Summary:Oathbringer

Chapter 74: Swiftspren

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.

Characters

• Shallan Davar (point of view)
• Grund
• Drehy
• Skar
• Pattern
• Elhokar Kholin
• Ishnah
• Ma (mentioned only)
• Seland (mentioned only)
• Muri (mentioned only)
• Vathah (mentioned only)
• Jasnah Kholin (mentioned only)
• Wit (mentioned only)
• Kaladin (mentioned only)
• Adolin Kholin (mentioned only)

Plot Summary

Veil makes her usual rounds, giving food to Grund and Muri. She is gaining a reputation as a "Swiftspren," a spren robbing the rich and giving the food to the poor. She enhances this reputation by sending Ishnah and Vathah, wearing illusions, to look like Veil. She notices a Cult of Moments procession and joins them, creating an illusion shaped like the one she saw on the Wind's Pleasure. She gets caught up in the chanting but is jarred by a voice in her mind saying "Shallan, I'm not your enemy." She breaks free and, continuing under the illusion of a spren, tells the cultists to stop worshiping spren and go home. Shaken, she realizes that she wants to be a hero too much and it stops her from being logical like Jasnah. She hears genuine laughter and goes toward it, finding Wit leading people in song. She heads back to the tailor's shop.

She struggles to return as Shallan because Veil wants to go flirt with Kaladin. She finds Elhokar sipping wine in the kitchen. He recognizes the pattern on her dress and idly asks about it. He confides that he also desires to be a hero. Shallan sketches an image of what Elhokar could be, noble and regal, which nearly brings him to tears. As she goes upstairs, Ishnah hands her a note securing her access to a feast at the palace.