Difference between revisions of "Summary:Oathbringer"

* [[Chanada]] (mentioned only)\

* [[TezimIshar]] (mentioned only)

* [[Adolin KholinPattern]]

* [[Ialai SadeasTaravangian]]

* [[PatternIalai Sadeas]]

* [[TeshavLyn]]

* The [[TaravangianStormfather]]

* [[Re-ShephirEth]]

* [[Re-ShephirEth]]

Shallan comes to know the Unmade. It is fascinated by humans and drawn to violence. The spren begins to know Shallan and tries to bond towith her in replaceplace of Pattern. Shallan and Pattern hold tight to each other. She attacks, using Stormlight, but not sure what she is doing. Shallan realizes that the Unmade is afraid of being trapped again by a Lightweaver. She wavers because she knows the creature will find out her secrets, so she pretends to be committed. Re-Shephir flees, even more terrified. Shallan decides not to chase it, but orders guards to be posted just in case. Teft notes that that's a good idea since the pillar that Re-Shephir was surrounding is covered with thousands of huge cut gems.

* The [[SahStormfather]]

* [[Vai]] (mentioned only)

* [[Adolin Kholin]] (mentioned only)

* [[Skar]]Rock (mentioned onlyjunior)|Rock]]

Rock is cooking stew and surprised at how he finds the barren Shattered Plains beautiful. Kaladin is training crews on how to use Stormlight. He first has them swear the first oath, and Lunamor quietly recites it to himself as he cooks. He instructs Lopen, Sigzil, and Peet to start teaching. Dabbid takes over stirring. Lunamor goes to find Hobber and finds Kaladin kneeling beside him. He tenderly encourages Hobber to try breathing in Stormlight. Rock is skeptical he can do it, but Kaladin insists all of Bridge Four will, and maybe others. He cautions Kaladin that they are going to war and some may die. Several of the bridgemen are glowing; Lopen has stuck his face to the ground. Elhokar appears and asks Kaladin to come with him to Kholinar and reclaim their home. Kaladin agrees and is given twenty days to prepare the rest of the men. Renarin meanwhile comes straight from his daily duty at the Oathgate to be with Bridge Four. Rock invites him over to help cook and notes he can see all spren, but never Renarin's. Renarin wonders if he belongs to Bridge Four since he is not a Windrunner, but Rock insists that he does. He is conflicted over what is expected of him -- to be a warrior, or what he is good at, scholarly work. He feels the odd one out, but Rock points out [[Rlain]]; Renarin goes to sit by him. The men come over for a drink break. Skar is struggling at drawing in Stormlight, but he manages to teach Lunamor how to draw some in. Skar, instead of being jealous, is pleased, being a teacher at heart. Rock suddenly notices a large group of spren gathered to watch Bridge Four practicing. Sylphrena says they wouldn't talk to her because she sought out Kaladin and they hate to admit they were wrong. Rock makes an offering of Stormlight-infused spheres. The human-sized spren draws it in before flying away. Hobber breathes in a bit of Stormlight and calls the bridgemen over. Kaladin tells them to give him all their spheres so his legs can heal. He tentatively stands up, and Lopen gives him the ''two''-armed Bridge Four salute, which Hobber proudly returns. Rock looks to the west and sees a plume of smoke.

* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (point of view)

* The [[Stormfather]]

* [[Navani Kholin]]

* [[Jasnah Kholin]]

The Stormfather explains that the Voidbringers were given power by Odium, and when they were killed, they were simply reborn into the bodies of parshmen. Humans could never defeat them if they kept reincarnating, so Honor created the Oathpact with five men and five women. After each Desolation they would return to Damnation to hold back the spirits of the dead until a Herald, under torture, broke their oath. The Desolations came more often because it would take a shorter time for one to break. In this "last" Desolation, when nine of them survived, they hoped that the only Herald to never break, Talenelat, would be enough. He4500 lastedyears 4later,500 yearsanother ofdesolation torture until finally breakingstarts.

Teft wakes up in an alleyway after a night of indulging in [[firemoss]]. He stumbles to a well for water and contemplates suicide. He sees the reflection of a spren in the water and angrily tells it to find someone who cares. He wanders away from the well and realizes it's morning. He can't bring himself to return to the barracks. The spren appears again, but he just turns aside into the firemoss den from the night before, indulging in three more bowls. He no longer uses for euphoria -- just to be able to function. He wakes up with his head on the table in a puddle of drool. Kaladin and Rock have found him. Kaladin asks him where his coat is, and Teft admits that he has sold it.

* [[Yanagawn]]

* [[FiaGraves]]

Moash sits by a fire eating some stew that doesn't compare at all to Rock's. [[Graves]] and [[Febrth]] are arguing about what direction they should be heading. Graves tells Moash to get rid of the patch on his coat, so he cuts it off, but he doesn't throw it away. He wonders what Bridge Four is doing. He imagines Kaladin telling them what he had done. His regret and shame lead to thoughts of suicide. The camp is suddenly attacked by four Fused, and they quickly kill his companions. Moash manages to avoid the initial attack and squares off with a Fused that moves like ana EdgedancerWindrunner. He dismisses his Shardblade and instead fights using his training from Kaladin. He manages to kill one, later revealed to be Leshwi, and faces off with the other three. They are so impressed with him that they give him the chance to join them and live. He summons his Shardblade again and breaks the bond. He is carried off.

* [[NavaniJanala KholinLustow]]

* [[JanalaInadara]]

* [[LopenLunamor]]

* [[Gavilar Kholin]]

* [[Adolin KholinTanalan]] (mentioned only)

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.

* [[Renarin Kholin]] (mentioned only)

Dalinar returns to his camp exhausted. He has spent the last four years on campaign, first crushing the Herdazians and now fighting the Vedens at Alethkar's western border. Kadash enters and reports on the battle. Dalinar thinks on battlefield tactics and logistics and senses the Thrill still within him. He realizes that he is glad the fighting has gone on for so long so he can continue feeling the Thrill. As he finally drifts off to sleep, he hearsis woken by Evi's voice. She has been living in Kholinar for the past few years. At first he's angry that she's therehere, but she wants to be like the other Alethi wives and accompany her husband. She chides him for not visiting her more often; Renarin hasn't even met his father yet. Her healing touch calms him, and he goes to see his sons. Adolin is thrilled to see his father again and weit seeis clear how much Adolin already looks up to Dalinar. Renarin is a toddler and merely looks at his father and plays with blades of grass. The Thrill finally leaves Dalinar. He promises Evi that they will discuss her role there later, and she leads him to a bed in her wagon to sleep.

* [[YakeTeft]]

* [[Skar]]

* [[LeytenGift]]

* [[LopenCord]]

* The [[OdiumStormfather]]

* The [[StormfatherElhokar Kholin]] (mentioned only)

* [[MalataKmakl]]

* [[ShalashYanagawn]] (mentioned only)

* [[AesudanOdium]] (mentioned only)

Shallan tries to draw out some painspren by punching herself, but she can't bring herself to do it hard enough. The others are sitting in the showroom, [[Yokska]] updating the king on the erratic behavior of his wife. Shallan spies some scissors and stabs herself, bringing the painspren. They are twisted, monster-like, and green instead of orange. Elhokar blames his wife's behavior on the "dark spren" that came after the Everstorm. Shallan continues to sketch as she listens. She draws a hungerspren she'd seen earlier, but it had looked normal. The tailor tells them that the queen had ordered the execution of the parshmen, but the order was blocked by important lighteyes in the city. They were eventually exiled outside the city by the Wall Guard. Meanwhile, Shallan tries to think of something really embarrassing, and she unbuttons her safehand sleeve. During a pause in the conversation, she trips and sprawls out on the floor, showing her legs and exposed safehand. Shamespren appear, also altered from their normal form. She scurries off to draw them. Yokska continues: a new highmarshal of the Wall Guard arrived and restored order, but they mostly just guard the wall, leaving the [[Cult of Moments]] to rule the city. Use of any type of fabrial attracts screaming yellow spren, which draw some Fused who then confiscate the fabrial. Kaladin presses her for more information, but Shallan perceives that she is overwhelmed, so she is dismissed to rest. Elhokar is determined to stay and do something to save the city and his family. They decide to stay and at least scout out the city. Elhokar will send a message to his wife at the palace via Shallan, disguised as a message girl. Kaladin is to accompany her in case of emergency. Shallan goes to her room to change into Veil. Since she obviously wasn't with them, Shallan is forced to reveal the truth to themher guards.

* [[AesudanLyn]] (mentioned only)

* [[LiftIvory]] (mentioned only)

* [[Torol SadeasSzeth]] (mentioned only)

* [[EviJasnah Kholin]]

* [[HoidWit]]

* [[HoidWit]]

* [[Pattern]]

* [[AdolinDalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)

* [[Tanalan]]

* [[AdolinTanalan's Kholinfather]] (mentioned only)

* [[NoroBeard]]

Kaladin rushes to a stormshelter for rich folk before the Everstorm hits. He meets with Shallan and Adolin to share information. Adolin shares that Elhokar is doing better than expected at convincing lighteyes to join him. Kaladin states that he thinks Captain Azure might have an honorblade. They definitely have a soulcaster and seized emerald stones in the city. Judging the state of Kaladin's issued sword, Adolin is impressed by her. Shallan has found information on the Unmade and believes there are two in the city: Sja-anat, the Taker of Secrets, and Ashertmarn, the Heart of Revel. The former corrupting spren and the latter leading people to indulge in excess. Shallan plans to infiltrate the palace that night. They all realize their dire situation as the city's fall is inevitable without the Oathgate open. Kaladin notices an odd cremling with a strange tan pattern on its back, suggestive of the Sleepless.

* [[KharatVathah]]

* [[NoroVed (Stormlight)|Ved]]

* [[VardinarVaceslv]] (mentioned only)

* [[VedElhokar (Stormlight)|VedKholin]] (mentioned only)

* [[Ithi]] (mentioned only)

* [[NoroNoromin]] (mentioned only)

* [[HoidWit]]

* [[SkarDod]]

* [[PatternRe-Shephir]] (mentioned only)

* [[Aesudan Kholin]] (mentioned only)

* [[NoroNoromin]]

* [[AesudanPattern]]

* [[GavinorAesudan Kholin]]

* [[PatternGavilar Kholin]] (mentioned only)

The queen acts normally at first and says that Gavinor is off playing with friends. Syl tells Kaladin where he really is, in the room, and he heads that way. Elhokar tries to get the queen to come away with him from the evil influence in the palace, but she just calls him a fool. Meanwhile, Kaladin finds Gav huddling in a corner being attacked by strange red spren. He summons Syl and stabs one of them, seemingly killing it. Syl is amazedconfused that they may have killed a spren. The queen boasts of her "Radiants" in the palace and that she has bonded with ancient spren, something Gavilar hadn't discovered. Her eyes start glowing red. Elhokar gathers up his son and they flee the queen. She calls for her soldiers to attack.

* [[DrehyOdium]] (mentioned only)

* [[TeshavAladar]]

* [[AhuJezrien]]

* [[TienDalinar Kholin]] (mentioned only)

* [[Meridas AmaramMoash]] (mentioned only)

* [[NinNale]] (mentioned only)

* [[Mayalaran]] (mentioned only)

* [[Turinad SebarialLift]]

* [[PalonaLunamor]]

* [[PatternRiino]]

* [[MayalaranEvi Kholin]] (mentioned only)

* [[NinNale]]

* [[Dalinar KholinSkar]] (mentioned only)

* [[LaralAdolin Kholin]] (mentioned only)

* [[MayalaranShallan Davar]]

* [[SylphrenaMayalaran]]

* [[ShallanIco's Davarfather]]

* [[Elhokar Kholin]] (mentioned only)

{{epigraph|Ashertmarn, the Heart of the Revel, is the final of the three great mindless Unmade. His gift to men is not prophecy or battle focus, but a lust for indulgence. Indeed, the great debauchery recorded from the court of Bayala in 480 -- which led to dynastic collapse -- might be attributable to the influence of AsertmarnAshertmarn.}}

* [[HuioLift]] (mentioned only)

* [[TorolAesudan SadeasKholin]]

* [[JasnahRenarin Kholin]]

* [[NinNale]]

* [[Adolin KholinSylphrena]] (point ofmentioned viewonly)

* [[PatternWit]] (mentioned only)

* [[OdiumTimbre]]

* [[TimbreKarm]] (mentioned only)

* [[KdralkNavani Kholin]]

* [[Navani KholinKdralk]]

Rysn enters her combination to the first door, then they pass two more doors that are opened by guards, one of whom is unfamiliar to her. Rysn is taken through to an alcove that Fladm is waiting in, and she's transferred to a palanquin that Tlik and another guard carry her in, to her embarrassment. Chiri-Chiri follows her into the main vault. The vault is full of gemstones, but it is dark; they are traded on ledgers, backed by the confidence that the reserve is safe and intact. Rysn gives Vstim a key, and he unlocks Vault Thirteen, the queen's own vault. This closet-sized vault is full of light, much of it coming from a giant ruby, the [[King's Drop]]. VsitmVstim covers it with a cloth to reduce the glare, and the audit begins. Suddenly, the unfamiliar guard stabs Tlik and grabs the ruby, wounding Vstim and locking him in vault 13. Other guards attack, but the thief is able to heal. As more guards arrive to the fight, Rysn grabs the King's Drop, ties it to her leg, and pulls herself down the corridor. Chiri-Chiri feeds from the ruby. Rysn reaches Fladm's corpse and yells for help, taking his crossbow. Chiri-Chiri harrasses the thief, feeding from his [[Voidlight]]. The traitor is revealed to be one of the [[Fused]] that can lightweave. Rysn shoots him in the chin right as he looms over her. His Voidlight gone, he drops to the floor and is still.

* [[Cultivation]]

* [[OdiumYushah]]

* [[TurashMeridas Amaram]]

* [[IvoryRysn]]

* [[LiftNale]]

* [[Kmakl]] (mentioned only)

* [[Meridas Amaram]] (mentioned only)

* [[NergaoulGaz]] (mentioned only)

* [[NinWyndle]]

* [[SylphrenaNale]]

Adolin and Pattern continue their charade, blending in with the illusions. One of the Fused cuts her hand with a knife and sprays the blood toward them. The blood passes through the illusions but hits Adolin. Now they know who is real, and the Fused attack Adolin, disarming him of his harpoon. He draws his only weapon left, his knife, and tries to apply his training with Zahel -- knife vs. spear. He successfully dodges the attack, but the Fused can fly, negating his skill. He runs Adolin through with his lance. He draws a sword to finish him off, andbut hisAdolin's deadeye savagely attacks the Fused. HeAdolin struggles over toward Shallan, bleeding heavily.

* [[Fen RnamdiWyndle]]

* [[TimbreFen Rnamdi]]

Dalinar seems to literally relive the moment he sets Rathalas afire, hearing Evi's screams and crying. Odium banishes the Stormfather, leaving Dalinar utterly alone. Odium pleads with Dalinar to give him his pain. Dalinar realizes he has been a fraud.

Dalinar reaches his left hand into the Cognitive Realm and his right into the Spiritual Realm as his enemies stumble backward -- all but Venli, who asks what he is in a whisper. He hears Evi's voice; she forgives him. The pain of his role in her death begins to fade. Dalinar turns his head to Venli and states "I am unity." He combinesslams thehis Realmshand together, combining the three Realms.

Taln asks Ash how long it has been since the last Desolation. He's overjoyed to hear that it's been four thousand years. Humans have a chance this time because they were able to advance. He goes to meet "himDalinar, feeling that he is waiting for them though he does not know who Dalinar is," pulling Ash along.

Navani isleans overcomeover the top of the city, laughing with joy as gloryspren stream around her, as they are flying towards Dalinar. All of the gemstones scattered on the ground light up, taking in the Stormlight from Dalinar.

Dalinar realizes that Elhokar has not emerged from the column with the others, and knows that this means Elhokar has been killed. The power fades, the gloryspren disperse, and Dalinar is left feeling exhausted. The Stormfather is unsure what has happened. Dalinar says they have a [[Connection]] different from what was possible when Honor was alive. The Knights Radiant gather around Dalinar. The Stormfather recognizes Taln and Ash as they arrive. Kaladin asks for orders. They are still impossibly outnumbered by Amaram's troops, who are recovering their composure and are still consumed with the Thrill. He orders Renarin to secure the Oathgate, Shallan to conjure up an army, Jasnah to defend the hole in the wall, and Kaladin to engage Amaram. He reiterates his previous order to Lift and Szeth. He walks toward the water for his own task.

* [[Teshav Khal]]

* [[Torol SadeasYalb]] (mentioned only)

* [[NinGavilar Kholin]] (mentioned only)

* The [[TaravangianNightwatcher]] (mentioned only)

* [[YalbGaval]] (mentioned only)

Adolin and his men join Navani beyond the wall, where Adolin informs Navani of ElokharElhokar's death. Navani and Adolin join Queen Fen on the wall. As Adolin begins to formulate a defense, Jasnah interrupts by mending the walls around them and repairs the giant hole.

* [[NinNale]]

* [[LunamorLyn]]

* [[IsharTeshav Khal]] (mentioned only)

* [[LynLift]] (mentioned only)

* [[AdrotagiaGavinor Kholin]]

* [[SzethAdolin Kholin]]

* [[Jasnah KholinHonor]] (mentioned only)

Taravangian finishes his day's puzzles, revealing he is stupid on this day, as his assistants, Mrall, Adrotagia, and Dukar, debate over the recent accuracy of the Diagram. A voice constantly asks Taravangian to open a window, which he does, and Odium enters the room. Odium sarcastically compliments the Diagram before showing Taravangian the absolute eternity within his plans. Taravangian strikesattempts ato dealbargain with Odium for the protection of everyone Taravangian rules, but Odium has seen through his plans to rule all Roshar to include all humanity under the protection. Taravangian instead strikes the best deal Odium will agree to: his service, in exchange for the protection of everyone born in Kharbranth and their spouses.

Wit leaves and heads towards the palace, acting like a crazy beggar. He passes Vatwha, a Fused sentry who he once danced with thousands of years before, but she doesn't notice him. He approaches a section of the fallen palace that the Fused and singers are working particularly hard at clearing the rubble in, wondering if anyone else found it strange that they focused so much on that section. Wit encounters a pair of common singers, and bows several times and tries to sell them trinkets from his pocket, continuing his act. The guards try to shove him away, but Wit pretends to panic and runs deeper into the worksite. He gets shouted at to leave, and continues faking fright, then purposely trips himself against a wall that is still standing. He addresses an unseen entity, telling them that they don't have a lot of options, that he believes he is in the city to find the entity, and promises to give them juicy truths if they come out. A moving pattern slips out of the cracks and onto his hand, which he hides in his rags. The singer guards catch up to him and toss him into the gardens. After they leave, Wit addresses the frightened-seeming Cryptic on his hand with "Life before death, little one".