardless, I will try to do as you suggest. However, you seem more afraid of the Vessel. I warn you that this is a flaw in your understanding.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Navani Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Venli]] (point of view)
* [[Kaladin]] (point of view)
* [[Tomor]]
* [[Kristir]]
* [[Chananar]]
* [[Dabbid]]
* [[Isabi]]
* [[Raboniel]]
* [[Rothan]]
* [[Lirin]]
* [[Oroden]]
* [[Teft]]
* [[Timbre]]
* [[Falilar]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kalami]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Stormfather]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Sibling]] (mentioned only)
* [[Re-Shephir]] (mentioned only)
* [[Hesina]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lakin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Rlain]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
'''Navani'''
Navani checks in on her scholars and tries out the new version of the lift device, which Tomor has now constructed in the form of a glove that will pull the wearer in different directions and at varying speeds. As she and [[Kristir]] confer, they are interrupted by a soldier who has captured a [[Dabbid|person]] trying to replace 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 associated with the Windrunners. The ruby begins blinking, but Navani decides to ignore it; as she leaves, they get notification via spanreed of an explosion.
'''Venli'''
Venli and the company approach Urithiru during an Everstorm. They try to breach the security systems that are in place at Urithiru, discovering that some of the systems that had originally been part of the tower are no longer active and that the Sibling still lives, though they are asleep.
'''Kaladin'''
Kaladin is speaking with his father about the patients that Kaladin has been working with. Lirin is astounded 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, entering and saying that Dabbid has not been found for three days. He and Kaladin leave to go check with Rlain to see if he has seen him.
'''Venli'''
Venli and her company have come across a patrol of soldiers in the tunnels below Urithiru, and they kill them. Venli
{{anchor|Chapter 38}}
You have not felt what I have. You have not known what I have. You rejected that chance—and wisely, I think.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Navani Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Venli]] (point of view)
* [[Kaladin]] (point of view)
* [[Rushu]]
* [[Kristir]]
* [[Chananar]]
* [[Raboniel]]
* [[Timbre]]
* [[Teft]]
* [[Sylphrena]]
* [[Rlain]]
* [[Nem]] (mentioned only)
* [[Talnah]] (mentioned only)
* [[Szeth]] (mentioned only)
* [[Gavilar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dabbid]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Sibling]] (mentioned only)
* [[Adolin Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Shallan Davar]] (mentioned only)
* [[Skar]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lyn]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Eshonai]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lirin]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
'''Navani'''
Navani discovers that the explosion killed the two researchers who were running tests on the dark sphere of Gavilar's she had left with them. She leaves Rushu to catalogue everything from the remains of the explosion.
'''Venli'''
Venli and the invaders have entered the chamber in the basement of the tower that contains a large crystal pillar of gems. She and Raboniel approach the structure through the corpses of human soldiers and scholars. Raboniel touches the pillar, and Voidlight surges from her into it.
'''Kaladin'''
Teft and Kaladin are in Jez's Duty and are joined by Rlain. They asked him about his experience during the bridge runs when he was being targeted by his own people, and Kaladin apologizes for desecrating the bodies of the dead to create their armor. They talk about how they haven't seen Dabbid in a while, and how they would like him to join the groups that Kaladin has been forming. After prodding, Kaladin agrees to join the groups himself, something he has been avoiding. He admits to himself that the work he has been doing has been helping him put himself back together.
'''Venli'''
Venli watches as Raboniel continues to infuse the pillar with Voidlight. Just as Raboniel finishes the first step, succeeding in activating and inverting the tower's defenses to turn them against the Radiants instead of the Fused, an alarm sounds as the humans realize that they are being invaded. Raboniel gives the order to seize the city.
{{anchor|Chapter 39}}
However, though you think not as a mortal, you are their kin. The power of Odium’s Shard is more dangerous than the mind behind it. Particularly since any Investiture seems to gain a will of its own when not controlled.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Kaladin]] (point of view)
* [[Navani Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Teft]]
* [[Rlain]]
* [[Red (Roshar)|Red]]
* [[Dabbid]]
* [[Kalami]]
* The [[Sibling]]
* [[Lorain]]
* [[Lirin]]
* [[Hesina]]
* [[Sylphrena]]
* [[Gaz]] (mentioned only)
* [[Phendorana]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lopen]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Aladar]] (mentioned only)
* [[Tien]] (mentioned only)
* [[Elhokar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Laral]] (mentioned only)
* [[Jam (Hearthstone)|Jam]] (mentioned only)
* [[Jasnah Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Oroden]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
'''Kaladin'''
Teft begins to seize at the same moment that Kaladin feels something strong press on him. He shakes it off and goes to check on Teft, whom he presumes had a stroke. They go to take him to a nearby clinic; Kaladin tries to Lash him to make him easier to carry, and it doesn't work.
'''Navani'''
Navani is with her soldiers and the Lightweaver [[Red (Roshar)|Red]] to talk to the individual who had the gemstone to replace in the spanreed. They discover that it is Dabbid, who makes the Windrunner salute. They try to get answers from him, and he motions to the wall, while indicating in response to queries that he is not working with the enemy. Someone brings Navani the spanreed from the stranger, who writes that the tower is under attack. As the writer introduces themself as the [[Sibling]], the spren of the tower, Red collapses.
'''Kaladin'''
Kaladin is stunned at his failed Lashing, and he searches for Syl or Phendorana but can't find either. Rlain says that the [[rhythm]]s are going crazy, and as they arrive at the Edgedancer clinic, they find the Edgedancers unconscious. They decided to take Teft to Kaladin's father. As they try to find a way to carry him, Kaladin discovers that he can still do full Lashings, which use the surge of [[Adhesion]]. As they make their way, they learn that this is affecting all the Radiants except Kaladin, and Kaladin says the effect reminds him of the device that they found in Hearthstone. They arrive at Lirin's clinic and find it full of other Radiants. He calls again for Syl, whom he can feel distantly, and she emerges, describing feeling sleepy. Rlain arrives and says that Fused are in the tower and that spanreeds aren't working.
'''Navani'''
The Sibling tells Navani that the Fused are doing something to them, and Navani sends runners with instructions to scouting offices to carry out a predefined defensive plan. She and her scribes go to the map room, bringing an unchained Dabbid with her. Dabbid is able to communicate that he has been talking with the Sibling through garnet veins in the strata of the wall.
'''Kaladin'''
Kaladin panics and begins to disassociate and
{{anchor|Chapter 40}}
My instincts say that the power of Odium is not being controlled well. The Vessel will be adapted to the power’s will. And after this long, if Odium is still seeking to destroy, then it is because of the power.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Navani Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Roion]]
* [[Teofil]]
* [[Shuanor]]
* [[Gavri]]
* [[Radathavian]]
* [[Dabbid]]
* The [[Sibling]]
* [[Lyon]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Tshadr]] (mentioned only)
* [[Taravangian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Szeth]] (mentioned only)
* [[Raboniel]] (mentioned only)
* [[Melishi]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Navani and her scribes reach the map room and find officers there, including a [[darkeyed]] battalionlord named [[Teofil]]. They discuss strategy and decide that the best thing they can do is to try to reverse what has happened by getting to the basement. Navani communicates with the Sibling through a garnet vein in the wall. She learns that the Sibling was asleep until they felt a Bondsmith in the tower but has subsequently stayed hidden. The Sibling recognizes Raboniel, calling her the Lady of Pains, and knows that she intends to go farther than just reversing the suppression abilities of the tower, that she wants to change who they are. The Sibling agrees to help Navani prevent that from happening and tells her to gather Stormlight.
{{anchor|Chapter 41}}
Of course, I admit this is a small quibble. A difference of semantics more than anything.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Venli]] (point of view)
* [[Navani Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Kaladin]] (point of view)
* [[Raboniel]]
* [[Lezian]]
* [[Timbre]]
* [[Teofil]]
* [[Sylphrena]]
* [[Leshwi]] (mentioned only)
* [[Cultivation]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Moash]] (mentioned only)
* [[Gavilar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Fen Rnamdi]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Sibling]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lunamor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lift]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
'''Venli'''
Venli and Raboniel make their way through the tower and encounter the Pursuer. Raboniel gives him leave to carry out his tradition and kill Kaladin, though she gives instructions to kill only the humans that resist. Venli feels conflicted; she is part of an invading Fused force while becoming a Radiant, but she really just wants to stay neutral and only help her people. She realizes that Raboniel is primarily there because she is interested in the discoveries of the humans and their fabrials, wanting to partner with them to end the war for good.
'''Navani'''
Navani and a group of scholars follow Teofil and his soldiers through the ground level to the location of their planned ambush. A group of human soldiers who had been sent ahead retreat into the room, followed by a pursuing force of Regals. When the Regals enter the room, they notice the soldiers waiting in the room and release lightning at them. However, the humans allow the lightning to be drawn to two metal rods instead and kill the Regals with crossbows. The group then heads down towards the basement.
'''Kaladin'''
Kaladin brings blankets and rations to a Herdazian family. On his way to retrieve more, a singer confronts him; seeing Kaladin's build, the singer doesn't believe that he is a surgeon. After automatically blocking the singer's attempt to hit him, Kaladin realizes that the Regal is spoiling for a fight and makes the decision to back down. After knocking Kaladin to the ground and getting no more defiance from him, the singer walks away and leaves Kaladin to continue delivering blankets.
{{anchor|Chapter 42}}
In truth, it would be a combination of a Vessel’s craftiness and the power’s Intent that we should fear most.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Navani Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Kaladin]] (point of view)
* [[Venli]] (point of view)
* [[Elthebar]]
* [[Dabbid]]
* [[Isabi]]
* [[Venan]]
* The [[Sibling]]
* [[Ulvlk]]
* [[Vrandl]]
* [[Sylphrena]]
* [[Rlain]]
* [[Raboniel]]
* [[Teofil]]
* [[Timbre]]
* [[Lezian]]
* [[Ulim]]
* [[Lirin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Moash]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lunamor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Relador]] (mentioned only)
* [[Rushu]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Eshonai]] (mentioned only)
* [[Melishi]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Cultivation]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Caller of Springs]] (mentioned only)
* [[Gavilar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Roion]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
'''Navani'''
Navani and her scribes follow instructions from the Sibling, infusing a gemstone found in the wall of a storage room on the first level. Navani convinces the Thaylen artefabrians to reveal their secret method of transferring Stormlight, which makes the process go quickly. Once infused with Light, the fabrial opens a hidden door, revealing a chamber with a large, uninfused sapphire.
'''Kaladin'''
Kaladin continues his work, and Syl indicates she wants him to follow her. She leads him to Rlain, who has realized that he cannot stay in hiding. He intends to join the invaders under the pretense of being an ordinary parshman who hadn't known what to do. Syl has a moment where she is depressed at the thought of being left by everyone, but she forces cheerfulness when Kaladin asks her about it.
'''Navani'''
While Navani's scholars work to infuse the sapphire, she speaks with the Sibling, who tells them that they have to move quickly and that Teofil is doomed. Navani asks how they are bringing in troops. When the Sibling tells her that there is a human with an [[Honorblade]] operating the Oathgates, Navani realizes it must be Moash. Then the Sibling says that something has happened to cause Raboniel to cease her efforts.
'''Venli'''
Venli and Raboniel watch the troops fighting Teofil, and Venli is impressed at how well the humans fight them off. Then the Pursuer appears, killing many humans and changing the tide of the battle.
'''Navani'''
The Sibling tells Navani that her men have fallen, and that Raboniel will return to kill her. At that moment, the sapphire finishes being infused. The Sibling says that they are safe, though they tell Navani that she has to destroy the gemstone in order to keep it from being reversed.
'''Raboniel'''
Raboniel touches the pillar, and she realizes that there is Stormlight in the system; this is odd, as since the Sibling is a child of Honor and Cultivation, it should run on its own [[Lights#Towerlight|Light]], not Stormlight. A blue light comes off of the pillar and forms an impenetrable shield that is as hard as glass, blocking them from the pillar. Raboniel is amazed, and [[Ulim]] appears, saying that they have found Navani. Raboniel tells him that they are going to take her captive, not kill her.
'''Navani'''
Navani makes her way through the corpses of the soldiers who had fought and died to give them the time they needed to protect the tower. They bring her to Raboniel,
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Regardless, please make yourself known to me when you travel my lands. It is distressing that you think you need to move in the shadows.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Kaladin]] (point of view)
* [[Alili]]
* [[Lirin]]
* [[Hesina]]
* [[Sylphrena]]
* [[Teft]]
* [[Oroden]]
* [[Navani Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Raboniel]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Laral Roshone]] (mentioned only)
* [[Phendorana]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lezian]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Kaladin is in the clinic, where a [[Alili|messenger]] woman tells them that Navani has surrendered, so they are to live under singer law and not resist. Lirin says that it wasn't so bad before, and it won't be so bad now. Kaladin is frustrated at his response and how they have to live under the rule of the enemy. Hesina and Laral go to check on the people, and Kaladin and his father continue to argue about resisting on the way to their rooms. A little later, Syl alerts them to a search party that is nearing, and Kaladin hides. The soldiers enter and say that they are to take the Radiants into custody. Kaladin overhears and cannot bear the thought of them taking Teft. He emerges to find a Regal and a regular soldier, with the soldier carrying Teft. Kaladin pushes his father into another room as he tells them to leave Teft. The Regal refuses, and they fight brutally, with Kaladin leaving the Regal to bleed out. Kaladin tells the other soldier to leave and then checks on his father, who is in shock. Kaladin says that they all need to go into hiding, and Lirin, furious, refuses. He cannot believe that Kaladin murdered someone in his clinic, his home. He tells Kaladin to leave and that he will stay, despairing because he believes his son has become a monster. Kaladin grabs Teft and leaves.
== Interludes ==
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;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Moash]] (point of view)
* [[Khen]]
* [[Odium]]
* [[Adolin Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Mayalaran]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kaladin]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Vyre is in Kholinar, throwing his Honorblade and trying to get it to respond to him the way he saw Adolin’s blade respond to him on a battlefield. [[Khen]], a singer, talks to Vyre and says that they're leaving because this is not what they want to do. She tells Vyre that though he claims he is not burdened, his obsession with Kaladin suggests otherwise. As Vyre goes to haul some rocks from a quarry, he is taken by a vision with Odium. Odium says that Vyre is becoming something unexpected, and he also orders him to help operate the Oathgates to bring forces to Urithiru. Odium says he is worried about the effect that Kaladin has on him, and asks for Vyre's help to defeat him. Vyre says that Kaladin can't be killed, and when Odium says that he would claim Kaladin as he did Vyre, Vyre thinks to himself that he would rather Kaladin be dead. Odium asks how to hurt Kaladin, and Vyre says that he needs to be isolated from his friends and made to fear. Odium says that he lacks the needed Connection to Kaladin in order to influence him and show him visions; since Vyre has such a Connection to him, they plan on using his dreams to bring Kaladin visions.
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* [[Lift]] (point of view)
* [[Wyndle]]
* [[Gereh]]
* [[Mraize]]
* [[Gift]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Cultivation]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Nightwatcher]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Sibling]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot
Lift has made a home of sorts
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;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Taravangian]] (point of view)
* [[Odium]]
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Mrall]] (mentioned only)
* [[Renarin Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Szeth]] (mentioned only)
* [[Nightblood]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Taravangian is with his armies, waiting for Odium to give him the signal to betray Dalinar's armies. He is having a dumb day, and as he wishes that he were smart, he realizes that smart Taravangian had failed. He considers that, contrary to what he had thought, the curse wasn't that he wasn't smart on some days, but instead that he could not be both smart and compassionate at the same time. He gets out some of the sheets from the Diagram and wonders why the Diagram cannot see Renarin Kholin.
Odium pulls Taravangian into a vision and tells him that is time to send the orders. Odium continues to talk, telling Taravangian that he, Odium, prefers this honest and compassionate version of Taravangian. As he rambles about his plans, Taravangian realizes that Odium also failed, because he had expected Dalinar to turn. Taravangian manages to maneuver Odium into showing him his plans,
== Part 3: Songs of Home ==
{{epigraph|I find this format most comfortable, as it is how I’ve collaborated in the past. I have never done it in this way, and with this kind of partner.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Kaladin]] (point of view)
* [[Teft]]
* [[Sylphrena]]
* [[Lezian]]
* [[Navani Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lirin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Hesina]] (mentioned only)
* [[Laral Roshone]] (mentioned only)
* [[Nalma]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Kaladin, carrying Teft and led by Syl, looks for a place to hide. They narrowly avoid both the Pursuer and a search party. They realize that they are trapped, and Syl notices a faint light coming from a vein in the stone, which they follow to a gemstone embedded in the wall. Kaladin infuses it, and it reveals a door to a hidden staircase. He takes the stairs to the eleventh floor and finds a dark room well away from the search parties, hidden behind another door fabrial. He collapses into sleep.
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;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Eshonai]] (point of view)
* [[Venli]] (point of view)
* [[Jaxlim]]
* [[Cultivation]] (mentioned only)
}}
:''Nine years ago''
'''Eshonai'''
[[Eshonai]] is exploring the forest with a gathering party and leaves to wander on her own. She thinks about her people, and how they live in scattered families with hopes limited to conquering ancient abandoned cities. She dreams of discovery and exploration--and then finds the humans.
'''Venli'''
Venli is with her [[Jaxlim|mother]] reciting the listener songs. Their family is the "[[First-Rhythm]]" family, and though they have dwindled over years, they dream of claiming one of the cities that their ancestors had once controlled. Venli finds this too small of a goal and believes that their responsibilities shouldn't involve just knowing and remembering the songs, but implementing them. She believes that Eshonai is abandoning her duty by not learning the songs like she does. She tells her mother that she thinks she has discovered a way to take a new form, [[warform]], by taking a [[painspren]] into her [[gemheart]]. Jaxlim decides that they need to go seek the blessing of [[the Five]]. They do but are interrupted by sounds coming from outside of the town. At first Venli thinks it is a skirmish, but instead learns that it is Eshonai and her discovery of the humans.
{{anchor|Chapter 46}}
{{epigraph|I approach this project with an equal mixture of trepidation and hope. And I know not which should rule.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Navani Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Kaladin]] (point of view)
* [[Raboniel]]
* [[Rushu]]
* [[Falilar]]
* [[Tien]]
* [[Lopen]]
* [[Lunamor]]
* [[Teft]]
* [[Bisig]]
* [[Sigzil]]
* [[Moash]]
* [[Sylphrena]]
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Cultivation]] (mentioned only)
* [[Neshan]] (mentioned only)
* [[Inabar]] (mentioned only)
* [[Vevanara]] (mentioned only)
* [[Amaram]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Stormfather]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Nightwatcher]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Sibling]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
'''Navani'''
Navani meets with Raboniel and tells her that she has accepted Raboniel's offer to work under her. They discuss the science behind the ''Fourth Bridge'', and in doing so, Navani learns that the soulcasters were spren that chose to manifest themselves as such in the Physical Realm. Raboniel says that they have not been able to convince [[voidspren]] to sacrifice themselves that way. Raboniel reveals that her goal is to end the war once and for all using the information they can learn together. Navani goes to check on her scholars. She learns that two of her scholars were killed in the invasion, and tells them that they will be cooperating with the invaders for now. She puts them to work drawing sketches and writing about the experiments they had been doing before the invasion.
'''Kaladin'''
Kaladin is in a nightmare, in a
{{anchor|Chapter 47}}
{{epigraph|I approach this project with inspiration renewed; the answers are all that should matter.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Sigzil]]
* [[Dieno]]
* [[Cord]]
* [[Szeth]]
* [[Nale]]
* The [[Stormfather]]
* [[Taravangian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Jasnah Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Navani Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kaladin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Shalash]] (mentioned only)
* [[Jezrien]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Ishar]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Dalinar and the Mink are in a flying platform overseeing the battle between the Alethi and the [[Veden]]s. The Vedens are accompanied by some Fused and [[Skybreakers]]. A scribe comes with news from Urithiru. The report says that those at the tower accidentally deployed a device that interferes with both Radiant powers and the Oathgates, and that they were only able to deliver this message by hiking out of range. Dalinar and the Mink both suspect that that this is intentionally caused by Taravangian as a way to isolate them during his betrayal, though they both believe that there is more to the matter.
As they continue to survey the battle, Szeth, in disguise at Dalinar's side, grabs and pulls him away as a Skybreaker appears. The Skybreaker turns out to be [[Nalan]], the Herald, who tells Dalinar that he has to submit because his war is unjust. He asks how he has access to the surges of Honor, as this should not be possible. Nale attacks, and Dalinar touches him at the Stormfather's urging. In doing so, he forges a Connection with him and sees flashes of his past, along with eight lines of light extending from him into the distance. He realizes that the lines are the Oathpact; most of them are weak, one is broken, and another is still vibrant and powerful. Nale breaks away and leaves, and Dalinar is left considering the importance of his powers and the kind of work that it would enable him to do--specifically that of reforging the Oathpact.
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;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Eshonai]] (point of view)
* [[
* [[Axindweth]]
* [[Gavilar Kholin]]
* [[Dalinar Kholin]]
}}
:''Nine years ago''
Eshonai and the humans try to find ways to communicate with each other, and as they do so, they realize all the ways that they differ
{{anchor|Chapter 49}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Navani Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Kaladin]] (point of
*
* [[
* The [[
* [[Sylphrena]]
* [[Kuno]]
* [[Teft]]
* [[
* [[Re-Shephir]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dabbid]] (mentioned only)
* [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Cultivation]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lift]] (mentioned only)
* [[Amaram]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lirin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Hesina]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lopen]] (mentioned only)
* [[Sigzil]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
'''Navani'''
Navani has her scholars doing busy work as they are being watched carefully. She periodically pauses to rest against the wall and speaks to the Sibling in private. The Sibling says that Raboniel does not yet know that she is awake; the [[Re-Shephir|Midnight Mother]] had told the Fused that the Sibling has been dead for a long time. Navani manages to convince the Sibling that they need to work together, though the Sibling is resistant because they are not interested in becoming bonded to a human. The Sibling reveals that there are three other nodes connected to their heart, and Navani needs to find a way to protect them from being corrupted. Navani asks why the Sibling did not activate the defenses that she had earlier, and the Sibling says that when the humans bound Ba-Ado-Mishram, it injured them. It caused them to lose the rhythm of their Light, and the tower stopped working. The Sibling tells her that there are two Radiants still awake in the tower that she can detect. One is Lift, awake because Cultivation gave her the power to use Light differently but in a cage surrounded with [[aluminum]]. The other is Kaladin, and she suspects that she can detect him because as a Windrunner he is close to Honor and to the surge of Adhesion. Navani asks the Sibling to contact him.
'''Kaladin'''
Kaladin and Syl are trying to get to the sixth floor, where he suspects he can find Stormlight. He avoids singer guards in Alethi uniforms, and Syl manages to make sure that Kaladin's family is safe. They find lanterns filled with infused gemstones left behind by workers, and Kaladin manages to break into them using a [[Reverse Lashing]]. After getting the Stormlight, they make their way to the Devotary of Mercy on the fourth floor, where he hopes to find food and water. He comes across the ardent Kuno, who provides him with various supplies and nervously agrees to help provide more in the future. As Kaladin nears the room where he left Teft, he is guided by a crystal vein in the rock that lights up; once inside, he touches it and hears Navani's voice.
'''Navani'''
Navani and Kaladin exchange information, and she tells him that aside from getting their spanreeds working somehow, they need to figure out how the Fused are making the Oathgates work. Kaladin
{{anchor|Chapter 50}}
{{epigraph|When in such a state, detachment is enviable. I have learned that my greatest discoveries come when I abandon lesser connections.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Szeth]]
* [[Teshav]]
* [[Kmakl]]
* [[Omal]]
* [[Dieno]]
* [[Jasnah Kholin]]
* [[Noura]]
* [[Yanagawn]]
* [[Hoid]]
* [[Gavinor Kholin]]
* [[Nightblood]]
* [[Ruthar]]
* [[Lyn]]
* [[Renarin Kholin]]
* [[Fisk]]
* [[Taravangian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Savrahalidem]] (mentioned only)
* [[Navani Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Fen Rnamdi]] (mentioned only)
* [[Evi Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Adolin Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Nale]] (mentioned only)
* [[Shalash]] (mentioned only)
* [[Talenel]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Rayse]] (mentioned only)
* [[Torol Sadeas]] (mentioned only)
* [[Aladar]] (mentioned only)
* [[Hatham]] (mentioned only)
* [[Bethab]] (mentioned only)
* [[Mishinah Bethab]] (mentioned only)
* [[Roion]] (mentioned only)
* [[Roion's son]] (mentioned only)
* [[Turinad Sebarial]] (mentioned only)
* [[Teft]] (mentioned only)
* [[Isom]] (mentioned only)
* [[Gavilar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Relis Ruthar]] (mentioned only)
* [[Ivanar Ruthar]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Dalinar is in the command tent with the other leaders as they plan their next offensive. They have defeated Taravangian’s troops and have him in prison, but Dalinar still suspects that this is only one part of his plan. The reports coming from the tower indicate that the Radiant powers were knocked out by a device that Taravangian had, one similar to the one that Kaladin had found. The meeting ends, and Dalinar is joined by Jasnah. She questions his decision not to be more active in the battle, and he explains that he wants to focus on learning more about his Bondsmith powers and leave the battle to the Mink. They discuss the importance of pushing Odium to an accord. Wit joins the conversation and says that Odium will not proceed with a contest of champions unless he is afraid, and Dalinar expresses his concern that they are being manipulated. Dalinar expresses frustration at having to work with leaders whose government includes so much bureaucracy, and Jasnah says that she would like to be the end of the Alethi monarchy, which Dalinar does not like.
Jasnah and Wit join the Mink at the war table, where Jasnah begins making suggestions regarding the battle plans. Lyn brings news to Dalinar that the scouting party saw what they thought were Alethi soldiers on the tower. Dalinar asks them to send scouts at night to watch from a distance. Dalinar turns his attention to the conversation of the leaders, and he can tell that the Highprince [[Ruthar]] is getting angry at Jasnah's intrusion. He realizes that Jasnah is doing this intentionally to get a reaction out of Ruthar, and it works. Ruthar loudly begins to criticize what Jasnah is doing, and she calls to Wit. He begins to insult Ruthar mercilessly, then reveals the fact that he beats his children. Ruthar challenges Wit to combat; when Wit chooses Jasnah as his champion, Ruthar refuses to fight, so Jasnah stabs him in the throat. Jasnah calls for Renarin, who heals him, and then she names Ruthar forfeit of his title. Dalinar expresses disappointment at how Jasnah handled the situation, and Jasnah announces that she did it in part to justify the elimination of the barbaric practice of trial by sword. Jasnah leaves, and Renarin tells Dalinar that he has had an episode
{{anchor|Chapter 51}}
{{epigraph|This song—this tone, this rhythm—sounds so familiar, in ways I cannot explain or express.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Venli]] (point of view)
* [[Raboniel]]
* [[Timbre]]
* [[Dul]]
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Navani Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Alavah]] (mentioned only)
* [[Ron]] (mentioned only)
* [[Shumin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Mazish]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Venli is with Raboniel sorting through the work of Navani's scholars, and it is clear to them that Navani is stalling. Venli leaves and meets with Dul, one of his singers in her group trying to create their own singer community. He reports that they have been setting aside supplies and discuss the possibility of joining with the humans, but both express concerns that they would not be treated equally. They nonetheless decide to seed a few of their people among those caring for the unconscious Radiants to watch for an opportunity. When Venli becomes down thinking about the person she believes she is, Timbre convinces her to tell her more about her past.
{{anchor|Chapter 52}}
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;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Venli]] (point of view)
* [[Jaxlim]]
* [[Eshonai]]
* [[Axindweth]]
* [[Demid]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
:''Eight and a half years ago''
Venli is with her mother, and it is becoming clear that Jaxlim is suffering from an [[wikipedia: Alzheimer's disease|Alzheimer's]]-type condition, as she continues to forget the songs that she has never forgotten before. Venli leaves and joins her sister on the scouting tower, and Eshonai says that she is leaving with a scout group to investigate some smoke in the distance
The humans are visiting the listeners, and Venli is frustrated with how much they are hounding her about the songs that they know.
{{anchor|Chapter 53}}
{{epigraph|I am led to wonder, from experiences such as this, if we have been wrong. We call humans alien to Roshar, yet they have lived here for thousands of years now. Perhaps it is time to acknowledge there are no aliens or interlopers. Only cousins.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Venli]] (point of view)
* [[Timbre]]
* [[Leshwi]]
* [[Raboniel]] (mentioned only)
* [[Jaxlim]] (mentioned only)
* [[Eshonai]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kaladin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Teft]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lezian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Venli is listening to reports from other singers. She learns that Kaladin is awake, has taken Teft, and is running loose in the tower. She also knows that the Pursuer is after him and that his family has been identified, is locked away, and is to be executed. Venli informs Leshwi, who then takes Kaladin's family into her protection.
{{anchor|Chapter 54}}
* [[Lopen]]
* [[Sigzil]]
* [[Odium]] (
* [[Aesudan Kholin]] (
* [[Elhokar Kholin]] (
* [[Ruthar]] (
* [[Relis Ruthar]] (
* [[Jasnah Kholin]] (
* [[Adolin Kholin]] (
* [[Huio]] (
* [[Sja-anat]] (
}}
;Plot Summary
Dalinar watches Gavinor play with his toy sword, and they talk about his parents. The conversation turns dark, and Gavinor becomes distracted. Dalinar gives him over to his nursemaid and moves on. Earlier in the day Dalinar had spoken with [[Relis Ruthar]] and the
When he arrives at the campfire, a Windrunner [[squire]] hands him a bowl of the stew, and Dalinar realizes that they think he
Renarin resummons his vision and tells Dalinar that the vision shows Dalinar, in
At [[Glys]]'s prompting, Renarin asks Dalinar what he thinks about more
{{anchor|Chapter 55}}
{{epigraph|We must not let our desires for a specific result cloud our perceptions.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Kaladin]] (point of view)
* [[Teft]]
* [[Sylphrena]]
* [[Dabbid]]
* The [[Sibling]]
* [[Relador]] (mentioned only)
* [[Tien]] (mentioned only)
* [[Rlain]] (mentioned only)
* [[Navani Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lopen]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lift]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Kaladin is feeding Teft, and Syl talks about how she feels when she thinks about her old knight, [[Relador]]. Kaladin realizes that she is processing his death the first time, and they talk about how they learn to deal with depressing thoughts. Suddenly, Dabbid appears with broth, having been led there by the Sibling.
Kaladin leaves Dabbid to watch Teft while he goes to learn what he can about the
{{anchor|Chapter 56}}
{{epigraph|But how can we not, in searching, wish for a specific result? What scientist goes into a project without a hope for what they will find?}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Venli]] (point of view)
* [[Timbre]]
* [[Dul]]
* [[Mazish]]
* [[Raboniel]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kaladin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lirin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Leshwi]] (mentioned only)
* [[Rlain]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Venli has put her group in charge of taking care of the unconscious Radiants. In the infirmary with them, she notices that the Windrunners are closer to waking than the other Radiants. They're concerned about their condition, so Venli decides to bring Lirin there to take care of their health. Then Venli goes to translate for a team of Fused trying to come up with a way to find the nodes. Venli learns that their normal methods of detecting powers do not work because of the tower itself, prompting a sense of excitement that she and Timbre might finally be able to practice their powers. The Fused ask Venli where she thinks the nodes would be, and she inadvertently gives them a clue as to where one might be.
{{anchor|Chapter 57}}
[[File: Eshonai and Venli Flashback Chapters.svg|115px|center]]
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Eshonai]] (point of view)
* [[Venli]] (point of view)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]]
* [[Jaxlim]]
* The [[Stormfather]]
* [[Ulim]]
* [[Thude]]
* [[Gavilar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Bila]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
:''Eight and a half years ago''
'''Eshonai'''
The humans are visiting the listeners a second time and are going to be leaving soon. Dalinar speaks with Eshonai and warns her against his brother, indicating that he is showing a dangerous degree of interest in them.
'''Venli'''
Venli and her family are in their storm shelter, and she decides to take the special sphere into the storm and break it. Those watching think that she is going to take [[mateform]], the only other form available to them. The Stormfather speaks to her and cautions her against taking this action. She chooses to proceed and releases a spren. The spren says that he will live inside her, while also speaking of Shadesmar and a new storm.
'''Eshonai'''
Eshonai rejects [[Thude]]'s notion that Venli has taken mateform, and she is relieved when Venli returns, as she was worried. When she speaks with her sister, Eshonai realizes that Venli, who claims she had been trying for warform, is not attuned to the rhythms. It takes Venli a couple of tries to attune them, and Eshonai is a unnerved by her grin and the confidence in her walk.
{{anchor|Chapter 58}}
{{epigraph|I find this experience so odd. I work with a scholar from the ancient days, before modern scientific theory was developed. I keep forgetting all the thousands of years of tradition you completely missed.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Kaladin]] (point of view)
* [[Sylphrena]]
* The [[Sibling]]
* [[Navani Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Gaz]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lezian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Raboniel]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Kaladin breaks into one of the laundry rooms in the tower by accessing a balcony, and Syl goes to see where they can find spanreeds. She finds a spanreed hub and leads Kaladin there, pretending to be a voidspren to draw guards away. Kaladin finds a ventilation shaft that he can use to get above the room while avoiding detection. He does, and then uses adhesion to pull up a group of spanreeds. Kaladin returns to the hall and finds the Sibling blinking a light at him. They tell him that the occupying force has found another node and that they need him to save them.
{{anchor|Chapter 59}}
{{epigraph|This point regarding the Rhythm of War’s emotional influence will be of particular interest to El.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Kaladin]] (point of view)
* The [[Sibling]]
* [[Sylphrena]]
* [[Lezian]]
* [[Raboniel]]
* [[Navani Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Hav]] (mentioned only)
* [[Teft]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Kaladin follows the Sibling's light, fighting off guards as he encounters them, having to use different maneuvers than those to which he is accustomed. The Sibling leads him through a hidden passageway between two shops, and he runs into a woodworker. He comes out eventually at an open air tunnel to see Raboniel infusing the node and the Pursuer standing by. The Pursuer and Kaladin fight, and Syl stops the Pursuer from killing him by pretending to be voidspren. Eventually, the Pursuer has to take a brief break, and Kaladin has a short exchange with Raboniel. When the Pursuer returns, Kaladin tricks him into giving chase and enlists the Sibling's help to lock him in a room. Kaladin then returns to the node and destroys it with a rock. Suddenly exhausted, he is taken by surprise and Raboniel stabs him in the chest. As Kaladin realizes that he is unable to heal quickly, Raboniel manipulates him into not killing her and tells him to flee.
{{anchor|Chapter 60}}
{{epigraph|Who is this person? You used no title, so I assume they are not a Fused. Who, then, is El?}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Venli]] (point of view)
* [[Rlain]]
* [[Timbre]]
* [[Raboniel]]
* [[Leshwi]]
* [[Mraize]]
* [[Lift]]
* [[Mazish]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kaladin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Remala]] (mentioned only)
* [[Eshonai]] (mentioned only)
* [[Adolin Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Navani Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lirin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Hesina]] (mentioned only)
* [[Oroden]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Iyatil]] (mentioned only)
* [[Cultivation]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Venli goes to see Rlain. The guard tells her that he is considered a human sympathizer, but she manages to convince him to let her speak with Rlain alone. Rlain recognizes her, and as they exchange their stories, Venli realizes that they have overlapping goals. She tells him that she has saved Kaladin's family, and she promises to help get him out.
Venli
{{anchor|Chapter 61}}
{{epigraph|In other circumstances, I would be fascinated by this sand to the point of abandoning all other rational pursuits. What is it? Where did it come from?}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Navani Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Kaladin]]
* The [[Sibling]]
* [[Essu]]
* [[Rushu]]
* [[Tomor]]
* [[Raboniel]]
* [[Sylphrena]] (mentioned only)
* [[Tumi]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lift]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dabbid]] (mentioned only)
* [[Falilar]] (mentioned only)
* [[Elhokar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Cultivation]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Navani speaks with Kaladin, thanking him for helping to protect the tower. She reassures him that he did not fail, even though he had to break the node. He tells her that he can no longer fly, but was able to get some of the Fused spanreeds, which Syl has determined work via corrupted spren. Navani goes to check on her scholars, and thinking through her problems, realizes that the lifting glove that Tomor created might be helpful for Kaladin. She arranges for Tomor to leave it in a place where Kaladin can retrieve it. Raboniel then has Navani accompany her to watch some singers testing the shield around the crystal pillar by hacking at it with some Shardblades. Raboniel asks Navani to help her understand the shield, and Navani refuses, informing her that [[Sunraiser|one]] of the blades had been Elhokar's, something which Raboniel had not known.
Raboniel takes Navani to her former office, which Raboniel has claimed. Inside, Raboniel shows Navani a fabrial that demonstrates how the crystal pillar room is being protected. Navani is distracted by a diamond sphere filled with Towerlight, which is a combination of Stormlight and [[Lifelight]]. They discuss ways of mixing different types of Light. Raboniel believes that Voidlight and Stormlight are opposites and can't be mixed, but Navani thinks they can with the right kind of emulsifier. Raboniel leaves Navani, and Navani finds a vein of crystal and speaks with the Sibling, who is convinced they will die soon. Navani tries to convince the Sibling to tell her where the nodes are so that they can protect them, but they refuse. Navani begins her research into the science of light.
{{anchor|Chapter 62}}
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;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Eshonai]] (point of view)
* [[Venli]]
* [[Klade]]
* [[Varnali]]
* [[Gangnah]]
* [[Husal]]
* [[Jaxlim]]
* [[Gavilar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
:''Eight years ago''
Venli and Eshonai are meeting with the
{{anchor|Chapter 63}}
{{epigraph|I am told that it is not the sand itself, but something that grows upon it, that exhibits the strange properties. One can make more, with proper materials and a seed of the original.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Kaladin]] (point of view)
* [[Sylphrena]]
* [[Teft]]
* [[Dabbid]]
* [[Navani Kholin]]
* The [[Sibling]]
* [[Rock]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lopen]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kuno]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Relador]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lezian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Tomor]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Kaladin wakes from nightmares. Syl tells Kaladin that she asked Dalinar to help her understand Kaladin better, and he seems to have Connected her to her past somehow. She now remembers her old knight who died, and she feels grief for him. She says that she thinks that because spren can choose, they can change, even though they say they can't. Kaladin and Syl agree that they will talk with each other when they feel like they can't change their sadness. Dabbid enters, bringing Kaladin the glove that Tomor had left for him. Kaladin goes to a crystal vein to talk with Navani at their appointed time. She tells him what the glove does, how to get to the weights in the shaft, and how to replace the rubies with those filled with Voidlight. Kaladin and Syl go to the shaft and replace the gemstones there. After Navani talks Kaladin through using the fabrial, he and Syl go to an empty hall and practice using it.
{{anchor|Chapter 64}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Jasnah Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Ivory]]
* [[Hoid]]
* [[Dieno]]
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Thaidakar]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Jasnah is going into war, thinking of how inadequate the descriptions and depictions of war
When the battle is over, Jasnah arrives at her tent and speaks with the Mink, who assures her she made the right decision
{{anchor|Chapter 65}}
{{epigraph|As we dig further into this project, I am left questioning the very nature of God. How can a God exist in all things, yet have a substance that can be destroyed?}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Navani Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Raboniel]]
* [[Essu]]
* [[Rushu]] (mentioned only)
* [[Gavilar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Szeth]] (mentioned only)
* [[Nem]] (mentioned only)
* [[Talnah]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Navani is using prisms to experiment with normal light, Stormlight, Voidlight, and Towerlight. She is able to recombine all of them except for Towerlight, which splits into Stormlight and what she thinks might be Lifelight. She reads one of her accounts of Gavilar's death, looking for her description of the spheres he had had on the table, and suspects that he was involved in this work as well. Raboniel and the insane Fused [[Essu]] enter, and Raboniel is amazed at the amount of work that she has achieved. She is fixated on the idea of combining Stormlight and Voidlight, which she believes is necessary to end the war forever. Navani asks if Raboniel has ever heard of spheres that warp the air around them, and Raboniel tells her of the theoretical [[Lights#Anti-Lights|anti-Light]] which, if combined with Light, would cause immediate and violent destruction. Navani suspects this is what happened to her scholars experimenting on Gavilar's strange sphere. When Navani asks Raboniel what Essu is saying, she learns that Essu is Raboniel’s own daughter who has gone insane and no longer recognizes her.
{{anchor|Chapter 66}}
{{epigraph|I am not convinced any of the gods can be destroyed, so perhaps I misspoke. They can change state however, like a spren—or like the various Lights. This is what we seek.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (point of view)
* The [[Stormfather]]
* [[Szeth]]
* [[Taravangian]]
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Melishi]] (mentioned only)
* [[Jasnah Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Navani Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Adolin Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Nightwatcher]] (mentioned only)
* [[Cultivation]] (mentioned only)
* [[Tanavast]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Dalinar is experimenting with his Bondsmith powers and has learned how to see someone's Connections to others. He leaves to talk to Taravangian. Dalinar asks why Taravangian betrayed them, and Taravangian explains that he knows that they are going to lose and this is the only way he can save at least Kharbranth. He says that Cultivation granted him the capacity to stop what was coming, and on his one transcendently brilliant day this was the path he saw. Dalinar tells him that he doesn't think that Taravangian could have seen the future perfectly and that he, Dalinar, has to believe that it is possible to defeat Odium. Taravangian wishes he were dealing with the Dalinar from before because he believes that that Dalinar would see the necessity of joining Odium. Taravangian believes that monarchs cannot allow themselves to be bound by oaths because they have to be able to engage in the kind of ignoble behavior that he has had to be willing for. He says that he could die happy if Dalinar saves mankind and he knows he was wrong, but Dalinar believes that Taravangian's actions prove that he had just wanted the power. After Dalinar leaves, Szeth's proffered opinion reinforces his feeling that they cannot trust Taravangian.
{{anchor|Chapter 67}}
{{epigraph|Do not mourn for what has happened. This notebook was a dream we shared, which is itself a beautiful thing. Proof of the truth of my intent, even if the project was ultimately doomed.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Venli]] (point of view)
* [[Timbre]]
* [[Jaxlim]] (mentioned only)
* [[Ulim]] (mentioned only)
* [[Eshonai]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Raboniel]] (mentioned only)
* [[Navani Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lezian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Rlain]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lirin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Hesina]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Venli is taking the opportunity to practice her Radiant powers while Raboniel is visiting Navani. She goes to a section of the tower that is unoccupied, and after checking in Shadesmar to affirm that there are no watching spren, she presses her hand against the stone. She can’t use Stormlight because of the tower's defenses but is able to use Voidlight instead. She communicates with the stone, and when the stone and her body align in an ancient rhythm set to a pure tone, she feels like she belongs. The stone reshapes to show her images of her ancient people, the [[Dawnsinger]]s, shaping things with stone. She runs out of Voidlight and suddenly finds that there are three other spren like Timbre there. Timbre says they would like to bond her squires, but she tells them to wait because of the danger it would pose if her friends began using their powers while surrounded by Odium's forces.
{{anchor|Chapter 68}}
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;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Eshonai]] (point of view)
* [[Jaxlim]]
* [[Thude]]
* [[Dianil]]
* [[Melu]]
* [[Venli]]
* [[Sharefel]]
* [[Dolimid]]
* The [[Stormfather]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Cultivation]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
:''Eight years ago''
Eshonai and her mother go out into the storm
{{anchor|Chapter 69}}
{{epigraph|I leave you now to your own company.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Navani Kholin]] (point of view)
* The [[Sibling]]
* [[Raboniel]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Cultivation]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lift]] (mentioned only)
* [[Nem]] (mentioned only)
* [[Talnah]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kaladin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Rlain]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kalami]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Navani continues to experiment with light, using tuning forks to transfer Stormlight between spheres. She feels that Stormlight is something in between a gas and a liquid. She considers the relationship between music and math, musing on the fact that the ancient people used a three note scale that corresponds to the three different kinds of Light. She learns that she cannot infuse Stormlight into a sphere that contains any Voidlight. She pauses to talk with the Sibling and asks for more information about their Towerlight. The Sibling says that the tower lost its defenses when they lost the ability to hear the two pure tones of Roshar, those of Honor and Cultivation. Navani suggests that Odium might have become a third tone and that might be why they lost their abilities. Navani returns to her desk and finds a box with a sphere containing Lifelight that she suspects was taken from Lift. She confirms that the third note of Roshar corresponds to this Light, but continues to fail in mixing the Lights. As she takes a break, she realizes that they might be able to store weapons disguised as broken fabrials in the hallways. She returns to the Sibling, and they discuss the people in the tower she can see: Kaladin, Lift, and another Regal, which the Sibling finds odd. Navani proposes that the Sibling bond a Radiant that is not a human, a singer that serves Honor, and the Sibling is not outright opposed to the idea. Navani tells the Sibling some of the ideas she has for protecting the nodes, and the Sibling reveals that one of them is in the well at the [[Breakaway]] market. Just as Navani was getting ready to leave, the Sibling tells her that the Fused have found the node in the well. Navani tells them to contact Kaladin, and she leaves to distract Raboniel.
{{anchor|Chapter 70}}
{{epigraph|Opposites. Opposites of sounds. Sound has no opposite. It’s merely overlapped vibration, the same sound, but sound has meaning. This sound does, at least. These sounds. The voices of gods.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Kaladin]] (point of view)
* [[Navani Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Sylphrena]]
* [[Teft]]
* [[Dabbid]]
* [[Lezian]]
* [[Leshwi]]
* [[Raboniel]]
* [[Moash]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Sibling]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lirin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Hesina]] (mentioned only)
* [[Oroden]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Hav]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
'''Kaladin'''
Kaladin wakes from another nightmare to Syl telling him that they’ve received news that the Fused are corrupting another node. They couldn't wake him, so Dabbid has already left. Kaladin catches up to him, and Dabbid hands over his spear and says "Life. Before. Death." Kaladin takes the spear and goes.
'''Navani'''
Navani tries to stall Raboniel, but the Fused she goes to seems to be expecting this. Navani believes it’s a deliberate distraction, and she has a terrible realization that they have been able to hear her communications with the Sibling.
'''Kaladin'''
Kaladin uses the glove and makes his way to the Breakaway
{{anchor|Chapter 71}}
=== Chapter 71: Rider of Storms ===
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{{epigraph|Voice of Lights. Voice for Lights. If I speak for the Lights, then I must express their desires. If Light is Investiture, and all Investiture is deity, and deity has Intent, then Light must have Intent.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Elthebar]]
* The [[Stormfather]]
* [[Szeth]]
* [[Martra]]
* [[Kaladin]]
* [[Shalash]]
* [[Talenel]]
* [[Navani Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Shallan Davar]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Cultivation]] (mentioned only)
* [[Taravangian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Teshav]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Sibling]] (mentioned only)
* [[Jasnah Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lift]] (mentioned only)
* [[Nale]] (mentioned only)
* [[Ishar]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Dalinar wakes from the vision realizing the tower has been occupied by the enemy. He immediately goes to
{{anchor|Chapter 72}}
{{epigraph|Intent matters. Intent is king. You cannot do what I attempt by accident. You must mean it. This seems a much greater law than we’ve ever before understood.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Navani Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Raboniel]]
* The [[Sibling]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kaladin]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Navani is in her office, angry and humiliated. Raboniel enters, and Navani asks how long she had been listening in on her conversations with the Sibling. Raboniel admits that she has been from the beginning, as she didn’t actually believe the Sibling to be dead. Navani asks after Kaladin and learns that he ran out into the storm and likely didn't survive.
== Interludes ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Szeth]] (point of view)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]]
* [[Gavinor Kholin]]
* [[Nightblood]]
* [[Szeth's highspren]]
* [[
* [[Neturo-son-Vallano]] (mentioned only)
* [[Vasher]] (mentioned only)
* [[Aesudan Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Vivenna]] (mentioned only)
* [[Taravangian]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Szeth watches Dalinar play with Gavinor, attempting to slouch so as to appear as a normal guard. He reminisces on his past and converses with [[Nightblood]] about it. [[Szeth's highspren]] shows itself to him, and Szeth moves away from Nightblood to speak to it. It tells him he must begin to progress in his [[Ideals]], both by moving towards his crusade and beginning to rely on his own interpretation of justice rather than Dalinar's. Then he listens to a messenger read off a list of things Taravangian requested, and gets very angry upon hearing a request for a stone matching the description of his [[Oathstone]]. Thinking Taravangian plans to kill Dalinar, Szeth decides he needs to stop him.
{{Anchor|Interlude 8}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Chiri-Chiri]] (point of view)
* [[Rysn Ftori]]
* [[Vstim]]
* [[Fen Rnamdi]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot
[[Chiri-Chiri]] listens to [[Vstim]] and [[Rysn]] having a conversation while musing on how much she has grown. Chiri-Chiri thinks the humans have wet and flappy mouths and strains to make out words, managing to overhear a short exchange about [[Dawnshard]]s. Chiri-Chiri then senses an ancient rhythm signifying danger. Once Vstim leaves, Chiri-Chiri decides to attempt to communicate this danger to Rysn by talking. She only manages to form the words "Rysn eat food," but this surprises Rysn greatly, as she did not know Chiri-Chiri was capable of talking.
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Taravangian]] (point of view)
* [[Szeth]]
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Nightblood]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Neturo-son-Vallano]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Taravangian wakes up on a dumb day and moves around his prison. He reads instructions he left himself about what to say to Szeth, including "Don't talk to Dalinar," and copies them into a notebook. He eats stale bread before realizing fresh food has been left for him. Renarin visits and tries to convince Taravagian to work with them. Taravangian doesn't answer, overcome by emotion, and Renarin leaves. His next visitor is Szeth, who wants to know why Taravangian asked for an Oathstone. Taravangian tells Szeth several things: Odium fears Nightblood, Szeth's [[Neturo-son-Vallano|father]] is dead, and Szeth must give Nightblood to Dalinar. Szeth refuses to do it and leaves, thinking it's only more manipulation.
== Part 4: A Knowledge ==
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;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Venli]] (point of view)
* [[Ulim]]
* [[Jaxlim]]
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Eshonai]] (mentioned only)
* [[Taln]] (mentioned only)
* [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]] (mentioned only)
* [[Gavilar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
:''Eight years ago''
Venli
{{anchor|Chapter 74}}
Words.
I used to be good with words.
I used to be good at a lot of things.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Venli]] (point of view)
* [[Timbre]]
* [[Rlain]]
* [[Hesina]]
* [[Oroden]]
* [[Lirin]]
* [[Jial]]
* [[Ulim]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kaladin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Raboniel]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lezian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Navani Kholin]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Venli and Rlain are headed to Lirin's infirmary. News of Kaladin's fight has spread, and other fights between humans and singers have been breaking out in the tower. They reach the infirmary where the other Radiants are being cared for. Venli takes notice of Rlain’s comfort and casualness with the humans. Rlain reveals that he had been able to sneak maps of the tower out of Navani's information vault before the Fused learned where they were; though Hesina is grateful, Lirin says that he isn’t certain that the risk was worth it. Venli, on the other hand, believes that the tower’s maps will show them a way out of the tower. Venli and Lirin talk, and Venli realizes that Lirin isn't interested in fighting against the occupation. Some human workers enter, and it upsets Lirin to see that one has a ''[[Shash (glyph)|shash]]'' glyph on his forehead in honor of Kaladin. Lirin is disdainful of it, and though Venli defends it by saying it gives people hope, Lirin says that it's just going to cause more deaths.
{{anchor|Chapter 75}}
{{epigraph|There was a time when others would approach me for help with a problem. A time when I was decisive. Capable. Even authoritative.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Adolin Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Shallan Davar]] (point of view)
* [[Vaiu]]
* [[Alvettaren]]
* [[Pattern]]
* [[Testament]]
* [[Sixteen]]
* [[Godeke]] (mentioned only)
* [[Felt]] (mentioned only)
* [[Malli]] (mentioned only)
* [[Arshqqam]] (mentioned only)
* [[Zu (Roshar)|Zu]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Mayalaran]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kalak]] (mentioned only)
* [[Restares]] (mentioned only)
* [[Mraize]] (mentioned only)
* [[Azure]] (mentioned only)
* [[Jasnah Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Shallan's mother]] (mentioned only)
* [[Renarin Kholin]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
'''Adolin'''
Adolin is accompanied by guards through Lasting Integrity as he climbs to the top of the city wall. There, he can see the deadeyes outside the wall that have been gathering for weeks--a lot more than they have ever seen before. [[Vaiu]] says that they must be responding to a Connection happening, and he attributes it to the upcoming justice that will be dispensed.
'''Shallan'''
Veil and Radiant try to coax Shallan out, but she is still very upset about learning that Pattern has lied to her. They have been trying to find Restares and have only one more human in the city fortress to identify, someone named [[Sixteen]]. Pattern finds
{{anchor|Chapter 76}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Navani Kholin]] (
* The [[Sibling]]
* [[Essu]]
* [[Raboniel]]
* [[Adolin Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Renarin Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Gavinor Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Cultivation]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Rushu]] (mentioned only)
* [[Szeth]] (mentioned only)
* [[Gavilar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Navani continues to try to get the Sibling to speak to her, repeatedly apologizing for her failure to realize that they were being spied on. Raboniel enters, and Navani is amazed to hear her reminisce about the [[shadowdays]]. She is so tired of the war and is dismissive of Navani’s suggestion of peace because their previous attempts had failed. Navani realizes that Raboniel’s desire to combine the Lights is related to her desire to end the war. They discuss her research progress, including Navani's realization that Stormlight responds to sound. She learns that Raboniel can hear the tone of Light, the same tone that she uses to get the Light to transfer spheres. Raboniel explains that there is a rhythm as well as a tone, and that Towerlight has two rhythms that work in harmony. Navani wonders if the rhythms of Stormlight and Voidlight could harmonize, but Raboniel says that Stormlight is too orderly and Voidlight too chaotic. Navani convinces her to try, Raboniel singing the rhythm and tone of Voidlight, and with some effort, Navani doing the same for Stormlight. Their two rhythms eventually come into harmony, and the two kinds of Light successfully mix and infuse the sphere. Raboniel recognizes the rhythm of the Light as the [[Rhythm#The_Pure_Tones|Rhythm of War]] and is shocked that the Lights did not destroy each other. Navani asks about her motivations, and Raboniel suggests that the discovery might allow them to kill a god--like how Honor was killed. Navani realizes that Gavilar had been looking for a way to kill a god. Even more, she realizes that he had discovered the opposite to Voidlight, and that that is what had been in the sphere that killed her scholars. Raboniel gets ready to leave, thanking Navani for her assistance and telling her that though Navani has earned her gratitude, she is not going to leave Urithiru.
{{anchor|Chapter 77}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Venli]] (
* [[Ulim]]
* [[Nale]]
}}
;Plot
:''Seven and a half years ago''
Venli is in the palace at Kholinar for the signing of the peace treaty. Ulim is leading her to a secret place where his agents exchange messages and, in this case, where he hopes to find other Voidspren in spheres. Ulim has left Venli’s gemheart, and she is less certain about what they are doing, especially once Ulim reveals that he has lost contact with his agent, Axindweth. They recover the message she left behind
{{anchor|Chapter 78}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Shallan Davar]] (
* [[Adolin Kholin]] (
* [[Pattern]]
* [[Mraize]]
}}
;Plot
'''Shallan'''
Shallan enters her room, pushing away thoughts of the deadeye Cryptic and her feelings about Pattern. She says that she is going to contact Mraize, and Pattern trails, saying that she feels wrong. While Shallan gets out the communication cube, Pattern tells her that he had used the cube to talk to Wit but that wit had been overheard by spies for the Ghostbloods. Shallan starts to relax as realizes that none of her friends are spies, which allows Veil and Radiant out, and Veil takes control. She realizes that they still don’t know who killed Ialai, and she calls Mraize on the cube. Veil tells him that Restares is not there and Mraize finds that troubling. He warns Shallan that Restares is one of the most dangerous beings on the planet and that she should be careful. He asks after Shallan's mental health, and Shallan says that it could be better, but they are interrupted by shouting.
'''Adolin'''
Adolin is being tutored by an inkspren ambassador to the honorspren. She tells him that his trial is set for three days from then, and that they should motion for a trial by witnesses, even though this opens him up to self-incrimination. Adolin is certain that this will be necessary to appeal to their honor. [[Blended]] tells him that because the honorspren define what honor means to them, they believe that what they do must be honorable. Adolin realizes that this is how they are able to avoid being convinced using his arguments against their honor. They leave to find the High Judge, whom Blended says is arriving. Adolin sees him and learns that he is human.
'''Shallan'''
Veil is stunned by the appearance of the High Judge. She asks one of the honorspren why she had been told that the High Judge was a spren, and she tells him that it is Kelek, and because he is a Herald and immortal, he's close enough to being a spren that his command to them to keep his identity a secret was good enough for them. Veil realizes that Mraize may have sent them to kill a herald.
{{anchor|Chapter 79}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Rlain]] (
* [[Lirin]]
* [[Hesina]]
* [[Dabbid]]
* [[Lezian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Raboniel]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kaladin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Leshwi]] (mentioned only)
* [[Venli]] (mentioned only)
* [[Sigzil]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot
As Rlain makes his way through the tower, he is greeted with suspicion, hostility, and dislike from humans, singers, and
{{anchor|Chapter 80}}
{{epigraph|The singers first put Jezrien into a gemstone. They think they are clever, discovering they can trap us in those. It only took them seven thousand years.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Kaladin]] (point of view)
* [[Hoid]]
* [[Design]]
* [[Dabbid]] (mentioned only)
* [[Teft]] (mentioned only)
* [[Sylphrena]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Stormfather]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Moash]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lirin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Toralin Roshone]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lunamor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Shallan Davar]] (mentioned only)
* [[Pattern]] (mentioned only)
* [[Cultivation]] (mentioned only)
* [[Sigzil]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Kaladin is in a violent and hateful nightmare. He is tormented by his friends, who blame him for everything he was unable to do, and by a terrible wind that whispers hatred. He sees a warm light in the distance, and he fights to get there. Falling into a pit of [[crem]], he is saved by the person inside the light: Wit. Wit tells him that he is in a nightmare sent from Odium to torture him and passes over a bowl of Rock’s stew. Wit tells Kaladin that they’ll only have a short time together, and Kaladin admits that he is close to giving up. He asks Wit for a story, and Wit excitedly obliges.
Wit tells of a dog who, after jealously regarding one in the sky, determines to become a dragon. He tries to gain colorful scales like a dragon by planting and watering a crop and rolling in the resulting seeds. In trying to learn to speak like a dragon, he learns only to write. Wishing to learn to fly like a dragon, he rigs up a harness for himself and uses a pulley in the barn to lower himself. The other dogs laugh at him after each attempt, and he realizes he can never become a dragon. Then the farmer's youngest child falls into the well. As the family watches frantically, the dog attaches his harness to the well's rope and writes instructions to lower him. He rescues the child, so the family rewards him well that night with food and a place inside by the fire. Wit ends the story by stating that the dog thought he was an utter failure because he hadn't met his original goal. Kaladin, outraged by the ending, eventually realizes that Wit was making a comment on his unreasonable expectations of himself. He asks for the real ending, but thinks that the dog's sense of satisfaction will never be his to have. Wit reminds him that though things would have to get even worse, they would get better again--then worse again, then better again. Though this is how life goes, the important thing to remember is that there will be sunshine again. Kaladin, revived and hopeful, pushes back into the storm.
{{anchor|Chapter 81}}
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;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Eshonai]] (point of view)
* [[Venli]] (point of view)
* [[Thude]]
* [[Rlain]]
* [[Demid]]
* [[Tusa]]
* [[Gavilar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Ulim]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
:''Seven years ago''
'''Eshonai'''
Eshonai and the listeners have returned to the Shattered Plains after accomplishing the assassination of Gavilar. She, Thude, and Rlain have assumed warform and jump across the chasms to the west where they can see the Alethi war camps. She and Thude talk about why they had to order Gavilar's death and what their strategy is now that they are trapped on the Plains.
'''Venli'''
Venli
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{{epigraph|Oh … Father … Seven thousand years.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Shallan Davar]] (point of view)
* [[Adolin Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Mraize]]
* [[Pattern]]
* [[Kalak]]
* [[Blended]]
* [[Sekeir]]
* [[Gavilar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Jasnah Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Taln]] (mentioned only)
* [[Shalash]] (mentioned only)
* [[Thaidakar]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Stormfather]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Nightwatcher]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Tanavast]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
'''Shallan'''
Radiant is yelling at Mraize through the cube because he hadn't told them who Restares really is. Veil takes over and tells Mraize that they no longer have an incentive to work with him, as Mraize’s hiding of this information suggests that they may not be able to trust what Mraize has told them. Mraize has Veil open the cube and pull out a metal dagger with a gemstone that he tells her to use on Kelek to capture his soul. He explains that the leader of the Ghostbloods has a similar [[Cognitive Shadow|condition]] to Kelek and needs to learn more about the Herald in order to avoid his fate. He convinces Veil that Kelek is dangerous must be locked away, and that Shallan can impersonate him in order to rule in Adolin's favor. He tells her that if she does this, she will become a full Ghostblood.
'''Adolin'''
Adolin goes to speak to Kelek and tells him why he is there. Kelek is astounded that they would let him in and thinks that his cause is doomed. Adolin stands by his decision and asks for a trial by witness,
{{anchor|Chapter 83}}
=== Chapter 83: The Games of Men and
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{{epigraph|I remember so few of those centuries. I am a blur. A smear on the page. A gaunt stretch of ink, made all the more insubstantial with each passing day.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Venli]] (point of view)
* [[Timbre]]
* [[Leshwi]]
* [[Hesina]]
* [[Lirin]]
* [[Rlain]]
* [[Dabbid]]
* [[Lift]]
* The [[Sibling]] (mentioned only)
* [[Raboniel]] (mentioned only)
* [[Jaxlim]] (mentioned only)
* [[Eshonai]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Demid]] (mentioned only)
* [[Cultivation]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lezian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Urialin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Nistar]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kaladin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Teft]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Venli is practicing her powers, communicating with the stone and learning of its history while remembering her own. She realizes how much she has lied to herself and feels guilty for all that she has done. She attunes the tones of both Cultivation and Odium in harmony and is able to change the stone.
Venli meets with Leshwi and tells her that the
Venli, Rlain, and
{{anchor|Chapter 84}}
{{epigraph|Midius once told me … told me we could use Investiture … to enhance our minds, our memories, so we wouldn’t forget so much.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Navani Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Raboniel]]
* The [[Sibling]] (mentioned only)
* [[Gavilar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Elhokar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Aesudan Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Essu]] (mentioned only)
* [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]] (mentioned only)
* [[She Who Dreams]] (mentioned only)
* [[Shalash]] (mentioned only)
* [[Jezrien]] (mentioned only)
* [[Nergaoul]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kaladin]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Navani is fully engrossed in her research, something she has never been able to be before. She believes that what they find might allow them to kill Odium, and as she works, she makes fabrial weapons that can be left in the hall appearing to be boxed up half-finished projects. She and Raboniel make more [[Warlight]] for her experiments, and she also tries to find a way to rejoin split spren. Upon request, Raboniel delivers some [[raysium]], which is used to draw Stormlight out of Radiants. After transferring one of the spren halves to the gemstone at the base of the raysium blade, they learn that putting one half of a spren in a larger gem and moving that gem will cause the other half to move a greater amount. Navani asks Raboniel for a way to measure the strength of Stormlight, and the Fused says that she will get her some [[Sand (Taldain)|sand]].
{{anchor|Chapter 85}}
{{epigraph|Why would I want to remember?}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Dabbid]] (point of view)
* [[Rlain]]
* [[Lift]]
* [[Teft]]
* [[Kaladin]]
* [[Torol Sadeas]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Sibling]] (mentioned only)
* [[Yanagawn]] (mentioned only)
* [[Navani Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Wyndle]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Dabbid, Rlain, and Lift are making their way to where Kaladin is kept. Dabbid thinks about how he has always been different and that he chose not to speak after he was rescued by Kaladin because he didn't want everyone to know that he was different. They reach Kaladin, who is not well at all. Lift heals him with a lot of effort, but he doesn't wake up immediately. The three talk about why Dabbid hasn't spoken until now, and Rlain tells Dabbid that he wishes that he hadn't felt like he needed to be quiet. Dabbid says that the tower told him that he will be fixed after getting a spren. They are interrupted by Teft, whom Lift heals while they are talking. As they start to explain to him what has been going on, Kaladin wakes as well.
{{anchor|Chapter 86}}
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;Characters
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* [[Venli]] (point of view)
* [[Denshil]]
* [[Ulim]]
* [[Eshonai]]
* [[Jaxlim]]
* [[Mikaim]]
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Gavilar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Demid]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
:''A year and a half ago''
Venli speaks with [[Denshil]], one of the listener farmers. They
{{anchor|Chapter 87}}
{{epigraph|Maybe if I remembered my life, I’d be capable of being confident like I once was. Maybe I’d stop vacillating when even the most simple of decisions is presented to me.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Adolin Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Shallan Davar]] (point of view)
* [[Blended]]
* [[Kalak]]
* [[Pattern]]
* [[Sekeir]]
* [[Amuna]]
* [[Notum]]
* [[Lusintia]]
* [[Mayalaran]] (mentioned only)
* [[Sylphrena]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Stormfather]] (mentioned only)
* [[Tanavast]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Sibling]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Jasnah Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Godeke]] (mentioned only)
* [[Shalash]] (mentioned only)
* [[Talenel]] (mentioned only)
* [[Tyn]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
'''Adolin'''
Adolin arrives at his trial, where the judge and the spren audience await. They discuss the terms of the trial, and [[Sekeir]] calls his witnesses. The first, [[Amuna]], brings two of her deadeye charges and testifies to the travesty that killed them. The second witness is Blended. She not only says that humans should not be trusted, but that they might even consider bonding with the Fused as the rightful heirs of the land. However, she would rather no bonds happen in order to ensure that no spren will be killed. The third witness is Notum. He appears in uniform, and Adolin realizes that Notum has been told that if he will testify against Adolin, they will end his exile. Notum begins to speak, looking at the paper he brought, but then stops and says, “Honor is not dead so long as he lives in the hearts of men.” The crowd erupts, and Notum continues to bellow this phrase as he is dragged from the room. Adolin goes to speak to Kelek and asks what happened. Kelek tells him that the stakes of this trial are much more than he thought because some spren are considering joining the highspren and the Fused, and Adolin could tip the scales in the opposite direction.
'''Shallan'''
After the trial, Shallan climbs a tree and falls to the
{{anchor|Chapter 88}}
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;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Eshonai]] (point of view)
* [[Venli]]
* [[Jaxlim]]
* The [[Stormfather]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
:''A year and a half ago''
Eshonai is with her mother, and Venli enters with a gemstone
{{anchor|Chapter 89}}
{{epigraph|Instead I think, if I were to remember my life in detail, I would become even worse. Paralyzed by my terrible actions. I should not like to remember all those I have failed.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Navani Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Raboniel]]
* [[Mizthla]]
* The [[Sibling]]
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Jasnah Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Rlain]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Navani is fully engrossed in her work, completely oblivious to everything except her lab as she tries to find the opposite of Light. She uses the sand that Raboniel gave her, which starts black and turns white when exposed to Investiture.
Navani and Raboniel discuss where the sand came from and how you have to travel through Shadesmar to get to other worlds. As they work, Raboniel asks why Navani does not believe herself a true scholar, declaring that she believes Navani to be one. Raboniel gives her the title "Voice of Lights," telling her that she is an equal to herself; Navani, on the other hand, is convinced that she has Raboniel fooled. Navani is getting better at interpreting the rhythms, and she can tell that Raboniel has a different purpose in mind behind this project than to kill Odium. Navani tries to convince Raboniel to negotiate a treaty with her, but she refuses. Raboniel leaves Navani to her work but later returns with metal plates and two singers to help her create the Rhythm of War using an ancient method of music. After Raboniel leaves, Navani tries to speak with the Sibling and finally hears a response. The Sibling says that they are weak and cold and don't want to die, and soon their voice fades away.
Navani looks around her lab and realizes that the music left patterns in the sand. She then realizes that Stormlight and Voidlight are not just illumination or a substance that bears properties of fluid. They are sounds and vibrations, and therefore, she is convinced she can find an opposite vibration.
{{anchor|Chapter 90}}
{{epigraph|Regardless, I write now. Because I know they are coming for me. They got Jezrien. They’ll inevitably claim me, even here in the honorspren stronghold.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Adolin Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Shallan Davar]] (point of view)
* [[Pattern]]
* [[Kalak]]
* [[Veratorim]]
* [[Amuna]]
* [[Testament]]
* [[Notum]] (mentioned only)
* [[Blended]] (mentioned only)
* [[Sylphrena]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Stormfather]] (mentioned only)
* [[Cultivation]] (mentioned only)
* [[Jasnah Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kaladin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Renarin Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Godeke]] (mentioned only)
* [[Mraize]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
'''Adolin'''
Adolin arrives for the second day of his trial and takes the stand. As he begins his carefully laid out defense, he is continually interrupted by the honorspren audience, who are doing everything they can to disrupt him with their own accusations. When they bring up Dalinar almost killing the Stormfather and Kaladin about killing Syl, the trial devolves into a full fledged argument. Adolin finally gives up, inviting the honorspren to continue their attack, as it is clear that they have never had honorable intentions in the trial. The audience is initially cowed at his frankness, but their anger reignites when they learn that Adolin knew about the recently killed deadeye Cryptic he had seen in Nameless.
'''Shallan'''
Shallan is with Adolin after the trial, and Adolin is certain that he will be locked away and put on display. Shallan says that she'll break him out with the Stormlight she stole, but Adolin says that leaving him would be the honorable thing to do and may even convince some of the honorspren to bond more Radiants. Shallan reflects on whether to impersonate Kelek to save Adolin, and just as she decides to do it, Veil changes her mind and sides with Radiant against the plan. Formless surfaces and takes over, telling Adolin that he may be surprised by what the High Judge does.
{{anchor|Chapter 91}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Teft]] (
* [[Kaladin]]
* [[Dabbid]]
}}
;Plot
Teft thinks about when he first woke up after being healed by Lift; he had felt like he usually does after binging on [[firemoss]], but when he saw Dabbid and Rlain he had determined to get up and start over again to try to live clean, for their sakes. It was only when they told him what happened that he understood he hadn't given in to his craving. After a couple of days of healing, he is sitting eating soup with Kaladin and Dabbid when Kaladin mentions losing Syl in the fighting. Phendorana appears to the others and reassures Kaladin that their bond is not broken so long as he can still Surgebind.
As Teft thinks about the grim tidings he had awoken to, Phendorana reminds him by a glance not to be down on himself. Rlain and Lift enter next, the latter of whom heals Teft; he has to be healed
After Teft spurs them to attempt to save the Radiants, they all pitch in and discuss how they might accomplish it. Kaladin suggests that they take a couple of days to consider their options, and they hope to be able to contact Navani and ask for her help. Then they start discussing less consequential things, and Teft finds himself smiling because of all of the good things there still are to enjoy. He admits to Phendorana that she had been right to tell Teft he was worth saving.
;Characters
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* [[Venli]] (
* [[Raboniel]]
* [[Timbre]]
}}
;Plot
Venli is fulfilling her duty as Voice to Raboniel by interpreting between her and the Regals coming to give reports. She relays instructions to the last one to continue searching for Kaladin, then follows Raboniel to her habitual workstation. The two of them discuss the listeners rejecting Odium's rule, and then Venli admits to Raboniel that she is ashamed of being the one directly responsible for her people's downfall. Venli slips up and uses an old rhythm when she speaks of how she used to be so ambitious, then she asks Raboniel why they must fight and whether they will ever be able to have peace themselves.
Raboniel commends Venli's service despite her true loyalty lying with Leshwi and gives her a reward: a writ of authority and a map. On the map, Venli finds a report of a group of Parshendi living on the Shattered Plains. Realizing that this could be the group of listeners who had fled prior to the advent of the
{{anchor|Chapter 93}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Shallan Davar]] (
* [[Adolin Kholin]]
* [[Pattern]]
}}
;Plot
Shallan, as Formless, rises early the day of Adolin's final judgement. Adolin speaks to her about the mistake often made when judging strength and weakness before she convinces him to stay in bed. Formless plans her entry into Kelek's house but is interrupted by both Veil speaking up from deep within her and by Pattern. She Lightweaves an illusion of [[Lusintia]] around herself, but then Pattern makes a final attempt to speak with her and she firmly tells him to stay in the house.
Pattern catches up with Formless on the way to Kelek's house, and he delivers a message from Wit: Shallan deserves to be trusted and loved. Formless turns away from him again and goes on alone. Radiant interrupts her by confessing that she killed Ialai Sadeas just as Formless gets to the house, but she musters her determination to go through with her plan and enters anyway. Just after drawing Mraize's knife, Formless feels Stormlight leaving her and looks around to see Veil. Veil accuses her of really just being Shallan, and she admits the truth but still feels like she wants to take this step and join the Ghostbloods. Veil keeps telling Shallan that she really is strong while Shallan admits to killing her parents. Then Shallan accepts Veil's memories and sees that the Cryptic she had bonded as a child was not Pattern at all, but Testament.
;Characters
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* [[Adolin Kholin]] (
* [[Sekeir]]
* [[Mayalaran]]
}}
;Plot
Adolin arrives at the forum for the last day of his trial to find out that Sekeir will be sitting as High Judge in Kelek's place. Sekeir begins by giving a speech condemning Adolin and all humans and then calls for the final witness
Finally, as the High Judge refuses judgement, claiming that Maya's condemnation is all that's needed to judge Adolin, Maya and Adolin share a moment of connection and Maya speaks. She reveals that the ancient spren were not betrayed by their Knights Radiant, but decided together with them to break their bonds.
Most of the gathered spren disperse, shocked by the news, but Blended approaches to speak with Adolin. She tells him that she suggested to the honorspren elders to use Maya as a witness because she wanted to verify his claim that he and Maya were friends and that the deadeye could speak. She is not convinced that the revelation means that the spren should now bond humans, worrying instead what could have convinced spren to choose death instead of letting the
{{anchor|Chapter 95}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Venli]] (
* [[Faridai]]
* [[Eshonai]]
* [[Ulim]] (mentioned only)
* [[Adolin]]
}}
;Plot
:''Fourteen months ago''
During the
Panicked, Venli finds a hiding place between the buildings of Narak and later finds her way into one of them. As she hides from the storm and the battle, she admits to herself that she is not deserving of any of the recognition she got for "discovering" new forms,
{{anchor|Chapter 96}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Venli]] (
* [[Rlain]]
* [[Timbre]]
}}
;Plot
Rlain finds Venli crying, and she tells him that some of the other listeners might be alive, explaining that there was a group led by Thude who refused to take stormform and instead fled Narak the night the
Venli states her intention to escape with her writ from Raboniel and find her people, but Rlain tries to tell her that they need to save the Radiants first. Venli refuses to help, so Rlain storms off after calling her a traitor. Instead, Venli finds Dul and Mazish and informs them that it is time for the group to gather their stores and leave. She plans to use the stir caused by the attempted rescue of the Radiants to cover their escape.
For I believe that in confining her, we have caused a greater wound to Roshar than any ever realized.}}
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Navani Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Raboniel]]
* [[Essu]]
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Sibling]] (mentioned only)
* [[Elhokar Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Moash]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Plot Summary
Navani's work has consumed her to the point where sleeping and eating is a distraction. She obsesses over the tones, the rhythms, the numbers, the patterns. She is seeking an exact opposite of the wave that represents Odium’s rhythm which would nullify it through destructive interference. Finally, the tone is exactly right, and she watches as the sound pushes Voidlight out of its sphere.
She attempts to hide her discovery from those watching her as she seeks a
== Interludes ==
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;Plot
Hesina makes notes on the maps Rlain has smuggled to them in the surgery enclosure in the Radiant infirmary. Lirin comes in and discusses her parents with her until the topic causes Hesina to bring up Kaladin. Lirin stiffly defends his attitude towards his son, and the argument grows intense enough that he makes to leave the enclosure. Hesina stops him and, frustrated, tries to point out to Lirin that Kaladin is probably the person they could most want to be a soldier, since there is going to be fighting regardless. When she points to the help in the room that day, all of whom have ''shash'' glyphs painted on their foreheads, and asks him what he sees, he says that he sees fools.
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* [[Adin]] (
* [[Alalan]]
* [[Shar]]
* [[Liganor]]
* [[Lift]] (mentioned only)
* [[Gavam]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kaladin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Gub]] (mentioned only)
}}
Adin is the son of a potter in the tower, and he is determined to be a
{{Anchor|Interlude 12}}
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* [[Taravangian]] (
* [[Sja-anat]]
* [[Szeth]] (mentioned only)
}}
Taravangian is having a dumb day, which are apparently increasingly common. He is still trying to figure out how to defeat Odium, but it's increasingly difficult to think. He focuses on Nightblood and what they know about it, which is that it feeds on the essence that makes up all things. Specifically, it feeds on either Stormlight, or the individual’s soul holding the sword if they don't have enough, comparing it to
== Part 5: Knowing a Home of Songs, Called Our Burden ==
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Szeth]]
* [[Dieno
* [[Sigzil]]
* [[Stargyle]]
;Plot Summary
Dalinar walks through the battlefield on the Emuli front with Szeth and several allied generals. He analyzes the battle, remembering the [[Rathalas|Rift]] and thinking about Taravangian's advice to stop fighting Odium. After congratulating other groups of victors, the Mink comes to speak with him. They discuss the enemy's tactics before Dalinar again promises to free Herdaz first after they free Alethkar.
Back in the command tent, Sigzil brings Stargyle, Lyn, and [[Leyten]] to see Dalinar. Stargyle makes a Lightweaving that plays back a view of what he saw on their scouting trip to [[Tukar]], showing Ishar and his soldiers. Dalinar states his intention to go visit the Herald, telling the Radiants to make one more scouting trip while
{{anchor|Chapter 99}}
;Plot Summary
Jasnah relaxes in her tent with Wit just after receiving word of the coalition's victory in Emul. She sorts through her notes from interviews with the Heralds, trying to find something to help with the situation at Urithiru, and admits her worry to Wit that Odium can see the future while they can't. Wit replies that they need to make sure Odium can't win even if he is sure not to lose. He presents to her his draft of a contract between Dalinar and Odium, explaining that one of [[Rayse]]'s weaknesses is that he wants not only to win but to win in a way that shows off his intelligence. Wit states that the contest of champions will be no simple duel, but a matter of the heart of each champion; when asked if she trusts the hearts of those she fights alongside, Jasnah has no answer. She asks Wit who he really is, and he tells her that he is a man who is not bound.
{{anchor|Chapter 100}}
;Plot Summary
Kaladin awakes from his nightmares, disoriented for a bit before remembering that he had tied his own hands to quell his violent reaction from being awoken. The Sibling speaks to him, telling him the enemy
{{anchor|Chapter 101}}
* [[Taravangian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Shalash]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dieno
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lift]] (mentioned only)
'''Navani'''
Navani, having spent all night listening as the singers discovered the tone for [[anti-Stormlight]], numbly considers her failure in handing such a weapon to their enemies. She paints a glyph for divine direction, contemplating her belief in the Almighty. Moash arrives with the intention of killing Navani, but Raboniel negotiates with him until he agrees to get rid of Kaladin first. Leaving with a sack of sand and a dagger designed to kill a spren as well as instructions to break the final node, Moash halts when Navani calls him a traitor and replies to her coldly. When he leaves, Navani's guard brings her a candle to burn her prayers. After they are burnt, she discovers the dagger Raboniel had used to kill her daughter, still charged with a little bit of anti-Voidlight.
'''Kaladin'''
'''Kaladin'''
The Pursuer streaks
'''Teft'''
'''Kaladin'''
Kaladin walks towards Lezian and invites him to fight. When Lezian reaches him, Kaladin activates
'''Moash'''
'''Navani'''
Navani hears a commotion when the final node is destroyed, leaving the crystal pillar clear to approach. She takes the dagger charged with anti-Voidlight and sneaks towards Raboniel, activating a [[painrial]] hidden among the boxes in the corridor on her way. Raboniel tells Navani she should flee, but Navani claims that she cannot abandon the Sibling. She gives Raboniel the dagger and convinces her to wait with her in Navani's room to see if Moash does indeed defeat Kaladin. Raboniel accepts but promptly walks into the painrial trap.
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'''Dalinar'''
Dalinar looks for a way to give Kaladin yet more time, demanding that the Stormfather learn to choose to have compassion. He searches, finding a place of warmth in the [[Spiritual Realm]], and makes a Connection to give Kaladin a vision.
{{anchor|Chapter 108}}
;Plot Summary
Kaladin finds himself in a tent on a battlefield from his time in [[Amaram]]'s army. [[Varth]] walks up to speak with [[Gor]], who tells him that their Brightlord's orders are to hold where they are. Varth directs Kaladin and the other messenger boy to grab spears and get out front, and Kaladin recognizes the scene. He sees Tien volunteer to go with them, and Tien explains to Kaladin that although he had been terrified, he needed to be there to help the others feel brave.
The rest of the vision vanishes, leaving Kaladin and Tien, who now looks fully grown, alone. Kaladin weeps over Teft's death, expressing that nothing matters, since everyone eventually dies. Tien shifts his perspective, telling him that that means that the moments they help each other are what truly matter; instead of focusing on failing to keep Teft alive, Kaladin should think about how lucky they were to have what time they did together. Tien affirms that Kaladin is good and strong enough for him and envisions Odium realizing he has failed to beat Kaladin yet again. After Kaladin asks if the vision is real, Tien gives him a carved wooden horse.
'''Venli'''
Leshwi kneels before Venli, overjoyed that the spren have returned to the singers. She asks after [[Riah]], an old honorspren, but Timbre replies that she doesn't know her. Leshwi decides to join the battle going on around them, and her soldiers join her in fighting against the Pursuer's troops.
'''Navani'''
* [[Navani Kholin]] (point of view)
* [[Adin]] (point of view)
* [[Moash]]
* [[Sigzil]]
* [[Szeth-son-Neturo]]
* [[Lyn]]
* [[Leyten]]
* [[Mela]]
* [[Ishar]]
* [[Tumi]]
* [[Leshwi]]
* [[Venli]]
* [[
* The [[
* [[Nightblood]]
* The [[Sibling]]
* [[Dabbid]]
* [[Vespan]]
* [[God Beyond]] (mentioned only)
* [[Shalash]] (mentioned only)
* [[Nohadon]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Odium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Taravangian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Adonalsium]] (mentioned only)
* [[Talenel]] (mentioned only)
* [[Jezrien]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lezian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Raboniel]] (mentioned only)
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[Cultivation]] (mentioned only)
* [[Jasnah Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Nale]] (mentioned only)
'''Rlain'''
Rlain waits for those wishing to flee Urithiru to fetch their families while slowly leading the group of rebels through the Breakaway. As a group of Fused and Regals arrive to attack them, he turns to Venli and asks if there are any other
'''Dalinar'''
'''Adin'''
Afraid but still hoping to impress an honorspren, Adin takes his place in the line of defenders with a spear. Despite Dabbid moving to stand in front of him, Adin still finds himself on the ground with a Regal over him moments later. Kaladin's Shardplate forms itself around Adin in time to save him from the Regal, then moves on to form around first Dabbid and then Leshwi in time to save both of them. As the enemy reforms, the Shardplate attaches to Kaladin. Kaladin instructs the Fused and Regals to flee as the Sibling activates all of
'''Dalinar'''
* [[Hoid]] (mentioned only)
* [[Honor]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dieno
* [[Taravangian]] (mentioned only)
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Dalinar, Szeth, and the Windrunners return from Tukar just in time to hear news of Urithiru's liberation. After sending a message to Navani and asking to meet with Jasnah and the Prime after the impending highstorm, Dalinar goes to his quarters. As he enters, he walks onto a golden field and realizes that Odium has come to speak with him. As Odium tries to provoke Dalinar into revealing the nature of his relationship with Ishar, Dalinar realizes that Odium is frightened of him and attempts to provoke Odium in turn. Odium looks at the terms Wit has written on Dalinar's behalf and angrily detects the [[Cosmere#Worldhoppers|worldhopper's]] hand in them. He tells Dalinar that he is incapable of accepting the terms now that the Everstorm has changed the situation, then explains that his plan has been to use the Rosharans as hardened warriors to fight for him in the [[cosmere]].
Odium expresses interest in making an agreement that day, so he describes his terms: as Dalinar has to give up the idea of Odium restraining the Fused in the event of Dalinar's victory, Odium would give up his designs for Roshar and leave the Rosharan system in the event of his own victory. Dalinar, forewarned by Wit, refuses to make any agreement that will allow Odium to leave the Rosharan system, so they continue to negotiate until they settle on something acceptable--despite Dalinar's horror at the prospect of his failure--to them both: a battle of champions in ten days. Should Dalinar's champion win, Odium will cease all hostilities, return Alethkar and Herdaz to the coalition, and remain bound to the system. Should Odium's champion win, he will still cease hostilities and remain bound to the system, but he will keep what land he has conquered and will gain Dalinar's soul as a Fused.
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* [[Rlain]] (point of view)
* [[Kaladin]] (point of view)
* [[
* [[Venli]]
* [[Leshwi]]
* [[Cultivation]]
* [[Szeth]]
* [[Sylphrena]]
* [[Renarin Kholin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Thude]] (mentioned only)
'''Taravangian'''
Taravangian starts adjusting to the power of Odium. He discovers that Rayse had been weakening for a long time, starting with his battles in the past, then being wounded by Honor, and his failures with Dalinar, Kaladin, and Urithiru. In the Physical
'''Kaladin'''
Teft's body is
'''Taravangian'''
Taravangian studies future possibilities as he grows more accustomed and capable with the power of Odium. He talks with Cultivation about her gamble in preparing him for this. Having knowledge of the
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'''Shallan'''
Adolin and Shallan, in a room with their three spren, think that Testament looks better since Adolin's talk with her. They use [[Ala]] to contact Mraize, and Shallan tells him that, instead of killing Kelek, Veil has reintegrated herself with Shallan. Mraize tries to entice her back to the Ghostbloods with both promises of secrets and threats against her family, but Shallan is adamant and tells him that she will get to Ba-Ado-Mishram before the Ghostbloods can. Before ending the call, she tells Mraize the Ghostbloods had better vacate Urithiru before she returns and gives him messages from herself and from Wit to deliver to Thaidakar when his avatar next visits. Shallan thinks about the other worlds in the cosmere that Kelek had told her about with longing.
'''Venli'''
'''Kaladin'''
Kaladin leaves the gathering after Teft's funeral early to speak with Dalinar. Dalinar tries to say that he had been wrong to relieve Kaladin from command, but Kaladin cuts him off and explains that it does feel like the right thing for him. He asks for permission to continue pursuing the burgeoning field of mental health treatment and receives it. Dalinar tells Kaladin about the contest that is to happen in ten days and asks for him, as a surgeon, to travel to Shinovar and help Ishar so that Ishar can in turn help Dalinar to master his Bondsmith powers. Dalinar returns Wit's [[Trailman's flute|flute]] to Kaladin, explaining that Lift found it in a merchant's bin among other things salvaged from the Shattered Plains.
'''Lezian'''
Lezian wakes, angry, back in a body on Roshar after only one day on Braize. He realizes he is in a room with [[El]] and asks for the Voidlight in the sphere that El is holding so he can renew his pursuit of Kaladin. El agrees that the Light is for him, tricking him into walking over. In reality, the sphere is anti-Voidlight that has been set into the hilt of a knife; El stabs Lezian with it and permanently kills him.
'''Kaladin'''
:''Fourteen months ago''
Eshonai hits the ground of the chasm after her battle with
Realizing that she would die here, Eshonai begins to fight against the influence of Odium and the rhythms of power. The boulder shifts and she falls back into the water, but she summons her Shardblade and rams it into the chasm wall to use as a handhold. While drowning, she hears the pure tones of Honor and Odium and discovers the Rhythm of War. At that moment, Timbre appears to her. She loses her grip and, attuning the Rhythm of War, is carried away. Eshonai continues fighting death until the water slows and she comes to rest at the bottom of the chasm, heavily wounded. She attunes the rhythms of her childhood and closes her eyes to the Rhythm of Victory, only to find herself drifting in the Cognitive Realm.
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;Plot
Wit has left the others and is now at the [[Pinnacle]]. He does tricks for an "audience,"
Soon after, Odium arrives, shows his rage at Wit's contract, and threatens him. However, Odium also asks Wit what his choice of champion would be, which surprises Wit. As the latter leaves the room and walks in the hallways, he ponders whether or not Rayse is growing more thoughtful. Realizing that Wit might have doubts about his identity, Odium attacks Wit. Odium's voice is thoughtful and soft, and Wit feels true horror as he realizes his enemy isn't Rayse any longer. Odium then destroys some of Wit's memories
Wit regains consciousness in the hallway, unaware of what happened, and returns to Elhokar's sitting room where the scene happens once again, Odium playing the angry brute more convincingly this time. Wit leaves after saying a different quip than the previous time but has trouble whistling,
== Endnote ==
|[[Ketek]] written by [[El]], Fused scholar of human art forms, to commemorate to restoration of the Sibling
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== Ars Arcanum ==
See [[Ars Arcanum#The Stormlight Archive]].
== Notes ==
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