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== Preface to ''Oathbringer'' ==
In Part One of ''[[Oathbringer]]'' the epigraphs are excerpts from the preface of the [[Oathbringer (in-world)|in-universe book of the same name]].
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!1{{anchor|Chapter 1}}
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!2{{anchor|Chapter 2}}
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== Letters ==
In Part Two of ''Oathbringer'' the epigraphs are three letters. The [[Letters#First_Oathbringer_Letter|first]] and [[Letters#Second_Oathbringer_Letter|second]] are directed to "[[Hoid|Cephandrius]]", and the [[Letters#Third_Oathbringer_Letter|third]] is addressed to "Friend"--also likely referring to Hoid. The
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! rowspan = "8" | [[Letters#First_Oathbringer_Letter|First letter]]
!33{{anchor|Chapter 33}}
| "Dearest Cephandrius,
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!37{{anchor|Chapter 37}}
|"You mustn't worry yourself about [[Rayse]]. It ''is'' a pity about [[Aona]] and [[Skai]], but they were foolish--violating our pact from the very beginning."
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!38{{anchor|Chapter 38}}
|"As for [[Uli Da]], it was obvious from the outset that she was going to be a problem. Good riddance."
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!41{{anchor|Chapter 41}}
|"Regardless, this is not your concern. You turned your back on divinity. If Rayse becomes an issue, he will be dealt with. And so will you."
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! rowspan = "9" | [[Letters#Second_Oathbringer_Letter|Second letter]]
!42{{anchor|Chapter 42}}
|"Cephandrius, bearer of the First Gem,
You must know better than to approach us by relying upon presumption of past relationship."
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!43{{anchor|Chapter 43}}
|"You have spoken to one who cannot respond. We, instead, will take your communication to us--though we know not how you located us upon this world."
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!44{{anchor|Chapter 44}}
|"We are indeed intrigued, for we thought it well hidden. Insignificant among our many realms."
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!45{{anchor|Chapter 45}}
|"As the waves of the sea must continue to surge, so must our will continue resolute.
Alone."
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!46{{anchor|Chapter 46}}
|"Did you expect anything else from us? We need not suffer the interference of another. Rayse is contained, and we care not for his prison."
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!47{{anchor|Chapter 47}}
|"Indeed, we admire his initiative. Perhaps if you had approached the correct one of us with your plea, it would have found favorable audience."
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!48{{anchor|Chapter 48}}
|"But we stand in the sea, pleased with our domains. Leave us alone."
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!50{{anchor|Chapter 50}}
|"We also instruct that you should not return to [[Obrodai]]. We have claimed that world, and a new avatar of our being is beginning to manifest there.
She is young yet, and--as a precaution--she has been instilled with an intense and overpowering dislike of you."
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!51{{anchor|Chapter 51}}
|"This is all we will say at this time. If you wish more, seek these waters in person and overcome the tests we have created.
Only in this will you earn our respect."
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! rowspan = "5" | [[Letters#Third_Oathbringer_Letter|Third letter]]
!53{{anchor|Chapter 53}}
|"Friend,
Your letter is most intriguing, even revelatory."
|-
!54{{anchor|Chapter 54}}
|"I would have thought, before attaining my current station, that a deity could not be surprised.
Obviously, that is not true. I can be surprised. I can perhaps even be naive, I think."
|-
!55{{anchor|Chapter 55}}
|"I am the least equipped, of all, to aid you in this endeavor. I am finding that the powers I hold are in such conflict that the most simple of actions can be difficult."
|-
!56{{anchor|Chapter 56}}
|"I am also made uncertain by your subterfuge. Why have you not made yourself known to me before this? How is it you can hide? Who are you truly, and how do you know so much about [[Adonalsium]]?"
|-
!57{{anchor|Chapter 57}}
|"If you would speak to me further, I request open honesty. Return to my lands, approach my servants, and I will see what I can do for your quest."
|}
== Urithiru Gem Archive ==
In Part Three of ''Oathbringer'', the epigraphs are records retrieved from the gem archive in [[Urithiru]]. The drawer number and [[Polestone|gemstone]] designations are included with the record. The gemstone used to make the record likely corresponds to the Order of the [[Knights Radiant|Knight]] who made it. (
Notably, if the gemstones correspond to order, there are no records made by [[Edgedancers]] or the one [[Bondsmith]] spoken of in Chapter 67's epigraph, [[Melishi]].
{| class="infobox sortable" width=100%
! Chapter !! Text !! Drawer !! Gemstone
|-
!58{{anchor|Chapter 58}}
| "As a [[Stoneward]], I spent my entire life looking to sacrifice myself. I secretly worry that is the cowardly way. The easy way out."
| data-sort-value="29-05" | 29-5
| data-sort-value="topaz" | topaz
|-
!59{{anchor|Chapter 59}}
| "If this is to be permanent, then I wish to leave record of my husband and children. [[Wzmal]], as good a man as any woman could dream of loving. [[Kmakra]] and [[Molinar]], the true gemstones of my life."
| data-sort-value="12-15" | 12-15
| data-sort-value="ruby" | ruby
|-
!60{{anchor|Chapter 60}}
| "I worry about my fellow [[Truthwatchers]]."
| data-sort-value="08-21" | 8-21
| data-sort-value="emerald, 2" | second emerald
|-
!61{{anchor|Chapter 61}}
| "We can record any secret we wish, and leave it here? How do we know that they'll be discovered? Well, I don't care. Record that then."
| data-sort-value="02-03" | 2-3
| data-sort-value="smokestone" | smokestone
|-
!62{{anchor|Chapter 62}}
| "I wish to submit my formal protest at the idea of abandoning the tower. This is an extreme step, taken brashly."
| data-sort-value="02-22" | 2-22
| data-sort-value="smokestone" | smokestone
|-
!63{{anchor|Chapter 63}}
| "I returned to the tower to find squabbling children, instead of proud knights, That's why I hate this place. I'm going to go chart the hidden undersea caverns of [[Aimia]]; find my maps in [[Akinah]]."
| data-sort-value="16-16" | 16-16
| data-sort-value="amethyst" | amethyst
|-
!64{{anchor|Chapter 64}}
| "The disagreements between the [[Skybreakers]] and the Windrunners have grown to tragic levels. I plead with any who hear this to recognize you are not so different as you think."
| data-sort-value="27-19" | 27-19
| data-sort-value="topaz" | topaz
|-
!65{{anchor|Chapter 65}}
| "Now that we abandon the tower, can I finally admit that I hate this place? Too many rules."
| data-sort-value="08-01" | 8-1
| data-sort-value="amethyst" | amethyst
|-
!67{{anchor|Chapter 67}}
| "This generation has had only one [[Bondsmith]], and some blame the divisions among us upon this fact. The true problem is far deeper. I believe that [[Honor]] himself is changing."
| data-sort-value="24-18" | 24-18
| data-sort-value="smokestone" | smokestone
|-
!68{{anchor|Chapter 68}}
| "My research into the cognitive reflections of the spren at the tower has been deeply illustrative. Some thought that the [[Sibling]] had withdrawn from men by intent- but I find counter to that theory."
| data-sort-value="01-01" | 1-1
| data-sort-value="zircon, 1" | first zircon
|-
!69{{anchor|Chapter 69}}
| "The wilting of plants and the general cooling of the air is disagreeable, yes, but some of the tower's functions remain in place. The increased pressure, for example, persists."
| data-sort-value="01-01" | 1-1
| data-sort-value="zircon, 2" | second zircon
|-
!70{{anchor|Chapter 70}}
| "Something is happening to the Sibling. I agree this is true, but the division among the Knights Radiant is not to blame. Our perceived worthiness is a separate issue."
| data-sort-value="01-01" | 1-1
| data-sort-value="zircon, 3" | third zircon
|-
!72{{anchor|Chapter 72}}
| "The [[Edgedancers]] are too busy relocating the tower's servants and farmers to send a representative to record their thoughts in these gemstones.
I'll do it for them, then. They are the ones who will be most displaced by this decision. The Radiants will
| data-sort-value="04-17" | 4-17
| data-sort-value="topaz, 2" | second topaz
|-
!73{{anchor|Chapter 73}}
| "I am worried about the tower's protections failing. If we are not safe from the [[Unmade]] here, then where?"
| data-sort-value="03-11" | 3-11
| data-sort-value="garnet" | garnet
|-
!74{{anchor|Chapter 74}}
| "Today, I leaped from the tower for the last time. I felt the wind dance around me as I fell all the way along the eastern side, past the tower, and to the foothills below. I'm going to miss that."
| data-sort-value="10-01" | 10-1
| data-sort-value="sapphire" | sapphire
|-
!77{{anchor|Chapter 77}}
| "Something must be done about the remnants of [[Odium]]'s forces. The [[
| data-sort-value="30-20" | 30-20
| data-sort-value="emerald, 1" | first emerald
|-
!78{{anchor|Chapter 78}}
| "A coalition has been formed among scholar Radiants. Our goal is to deny the enemy their supply of [[Voidlight]]; this will prevent their continuing transformations, and give us an edge in combat."
| data-sort-value="30-20" | 30-20
| data-sort-value="emerald, 2" | second emerald
|-
!79{{anchor|Chapter 79}}
| "Our revelation is fueled by the theory that the Unmade can perhaps be captured like ordinary spren. It would require a special prison. And [[Melishi]]."
| data-sort-value="30-20" | 30-20
| data-sort-value="emerald, 3" | third emerald
|-
!80{{anchor|Chapter 80}}
| "[[Ba-Ado-Mishram]] has somehow [[Connection|Connected]] with the parsh people, as Odium once did. She provides Voidlight and facilitates forms of power. Our strike team is going to imprison her."
| data-sort-value="30-20" | 30-20
| data-sort-value="emerald, 4" | fourth emerald
|-
!81{{anchor|Chapter 81}}
| "We are uncertain the effects this will have on the parsh. At the very least, it should deny them forms of power. Melishi is confident, but [[Naze-daughter-Kuzodo]] warns of unintended side effects."
| data-sort-value="30-20" | 30-20
| data-sort-value="emerald, 5" | fifth emerald
|-
!82{{anchor|Chapter 82}}
| "Surely this will bring - at long last - the end to war that the [[Herald]]s promised us."
| data-sort-value="30-20" | 30-20
| data-sort-value="emerald, 99" | final emerald
|-
!83{{anchor|Chapter 83}}
| "As the duly appointed keepers of the perfect gems, we of the [[Elsecallers]] have taken the burden of protecting the ruby nicknamed [[Honor's Drop]]. Let it be recorded."
| data-sort-value="20-10" | 20-10
| data-sort-value="zircon" | zircon
|-
!84{{anchor|Chapter 84}}
| "The enemy makes another push toward [[Feverstone Keep]]. I wish we knew what it was that had them so interested in that area. Could they be intent on capturing [[Rall Elorim]]?"
| data-sort-value="19-02" | 19-2
| data-sort-value="topaz, 3" | third topaz
|-
!85{{anchor|Chapter 85}}
| "Don't tell anyone. I can't say it. I must whisper. I foresaw this."
| data-sort-value="30-20" | 30-20
| data-sort-value="emerald" | a particularly small emerald
|-
!86{{anchor|Chapter 86}}
| "My spren claims that recording this will be good for me, so here I go. Everyone says I will swear the [[Immortal Words|Fourth Ideal]] soon, and in so doing, earn my armor. I simply don't think that I can. Am I not supposed to want to help people?"
| data-sort-value="10-12" | 10-12
| data-sort-value="sapphire" | sapphire
|-
!87{{anchor|Chapter 87}}
| "Good night, dear Urithiru. Good night, sweet Sibling. Good night, Radiants."
| data-sort-value="29-29" | 29-29
| data-sort-value="ruby" | ruby
|-
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In Part Four of ''Oathbringer'', the epigraphs are from an in-universe book, [[Hessi]]'s ''[[Mythica]]'', which attempts to catalog the nine [[Unmade]].
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!89{{anchor|Chapter 89}}
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!104{{anchor|Chapter 104}}
| "[[Ashertmarn]], the Heart of the Revel, is the final of the three great Mindless Unmade. His gift to men is not
| 203
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In Part Five of ''Oathbringer'', the epigraphs are take from the translation of the [[Eila Stele]] and from the ''[[The Way of Kings (in-world)|The Way of Kings]]'' postscript.
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!115{{anchor|Chapter 115}}
== Notes ==
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