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|image=Wit-Fool_by_taratjah.jpg
|type=Musical instrument
|owners=[[Kaladin]], [[Hoid]] (former), [[Torol Sadeas]] (former)
▲|world=Cosmere
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
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By the time of the [[War of Reckoning]], Hoid had carried his Trailman's flute for an exceptionally long time. He referred to the flute using
[[Kaladin]]'s first meeting with Hoid occured after he
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|When you can make the music sing back at you, then you’ve mastered it.
|Hoid, to Kaladin{{book ref|sa1|57}}
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Kaladin was skeptical about learning how to play the flute and still held the traditional Alethi view of music as a feminine pursuit.{{book ref|sa1|57}}{{book ref|sa2|55}} He kept the flute but did not place much value on it, and he accidentally left it in the [[Bridge Four]] barracks after moving out of [[Shattered Plains|Sadeas's warcamp]].{{book ref|sa2|55}} Hoid knew Kaladin had lost the flute and was annoyed and disappointed; Kaladin was apologetic but still did not seem to grasp the flute's significance.{{book ref|sa2|55}} [[Torol Sadeas]] found the flute and had possession of it before his death, and Hoid wanted it back.{{wob ref|3350}} If Hoid were to recover the flute, he would not let Kaladin have it again.{{wob ref|2859}}
[[Shallan]] later encountered Hoid in [[Kholinar]], telling the story of Queen [[Tsa]]. After finishing the story, Hoid remarked to Shallan that he missed his flute.{{book ref|sa3|
Lift found the flute that used to belong to Hoid before Urithiru's occupation.{{book ref|sa4|i|5}} She got it from the bin of a merchant in Urithiru who sold salvage from the Shattered Plains in the [[Breakaway]], and [[Dabbid]] recognized it as Kaladin's when he saw it. After Urithiru was freed, Lift returned it to Kaladin via Dalinar.{{book ref|sa4|116}}
==Trivia==
*Hoid's flute may be related to [[Meridas Amaram]]'s collection of flutes.{{wob ref|9060}}
*The origins of Hoid's flute will be revealed at some point in a future work.{{wob ref|2734}}{{wob ref|13605}}
*How the flute ended up in the salvage bin in Urithiru is significant, but the identity of the owner of the shop is not.{{wob ref|14565}}
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