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{{book|title=''The Way of Kings'' Prime
|cover=TWoK
|released= July 7, 2020
|'publisher=[[Dragonsteel Entertainment]]
|ISBN=978-1938570247
}}
'''''The Way of Kings'' Prime''' is the original draft of ''[[The Way of Kings]]'' written in 2002. It is the thirteenth novel [[Brandon Sanderson]] wrote and the last he wrote before being published.{{wob ref|7818}} It was released as a free ebook and limited edition hardcover as part of ''The Way of Kings'' leatherbound [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/the-way-of-kings-10th-anniversary-leatherbound-edition/description Kickstarter], and later as a add on for the ''Words of Radiance'' Leatherbound campaign on [https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/dragonsteel/words-of-radiance-leatherbound/ Backerkit]. The book can be downloaded [https://www.brandonsanderson.com/the-way-of-kings-prime/ here]. A free audiobook, narrated by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading is available [https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/collections/featured-products/products/the-way-of-kings-prime-audiobook here]
== Differences from the published version ==
* Much like the published ''Way of Kings'', WoK Prime was the first book to an epic fantasy series; however, at the time, the cycle was called the "Oathshards Series".{{wob ref|7581}}
* [[Kaladin]] was known as "Merin".{{wob ref|10099}}
* [[Kaladin]] accepts the Shards at the beginning of the novel, instead of refusing them, and the story is about him becoming a Shardbearer.{{wob ref|4650}}
* [[Szeth]] was known as "Jek".{{wob ref|9000}}
* [[Jasnah Kholin]] was also a main
* [[Vasher]] made an appearance as an [[Ardent|ardent]] teaching [[Shardblade]]s under his real name rather than as Zahel.{{wob ref|3808}}
* [[Shallan]] did not exist. Instead, Jasnah had another red-headed apprentice, called Shinri Davar. Her plotline and character were completely different from that of Shallan, and though Shinri did eventually evolve into Shallan, Brandon considers the two to be separate characters.{{wob ref|11457}}
* [[Spren]] were not a part of [[Roshar]] yet.{{wob ref|6455}}
* The [[Diagram (literature)|Diagram]] was written by [[Renarin Kholin]], whose mind was destroyed by the knowledge.{{wob ref|842}}
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* [[Adolin]] was called "Aredor" and was executed by Elhokar.{{wob ref|3808}}
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* The [[Herald]]s resurrected by taking over the bodies of Rosharans, similar to how [[Fused]] work in [[The Stormlight Archive]]. This fuelled the mystery of "is Taln the real deal, or is he just some crazy guy".{{wob ref|12029}}
* The Heralds had the ability to sense other [[Honorblade]]s by holding their own, though Taln initially assumed it was an ability to sense each other. In one of the scenes of the original draft, he used this to try and track down his fellow Heralds, only to find the abandoned Blades.{{wob ref|11609}}
* Dalinar's name was spelt Dalenar
* Shardplate is said to be made by Awakeners which are different from Nalthian [[Awakening|Awakeners]] and the equivalent of [[Soulcaster|Soulcasters]].
* All but one of the Heralds were male.{{cite}}
* [[Lhan]] was a viewpoint character, though he was more similar in character to [[Lightsong]] than his in-world counterpart.
* [[Hoid]] was not a part of the story.
* The [[Oathgate]]s were intact.
* [[Elhokar]] was killed by Dalinar.
* [[Elhokar]]'s father was called Nolhonarin.
== Trivia ==
* A sequence of six chapters from ''The Way of Kings'' Prime is included in the [[bws: altered-perceptions|Altered Perceptions Anthology]].
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] was the first character Brandon Sanderson ever wrote when he was 15 years old. What he originally had in mind was a
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