Words of Radiance/Headings

It has been theorized that the faces on the arches at each of the epigraphs is a Herald (or Hoid), and that each face tells us something about the chapter that is about to be read.

Here is a table that has these faces and the names and the matching characteristics.

The icons are listed in order from left to right.

Chapter	Chapter Title	Symbol	Herald Name 1	Herald Name 2	Herald Name 3	Herald Name 4
Prologue	To Question	Shallan	Battar	Battar	Battar	Battar
1	Santhid	Shallan	Paliah	Paliah	Paliah	Paliah
2	Bridge Four	Kaladin	Talenel	Talenel	Talenel	Talenel
3	Pattern	Shallan	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash
4	Taker of Secrets	Dalinar	Ishar	Ishar	Ishar	Ishar
5	Ideals	Kaladin	Chanarach	Chanarach	Chanarach	Chanarach
6	Terrible Destruction	Shallan	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash
7	Open Flame	Shallan	Chanarach	Chanarach	Chanarach	Chanarach
8	Knives in the Back - Soldiers on the Field	Dalinar	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien
9	Walking the Grave	Kaladin	Nale	Nale	Nale	Nale
10	Red Carpet Once White		Vedel	Vedel	Vedel	Vedel
11	An Illusion of Perception		Battar	Battar	Battar	Battar
12	Hero	Kaladin	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien
I-1	Narak	Eshonai	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash
I-2	Ym		Vedel	Vedel	Vedel	Vedel
I-3	Rysn		Chanarach	Chanarach	Chanarach	Chanarach
I-4	Last Legion	Eshonai	Talenel	Talenel	Talenel	Talenel
13	The Day's Masterpiece		Shalash	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash
14	Ironstance	Adolin	Kalak	Kalak	Kalak	Kalak
15	A Hand with the Tower		Chanarach	Chanarach	Chanarach	Chanarach
16	Swordmaster	Kaladin	Ishar	Ishar	Ishar	Ishar
17	A Pattern		Shalash	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash
18	Bruises	Kaladin	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien
19	Safe Things		Nale	Shalash	Shalash	Nale
20	The Coldness of Clarity		Battar	Jezrien	Jezrien	Battar
21	Ashes		Nale	Talenel	Talenel	Nale
22	Lights in the Storm	Kaladin	Nale	Chanarach	Chanarach	Nale
23	Assassin	Kaladin	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien
24	Tyn		Shalash	Kalak	Kalak	Shalash
25	Monsters	Kaladin	Jezrien	Chanarach	Chanarach	Jezrien
26	The Feather	Adolin	Paliah	Kalak	Kalak	Paliah
27	Fabrications to Distract		Shalash	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash
28	Boots		Talenel	Shalash	Shalash	Talenel
29	Rule of Blood		Shalash	Talenel	Talenel	Shalash
30	Nature Blushing		Shalash	Paliah	Paliah	Shalash
31	The Stillness Before		Ishar	Vedel	Vedel	Ishar
32	The One Who Hates	Kaladin	Jezrien	Chanarach	Chanarach	Jezrien
33	Burdens	Kaladin	Jezrien	Nale	Nale	Jezrien
34	Blossoms and Cake		Nale	Shalash	Shalash	Nale
I-5	The Rider of Storms	Eshonai	Talenel	Talenel	Talenel	Talenel
I-6	Zahel		Ishar	Ishar	Ishar	Ishar
I-7	Taln	Taln	Hoid	Chanarach	Chanarach	Hoid
I-8	A Form of Power	Eshonai	Nale	Nale	Nale	Nale
35	The Multiplied Strain of Simultaneous Infusion	Adolin	Kalak	Battar	Battar	Kalak
36	A New Woman		Chanarach	Shalash	Shalash	Chanarach
37	A Matter of Perspective	Adolin	Paliah	Nale	Nale	Paliah
38	The Silent Storm		Battar	Shalash	Shalash	Battar
39	Heterochromatic		Nale	Chanarach	Chanarach	Nale
40	Palona		Vedel	Kalak	Kalak	Vedel
41	Scars	Kaladin	Vedel	Jezrien	Jezrien	Vedel
42	Mere Vapors		Shalash	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash
43	The Ghostbloods		Hoid	Paliah	Paliah	Hoid
44	One Form of Justice	Kaladin	Nale	Chanarach	Chanarach	Nale
45	Middlefest		Hoid	Vedel	Vedel	Hoid
46	Patriots	Kaladin	Nale	Talenel	Talenel	Nale
47	Feminine Wiles		Shalash	Paliah	Paliah	Shalash
48	No More Weakness		Chanarach	Vedel	Vedel	Chanarach
49	Watching the World Transform		Chanarach	Paliah	Paliah	Chanarach
50	Uncut Gems	Adolin	Paliah	Paliah	Paliah	Paliah
51	Heirs	Adolin	Ishar	Chanarach	Chanarach	Ishar
52	Into the Sky	Kaladin	Shalash	Jezrien	Jezrien	Shalash
53	Perfection	Adolin	Battar	Battar	Battar	Battar
54	Veil's Lesson		Ishar	Shalash	Shalash	Ishar
55	The Rules of the Game	Kaladin	Shalash	Hoid	Hoid	Shalash
56	Whitespine Uncaged	Kaladin	Chanarach	Chanarach	Chanarach	Chanarach
57	To Kill the Wind	Kaladin	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien
58	Never Again	Kaladin	Nale	Nale	Nale	Nale
I-9	Lift	Lift	Nale	Vedel	Vedel	Nale
I-10	Szeth	Szeth	Vedel	Vedel	Vedel	Vedel
I-11	New Rhythms	Eshonai	Ishar	Kalak	Kalak	Ishar
59	Fleet	Kaladin	Hoid	Nale	Nale	Hoid
60	Veil Walks		Chanarach	Paliah	Paliah	Chanarach
61	Obedience		Nale	Chanarach	Chanarach	Nale
62	The One Who Killed Promises	Kaladin	Nale	Nale	Nale	Nale
63	A Burning World		Talenel	Shalash	Shalash	Talenel
64	Treasures		Shalash	Ishar	Ishar	Shalash
65	The One Who Deserves It		Vedel	Paliah	Paliah	Vedel
66	Stormblessings	Kaladin	Nale	Talenel	Talenel	Nale
67	Spit and Bile	Dalinar	Hoid	Ishar	Ishar	Hoid
68	Bridges	Kaladin	Kalak	Paliah	Paliah	Kalak
69	Nothing		Shalash	Jezrien	Jezrien	Shalash
70	From a Nightmare	Kaladin	Kalak	Chanarach	Chanarach	Kalak
71	Vigil	Kaladin	Vedel	Ishar	Ishar	Vedel
72	Selfish Reasons		Kalak	Talenel	Talenel	Kalak
73	A Thousand Scurrying Creatures		Nale	Nale	Nale	Nale
74	Striding the Storm	Kaladin	Paliah	Vedel	Vedel	Paliah
75	True Glory	Dalinar	Vedel	Jezrien	Jezrien	Vedel
I-12	Lhan		Ishar	Paliah	Paliah	Ishar
I-13	A Part to Play	Eshonai	Battar	Battar	Battar	Battar
I-14	Taravangian		Jezrien	Paliah	Paliah	Jezrien
76	The Hidden Blade	Kaladin	Shalash	Talenel	Talenel	Shalash
77	Trust		Chanarach	Paliah	Paliah	Chanarach
78	Contradictions		Shalash	Ishar	Ishar	Shalash
79	Toward the Center	Dalinar	Chanarach	Chanarach	Chanarach	Chanarach
80	To Fight the Rain	Kaladin	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien
81	The Last Day	Dalinar	Chanarach	Ishar	Ishar	Chanarach
82	For Glory Lit	Kaladin	Nale	Chanarach	Chanarach	Nale
83	Time's Illusion	Adolin	Shalash	Talenel	Talenel	Shalash
84	The One Who Saves	Kaladin	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien
85	Swallowed by the Sky	Dalinar	Paliah	Nale	Nale	Paliah
86	Patterns of Light		Jezrien	Nale	Nale	Jezrien
87	The Riddens		Shalash	Jezrien	Jezrien	Shalash
88	The Man Who Owned the Winds		Nale	Shalash	Shalash	Nale
89	The Four	Adolin	Jezrien	Shalash	Ishar	Paliah
Epilogue	Art and Expectation		Battar	Hoid	Hoid	Battar