Difference between revisions of "The Way of Kings"

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'''[[Kaladin]]''' is the focus character of the novel. At the beginning of his story, he is a squadleader in [[Amaram]]'s army. His storyline then cuts to his time as a slave. AsHe ais slavesold into [[Shattered Plains| Sadeas's warcamp]], where he is placed in [[Bridge Four]], and made to run headlong into enemy fire with the rest of his bridgecrew to give the army a way to cross the chasms as well as drawing enemy arrows away from troops. After a period of despair, Kaladin works to improve the life of his bridgecrew,. andHe figuretrains them so that the bridge runs won't tire them out howso tomuch, escapesaves the trappingslives of theinjured bridgemen, and slowly gets them to start caring again, and to see themselves as soldiers. Kaladin also plans to find a way to escape from Sadeas's army.

Following his brother [[Gavilar]]'s assassination, Dalinar took his last words to heart, and began following the [[Alethi Codes of War]] and the teachings of the [[The Way of Kings (in-world)|''The Way of Kings'']], a book written by [[Nohadon]]. He is plagued by visions of the past during every [[highstorm]], and has a strong sense that the war on the [[Shattered Plains]] is not what the king needs to be focused on, but rather uniting the Alethi highprinces completely. Following the betrayal by [[Torol Sadeas]], he finally drops politics and embraces the Blackthorn, realizing that he must force the highprinces to unite and finish the war quickly, so they may focus on the [[Desolation]] to come.

'''[[Shallan Davar]]''' becomes the ward of the rather infamous scholar [[Jasnah]], in the hopes of stealing her [[Soulcaster]]. Her story is a mostly an internal conflict between continuing her wardship, which she loves, and stealing the [[fabrial]] to help her family. As her conflict progresses, Shallan begins to draw mysterious spren when she's not paying attention, and she believes she is going mad. Things come to a head when her love interest [[Kabsal]] is caught trying to poison Jasnah, and Shallan's theft is revealed. She confronts Jasnah, who can also see the spren and can [[Soulcast]] without the use of a fabrial, and she reveals that she is researching the [[Voidbringer]]s.

'''[[Szeth]]''''s story is told through the Interludes. A [[Truthless]] of [[Shinovar]], he is first introduced when he famously assassinates King Gavilar of [[Alethkar]]. Known as the Assassin in White, he goes through several masters before getting orders to assassinate several highrankinghigh-ranking people by a mysterious master. Hating himself, he murders the people on his list until he gets to King [[Taravangian]], who turns out to be the man holding his [[oathstone]].

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