Summary:Words of Radiance/Chapter 5
Chapter 5: Ideals | |
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Words of Radiance Summary | |
Follows | Chapter 4: Taker of Secrets |
Precedes | Chapter 6: Terrible Destruction |
Analytics | |
Viewpoints | Kaladin, Torol Sadeas |
Word Count | 8500 |
Epigraph
“The sign on the wall proposed a greater danger, even, than its deadline. To foresee the future is of the Voidbringers. ”
—From the journal of Navani Kholin, Jesesach 1174
Plot Summary
- Tanatakan 1173
Kaladin and the members of Bridge Four listen to a crier read Dalinar's proclamation. The proclamation states that all gemhearts won in battle will now belong to the king, and shares of that wealth will be apportioned at the Crown’s discretion. The men are concerned that this will sow even more discontent among the highprinces, making their job as bodyguards to Dalinar more difficult. Kaladin orders Rock to start training cooks for the other bridgeman barracks, hoping it will make them less despondent, then heads to the Pinnacle to relieve Skar's team. On the way, Syl worries that Kaladin no longer laughs.
Once at the king's palace, Kaladin is allowed to stay for a meeting consisting of Dalinar, King Elhokar, Adolin, Navani, Renarin, General Khal, and his wife Teshav. Teshav reports that the highprinces are irate. They had hoped that Dalinar would reconsider, and sending the proclamation out to the public has provoked them. Elhokar says that it is a disaster, and fears that they'll be dead before the week is out. Dalinar says he'll unite the kingdom or destroy it trying. The proclamation was made in order to re-focus the highprinces’ attention on the war, and Dalinar did this knowing that it would enrage them. He wants the highprinces angry, to remind them of why they came to the Shattered Plains in the first place. He then announces his intention to "disarm" the highprinces by having Adolin begin dueling for the Shardblades and Shardplate in their armies. Lastly, when prompted on his endgame, Dalinar states his intention to refound the Radiants. He isn’t sure why exactly he needs to do this, but he knows he has to.
Characters
- Present
- Kaladin (Point of view)
- Torol Sadeas (Point of view)
- Eth
- General Khal
- Adolin Kholin
- Dalinar Kholin
- Gavilar Kholin
- Navani Kholin
- Renarin Kholin
- Leyten
- Lopen
- Mart
- Moash
- Rock
- Ialai Sadeas
- Shen
- Sigzil
- Skar
- Teft
- Teshav
- An unnamed member of the King's Guard
- Mentioned
Setting
The warcamps of Dalinar and Sadeas as well as the Pinnacle.
Notable
- Elhokar has what may be the corpse of a Larkin inside a crystal paperweight in the conference room. [1]
Chapter Header
- Chanarach wedge
See Also
Notes
- ↑ Larkin in crystal
— 17th Shard forums - 7 April 2014#