Words of Radiance/Statistical analysis

This page contains some statistical analysis of Words of Radiance, the second book in The Stormlight Archive.

For a full series overview see The Stormlight Archive/Statistical analysis, and for other books in the series see The Way of Kings/Statistical analysis, Oathbringer/Statistical analysis, and Rhythm of War/Statistical analysis.

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Chapter by Chapter Breakdown

Chapter	Character	Word Count	Percentage
Prologue: To Question	Jasnah Kholin	5,283	1.33%
Part One: Alight
1: Santhid	Shallan Davar	7,930	1.98%
2: Bridge Four	Kaladin	5,471	1.37%
3: Pattern	Shallan Davar	2,849	0.72%
4: Taker of Secrets	Dalinar Kholin	4,285	1.08%
5: Ideals	Kaladin	1,846	0.46%
	Torol Sadeas	771	0.19%
	Kaladin	5,883	1.48%
6: Terrible Destruction	Shallan Davar	4,424	1.11%
7: Open Flame	Shallan Davar	2,217	0.56%
8: Knives in the Back • Soldiers on the Field	Dalinar Kholin	2,618	0.66%
9: Walking the Grave	Kaladin	3,008	0.76%
10: Red Carpet Once White	Shallan Davar (flashback)	322	0.08%
11: An Illusion of Perception	Shallan Davar	4,062	1.02%
12: Hero	Kaladin	4,531	1.14%
Part One Total		50,217	12.61%
Interludes
I-1. Narak	Eshonai	3,540	0.89%
I-2. Ym	Ym	2,986	0.75%
I-3. Rysn	Rysn	7,602	1.91%
I-4. Last Legion	Eshonai	4,209	1.06%
Interludes Total		18,337	4.60%
Part Two: Winds’ Approach
13: The Day’s Masterpiece	Shallan Davar	2,731	0.69%
14: Ironstance	Adolin Kholin	2,922	0.73%
15: A Hand with the Tower	Shallan Davar	2,256	0.57%
16: Swordmaster	Kaladin	4,464	1.12%
17: A Pattern	Shallan Davar	4,848	1.22%
18: Bruises	Kaladin	3,877	0.97%
19: Safe Things	Shallan Davar (flashback)	1,447	0.36%
20: The Coldness of Clarity	Shallan Davar	2,862	0.72%
21: Ashes	Shallan Davar	2,371	0.60%
22: Lights in the Storm	Kaladin	4,476	1.12%
23: Assassin	Kaladin	1,889	0.47%
24: Tyn	Shallan Davar	4,344	1.09%
25: Monsters	Kaladin	4,356	1.09%
26: The Feather	Adolin Kholin	3,790	0.95%
27: Fabrications to Distract	Shallan Davar (flashback)	867	0.22%
28: Boots	Shallan Davar	2,831	0.71%
29: Rule of Blood	Torol Sadeas	3,191	0.80%
30: Nature Blushing	Shallan Davar	2,592	0.65%
31: The Stillness Before	Kaladin	880	0.22%
	Shallan Davar	1,392	0.35%
32: The One Who Hates	Kaladin	758	0.19%
	Shallan Davar	84	0.02%
	Kaladin	2,487	0.62%
33: Burdens	Kaladin	1,856	0.47%
	Adolin Kholin	252	0.06%
	Kaladin	824	0.21%
34: Blossoms and Cake	Shallan Davar	2,772	0.70%
Part Two Total		67,419	16.93%
Interludes
I-5. The Rider of Storms	Eshonai	1,381	0.35%
I-6. Zahel	Zahel	434	0.11%
I-7. Taln	Talenel	915	0.23%
I-8. A Form of Power	Eshonai	607	0.15%
Interludes Total		3,337	0.84%
Part Three: Deadly
35: The Multiplied Strain of Simultaneous Infusion	Adolin Kholin	2,120	0.53%
	Navani Kholin	2,522	0.63%
36: A New Woman	Shallan Davar	4,614	1.16%
37: A Matter of Perspective	Adolin Kholin	2,624	0.66%
38: The Silent Storm	Shallan Davar	5,431	1.36%
39: Heterochromatic	Shallan Davar (flashback)	3,032	0.76%
40: Palona	Shallan Davar	2,141	0.54%
41: Scars	Kaladin	5,543	1.39%
42: Mere Vapors	Shallan Davar	2,455	0.62%
43: The Ghostbloods	Shallan Davar	5,401	1.36%
44: One Form of Justice	Kaladin	5,531	1.39%
45: Middlefest	Shallan Davar (flashback)	6,710	1.68%
46: Patriots	Kaladin	6,669	1.67%
47: Feminine Wiles	Shallan Davar	3,612	0.91%
48: No More Weakness	Shallan Davar (flashback)	3,356	0.84%
49: Watching the World Transform	Shallan Davar	6,311	1.58%
50: Uncut Gems	Adolin Kholin	2,800	0.70%
51: Heirs	Adolin Kholin	2,752	0.69%
52: Into the Sky	Kaladin	252	0.06%
	Shallan Davar	1,124	0.28%
	Kaladin	493	0.12%
	Shallan Davar	1,077	0.27%
	Kaladin	300	0.08%
	Shallan Davar	771	0.19%
	Kaladin	341	0.09%
	Shallan Davar	694	0.17%
	Kaladin	891	0.22%
	Shallan Davar	386	0.10%
	Kaladin	1,585	0.40%
53: Perfection	Adolin Kholin	2,255	0.57%
54: Veil’s Lesson	Shallan Davar	4,412	1.11%
55: The Rules of the Game	Kaladin	6,165	1.55%
56: Whitespine Uncaged	Kaladin	891	0.22%
	Adolin Kholin	1,074	0.27%
	Kaladin	429	0.11%
	Adolin Kholin	1,244	0.31%
	Dalinar Kholin	430	0.11%
	Adolin Kholin	431	0.11%
	Dalinar Kholin	444	0.11%
57: To Kill the Wind	Shallan Davar	306	0.08%
	Kaladin	3,495	0.88%
58: Never Again	Kaladin	1,038	0.26%
	Torol Sadeas	405	0.10%
	Kaladin	187	0.05%
Part Three Total		115,408	28.98%
Interludes
I-9. Lift	Lift	10,664	2.68%
I-10. Szeth	Szeth-son-son-Vallano	773	0.19%
I-11. New Rhythms	Eshonai	4,799	1.21%
Interludes Total		16,236	4.08%
Part Four: The Approach
59: Fleet	Kaladin	2,804	0.70%
60: Veil Walks	Shallan Davar	3,143	0.79%
61: Obedience	Shallan Davar (flashback)	1,861	0.47%
62: The One Who Killed Promises	Kaladin	2,153	0.54%
63: A Burning World	Shallan Davar	5,523	1.39%
64: Treasures	Kaladin	557	0.14%
	Shallan Davar	1,120	0.28%
65: The One Who Deserves It	Shallan Davar (flashback)	1,821	0.46%
66: Stormblessings	Kaladin	3,055	0.77%
67: Spit and Bile	Dalinar Kholin	5,944	1.49%
68: Bridges	Kaladin	7,178	1.80%
69: Nothing	Kaladin	2,034	0.51%
	Shallan Davar	1,946	0.49%
70: From a Nightmare	Kaladin	1,099	0.28%
	Shallan Davar	3,661	0.92%
71: Vigil	Teft	1,333	0.33%
	Kaladin	4,629	1.16%
72: Selfish Reasons	Kaladin	2,009	0.50%
	Shallan Davar	2,070	0.52%
73: A Thousand Scurrying Creatures	Shallan Davar (flashback)	2,860	0.72%
74: Striding the Storm	Kaladin	2,699	0.68%
75: True Glory	Dalinar Kholin	1,860	0.47%
	Shallan Davar	1,981	0.50%
Part Four Total		60,536	15.20%
Interludes
I-12. Lhan	Lhan	2,549	0.64%
I-13. A Part to Play	Eshonai	517	0.13%
I-14. Taravangian	Taravangian	7,122	1.79%
Interludes Total		10,188	2.56%
Part Five: Winds Alight
76: The Hidden Blade	Kaladin	1,144	0.29%
	Dalinar Kholin	650	0.16%
	Torol Sadeas	280	0.07%
	Dalinar Kholin	986	0.25%
	Kaladin	1,697	0.43%
	Torol Sadeas	193	0.05%
77: Trust	Shallan Davar	3,095	0.78%
	Kaladin	835	0.21%
78: Contradictions	Shallan Davar	3,325	0.83%
79: Toward the Center	Dalinar Kholin	1,470	0.37%
80: To Fight the Rain	Shallan Davar	1,866	0.47%
	Kaladin	1,708	0.43%
81: The Last Day	Dalinar Kholin	2,239	0.56%
	Kaladin	1,717	0.43%
	Adolin Kholin	1,142	0.29%
	Shallan Davar	1,339	0.34%
	Dalinar Kholin	817	0.21%
82: For Glory Lit	Kaladin	777	0.20%
	Adolin Kholin	857	0.22%
	Dalinar Kholin	1,455	0.37%
	Kaladin	963	0.24%
83: Time’s Illusion	Shallan Davar	986	0.25%
	Adolin Kholin	999	0.25%
	Dalinar Kholin	1,098	0.28%
	Kaladin	718	0.18%
84: The One Who Saves	Shallan Davar	983	0.25%
	Adolin Kholin	1,009	0.25%
	Kaladin	1,120	0.28%
85: Swallowed by the Sky	Dalinar Kholin	700	0.18%
	Shallan Davar	236	0.06%
	Dalinar Kholin	597	0.15%
	Adolin Kholin	236	0.06%
	Dalinar Kholin	403	0.10%
	Adolin Kholin	1,204	0.30%
86: Patterns of Light	Kaladin	313	0.08%
	Shallan Davar	122	0.03%
	Dalinar Kholin	1,037	0.26%
	Kaladin	682	0.17%
	Shallan Davar	449	0.11%
	Kaladin	1,138	0.29%
	Shallan Davar	392	0.10%
	Kaladin	351	0.09%
	Shallan Davar	255	0.06%
	Kaladin	1,163	0.29%
87: The Riddens	Kaladin	1,891	0.47%
	Shallan Davar	1,221	0.31%
	Lopen	615	0.15%
	Moash	625	0.16%
88: The Man Who Owned the Winds	Shallan Davar	2,128	0.53%
	Meridas Amaram	1,141	0.29%
	Szeth-son-son-Vallano	894	0.22%
89: The Four	Dalinar Kholin	360	0.09%
	Adolin Kholin	1,184	0.30%
	Dalinar Kholin	2,511	0.63%
Part Five Total		57,316	14.39%
Epilogue: Art and Expectation	Wit	1,821	0.46%

Unique POV Breakdown

Character (21+1)	# of POVs (178)	% of Total POVs	Word Count (398,238)	% of Word Count
Jasnah Kholin	1	0.5618%	5,283	1.3266%
Shallan Davar	50	28.0899%	125,141	31.4237%
Dalinar Kholin	19	10.6742%	29,904	7.5091%
Kaladin	55	30.8989%	124,850	31.3506%
Torol Sadeas	5	2.8090%	4,840	1.2154%
Shallan Davar (flashback)	9	5.0562%	22,276	5.5936%
Eshonai	6	3.3708%	15,053	3.7799%
Ym	1	0.5618%	2,986	0.7498%
Rysn	1	0.5618%	7,602	1.9089%
Adolin Kholin	18	10.1124%	28,895	7.2557%
Zahel	1	0.5618%	434	0.1090%
Talenel	1	0.5618%	915	0.2298%
Navani Kholin	1	0.5618%	2,522	0.6333%
Lift	1	0.5618%	10,664	2.6778%
Szeth-son-son-Vallano	2	1.1236%	1,667	0.4186%
Teft	1	0.5618%	1,333	0.3347%
Lhan	1	0.5618%	2,549	0.6401%
Taravangian	1	0.5618%	7,122	1.7884%
Lopen	1	0.5618%	615	0.1544%
Moash	1	0.5618%	625	0.1569%
Meridas Amaram	1	0.5618%	1,141	0.2865%
Wit	1	0.5618%	1,821	0.4573%

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