Editors, Keepers
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Following the death of [[Ialai Sadeas]], [[Mraize]] gave [[Shallan]] the mission to track down Restares, pointing her towards the city of [[Lasting Integrity]].{{book ref|sa4|13}} Shortly after, an diplomatic mission to that very city was proposed, and Shallan volunteered to go, with her husband [[Adolin Kholin]] joining as the expedition's leader.{{book ref|sa4|19}} Meanwhile, Kalak left the city for a longer while on a patrol. Prior to his departure, he ordered the [[honorspren]] not to tell anyone about his identity or nature; as such, they maintained that the High Judge was merely a rare type of [[spren]].{{book ref|sa4|78}}
When Kalak returned, Adolin approached him, asking for a trail by witness, and for Kalak to preside over it. Though initially spooked by the presence of a human, and son of a [[Bondsmith]] to boot, Kalak eventually agreed.
At the same time, Mraize convinced Shallan to murder Kalak as a way to help Adolin succeed in the trial.{{book ref|sa4|82}} Kalak, aware that someone would be sent to kill him, though unaware of who precisely, composed a message to his killer in the journal, mocking them for thinking they could capture a Herald and begging that they release [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]].{{epigraph ref|sa4|91}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|97}}
==== The Trial ====
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