The Way of Kings: Headings

Illustrations by Ben McSweeney

Following is a list of The Way of Kings: Headings for each chapter in The Way of Kings and what they contain.

Each chapter heading has 6 symbols. From left to right, there is the eye of the Almighty, the images of two Heralds, then the same two Heralds mirrored, then the eye of the Almighty, followed by Epigraphs.

List

Chapter	Title	Symbol	Herald Name 1 & Attributes	Herald Name 2 & Attributes	Quote	POVs	Timeline	Summary	Comments re: Heralds
Prelude	Prelude					Kalak	4500–4505 years before Chapter 1	Kalak and the Heralds break the Oathpact.
Prologue	To Kill	Szeth	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	“The love of men is a frigid thing, a mountain stream only three steps from the ice. We are his. Oh Stormfather ... we are his. It is but a thousand days, and the Everstorm comes.” –Collected on the first day of the week Palah of the month Shash of the year 1171, thirty-One seconds before death. Subject was a darkeyed pregnant woman of middle years. The child did not survive.	Szeth	5 years before Chapter 1	Szeth kills Gavilar.	Jezrien because of Gavilar?
One	Stormblessed	Kaladin	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“You’ve killed me. Bastards, you’ve killed me! While the sun is still hot, I die!” –Collected on the fifth day of the week Chach of the month Betab of the year 1171, ten seconds before death. Subject was a darkeyed soldier thirty-one years of age. Sample is considered questionable.	Cenn		Cenn is brought into Kaladin's squad.
Two	Honor is Dead	Kaladin	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	“Ten orders. We were loved, once. Why have you forsaken us, Almighty! Shard of my soul, where have you gone?” –Collected on the second day of Kakash, 1171, five seconds before death. Subject was a lighteyed woman in her third decade.	Kaladin	8 months after Chapter 1	Kaladin as a slave.	Kaladin tries to help a fellow slave by diagnosing him.
Three	City of Bells	Shallan	Shalash Creative/Honest	Shalash Creative/Honest	“A man stood on a cliffside and watched his homeland fall into dust. The waters surged beneath, so far beneath. And he heard a child crying. They were his own tears.” –Collected on the 4th of Tanates, year 1171, thirty seconds before death. Subject was a cobbler of some renown.	Shallan		Shallan arrives at Kharbranth.
Four	The Shattered Plains	Kaladin	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“I’m dying, aren’t I? Healer, why do you take my blood? Who is that beside you, with his head of lines? I can see a distant sun, dark and cold, shining in a black sky.” –Collected on the 3rd of Jesnan, 1172, 11 seconds pre-death. Subject was a Reshi chull trainer. Sample is of particular note.	Kaladin		Kaladin arrives at the Shattered Plains.
Five	Heretic	Shallan	Palah? Learned/Giving	Palah? Learned/Giving	“I have seen the end, and have heard it named. The Night of Sorrows, the True Desolation. The Everstorm.” –Collected on the 1st of Nanes, 1172, 15 seconds pre-death. Subject was a darkeyed youth of unknown origin.	Shallan		Shallan is rejected by Jasnah.	Jasnah's Herald is Palah?
Six	Bridge Four	Kaladin	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“I’m cold. Mother, I’m cold. Mother? Why can I still hear the rain? Will it stop?” –Collected on Vevishes, 1172, 32 seconds pre-death. Subject was a lighteyed female child, approximately six years old.	Kaladin		Kaladin is placed with Bridge Four.
Seven	Anything Reasonable	Shallan	Ishar Pious/Guiding	Ishar Pious/Guiding	“They are aflame. They burn. They bring the darkness when they come, and so all you can see is that their skin is aflame. Burn, burn, burn ... ” –Collected on Palahishev, 1172, 21 seconds pre-death. Subject was a baker’s apprentice.	Shallan		Shallan prepares her case to Jasnah and meets Kabsal.	For Kabsal
Eight	Nearer the Flame	Shallan	Palah? Learned/Giving	Palah? Learned/Giving	“Victory! We stand atop the mount! We scatter them before us! Their homes become our dens, their lands are now our farms! And they shall burn, as we once did, in a place that is hollow and forlorn.” –Collected on Ishashan, 1172, 18 seconds pre-death. Subject was a lighteyed spinster of the eighth dahn.	Shallan		Shallan is accepted by Jasnah.	?? for Jasnah?
Nine	Damnation	Kaladin	Nalan Just/Confident	Nalan Just/Confident	“Ten people, with Shardblades alight, standing before a wall of black and white and red.” –Collected: Jesachev, 1173, 12 seconds pre-death. Subject: one of our own ardents, overheard during his last moments.	Kaladin		Kaladin fails again, hits a new low.
Ten	Stories of Surgeons	Kaladin	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	No quote	Kaladin	9 years ago	Kaladin, learning of healing.
Eleven	Droplets	Kaladin	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	“Three of sixteen ruled, but now the Broken One reigns.” –Collected: Chachanan, 1173, 84 seconds pre-death. Subject: a cutpurse with the wasting sickness, of partial Iriali descent.	Kaladin		Kaladin almost commits suicide, then hardens his resolve to protect Bridge Four.
Interlude 1	Ishikk	Almighty	Hoid  ?/?	Hoid  ?/?	No quote	Ishikk		People are looking for Hoid.
Interlude 2	Nan Balat	Almighty	Kalak Resolute/Builder	Kalak Resolute/Builder	No quote	Nan Balat		Shallan's brothers have problems of their own.	??
Interlude 3	The Glory of Ignorance	Szeth	Shalash Creative/Honest	Shalash Creative/Honest	No quote	Szeth		Szeth is displayed by Took in a tavern then gets a new master when Took is killed by footpads.	Szeth is honest to his new master?
Twelve	Unity	Dalinar	Hoid  ?/?	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	Old friend, I hope this missive finds you well. Though, as you are now essentially immortal, I would guess that wellness on your part is something of a given.	Adolin		Dalinar, Adolin and Elhokar go on a hunt for a chasmfiend. Wit is introduced.
Thirteen	Ten Heartbeats	Dalinar	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	Shalash Brave/Obedient	I realize that you are probably still angry. That is pleasant to know. Much as your perpetual health, I have come to rely upon your dissatisfaction with me. It is one of the cosmere’s great constants, I should think.	Dalinar		Dalinar saves the king from the chasmfiend.
Fourteen	Payday	Kaladin	Kalak Resolute/Builder	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	Let me first assure you that the element is quite safe. I have found a good home for it. I protect its safety like I protect my own skin, you might say.	Kaladin		Kaladin tries to lead his men, explores Syl's differences.
Fifteen	The Decoy	Dalinar	Shalash Brave/Obedient	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	You do not agree with my quest. I understand that, so much as it is possible to understand someone with whom I disagree so completely.	Adolin/Dalinar		Elhokar fears his strap was cut. History of Sadeas.
Sixteen	Cocoons	Kaladin	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	No quote	[[Kaladin	7 1/2 years ago	Kal and Laral, death of their citylord.
Seventeen	A Bloody, Red Sunset	Kaladin	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	Might I be quite frank? Before, you asked why I was so concerned. It is for the following reason:	Kaladin		Kaladin starts to medically treat the Bridgemen.
Eighteen	Highprince of War	Dalinar	Battar Wise/Careful	Battar Wise/Careful	Ati was once a kind and generous man, and you saw what became of him. Rayse, on the other hand, was among the most loathsome, crafty, and dangerous individuals I had ever met.	Adolin/Dalinar, Adolin, Dalinar		Dalinar suggests uniting the Highprinces under a Highprince of War.	Not his normal herald.
Nineteen	Starfalls	Dalinar	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	He holds the most frightening and terrible of all of the Shards. Ponder on that for a time, you old reptile, and tell me if your insistence on nonintervention holds firm. Because I assure you, Rayse will not be similarly inhibited.	Dalinar		Dalinar's first vision (related to readers). Encounters the ancient Radiants and Midnight Essence.	Dalinar is healed by one of the Radiants which seems to supersede his protecting of his "family".
Twenty	Scarlet	Kaladin	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	No quote	Kaladin	7 years ago	Kal fails to save a patient.
Twenty-One	Why Men Lie	Kaladin	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	One need only look at the aftermath of his brief visit to Sel to see proof of what I say.	Kaladin		Kaladin starts to get a reaction from the Bridgemen; he, Rock and Teft start working on something ... .
Twenty-Two	Eyes, Hands, or Spheres?	Dalinar	Hoid  ?/?	Kalak Resolute/Builder	In case the reader has turned a blind eye to that disaster, know that Aona and Skai are both dead, and that which they held has been Splintered, presumably to prevent anyone from rising up to challenge Rayse.	Dalinar		Dalinar meets with Wit and Navani returns.	Kelek for Navani?
Twenty-Three	Many Uses	Kaladin	Ishar Pious/Guiding	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	You have accused me of arrogance in my quest. You have accused me of perpetuating my grudge against Rayse and Bavadin. Both accusations are true.	Kaladin		Collecting the reeds. Rock's backstory.	??
Twenty-Four	The Gallery of Maps	Dalinar	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	Shalash Brave/Obedient	Neither point makes the things I have written to you here untrue.	Dalinar/Adolin		Adolin confronts his father about his visions.
Twenty-Five	The Butcher	Kaladin	Battar Wise/Careful	Nalan Just/Confident	No quote	Kaladin	7 years ago	Kal discovers the animosity of their village, including their new Citylord.	??
Twenty-six	Stillness	Dalinar	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	I am being chased. Your friends of the Seventeenth Shard, I suspect. I believe they’re still lost, following a false trail I left for them. They’ll be happier that way. I doubt they have any inkling what to do with me should they actually catch me.	Dalinar		Dalinar and Sadeas argue. Dalinar experiences revulsion in battle. Adolin captures a gemheart.
Twenty-seven	Chasm Duty	Kaladin	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	If anything I have said makes a glimmer of sense to you, I trust that you’ll call them off. Or maybe you could astound me and ask them to do something productive for once.	Kaladin		Kaladin unites the men with his spear and Rock's soup.
Twenty-eight	Decision	Dalinar	Palah? Learned/Giving	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	For I have never been dedicated to a more important purpose, and the very pillars of the sky will shake with the results of our war here. I ask again. Support me. Do not stand aside and let disaster consume more lives. I’ve never begged you for something before, old friend. I do so now.	Adolin/Dalinar		Dalinar decides to step down as Highprince.	?? for Adolin??
Interlude 4	Rysn	Almighty	Battar Wise/Careful	Battar Wise/Careful	No quote	Rysn		We meet Vstim, the trader who first "bought" Szeth from the Shin.	for the Shen?
Interlude 5	Axies the Collector	Almighty	Palah? Learned/Giving	Palah? Learned/Giving	No quote	Axies the Collector		Axies studies spren. There are MANY unusual types. Is he immortal?
Interlude 6	A Work of Art	Szeth	Nalan Just/Confident	Nalan Just/Confident	No quote	Szeth		Szeth is ordered to kill a competitor of Makkek, finds that both the victim and his master are already dead, then receives a new list of targets from his new master.
Twenty-nine	Errorgance	Shallan	Shalash Creative/Honest	Palah? Learned/Giving	“The ones of ash and fire, who killed like a swarm, relentless before the Heralds.” –Noted in Masly, page 337. Corroborated by Coldwin and Hasavah.	Shallan		Shallan reports her progress and has further discussions w/ Jasnah on recent history.
Thirty	Darkness Unseen	Kaladin	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“They were suddenly dangerous. Like a calm day that became a tempest.” –This fragment is the origin of a Thaylen proverb that was eventually reworked into a more common derivation. I believe it may reference the Voidbringers. See Ixsix’s Emperor, fourth chapter.	Kaladin/Gaz, Kaladin, Gaz		Bridge Four practices the side carry. Some background from Gaz.
Thirty-One	Beneath the Skin	Kaladin	Shalash Brave/Obedient	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	No quote	Kaladin	6 years ago	Kaladin's father holds off the townspeople come to rob him.
Thirty-Two	Side Carry	Kaladin	Nalan Just/Confident	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“They lived high atop a place no man could reach, but all could visit. The tower city itself, crafted by the hands of no man.” –Though “The Song of the Last Summer” is a fanciful tale of romance from the third century after the Recreance, it is likely a valid reference in this case. See page 27 of Varala’s translation, and note the undertext.	Kaladin		Kaladin pulls off the side carry, resulting in ruinous losses.
Thirty-Three	Cymatics	Shallan	Ishar Pious/Guiding	Palah? Learned/Giving	“They changed, even as we fought them. Like shadows they were, that can transform as the flame dances. Never underestimate them because of what you first see.” –Purports to be a scrap collected from Talatin, a Radiant of the Order of Stonewards. The source–Guvlow’s Incarnate–is generally held as reliable, though this is from a copied fragment of “The Poem of the Seventh Morning,” which has been lost.	Shallan		Shallan learns from Kabsal that the shapes of cities mirror sound waves.	For Kabsal
Thirty-Four	Stormwall	Kaladin	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	Nalan Just/Confident	“I walked from Abamabar to Urithiru.” –This quote from the Eighth Parable of The Way of Kings seems to contradict Varala and Sinbian, who both claim the city was inaccessible by foot. Perhaps there was a way constructed, or perhaps Nohadon was being metaphorical.	Kaladin		Kaladin is sentenced to be hung out in the storm.
Thirty-Five	A Light by Which to See	Kaladin	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	“Though many wished Urithiru to be built in Alethela, it was obvious that it could not be. And so it was that we asked for it to be placed westward, in the place nearest to Honor.” –Perhaps the oldest surviving original source mentioning the city, requoted in The Vavibrar, line 1804. What I wouldn’t give for a way to translate the Dawnchant.	Kaladin/Teft		Kaladin survives the storm.	Jezrien is the Stormfather whom Kaladin sees.
Thirty-six	The Lesson	Shallan	Nalan Just/Confident	Shalash Creative/Honest	“Taking the Dawnshard, known to bind any creature voidish or mortal, he crawled up the steps crafted for Heralds, ten strides tall apiece, toward the grand temple above.” –From The Poem of Ista. I have found no modern explanation of what these “Dawnshards” are. They seem ignored by scholars, though talk of them was obviously prevalent among those recording the early mythologies.	Shallan		Jasnah kills thieves as a lesson to Shallan. Shallan steals her soulcaster, partly in retribution.
Thirty-seven	Sides	Kaladin	Palah? Learned/Giving	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	No quote	Kaladin	5 ½ years ago	Kaladin and Lirin meet Roshone over dinner.
Thirty-eight	Envisager	Kaladin	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	“Born from the darkness, they bear its taint still, marked upon their bodies much as the fire marks their souls.” –I consider Gashash-son-Navammis a trustworthy source, though I’m not certain about this translation. Find the original quote in the fourteenth book of Seld and retranslate it myself, perhaps?	Kaladin/Teft		Teft heals Kaladin with spheres, revealing he has hidden knowledge.
Thirty-nine	Burned into Her	Shallan	Nalan Just/Confident	Shalash Creative/Honest	“Within a heartbeat, Alezarv was there, crossing a distance that would have taken longer than four months’ travel by foot.” –Another folktale, this one recorded in Among the Darkeyed, by Calinam. Page 102. Stories of instantaneous travel and the Oathgates pervade these tales.	Shallan		Shallan reports her success, tries to soulcast.
Forty	Eyes of Red and Blue	Kaladin	Kalak Resolute/Builder	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“Death upon the lips. Sound upon the air. Char upon the skin.” –From “The Last Desolation” by Ambrian, line 335.	Kaladin		Kaladin returns to Bridge Four.
Forty-One	Of Alds and Milp	Kaladin	Nalan Just/Confident	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	No quote	Kaladin	5 ½ years ago	Lirin saves Roshone (instead of opportunistically killing him), loses Rillir	Justice prevails
Forty-Two	Beggars and Barmaids	Shallan	Palah? Learned/Giving	Ishar Pious/Guiding	“Like a highstorm, regular in their coming, yet always unexpected.” –The word Desolation is used twice in reference to their appearances. See pages 57, 59, and 64 of Tales by Hearthlight.	Shallan		Shallan meets w/ Kabsal again. Readies herself to leave in a week
Forty-Three	The Wretch	Kaladin	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“They lived out in the wilds, always awaiting the Desolation–or sometimes, a foolish child who took no heed for the night’s darkness.” –A child’s tale, yes, but this quote from Shadows Remembered seems to hint at the truth I seek. See page 82, the fourth tale.	Kaladin		Nothing changes on Bridge four, they are on permanent chasm duty
Forty-Four	The Weeping	Kaladin	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	No quote	Kaladin	5 years ago	Roshone's revenge, drafting Tien into the army. Kaladin follows him to protect him
Forty-Five	Shadesmar	Shallan	Shalash Creative/Honest	Palah? Learned/Giving	“Yelig-nar, called Blightwind, was one that could speak like a man, though often his voice was accompanied by the wails of those he consumed.” –The Unmade were obviously fabrications of folklore. Curiously, most were not considered individuals, but instead personifications of kinds of destruction. This quote is from Traxil, line 33, considered a primary source, though I doubt its authenticity.	Shallan		Shallan soulcasts accidentally, runs from the figureheads, and finds herself in shadesmar.
Forty-six	Child of Tanavast	Kaladin	Shalash Brave/Obedient	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	“Though I was due for dinner in Veden City that night, I insisted upon visiting Kholinar to speak with Tivbet. The tariffs through Urithiru were growing quite unreasonable. By then, the so-called Radiants had already begun to show their true nature.” –Following the firing of the original Palanaeum, only one page of Terxim’s autobiography remained, and this is the only line of any use to me.	Kaladin		Kaladin dreams he is the storm. Repeats his distrust of lighteyes even when his men disagree
Forty-seven	Stormblessings	Kaladin	Nalan Just/Confident	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	No quote	Kaladin	1 year ago	Kaladin kills a shardbearer to save Amaram's life. His squad is decimated. He refuses a shardblade
Forty-eight	Strawberry	Shallan	Ishar Pious/Guiding	Ishar Pious/Guiding	“They take away the light, wherever they lurk. Skin that is burned.” –Cormshen, page 104.	Shallan		Shallan is poisoned. Reveals her theft.	Because of Kabsal?? Surely this chapter has a lot more than his involvement...
Forty-nine	To Care	Kaladin	Kalak Resolute/Builder	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“Radiant / of birthplace / the announcer comes / to come announce / the birthplace of Radiants.” –Though I am not overly fond of the ketek poetic form as a means of conveying information, this one by Allahn is often quoted in reference to Urithiru. I believe some mistook the home of the Radiants for their birthplace as well.	Kaladin		Kaladin comes up with a desperate plan and trains the men in the spear
Fifty	Backbreaker Powder	Shallan	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	“Flame and char. Skin so terrible. Eyes like pits of blackness.” –A quote from the Iviad probably needs no reference notation, but this comes from line 482, should I need to locate it quickly.	Shallan		Shallan recovers, Jasnah spurns her. Reveals that Kabsal is the poisoner
Fifty-One	Sas Nahn	Kaladin	Nalan Just/Confident	Nalan Just/Confident	No quote	Kaladin	1 year ago	Amaram steals the shardblade by killing Kaladin's remaining squad. Spares Kaladin by making him a slave.	Exactly what is just about this??
Interlude 7	Baxil	Almighty	Shalash Creative/Honest	Shalash Creative/Honest	No quote	Baxil		Baxil's mistress destroys art	She is Shalash herself
Interlude 8	Geranid	Almighty	Palah? Learned/Giving	Palah? Learned/Giving	No quote	Geranid		Two scholars study the curious properties of spren
Interlude 9	Death Wears White	Szeth	Nalan Just/Confident	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	No quote	Szeth		Szeth kills the king of Jah Keved
Fifty-Two	A Highway to the Sun	Dalinar	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	“I’m standing over the body of a brother. I’m weeping. Is that his blood or mine? What have we done?” –Dated Vevanev, 1173, 107 seconds pre-death. Subject: an out-of-work Veden sailor.	Adolin/Dalinar		Dalinar tells his sons and Navani about abdicating
Fifty-Three	Dunny	Kaladin	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	“He must pick it up, the fallen title! The tower, the crown, and the spear!” –Dated Vevahach, 1173, 8 seconds pre-death. Subject: a prostitute. Background unknown.	Kaladin		Dunny doesn't make it. Kaladin discovers his healing abilities
Fifty-Four	Gibletish	Dalinar	Nalan Just/Confident	Hoid  ?/?	“The burdens of nine become mine. Why must I carry the madness of them all? Oh, Almighty, release me.” –Dated Palaheses, 1173, unknown seconds pre-death. Subject: a wealthy lighteyes. Sample collected secondhand.	Dalinar		Wit warns Dalinar. Sadeas vindicates him.
Fifty-Five	An Emerald Broam	Kaladin	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“A woman sits and scratches out her own eyes. Daughter of kings and winds, the vandal.” –Dated Palahevan, 1173, 73 seconds pre-death. Subject: a beggar of some renown, known for his elegant songs.	Kaladin		Bridge four finds a way to get supplies from chasms
Fifty-six	That Storming Book	Dalinar	Shalash Brave/Obedient	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	“Light grows so distant. The storm never stops. I am broken, and all around me have died. I weep for the end of all things. He has won. Oh, he has beaten us.” –Dated Palahakev, 1173, 16 seconds pre-death. Subject: a Thaylen sailor.	Dalinar		Dalinar saves Sadeas's life. Experiences nausea again
Fifty-seven	Wandersail	Kaladin	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	Hoid  ?/?	“I hold the suckling child in my hands, a knife at his throat, and know that all who live wish me to let the blade slip. Spill its blood upon the ground, over my hands, and with it gain us further breath to draw.” –Dated Shashanan, 1173, 23 seconds pre-death. Subject: a darkeyed youth of sixteen years. Sample is of particular note.	Kaladin		Kaladin meets Wit. Explores his powers
Fifty-eight	The Journey	Dalinar	Battar Wise/Careful	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	“Re-Shephir, the Midnight Mother, giving birth to abominations with her essence so dark, so terrible, so consuming. She is here! She watches me die!” –Dated Shashabev, 1173, 8 seconds pre-death. Subject: a darkeyed dockworker in his forties, father of three.	Adolin/Dalinar		Dalinar explains the codes to Sadeas and Elhokar
Fifty-nine	An Honor	Kaladin	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	Kalak Resolute/Builder	“Above the final void I hang, friends behind, friends before. The feast I must drink clings to their faces, and the words I must speak spark in my mind. The old oaths will be spoken anew.” –Dated Betabanan, 1173, 45 seconds pre-death. Subject: a lighteyed child of five years. Diction improved remarkably when giving sample.	Kaladin		Kaladin practices his powers. Comes up with a plan for the parshendi armor
Sixty	That Which We Cannot Have	Dalinar	Palah? Learned/Giving	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	“The death is my life, the strength becomes my weakness, the journey has ended.” –Dated Betabanes, 1173, 95 seconds pre-death. Subject: a scholar of some minor renown. Sample collected secondhand. Considered questionable.	Dalinar		Dalinar meets the author of the way of kings
Sixty-One	Right for Wrong	Dalinar	Kalak Resolute/Builder	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“In the storm I awaken, falling, spinning, grieving.” –Dated Kakanev, 1173, 13 seconds pre-death. Subject was a city guardsman.	Dalinar		Navani and Dalinar have an honest conversation, finally!	??
Sixty-Two	Three Glyphs	Kaladin	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“The darkness becomes a palace. Let it rule! Let it rule!” –Kakevah 1173, 22 seconds pre-death. A darkeyed Selay man of unknown profession.	Kaladin		The parshendi armor attracts the archers. Adolin saves bridge four.
Sixty-Three	Fear	Kaladin	Shalash Brave/Obedient	Kalak Resolute/Builder	“I wish to sleep. I know now why you do what you do, and I hate you for it. I will not speak of the truths I see.” –Kakashah 1173, 142 seconds pre-death. A Shin sailor, left behind by his crew, reportedly for bringing them ill luck. Sample largely useless.	Kaladin		Kaladin gets the team ready for escape
Sixty-Four	A Man of Extremes	Dalinar	Battar Wise/Careful	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	“They come from the pit, two dead men, a heart in their hands, and I know that I have seen true glory.” –Kakashah 1173, 13 seconds pre-death. A rickshaw puller.	Dalinar/Kaladin, Adolin		Sadeas and Dalinar assault the tower together	??
Sixty-Five	The Tower	Dalinar	Nalan Just/Confident	Shalash Brave/Obedient	“I see them. They are the rocks. They are the vengeful spirits. Eyes of red.” –Kakakes 1173, 8 seconds pre-death. A darkeyed young woman of fifteen. Subject was reportedly mentally unstable since childhood.	Dalinar/Kaladin, Dalinar		Sadeas tricks Dalinar, abandons him to die with three parshendi armies
Sixty-six	Codes	Dalinar	Nalan Just/Confident	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	“That chanting, that singing, those rasping voices.” –Kaktach 1173, 16 seconds pre-death. A middle-aged potter. Reported seeing strange dreams during highstorms during the last two years.	Kaladin/Dalinar		Dalinar prepares to die
Sixty-seven	Words	Kaladin	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	“Let me no longer hurt! Let me no longer weep! Dai-gonarthis! The Black Fisher holds my sorrow and consumes it!” –Tanatesach 1173, 28 seconds pre-death. A darkeyed female street juggler. Note similarity to sample 1172-89.	Kaladin/Dalinar, Kaladin, Kaladin (flashback to about 3 years ago), Kaladin		Bridge four tries to save Dalinar. We learn of how Kaladin failed Tien. Kaladin becomes a Radiant
Sixty-eight	Eshonai	Dalinar	Battar Wise/Careful	Shalash Brave/Obedient	“They named it the Final Desolation, but they lied. Our gods lied. Oh, how they lied. The Everstorm comes. I hear its whispers, see its stormwall, know its heart.” –Tanatanes 1173, 8 seconds pre-death. An Azish itinerant worker. Sample of particular note.	Adolin/Teft, Dalinar, Kaladin, Dalinar, Kaladin, Dalinar		Bridge four rescues Dalinar and some of his men. Kaladin kicks ass.	??
Sixty-nine	Justice	Dalinar	Nalan Just/Confident	Shalash Creative/Honest	“All is withdrawn for me. I stand against the one who saved my life. I protect the one who killed my promises. I raise my hand. The storm responds.” –Tanatanev 1173, 18 seconds pre-death. A darkeyed mother of four in her sixty-second year.	Navani/Dalinar, Kaladin, Dalinar		Dalinar confronts Sadeas, trades his shardblade for the bridgemen. Finally settles things with Elhokar
Seventy	Sea of Glass	Shallan	Battar Wise/Careful	Shalash Creative/Honest	No quote	Shallan		Shallan soulcasts with honesty. Pops into shadesmar to prove a point to Jasnah and is reaccepted by her
Seventy-One	Recorded in Blood	Szeth	Nalan Just/Confident	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	No quote	Szeth		Szeth enters Taravangian's palace; they visit the Silent Gatherers, Szeth gets new order
Seventy-Two	Veristitalian	Shallan	Palah? Learned/Giving	Palah? Learned/Giving	No quote	Shallan		A truth about the voidbringers is revealed
Seventy-Three	Trust	Kaladin	Vedeledev Loving/Healing	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	No quote	Kaladin		Bridge four becomes Dalinar's honor guard
Seventy-Four	Ghostblood	Shallan	Ishar Pious/Guiding	Palah? Learned/Giving	No quote	Shallan		The significance of the three diamond pattern and Shallan's father is revealed	Is Ishar the herald of the ghostbloods? (he appeared w/ Kabsal and it is likely Kabsal was a ghostblood). This also reinforces that the king is NOT a ghostblood
Seventy-Five	In the Top Room	Dalinar	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	Jezrien Protecting/Leading	No quote	Dalinar		The source of the visions reveals himself.
Epilogue	Of Most Worth	Almighty	Talenel Dependable/Resourceful	Hoid  ?/?	No quote	Wit		Talenelat returns