Summary:Words of Radiance/Prologue

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Prologue: To Question
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Words of Radiance Summary
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Precedes Chapter One: Santhid
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Viewpoint Jasnah Kholin
Word Count 5,283

Plot Summary

Jasnah falls into Shadesmar, meets her spren, hires Liss, and watches as her father is assassinated.

Characters

Setting

Six years ago

The Royal Palace in Kholinar, Alethkar, the night of the assassination of King Gavilar. Shadesmar

Notable

Like the prologue for The Way of Kings, To Question shows a different perspective of the events of the night King Gavilar is assassinated. The name follows the convention of "To <blank>".

The first Jasnah viewpoint.

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First use of the Shadesmar icon for a character who is not Shallan.

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Battar is the patron of the Elsecallers, of whom Jasnah is one.

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