The Way of Kings/Headings
It has been theorized that the faces on the arches at each of the epigraphs is a Herald (or Hoid), and that each face tells us something about the chapter that is about to be read.
Here is a table that has these faces and the names and the matching characteristics.[1]
Chapter | Chapter Title | Symbol | Herald Name 1 & Attributes | Herald Name 2 & Attributes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Prologue | To Kill | Szeth | Jezrien | Jezrien |
1 | Stormblessed | Kaladin | Talenelat | Talenelat |
2 | Honor is Dead | Kaladin | Vev | Vev |
3 | City of Bells | Shallan | Shash | Shash |
4 | The Shattered Plains | Kaladin | Tanat | Tanat |
5 | Heretic | Shallan | Palah | Palah |
6 | Bridge Four | Kaladin | Tanat | Tanat |
7 | Anything Reasonable | Shallan | Ishi | Ishi |
8 | Nearer the Flame | Shallan | Palah | Palah |
9 | Damnation | Kaladin | Nan | Nan |
10 | Stories of Surgeons | Kaladin | Vev | Vev |
11 | Droplets | Kaladin | Jes | Jes |
I-1 | Ishikk | Almighty | Hoid | Hoid |
I-2 | Nan Balat | Almighty | Kak | Kak |
I-3 | The Glory of Ignorance | Szeth | Shash | Shash |
12 | Unity | Dalinar | Hoid | Jes |
13 | Ten Heartbeats | Dalinar | Jes | Chach |
14 | Payday | Kaladin | Kak | Jes |
15 | The Decoy | Dalinar | Chach | Jes |
16 | Cocoons | Kaladin | Tanat | Vev |
17 | A Bloody, Red Sunset | Kaladin | Vev | Tanat |
18 | Highprince of War | Dalinar | Betab | Betab |
19 | Starfalls | Dalinar | Vev | Jes |
20 | Scarlet | Kaladin | Vev | Vev |
21 | Why Men Lie | Kaladin | Vev | Tanat |
22 | Eyes, Hands, or Spheres? | Dalinar | Hoid | Kak |
23 | Many Uses | Kaladin | Ishi | Vev |
24 | The Gallery of Maps | Dalinar | Jes | Chach |
25 | The Butcher | Kaladin | Betab | Nan |
26 | Stillness | Dalinar | Jes | Tanat |
27 | Chasm Duty | Kaladin | Vev | Tanat |
28 | Decision | Dalinar | Palah | Jes |
I-4 | Rysn | Almighty | Betab | Betab |
I-5 | Axies the Collector | Almighty | Palah | Palah |
I-6 | A Work of Art | Szeth | Nan | Nan |
29 | Errorgance | Shallan | Shash | Palah |
30 | Darkness Unseen | Kaladin | Vev | Tanat |
31 | Beneath the Skin | Kaladin | Chach | Vev |
32 | Side Carry | Kaladin | Nan | Tanat |
33 | Cymatics | Shallan | Ishi | Palah |
34 | Stormwall | Kaladin | Jes | Nan |
35 | A Light by Which to See | Kaladin | Jes | Jes |
36 | The Lesson | Shallan | Vev | Palah |
37 | Sides | Kaladin | Palah | Vev |
38 | Envisager | Kaladin | Jes | Vev |
39 | Burned Into Her | Shallan | Nan | Shash |
40 | Eyes of Red and Blue | Kaladin | Kak | Tanat |
41 | Of Alds and Milp | Kaladin | Nan | Vev |
42 | Beggars and Barmaids | Shallan | Palah | Ishi |
43 | The Wretch | Kaladin | Tanat | Tanat |
44 | The Weeping | Kaladin | Tanat | Vev |
45 | Shadesmar | Shallan | Shash | Palah |
46 | Child of Tanavast | Kaladin | Chach | Jes |
47 | Stormblessings | Kaladin | Nan | Tanat |
48 | Strawberry | Shallan | Ishi | Ishi |
49 | To Care | Kaladin | Kak | Tanat |
50 | Backbreaker Powder | Shallan | Vev | Vev |
51 | Sas Nahn | Kaladin | Nan | Nan |
I-7 | Baxil | Almighty | Shash | Shash |
I-8 | Geranid | Almighty | Palah | Palah |
I-9 | Death Wears White | Szeth | Nan | Jes |
52 | A Highway to the Sun | Dalinar | Tanat | Jes |
53 | Dunny | Kaladin | Vev | Vev |
54 | Gibbletish | Dalinar | Nan | Hoid |
55 | An Emerald Broam | Kaladin | Jes | Tanat |
56 | That Storming Book | Dalinar | Chach | Jes |
57 | Wandersail | Kaladin | Jes | Hoid |
58 | The Journey | Dalinar | Betab | Jes |
59 | An Honor | Kaladin | Jes | Kak |
60 | That Which We Cannot See | Dalinar | Palah | Jes |
61 | Right For Wrong | Dalinar | Kak | Tanat |
62 | Three Glyphs | Kaladin | Vev | Tanat |
63 | Fear | Kaladin | Chach | Kak |
64 | A Man of Extremes | Dalinar | Betab | Tanat |
65 | The Tower | Dalinar | Nan | Chach |
66 | Codes | Dalinar | Nan | Vev |
67 | Words | Kaladin | Jes | Jes |
68 | Eshonai | Dalinar | Betab | Chach |
69 | Justice | Dalinar | Nan | Shash |
70 | Sea of Glass | Shallan | Betab | Shash |
71 | Recorded in Blood | Szeth | Nan | Vev |
72 | Veristitalian | Shallan | Palah | Palah |
73 | Trust | Kaladin | Vev | Jes |
74 | Ghostblood | Shallan | Ishi | Palah |
75 | In the Top Room | Dalinar | Jes | Jes |
Epilogue | Of Most Worth | Almighty | Tanat | Hoid |