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 herald 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	Shadesmar	Battar	Battar	Battar	Battar
1	Santhid	Shadesmar	Pailiah	Pailiah	Pailiah	Pailiah
2	Bridge Four	Kaladin	Talenel	Talenel	Talenel	Talenel
3	Pattern	Shadesmar	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash
4	Taker of Secrets	Dalinar	Ishar	Ishar	Ishar	Ishar
5	Ideals	Kaladin	Chanarach	Chanarach	Chanarach	Chanarach
6	Terrible Destruction	Shadesmar	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash
7	Open Flame	Shadesmar	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	Shallan Flashback	Vedel	Vedel	Vedel	Vedel
11	An Illusion of Perception	Pattern	Battar	Battar	Battar	Battar
12	Hero	Kaladin	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien
I-1	Narak	Eshonai	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash
I-2	Ym	Five Swords	Vedel	Vedel	Vedel	Vedel
I-3	Rysn	Five Swords	Chanarach	Chanarach	Chanarach	Chanarach
I-4	Last Legion	Eshonai	Talenel	Talenel	Talenel	Talenel
13	The Day's Masterpiece	Pattern	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash
14	Ironstance	Adolin	Kalak	Kalak	Kalak	Kalak
15	A Hand with the Tower	Pattern	Chanarach	Chanarach	Chanarach	Chanarach
16	Swordmaster	Kaladin	Ishar	Ishar	Ishar	Ishar
17	A Pattern	Pattern	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash
18	Bruises	Kaladin	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien
19	Safe Things	Shallan Flashback	Nale	Shalash	Shalash	Nale
20	The Coldness of Clarity	Pattern	Battar	Jezrien	Jezrien	Battar
21	Ashes	Pattern	Nale	Talenel	Talenel	Nale
22	Lights in the Storm	Kaladin	Nale	Chanarach	Chanarach	Nale
23	Assassin	Kaladin	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien	Jezrien
24	Tyn	Pattern	Shalash	Kalak	Kalak	Shalash
25	Monsters	Kaladin	Jezrien	Chanarach	Chanarach	Jezrien
26	The Feather	Adolin	Pailiah	Kalak	Kalak	Pailiah
27	Fabrications to Distract	Shallan Flashback	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash
28	Boots	Pattern	Talenel	Shalash	Shalash	Talenel
29	Rule of Blood	Five Swords	Shalash	Talenel	Talenel	Shalash
30	Nature Blushing	Pattern	Shalash	Pailiah	Pailiah	Shalash
31	The Stillness Before	Pattern	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	Pattern	Nale	Shalash	Shalash	Nale
I-5	The Rider of Storms	Eshonai	Talenel	Talenel	Talenel	Talenel
I-6	Zahel	Five Swords	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	Pattern	Chanarach	Shalash	Shalash	Chanarach
37	A Matter of Perspective	Adolin	Pailiah	Nale	Nale	Pailiah
38	The Silent Storm	Pattern	Battar	Shalash	Shalash	Battar
39	Heterochromatic	Shallan Flashback	Nale	Chanarach	Chanarach	Nale
40	Palona	Pattern	Vedel	Kalak	Kalak	Vedel
41	Scars	Kaladin	Vedel	Jezrien	Jezrien	Vedel
42	Mere Vapors	Pattern	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash	Shalash
43	The Ghostbloods	Pattern	Hoid	Pailiah	Pailiah	Hoid
44	One Form of Justice	Kaladin	Nale	Chanarach	Chanarach	Nale
45	Middlefest	Shallan Flashback	Hoid	Vedel	Vedel	Hoid
46	Patriots	Kaladin	Nale	Talenel	Talenel	Nale
47	Feminine Wiles	Pattern	Shalash	Pailiah	Pailiah	Shalash
48	No More Weakness	Shallan Flashback	Chanarach	Vedel	Vedel	Chanarach
49	Watching the World Transform	Pattern	Chanarach	Pailiah	Pailiah	Chanarach
50	Uncut Gems	Adolin	Pailiah	Pailiah	Pailiah	Pailiah
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	Pattern	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	Pattern	Chanarach	Pailiah	Pailiah	Chanarach
61	Obedience	Shallan Flashback	Nale	Chanarach	Chanarach	Nale
62	The One Who Killed Promises	Kaladin	Nale	Nale	Nale	Nale
63	A Burning World	Pattern	Talenel	Shalash	Shalash	Talenel
64	Treasures	Pattern	Shalash	Ishar	Ishar	Shalash
65	The One Who Deserves It	Shallan Flashback	Vedel	Pailiah	Pailiah	Vedel
66	Stormblessings	Kaladin	Nale	Talenel	Talenel	Nale
67	Spit and Bile	Dalinar	Hoid	Ishar	Ishar	Hoid
68	Bridges	Kaladin	Kalak	Pailiah	Pailiah	Kalak
69	Nothing	Pattern	Shalash	Jezrien	Jezrien	Shalash
70	From a Nightmare	Kaladin	Kalak	Chanarach	Chanarach	Kalak
71	Vigil	Kaladin	Vedel	Ishar	Ishar	Vedel
72	Selfish Reasons	Pattern	Kalak	Talenel	Talenel	Kalak
73	A Thousand Scurrying Creatures	Shallan Flashback	Nale	Nale	Nale	Nale
74	Striding the Storm	Kaladin	Pailiah	Vedel	Vedel	Pailiah
75	True Glory	Dalinar	Vedel	Jezrien	Jezrien	Vedel
I-12	Lhan	Five Swords	Ishar	Pailiah	Pailiah	Ishar
I-13	A Part to Play	Eshonai	Battar	Battar	Battar	Battar
I-14	Taravangian	Five Swords	Jezrien	Pailiah	Pailiah	Jezrien
76	The Hidden Blade	Kaladin	Shalash	Talenel	Talenel	Shalash
77	Trust	Pattern	Chanarach	Pailiah	Pailiah	Chanarach
78	Contradictions	Pattern	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	Pailiah	Nale	Nale	Pailiah
86	Patterns of Light	Pattern	Jezrien	Nale	Nale	Jezrien
87	The Riddens	Five Swords	Shalash	Jezrien	Jezrien	Shalash
88	The Man Who Owned the Winds	Pattern	Nale	Shalash	Shalash	Nale
89	The Four	Adolin	Jezrien	Shalash	Ishar	Pailiah
Epilogue	Art and Expectation	Five Swords	Battar	Hoid	Hoid	Battar

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