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== Chapter 32 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Sisirinah]] (point of view)
* [[Lightsong]]
* [[Hoid]]
* [[Susebron]] (mentioned only)
* [[Havarseth]] (mentioned only)
* [[Vo]] (mentioned only)
* [[Vasher]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
Siri wakes up and plans her next move while going about her morning ritual. She decides to send a message with one of the Pahn Kahl servants to Bluefingers, telling him she has vital information, which she wishes to trade. She then goes to meet Lightsong. The discussion briefly touches on the reasons for why people Return, and Siri theorizes that Lightsong could have been a diplomat or a salesman of some sort. Lightsong has a surprise for Siri - an elderly storyteller with a long white beard whom Lightsong introduces as [[Hoid]]. Siri asks the storyteller about the days before the division between Idris and Hallandren. Hoid proceeds to tell her about the First Returned, then moving on to the background of the Manywar, telling how it had been about BioCromatic Breath in addition to the Tears of Edgli, which was more commonly believed as the reason for the war. One of the Five Scholars discovered a means by which a Lifeless could be created from a single Breath. Further still, Kalad (one of the Scholars) was said to have created a more powerful type of Lifeless, which came to be known as Kalad's Phantoms. Hoid tells her that it's unclear as to why the royal family separated from Kalad, but that they had blood of the First Returned - being descended from the First Returned. Hoid tells of Peacegiver bequeathing his breath to the next God King after dispelling Kalad's Phantoms and ending the Manywar. The story ends with the revelation that each God King fathered a stillborn son who then Returned and took his place. Siri asks why the previous God Kings died. Hoid tells her that the God Kings only live as long as it takes them to produce an heir. Siri thanks Hoid, and asks him where he learnt his particular style of storytelling with the colorful dust, to which he replies that he learnt it in a distant place where two lands meet and gods have died. Lightsong comments that maybe they should be hoping for Susebron to pass on, because maybe then she could return home, and everyone would be either happy or dead. Siri excuses herself and leaves to avoid Lightsong seeing her crying.
 
 
== Chapter 33 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Vivenna]] (point of view)
* [[Jewels]]
* [[Clod]]
* [[Denth]]
* [[Tonk Fah]]
* [[Parlin]]
* [[Vasher]]
* [[Susebron]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lemex]] (mentioned only)
* [[Sisirinah]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
Jewels works to repair Clod. She accidentally slips, letting Vivenna hear Clod's security phrase. Denth talks to Vivenna about her near death experience, telling her she did well in that she didn't freeze. She asks him to teach her Awakening. Denth asks her if she's sure. Vivenna explains that now she really hates this kingdom, wanting them to hurt. Denth realizes, and Vivenna admits, that she hadn't come to Hallandren for her sister, but because when Siri had gone, she'd felt inadequate, and needed to to prove herself. Vivenna then asks about what Jewels is doing. Denth explains that Lifeless are not equal, that a Lifeless who was an experienced soldier before dying would retain some of their fighting ability when Awakened. Denth explains that to Awaken, she'll need to learn the Commands. He explains that the Commands need to also be formed in the mind first to direct the intent behind the Command. She thanks him for what he's told her, telling him he's a good man. He replies that he's not been a good man in some years. Jewels finishes up, and they return home.
 
 
== Chapter 34 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Lightsong]] (point of view)
* [[Sisirinah]] (point of view)
* [[Nanrovah]]
* [[Blushweaver]]
* [[Havarseth]]
* [[Susebron]] (mentioned only)
* [[Stillmark]] (mentioned only)
* [[Hopefinder]] (mentioned only)
* [[Mercystar]] (mentioned only)
* [[Allmother]] (mentioned only)
* [[Hoid]] (mentioned only)
* [[Vivenna]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
; Lightsong
Lightsong feels slightly guilty as he watches the queen leave. He hadn't expected her reaction to his comment about the God King's death. He guesses that she is concerned about losing her status should the God King die. He returns to listening to the proceedings, with priests arguing for going to war. Blushweaver eventually comes over. She comments that soon they'll be voting for going to war. Lightsong asks if she's changed the Commands on Hopefinder's army, to which she nods. Blushweaver expresses annoyance at Allmother, who controls the final part quarter of the armies. Lightsong doesn't understand why the Goddess of matrons and families needs ten thousand Lifeless. He decides to go talk to Allmother about her codes, though Blushweaver reminds Lightsong that Allmother doesn't like him very much. To change the subject after Blushweaver notices Lightsong observing Siri, he asks her about the tunnels beneath the Court of Gods.
 
;Sisirinah
Siri watches the court proceedings, feeling a little like Lightsong - it was frustrating to listen when she didn't have a say in the court, but still wanted to know what was happening. As she listens, she hears the priests discuss an Idrian agent who has been stirring up trouble - purportedly a princess. Siri smiles, knowing neither of her sisters were the type to come and work as "Idrian agents". She couldn't imagine Vivenna having to become Susebron's bride. Her thoughts are interrupted by Blushweaver, who accuses Siri of spoiling Lightsong and pulling him into her schemes. Blushweaver tells her that Lightsong is one of the last good people in the court, and that if Siri taints him, Blushweaver will destroy Siri. As Blushweaver leaves, she calls Siri a slut. Embarrassed, Siri flees to the palace.
 
 
== Chapter 35 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Vivenna]] (point of view)
* [[Vasher]]
* [[Nightblood]]
* [[Parlin]]
* [[Tonk Fah]]
* [[Denth]]
* [[Jewels]]
* [[Clod]]
* [[Lemex]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
Vivenna awakes sore and in a strange room. She realizes the figure from her room is there. She panics when he turns around. He warns her to behave, not having decided whether to kill her or not. He cuts the ropes tying her hands, and then reaches for his sword. As she scrabbles to get away from him, he point it at her, commanding her to be quiet. As she huddles in the corner, the man (who she knows has to be Vasher) undoes the clasp on the black sword. Vivenna feels nauseous as black smoke begins to curl up from the blade. He drops the sword on the floor in front of her, commanding her to pick it up. He repeats the command, before bellowing it again when starts to reach for it, thinking that maybe should could use it against Vasher before shying away. She grabs it, feeling a terrible sickness travel up her arm to her stomach, and hears a voice in her head asking her if she would like to kill someone. She drops the weapon, retching onto the floor, having pulled away her gag. Vasher grunts seemingly in surprise as he picks the weapon back up, and cleans up the mess she has made. He ties her back up in a second, smaller room, telling her not to run or else he'll find her and kill her, and that he has work to do, cleaning up the mess she had created. He then leaves.
 
 
== Chapter 36 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Sisirinah]] (point of view)
* [[Susebron]]
* [[Vivenna]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
When Siri talks to Susebron about the God King successions, he tells her he wouldn't leave her. She notices he's getting more articulate in his writing. Though Siri wonders how he can be sure, he convinces her. She then brings up the question of how to deal with his priests. He doesn't respond, not yet agreeing with her assessment of his priests. He asks her if she would grow her hair. She asks what color to make it, to which he replies "Red". She tries to be flirtatious in her response, but then has to try and explain the concept. Susebron expresses his frustration of not being able to understand things that most people take for granted, having only had children's stories, with no interaction outside of his priests, and is worried that he'll never understand Siri. She responds by saying that he knows her better than most people back home, who just wanted her to be more like her sister, who was more reserved. Susebron can't understand that, saying Siri has so much color on the inside that it bursts out and colors her surroundings. The conversation lapses, and they sit for awhile, with Susebron hesitantly wrapping his arm around Siri. The moment is spoiled by Siri's stomach rumbling in response to having exhausted so much energy growing her hair. Susebron orders some food, and they both eat. Siri reckons they need to somehow expose the truth behind what the priests are doing to the world outside, though they can't come up with a good plan. Siri asks if Susebron would run away with her back to Idris if she could prove his priests are trying to kill him. He tells her that he would, but does not believe it will get to that point.
 
 
== Chapter 37 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Vivenna]] (point of view)
* [[Parlin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Denth]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lemex]] (mentioned only)
* [[Tonk Fah]] (mentioned only)
* [[Jewels]] (mentioned only)
* [[Vasher]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
After fleeing from Denth and his companions Vivenna wanders through the Idrian Slums. She thinks about their betrayal and Parlin's death for which she feels guilty. At one point, a thief forces her to give up her fine dress and leggings. Only wearing her shift and with white hair she rubs herself mud and dirt to not stand out in the slums. She takes a dirty shawl from a pile of cloth on the street to wrap around her. But with her Breath she is visible to everyone with the [[Heightening|First Heightening]]. Thinking about this problem she gives her Breath to the shawl. She is now a drab and has to care for her shawl containing all of her Breath.
 
 
== Chapter 38 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Lightsong]] (point of view)
* [[Llarimar]]
* [[Blushweaver]]
* [[Susebron]] (mentioned only)
* [[Allmother]] (mentioned only)
* [[Hopefinder]] (mentioned only)
* [[Mercystar]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
Lightsong wakes early, having dreamed of a battle in which friend after friend was killed. He also dreamed of Blushweaver with her face flushed and the God King crying. He orders Llarimar to procure a number of urns, painted with each god's colors.
 
 
== Chapter 39 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Vivenna]] (point of view)
* [[Denth]] (mentioned only)
* [[Vasher]] (mentioned only)
* [[Parlin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Tonk Fah]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
Vivenna lives as a drab. She is on the run from Denth and his gang, as well as hiding from Vasher. She tries to beg, unsuccessfully, because she is made to move on by the City Guard. She sells her hair to buy food, but the food she buys doesn't even give her the strength to regrow it. She notices that her mind doesn't seem to be working right. After these indignities, she bemoans her fate to herself, acknowledging how helpless she is. Other than her shawl and her shift, she has lost everything; she has eaten rotting garbage from the gutters and would be willing to steal to live if she had the opportunity. She goes to find a place to sleep in the Idrian slums where she hangs out when she isn't trying to beg, eventually settling in for the night in her third-favorite alleyway. Her first and second favorites were occupied by a group of desperate men and the gang of urchins that beat her up and stole her last coin, respectively.
 
 
== Chapter 40 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Sisirinah]] (point of view)
* [[Treledees]]
* [[Susebron]] (mentioned only)
* [[Vivenna]] (mentioned only)
* [[Vasher]] (mentioned only)
* [[Havarseth]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
Siri dines in the court, trying various types of seafood, which she doesn't like. Treledees shows up, but she ignores him and makes him wait. After some insistent throat-clearing, Siri finally acknowledges him. He had summoned her, but she ignored the request, trying to assert some authority. They verbally spar, and she realizes that he has enough Breath to perceive slight color changes in her hair. He interrogates her about her "wifely duties." She reveals that she knows about Susebron's cut-off tongue, and Treledees explains that it was necessary to guard the treasure of Breaths that Peacegiver had left them. She requests that her serving girls be replaced by Pahn Kahl servants, hoping that that will help facilitate their escape, if necessary.
 
* [[Vivenna]] (point of view)
* [[Cads]]
* [[Vasher]]
* [[Nightblood]]
* [[Denth]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
 
== Chapter 42 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Lightsong]] (point of view)
* [[Llarimar]]
* [[Allmother]]
* [[Blushweaver]] (mentioned only)
* [[Calmseer]] (mentioned only)
* [[Susebron]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
Lightsong repeatedly requests to see Allmother, but he is repeatedly denied entrance. He commands his servants to set up a pavilion outside her palace, threatening to stay there until she will talk to him. He then sends in Vasher's squirrel to make a ruckus. He is finally admitted.
 
 
== Chapter 43 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Vivenna]] (point of view)
* [[Vasher]]
* [[Nightblood]]
* [[Denth]] (mentioned only)
* [[Parlin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Vahr]] (mentioned only)
* [[Susebron]] (mentioned only)
* [[Sisirinah]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
Vivenna has been unconscious for a week. She wakes up in a room with Vasher with clean clothes on, still dizzy and hungry, but not famished. Vasher scolds her for getting fooled by Denth and asks if she gave all of her Breath to him. She admits that it's stored in her shawl. She recovers the Breath and feels much better, experiencing a shock of pleasure that incapacitates her for a moment. Vasher makes Vivenna see how she was used by Denth to encourage the priests to start a war against her homeland of Idris.
 
 
== Chapter 44 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Sisirinah]] (point of view)
* [[Susebron]]
* [[Hoid]] (mentioned only)
* [[Treledees]] (mentioned only)
* [[Ridger]] (mentioned only)
* [[Fafen]] (mentioned only)
* [[Vivenna]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
Siri and Susebron eat together in the conception room. She warns him not to eat too many sweets, but he explains that Returned don't get fat; they always look the same. He tells her that he confronted his priests directly about what would happen to him after he fathered an heir. They answered vaguely that all would be fine. Susebron speculates that the God King is simply a vessel for the treasure of Breaths. They come to the conclusion that a still-born Returned infant from somewhere in the kingdom is the actual heir, not a child that they would bear. He then wonders if his [[Susebron's mother|"mother"]] was actually his biological mother, and Siri assures him that the woman who raised him ''is'' his mother. She tells him about her family and they start to snuggle. Susebron leans over to kiss Siri, passion takes over, and Siri leads the way. The marriage is consummated.
 
 
== Chapter 45 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Lightsong]] (point of view)
* [[Susebron]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
Lightsong dreams of T’Telir burning, the God King's death, and a [[Nightblood|black sword]].
 
 
== Chapter 46 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Vivenna]] (point of view)
* [[Vasher]]
* [[Nightblood]]
* [[Denth]] (mentioned only)
* [[Parlin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Susebron]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
Vivenna waits for Vasher in a tiny room. She's exhausted from making so many visits to various Idrians, trying to avert war. Vasher lives a spartan lifestyle. Vivenna contemplates who she is, and she decides that she never wants to be incompetent again. She begins to practice [[Awakening]] with a length of rope. Vasher walks in on her and gives her some tips. He lectures her like a scholar on the different [[BioChromatic Breath|BioChromatic]] entities and Awakening techniques. He refuses to answer her question about Type IV entities, Awakened objects with sentience. He gives her a dueling sword and they go out for yet another visit.
 
 
== Chapter 47 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Lightsong]] (point of view)
* [[Llarimar]]
* [[Susebron]] (mentioned only)
* [[Allmother]] (mentioned only)
* [[Calmseer]] (mentioned only)
* [[Blushweaver]] (mentioned only)
* [[Sisirinah]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
Lightsong contemplates his role as a god and his struggles to live up to it. He presses Llarimar on the identity of the young woman from his dreams. He reveals only that she was not his wife or lover and that she is still alive. This motivates Lightsong to action.
 
 
== Chapter 48 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Sisirinah]] (point of view)
* [[Susebron]]
* [[Havarseth]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lightsong]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
Siri and Susebron lie in bed in the morning. She ponders their relationship and fears the consequences of their actions (i.e. having sex and possibly producing a child). They express their love to each other. Susebron wants to assert his authority as the God King and take control of the government. They discuss enlisting the help of Lightsong since he cannot speak. They discuss the alternate plan of fleeing, but Susebron believes that this will only be abandoning Irdris to invasion. If they were to flee, Siri worries that he will die without his weekly Breaths, but he explains that he can feed off of the treasure one Breath per week. They decide to implement his plan.
 
 
== Chapter 49 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Vasher]] (point of view)
* [[Vivenna]] (point of view)
* [[Nightblood]]
* [[Misel]]
* [[Nanrovah]]
* [[Denth]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lemex]] (mentioned only)
* [[Stillmark]] (mentioned only)
* [[Tonk Fah]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
Vasher watches Vivenna practice Awakening through a window as he hangs from an Awakened rope. He marvels and how quickly she is learning and laments that she came to Hallandren, providing Denth with a very effective tool. He also thinks that Denth didn't really need her anyway, and that he shouldn't have stayed away for so long, but he couldn't come sooner. Nightblood likes Vivenna.
 
 
== Chapter 50 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Lightsong]] (point of view)
* [[Sisirinah]] (point of view)
* [[Vivenna]] (point of view)
* [[Blushweaver]]
* [[Vasher]]
* [[Nanrovah]]
* [[Llarimar]]
* [[Inhanna]]
* [[Weatherlove]] (mentioned only)
* [[Susebron]] (mentioned only)
* [[Denth]] (mentioned only)
* [[Blushweaver]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
Lightsong and Blushweaver chat as they enter the arena. She suggests that they share each other's Command for his 20,000 lifeless, but he refuses to give her his. He is disgusted with the other Gods for only wanting to be involved in politics but not taking responsibility as leaders of their nation. All of the gods except for the God King finally arrive, and Lightsong is puzzled when he looks for Siri and sees that she is not there yet.
 
 
;Plot Summary
;Lightsong
Lightsong dines while his servants shift anything that moves into the one room, piling up all the riches he has access to. He considers what the people give him, and thinks about what to do about the coming war that seems inevitable. He asks what Llarimar would do, who says that he'd go to war but not attack. Lightsong then decides to investigate why tensions are higher after the wedding of the God King when it should have unified them.
 
;Sisirinah
Siri sits alone in her bedchamber, contemplating her situation, fearful that she is going to be stuck there for six months. She hopes in Susebron, knowing that she taught him to read and gave him the determination needed to break free from his priest.
 
;Lightsong
Lightsong sneaks into Mercystar's palace with Llarimar. They get spotted by two guards once they are inside, but get to the trapdoor to the tunnels beneath the palaces. Llarimar realizes the tunnels are accessible from the Lifeless barracks, before following a tunnel that is visually newer than the others. They stop when they hear some voices, overhearing Denth talking to another person about capturing Vasher. They then hear Blushweaver scream. Lightsong runs in to help, seeing that she has been captured by servants of the God King. Lightsong knocks one of the guards over with his shoulder and picks up the man's sword. Lightsong then finds out he is a useless swordman, and is subdued quickly, though not before getting stabbed in the thigh by one of the guards.
 
* [[Blushweaver]]
* [[Llarimar]]
* [[Susebron]] (mentioned only)
* [[Arsteel]] (mentioned only)
* [[Shashara]] (mentioned only)
* [[Tonk Fah]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
;Vivenna
Vivenna waits up, waiting for Vasher's return. She considers everything that has happened to her and the people she has met.
 
;Sisirinah
Siri wakes to shouting, quickly rising to check the door to see if she could escape. The door opens and Treledees comes in, telling her to come with him quickly. Siri protests, but she is grabbed by the priest's soldiers.
 
;Old Chapps
Old Chapps, a fisherman in the bay is fishing in the dark, when he hears a voice in his head, directing him to shift his net. He complies, shifting the net, and then pulling it up when something catches in it. He finds a silvery sword with a black handle tangled in the net.
 
;Vasher
Vasher wakes to find himself tied by his wrists to a hook in the ceiling. Denth interrogates him and starts to torture him in retribution for Vasher killing his sister.
 
;Vivenna
Vivenna gets up as dawn approaches, having been unable to sleep, realizing something is wrong as Vasher has not returned. She decides she needs to prove her competence to herself, so she grabs some of Vasher's spare clothing, Awakening various pieces, grabs her sword, and heads out.
 
;Lightsong
Lightsong, Blushweaver, and Llarimar have each been caged separately. Blushweaver is crying. She reveals she's been working with the God King's priesthood the whole time, that she had been tasked with getting the Command phrases. Lightsong decides to try to break out of his cell, asking Llarimar what is used to pick a lock. At this point Llarimar reveals Lightsong had been a scribe, an accountant for a local moneylender. Llarimar describes him as having always having been a fool, with Llarimar always ending up in trouble with him. The God King's priests ask Lightsong for his Command phrases, which he refuses to give. He gives them up after Blushweaver is killed and Llarimar is threatened.
 
 
== Chapter 54 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Vivenna]] (point of view)
* [[Vasher]] (point of view)
* [[Sisirinah]] (point of view)
* [[Lightsong]] (point of view)
* [[Tuft]]
* [[Denth]]
* [[Treledees]]
* [[Susebron]]
* [[Havarseth]]
* [[Gendren]]
* [[Nightblood]]
* [[Old Chapps]]
* [[Llarimar]]
* [[Shashara]] (mentioned only)
* [[Blushweaver]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kindwinds]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
;Vivenna
Vivenna asks Tuft what the word on the street was. He doesn't volunteer anything until she gives him a bright handkerchief. She asks specifically about disturbances that could be related to Awakeners, and is directed to the Third Dock slums, and the buildings near the wharf.
 
;Vasher
Vasher is surprised to find it was already morning. Denth has taken a brief pause from the torture. Vasher observes that Denth still had some good in him. Denth resumes the torture.
 
;Sisirinah
Siri is being pulled through the palace. She realises someone is attacking the palace and hopes they are coming to save her. In the last room they enter, she sees Susebron, who is surrounded by guards. Siri asks Treledees what is going on. He doesn't know. They plan to get the group out by a back exit when Bluefingers appears. He starts to take Siri and Susebron, aiming to get to the docks while the other priests give them time to escape. Siri feels like something is wrong, and then remembers Lightsong's comments about being average, and realizes that it is the Pahn Kahl who are attacking, seeking revenge on those who had conquered their land years before. She confronts Bluefingers about this, who runs away. They change their plans to now try and fight their way out the front entrance.
 
;Vivenna
Vivenna quickly finds the location the beggar mentioned. She soon hears Nightblood, and retrieves him. Nightblood tells her that Vasher had gone to try rescue Siri, but had been stopped by Denth, who then threw Nightblood into the water. She takes Nightblood and heads for the Court of Gods.
 
;Lightsong
Lightsong mourns Blushweaver, asking what the point of godhood is. Llarimar interrupts him when Lightsong describes himself as a coward. He goes on to tell Lightsong about who he had been before he Returned. He had been a scribe, and Llarimar's brother. Llarimar had been a priest back then too, but then Lightsong had died saving the girl in Lightsong's visions. She had been Llarimar's daughter, Lightsong's favorite niece. When Lightsong had returned, it had restored Llarimar's waning faith in the Iridescent Tones, and this was the reason why Llarimar viewed Lightsong as god.
 
 
== Chapter 55 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Sisirinah]] (point of view)
* [[Vivenna]] (point of view)
* [[Lightsong]] (point of view)
* [[Treledees]]
* [[Susebron]]
* [[Havarseth]]
* [[Nightblood]]
* [[Vasher]] (mentioned only)
* [[Allmother]] (mentioned only)
* [[Yesteel]] (mentioned only)
* [[Blushweaver]] (mentioned only)
* [[Llarimar]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
;Sisirinah
Siri, Susebron, and their party of priests have a chance of getting out into the city. Treledees comes clean on the process of how the God King's succession works, but is surprised to find out Siri already knows. However he is shocked to hear that she believes they were planning to kill the God King, telling her that it is possible for the God King to pass on only the Treasure of Peacegiver and retain his divine Breath, but before he can tell her they are attacked by Lifefless. Siri and Susebron flee right into Bluefinger's hands. The Lifeless kill Treledees and the priests.
 
;Vivenna
Vivenna asks the guards at the entrance to the Court of Gods to let her in, but is refused. Nightblood directs her to sneak in from the side. She does so, but is spotted. Nightblood asks her to draw him, but instead she throws him at the guards. She uses this as distraction to run past as Nightblood starts killing people. He continues to give Vivenna advice, directing her to climb out a window and scale the wall, until she gets out of range of his telepathy.
 
;Lightsong
Lightsong tries to absorb everything that has just happened. He realizes that the 'priests' are actually Pahn Kahl.
 
;Sisirinah
Siri tries to get information out of Bluefingers as he leads them captive through the hallways. Susebron tries to break them free by punching one of the lifeless, but the pair are quickly subdued. Bluefingers orders the attack on Idris when he is notified that they had received Lightsong's Command phrase. Bluefingers tells Siri about how he plans to enrage both Idris and Hallandren to commit to war. Siri realizes that Bluefingers plans to kill her.
 
 
== Chapter 56 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Vivenna]] (point of view)
* [[Vasher]] (point of view)
* [[Tonk Fah]]
* [[Denth]]
* [[Nightblood]]
* [[Arsteel]] (mentioned only)
* [[Shashara]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
;Vivenna
Vivenna is just outside the window of the room in which Vasher is being held by Denth and Tonk Fah. She manages to disable Tonk Fah by throwing an awakened rope at him. Drawing her sword surprises Denth long enough for her to cut the rope keeping Vasher upright, but then Denth stabs her in the shoulder. When Denth goes to free Tonk Fah, she withdraws the Breaths she kept in the hand tassels, and then passes on all her Breath to Vasher. As she backs away towards the window, she's stopped by Tonk Fah, but when his cloak touches her, she realizes she still has Breath stored in the cloak from when she had used a bad command. She withdraws it, and then awakens the cloak with the command 'Attack and grab Denth'. Tonk Fah crashes into Denth, catching Vasher by surprise and causing him to be knocked out the window. Denth orders a squad of Lifeless to be sent, knowing Vasher will have survived the fall.
 
;Vasher
Vasher uses his rope belt with the Breath he recieved from Vivenna to catch the wall, slowing his fall, before re-purposing it to support his legs as he approaches the ground. He picks up a sword and engages the men seeking to kill him, awaking the clothes of two of the fallen soldiers to help him fight. When fifty Lifeless come around the corner, Vasher hears Nightblood. He withdrew the breath from the two awakened allies he'd made, making a run for Nightblood, who is just inside. He pulls the sword entirely free of its sheath, using it to slay all 50 Lifeless in a matter of minutes, though at the cost of the over half the Breath he had. Vasher then uses Nightblood to cut through walls and ceilings as he rushed back to the room he'd fallen from. Reaching it, he tossed Nightblood aside, barely having Breath enough to reach the First Heightening. A dueling blade gets dropped in front of him. Denth challenges Vasher to a duel.
 
 
== Chapter 57 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Sisirinah]] (point of view)
* [[Lightsong]] (point of view)
* [[Vasher]] (point of view)
* [[Havarseth]]
* [[Treledees]]
* [[Susebron]]
* [[Denth]]
* [[Llarimar]]
* [[Tatara]]
* [[Blushweaver]]
* [[Nightblood]] (mentioned only)
* [[Arsteel]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
;Sisirinah
Bluefingers leads Siri to the top floor of the palace, where she sees a black stone altar. The bodies of dead priests are brought into the room, including Treledee's.
 
;Lightsong
Lightsong looks up to see the God King thrown into the cell next to him. He no longer cares, having failed Blushweaver and everyone else.
 
;Vasher
Vasher stands up, holding the duelling blade weakly. Denth asks him how he beat Arsteel, and when Vasher says nothing, attacks, stabbing Vasher in the left shoulder.
 
;Sisirinah
Siri seeks to understand why Bluefingers needs to kill her. Bluefingers explains why and apologizes for what he is about to do.
 
;Lightsong
Lightsong is crying again. He notices that the God King, while pounding on the bars of his cage and moaning, doesn't speak. He has a vision of the Red Panther, remembering the events leading to his death. There had been a storm, and he'd been attempting to lash down some barrels when a wave hit the boat and washed his niece, Tatara, overboard. Still holding rope in his hand, he leaps after her, managing to find her in the water and throw the loop of rope around her ankle, pulling it tight before being pulled down into the depths of the ocean. Snapping out of his vision, Lightsong sees the God King yell in fear and realizes that his tongue has been cut out to prevent him from using the Treasure of Peacegiver. Lightsong realizes that the God King loved Siri. As the God King is about to be executed, he reaches out to Lightsong. Lightsong grasps the God King's hand and sacrifices his divine Breath, and his life, to heal his king.
 
;Vasher
Vasher's fight with Denth goes poorly, with Denth landing blow after blow. As they talk, Vasher offers to make Denth forget the terrible things he'd done, which makes him pause to consider it. Denth decides that neither of them deserved that and raises his blade to finish the fight. Vasher touches Denth's leg and gives him fifty breaths. The surprise makes Denth lose control for just a second, falling to his knees. Vasher uses the opportunity to kill Denth, commenting that now Denth knew how Vasher had defeated Arsteel.
 
;Sisirinah
Siri begins to get tied to the altar as Bluefingers prepares to kill her. She demands that he give her the decency to die standing up, which he agrees to do. As he places his blade against her chest, she tries to dissuade him to no avail. As he draws back to deliver the blow, the building begins to shake. First the floor and then the rest of the black stones turn white, then the entire room bursts with color. As Bluefingers tries to ram his knife into Siri's chest, Susebron appears, causing him to stop, before awakened cloth pulls him away from Siri. Siri's bonds are removed and she grabs Susebron as he lifts her into his arms.
 
 
== Chapter 58 ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Vivenna]] (point of view)
* [[Sisirinah]] (point of view)
* [[Vasher]]
* [[Nightblood]]
* [[Susebron]]
* [[Blushweaver]]
* [[Lightsong]]
* [[Llarimar]]
* [[Denth]] (mentioned only)
* [[Tonk Fah]] (mentioned only)
* [[Jewels]] (mentioned only)
* [[Havarseth]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
;Vivenna
Vasher eventually finds Vivenna in a closet and sets her free. He tells her Denth is dead, Tonk Fah and Jewels have escaped, and the Lifeless armies have begun to march on Idris.
 
;Sisirinah
Susebron leads Siri into the depths of the palace, to where he had been kept captive. Siri sees the bodies of those who had held him, as well as the bodies of Blushweaver and Lightsong. Susebron explains that Lightsong gave his life to heal his tongue. Siri tells him that Lightsong was a very good person. Llarimar tells the God King that in fact Lightsong had died twice to save the God King. They all leave to gather the rest of the priests to try and work out how to stop the Lifeless
 
;Vivenna
Vasher explains to Vivenna how hopeless things are, while she insists there has to be a way. She finds out that Vasher was one of the Five Scholars. Nightblood suggests they use Kalad's Phantoms. Vasher is reluctant, but at Vivenna's request, decides to find the God King and then decide.
 
;Sisirinah
Siri and Susebron view the Lifeless armies marching. Susebron suggests using his Breath to try and stop them, but those near by explain why it wouldn't work. A guard appears, saying someone is asking to speak with the God King, and that they have the Royal Locks. Vivenna appears, and runs up and hugs Siri. Siri introduces Vivenna to Susebron, and then Vivenna asks for Susebron to meet with someone. Susebron agrees to meet this person.
 
;Vivenna
Vivenna, Siri, and Susebron wait as Vasher is given a garment to change into to ensure he couldn't awaken anything. Vasher talks with Susebron, telling him that he's the reason why the God King's tongue was cut out. He alters his appearence, now appearing as a Returned. Susebron realizes who Vasher is, and drops to his knee. Vasher gives Susebron the command phrase to Kalad's Phantoms - the D'Denir statues in the city which contained awakened human bones.
 
 
== Epilogue ==
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Vivenna]] (point of view)
* [[Vasher]]
* [[Nightblood]]
* [[Susebron]] (mentioned only)
* [[Denth]] (mentioned only)
* [[Shashara]] (mentioned only)
* [[Arsteel]] (mentioned only)
* [[Yesteel]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
A thousand stone soldiers leave the city to chase the Lifeless armies. Vivenna and Vasher discuss what happens next. Vasher plans to leave, and Vivenna decides to go with him. She asks Vasher who he is - Kalad or Peacegiver. Vasher says that he was both - he started the war and ended it. He names the Five Scholars - himself, Denth, Shashara, Arsteel, and Yesteel. He's heard that Yesteel, Arsteel's brother, has resurfaced and made a more potent form of ichor-alcohol, and so Vasher plans to do something about it. Vivenna asks him what his real name is, listing the various names he's been given: Peacegiver, Kalad, Vasher, and Talaxin. Vasher tells her he doesn't remember his name from before he Returned, but he was given a name after he Returned - Warbreaker the Peaceful.
 
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