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He glanced down at his own white burial cloths. They wer long and flowing, like ribbons sewn together into a loose robe. The linen on his arms and legs...

—Chapter 1

...the small thatch basket in his hands. It held the ritual Korathi sacrifice sent with the dead into the next life&mash;or, in this case, Elantris. The basket contained a loaf of bread, a few thin vegetables, a handful of grain, and a small flask of wine. Normal death sacrifices were far more extensive, but even a victim of the Shaod had to be given something.

—Chapter 1

'He doesn't have a soul,' Galladon said. 'Or so the priests tell us. Korathi, Derethi, Jesker—they all say the same thing. We're damned.'

—Chapter 1