Difference between revisions of "Summary:The Way of Kings"

At Sadeas's staging area Navani forces her way through the crowd after hearing rumoursrumors that Sadeas came back from battle without Dalinar. Renarin follows her. Sadeas tells Navani that the Parshendi overwhelmed Dalinar's forces, and he was forced to retreat in- order to save his own men. afterHe claimingclaims to watchhave witnessed Dalinar fall to Parshendi hammers. Unwilling to believe Sadeas's account, Navani begins creates an enormous ''Thath'' glyph across the staging area stone ground in ''burn'' ink. Upon finishing the glyph, Navani releases her prayer for Justice by lighting the whole glyph which leaves a scorch mark on the stone. Shortly after the flames die, one of Sadeas's message runner approaches with news of Dalinar's survival.

Dalinar rides at the head of his remaining force. Seething with anger, he contemplates his confrontation with Sadeas. He knows he most first protect Alethkar first despite his desire for revenge. As his force approach the warcamp, Dalinar dismisses his wounded to his camp and offers to send the Kaladin's bridgemen with them. But they are determined to see his promise to buy their freedom through. Unwilling to force them to depart, Dalinar enters Sadeas's warcamp. He unexpectedly finds Renarin and Navani in Sadeas's warcamp. He embraces his son and later Navani. He tells Navani that he sees the world differentdifferently now and is now unwilling to let 'lying men' control his life. Releasing Navani, he confronts Sadeas. Publicly they feign civility. statingSadeas thatapologizes Sadeasfor overestimatedoverestimating the threat against Dalinar's situationforces onand theretreating battlefieldtoo soon. But standing close, Dalinar privately ask Sadeas why. Sadeas responds by claiming his oath to protect Elhokar. , Sayingsaying that Dalinar is going insane and becoming weak. He feels that these are ideas are infecting Elhokar. And in the end he just wanted Dalinar gone. In this admission guilt, Dalinar realizes that acting honorablehonorably would not win Sadeas's loyalty despite his best effort.

Kaladin watches the conference between Dalinar and Sadeas with the members of Bridge Four. They wait for Dalinar to fulfill his promises to free him and his men. The highprincesprivate breakconversation their conferenceends, and Sadeas bidsstates Dalinar's and his forces to return to their camp. Statingaloud that their alliance was "unfeasible." Dalinar thenclaims asksthe bridgemen, but Sedeas refuses to buylet thethem bridgemengo. OfferingHe offers sixty emerald broams for each member. But Sadeas is unwilling to sell, stating that he would not sell them for 10001,000 broams and tells Dalinar to leave his camp. Kaladin turns away, thinking Dalinar would not be able to fulfill his promise when there are gasps of surprise. Kaladin turns to see that Dalinar had summoned his Shardblade. Dalinar then proceeds to bargain for bridgemen withoffers his Shardblade, buyingfor all of theSadeas's bridgemen in Sadeas camp with the blade. After Sadeas agrees,accepts heand beginsmocks tohim leavefor tellinggiving Kaladinup tohis gatherShardblade thefor bridgemenworthless and move them to his campslaves. Unable to believe what has just happened, Kaladin asks Dalinar why. Dalinar explains that Kaladin saved him and two thousand of his men. All of whose lives are priceless. In his opinion, one priceless sword is a small price to pay for two thousand lives, especially to keep his honor.

Dalinar finds Elhokar in the sitting room of the palace wearing his Shardplate. Dalinar initiates a quick brawl in which he easily subdues Elhokar by breaking the breastplate of his Shardplate. Dalinar then demands to know if Elhokar himself cut the girth on his own saddle. Reluctantly, Elhokar admits to cutting the girth. An exasperated Dalinar then explains the consequences of this -- including Sadeas's betrayal. Additionally, Dalinar demonstrates how easily he could kill Elhokar, stating that he could have done it a hundred times over and that he is not Elhokar's enemy. Releasing his nephew, he tells Elhokar that tomorrow he will appoint Dalinar as Highprince of War. Determined to finally see the war won and Alethkar united, he decides to stop trying to be Nohadon the peacemaker and return to being the Blackthorn the warlord. Elhokar is reluctant, fearing rebellion from the various highprinces, but Dalinar turns to leave, confident that he will make the appointment and content knowing the challenges that are before him. Just before exiting, he also informs Elhokar about the courtship between himself and Navani.