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|precedes= [[Words of Radiance/Summary/Chapter 11|Chapter 11: An Illusion of Perception]]
  
 
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==Epigraph==
  
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{{quote|I wish to think had I not been under sorrow's thumb, I would have seen earlier the approaching dangers. Yet in all honesty, I'm not certain anything could have been done.
  
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|From the journal of Navani Kholin, Jesesach 1174}}
  
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==Plot Summary==
  
==Plot Summary==
 
:''Six years ago''
  
:''Six years ago''
   
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Shallan believing the world is ending and it being her fault is crying. As her father tries getting her to sleep he wipes some blood from her face and starts singing a lullaby. Shallan thinks her self to be a monster that kills and thus unworthy of the love and affection her father is giving her. In the room there are several corpses one of them being a woman in white, Shallan's mother. She didn't bleed very much but the other man did. As Shallan and her father pass the his save in the wall Shallan can see the light form the "monster" coming from inside of it. After the song ends her father leaves the bedroom closing the door on the corpses.
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Shallan believes the world is ending and it is her fault. She is crying. As her father tries to get her to sleep, he wipes some blood from her face and starts singing a lullaby. Shallan thinks she is a monster that kills and thus is unworthy of the love and affection her father is giving her. In the room there are several corpses one of them being a woman in white, Shallan's mother. She didn't bleed very much, as opposed to the other corpse, a man. As Shallan and her father pass the his save in the wall Shallan can see the light form the "monster" coming from inside of it. After the song ends her father leaves the bedroom closing the door on the corpses.
   
 
==Characters==
  
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==Setting==
  
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The [[Davar]] estates.
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The [[House Davar|Davar]] estates.
   
 
==Notable==
  
==Notable==
 
*The image to depict [[Shallan Davar| Shallan's]] chapters switches from a picture of Shadesmar, to [[Pattern]].
  
*The image to depict [[Shallan Davar| Shallan's]] chapters switches from a picture of Shadesmar, to [[Pattern]].
 
===Quotes===
  
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{{quote|Sleep now dear one, crimson sky will fall behind you.
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{{quote|Now go to sleep in chasms deep, with darkness all around you.<br>
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Through rock and dread, through rock and dread, may be your dead, you will sleep my loved one dear.
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Though rock and dread may be your bed, so sleep my baby dear.<br>
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Now comes the storm, that you'll be warm, the wind may shake your dreams.
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Now comes the storm, but you'll be warm, the wind will rock your basket.<br>
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The crystals fine, will glow sublime, so sleep my loved one dear.
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The crystals fine, will glow sublime, so sleep my baby dear.<br>
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And like a song, it wont be long, you sleep my loved one dear.
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And with a song, it won't be long, you'll sleep my baby dear.
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|The lullaby Lin sings to Shallan
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|The lullaby Lin sings to Shallan}}
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==Chapter Header==
  
==Chapter Header==

Latest revision as of 18:58, 1 August 2021

Chapter 10: Red Carpet, Once White
Shallan Flashback Chapters.svg
Words of Radiance Summary
Follows Chapter 9: Walking the Grave
Precedes Chapter 11: An Illusion of Perception
Analytics
Viewpoint Shallan Davar
Word Count 322

Plot Summary[edit]

Six years ago

Shallan believes the world is ending and it is her fault. She is crying. As her father tries to get her to sleep, he wipes some blood from her face and starts singing a lullaby. Shallan thinks she is a monster that kills and thus is unworthy of the love and affection her father is giving her. In the room there are several corpses one of them being a woman in white, Shallan's mother. She didn't bleed very much, as opposed to the other corpse, a man. As Shallan and her father pass the his save in the wall Shallan can see the light form the "monster" coming from inside of it. After the song ends her father leaves the bedroom closing the door on the corpses.

Characters[edit]

Present
Mentioned
  • Shallan's mother
  • Another man

Setting[edit]

The Davar estates.

Notable[edit]

  • The image to depict Shallan's chapters switches from a picture of Shadesmar, to Pattern.

Quotes[edit]

“Now go to sleep in chasms deep, with darkness all around you.

Though rock and dread may be your bed, so sleep my baby dear.
Now comes the storm, but you'll be warm, the wind will rock your basket.
The crystals fine, will glow sublime, so sleep my baby dear.
And with a song, it won't be long, you'll sleep my baby dear.

”

—The lullaby Lin sings to Shallan

Chapter Header[edit]

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Pattern
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See Also[edit]

Notes[edit]

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