I’m doing a reread of this series for a few reasons:
- The series is long, and I wanted to do a recap before reading Wind and Truth (which comes out December, 2024.
- The only highlights I was able to recover from my first read through were from Dawnshard and Rhythm of War. I wasn’t able to recover much from The Way of Kings.
- The series is just so damn good.
This series is a masterpiece so far. Definitely the best fantasy series going at the moment. Every book is a 5/5 for me (though I haven’t read Wind and Truth yet).
While every book is quite long, it’s very much worth it. I’d highly recommend giving it a go
Highlights
The king was speaking with two men that Navani vaguely recognized. A tall Makabaki man with a birthmark on his cheek and a shorter Vorin man with a round face and a small nose. They’d been called ambassadors from the West, but no kingdom had been given for their home.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 24 | Location 242-244 2024-12-24 22:48:55
All Gavilar cared about was his legacy. He wanted to be known as a great king, a great leader. That drive had always pushed him, but it was growing into something else lately. He kept asking: Would he be remembered as Alethkar’s greatest king? Could he compete with his ancestors, men such as the Sunmaker?
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 26 | Location 287-289 2024-12-24 23:02:17
“You went where the money and power would be greatest,” Gavilar said. “Like any common whore. Write whatever you want about me. Say it, shout it, proclaim it. I will outlive your accusations, and my legacy will persist. I have discovered the entrance to the realm of gods and legends, and once I join them, my kingdom will never end. I will never end.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 27 | Location 320-323 2024-12-24 23:05:08
“Heroism is a myth you tell idealistic young people—specifically when you want them to go bleed for you. It got one of my sons killed and another taken from me. You can keep your heroism and return to me the lives of those wasted on foolish conflicts.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 39 | Location 496-498 2024-12-24 23:17:05
Cut through the gemheart, the head, or the neck with a Blade, and—great powers notwithstanding—the Fused would die.
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Syl formed as a spear. “I’m ready,” Kaladin called. “Come at me.” “So you can run?” the Fused called in Alethi, his voice rough, like stones grinding together. “Watch for me from the corner of your eye, Windrunner. We’ll meet again soon.”
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“You’ve made it quite clear,” Kaladin said, “that you and Mother won’t abandon the people of Hearthstone. So I arranged to bring them with us.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 60 | Location 949-950 2024-12-25 22:39:25
They’d learned about the interactions between conjoined fabrials and aluminum during the expedition to Aimia.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 64 | Location 1005-1006 2024-12-25 22:43:14
And so, the world’s first air transport had been named the Fourth Bridge. With the permission of Highmarshal Kaladin’s old team, she’d embedded their old bridge in the center of the deck as a symbol.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 64 | Location 1011-1013 2024-12-25 22:43:39
Unfortunately, the Sibling had died during the Recreance. She wasn’t certain what level of “dead” that meant. Was the Sibling dead like the souls of Shardblades that still walked around?
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 69 | Location 1111-1112 2024-12-26 23:20:25
“If she’d been a Radiant, she couldn’t have sworn a false oath.” Oh, you sweet soft breeze, Veil thought. Bless you for being so naive. We’re not all Bondsmiths or their ilk. The Windrunners or Skybreakers might have had trouble being so glib with a broken promise, but Shallan’s order was founded on the idea that all people lied, especially to themselves.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 75 | Location 1236-1239 2024-12-27 23:21:10
Kaladin had some three hundred Windrunners at this point—though only around fifty full knights. Almost all of the surviving original members of Bridge Four had bonded a spren by now, as had many of the second wave—those who had joined him soon after he had moved to Dalinar’s camp.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 78 | Location 1289-1291 2024-12-27 23:25:15
They saw Kaladin as a challenge, a test. Leshwi always got to fight Kaladin first, but if he disengaged or defeated her, another was always waiting.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 86 | Location 1466-1467 2024-12-28 23:31:08
Adolin had killed Highprince Sadeas in a moment of honest passion. Veil had come to finish the job he’d begun. Today Veil intended to assassinate Ialai Sadeas.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 94 | Location 1596-1597 2024-12-29 23:39:49
It was vital his team keep to the Heavenly Ones’ sense of honor. So long as the enemy agreed to one-on-one combat, his soldiers were never in danger of being overwhelmed and wiped out.
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“There’s someplace beyond Shadesmar, a place where Dalinar gets this power. Once long ago, the tower was maintained by a Bondsmith like my husband—and from what the spren have said, I conclude that the tower got its power from that place beyond Shadesmar as well.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 98 | Location 1686-1688 2024-12-30 23:37:58
Moash jerked the knife in a quick, efficient slice, opening Roshone’s throat and spilling his lifeblood across the front of his ragged clothing. Roshone fell to the stone. Kaladin shouted,
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Moash jerked the knife in a quick, efficient slice, opening Roshone’s throat and spilling his lifeblood across the front of his ragged clothing.
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“Fight me!” Kaladin shouted at him. “Let’s do this!” “No,” Moash said, holding his hands up to the sides. “I surrender.”
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“I’ve found the better way,” Moash said. “I feel no guilt. I’ve given it away, and in so doing became the person I could always have become—if I hadn’t been restrained.” “You’ve become a monster.” “I can take away the pain, Kal. Isn’t that what you want? An end to your suffering?”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 124 | Location 2239-2243 2025-01-01 23:02:38
Teft left the sentence dangling, implying a little more. Like you’d frozen in battle. Again. It hadn’t happened that often. Only this time, and that time in Kholinar. And the time when Lopen had nearly died a few months back. And … well, a few others.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 129 | Location 2355-2357 2025-01-02 23:42:04
The honorspren cannot be trusted, the pen wrote. Not anymore. You must stop creating this new kind of fabrial. I will make you stop. This is your warning.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 135 | Location 2476-2477 2025-01-02 23:50:29
She could use either of the two types of Light: the strange Voidlight Odium provided, or the old Stormlight of Honor. From what Timbre said, this was new—whatever Venli was doing, it hadn’t been done before. Eshonai would have been excited by that idea, so Venli tried to take strength from memories of her sister.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 158 | Location 2955-2958 2025-01-04 23:17:30
Adolin Kholin wasn’t some distant brightlord or general who sat in his keep and pronounced edicts, tyrannical or wise. He was the type of general who drank with his men and learned the names of every soldier. Dalinar disapproved.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 167 | Location 3144-3145 2025-01-05 21:57:58
When Kaladin was in one of his moods, alcohol—for all that it seemed it would help him forget his pain—always made the darkness worse.
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“This thing I have done here with all of you, he is the end. When we meet again, I suspect it shall not be in this world. This life.” Kaladin embraced his friend. One final, crushing Horneater hug. When they pulled apart, Rock was crying, but smiling. “You gave me back my life,” he said. “Thank you for that, Kaladin, bridgeleader. Do not be sad that now I choose to live that life.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 177 | Location 3381-3385 2025-01-06 21:49:12
“I go to the gods,” Rock said. He held up his finger. “There is one who lives here. One afah’liki. He is powerful god, but tricky. You should not have lost his flute.” “I … don’t think Wit is a god, Rock.” He tapped Kaladin’s head. “Airsick as always.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 177 | Location 3385-3388 2025-01-06 21:49:34
“The same limitation restrains people who are themselves heavily Invested. Radiants, spren—anyone Connected to Roshar is bound by these laws, and cannot travel farther than Ashyn or Braize. You are imprisoned here, Radiant.” “A prison as large as three planets,” Radiant said. “Forgive me if I don’t feel confined.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 188 | Location 3616-3619 2025-01-08 22:03:20
But Gavilar … what did he truly want?” “I don’t know. Do you?” “Immortality, in part. He thought he could become like the Heralds. In his quest, he discovered a secret. He had Voidlight before the Everstorm—he carried it from Braize, the place you call Damnation.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 190 | Location 3661-3664 2025-01-09 21:24:13
“This is your mission,” Mraize said. “Find your way to Lasting Integrity. Get in, then find Restares. There should be no more than a handful of humans in the city; in fact, he might be the only one. We don’t know.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 191 | Location 3691-3693 2025-01-09 21:26:52
The Nine lived here, permanently melded into the pillars.
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The pillars twisted and tapered, shrinking and growing into the chests of the Nine but leaving their heads and the tops of their carapaced shoulders bare. Most had at least one arm free.
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Avendla was their name for Alethkar; Venli’s powers instantly knew the meaning of the word. Land of the Second Advance.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 197 | Location 3803-3804 2025-01-09 21:35:57
Venli leaned back, whispering, “Who is he, Lady?” “A hero,” Leshwi responded to Withdrawal. “And a fool. Millennia ago, Lezian was the first Fused to be killed by a human. To avoid the shame of such death, upon returning to life, Lezian ignored all orders and rational arguments—and went into battle seeking only the man who had killed him. “He was successful, and his tradition was born. Any time he is killed, Lezian ignores everything else until he has claimed the life of the one who killed him. Seven thousand years, and he’s never failed. Now the others—even those chosen as the Nine—encourage his quests.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 199 | Location 3845-3850 2025-01-09 21:39:33
“She was one of the Nine for many centuries,” Leshwi said. “Until she decided it was too … hampering upon her ambitions. After the last Return, and her madness, she was to remain asleep.… Why…” “Raboniel, Lady of Wishes,” one of the Nine said.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 203 | Location 3922-3924 2025-01-10 23:00:03
“I will lead a team into the tower,” Raboniel said, “then secure control of the Sibling’s heart. Using my natural talents, and the gifts of Odium, I will corrupt that heart, and turn the tower to our needs.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 204 | Location 3954-3955 2025-01-10 23:02:44
“They imprisoned some of the Unmade in these, Leshwi,” Raboniel said. “How close do you think they are to discovering they could do the same for us? Can you imagine it? Forever imprisoned in a gemstone, locked away, able to think but unable to ever break free?”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 206 | Location 4011-4013 2025-01-11 22:57:52
Somehow, the mixture of spren, music, and Light created a kind of organic machine that sustained plants via Stormlight.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 213 | Location 4149-4150 2025-01-12 23:31:50
Zahel was a masterpiece painting intentionally hung in a splintered frame.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 216 | Location 4219-4219 2025-01-13 23:17:55
He can see her, Kaladin decided as Zahel carefully hung another scarf. He arranged himself so he could watch Syl from the corner of his eye. Other than Rock and Cord, Kaladin had never met a person who could see invisible spren. Did Zahel have Horneater blood?
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 216 | Location 4221-4223 2025-01-13 23:18:31
Kaladin settled down on the stone beside Zahel. “How many names do you have?” “A few,” Zahel said. “More than I normally share.” He leaned forward, elbows on thighs. Wind blew at the hem of his robe, dangling over a drop of thousands of feet. “You want to know what I am? Well, I’m a lot of things. Tired, mostly. But I’m also a Type Two Invested entity. Used to call myself a Type One, but I had to throw the whole scale out, once I learned more. That’s the trouble with science. It’s never done. Always upending itself. Ruining perfect systems for the little inconvenience of them being wrong.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 222 | Location 4357-4362 2025-01-13 23:27:28
“Cut off a bit of divinity and leave it alone. Eventually it comes alive. And if you let a man die with too Invested a soul—or Invest him right as he’s dying—he’ll leave behind a shadow you can nail back onto a body. His own, if you’re feeling charitable. Once done, you have this.” Zahel waved to himself. “Type Two Invested entity. Dead man walking.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 223 | Location 4384-4388 2025-01-14 23:10:57
“If I have a sword,” Gav said, “nobody will be able to hurt me. I’ll be able to find the man who killed my father. And I could kill him.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 230 | Location 4522-4524 2025-01-15 23:02:01
I don’t know what that is, Brightness, he’d said. But it feels painful. Voidlight is dangerously inviting, like if I touched it, my body would drink it in eagerly. That thing … is different. It has a song I’ve never heard, and it vibrates wrong against my soul.
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Wit often spoke like that, as if he knew things he shouldn’t. They couldn’t tell whether he was pretending or serious—but pressing him usually merely got you ridiculed.
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“If we slow down,” Jasnah said, “the past catches up to us. History is like that, always gobbling up the present.”
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“Braize isn’t another realm of reality,” Ash said. “It’s a planet. You can see it in the sky, along with Ashyn—the Tranquiline Halls, you call it. But yeah, the Oathpact. He did that. We all simply went along with it.” She shrugged.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 247 | Location 4917-4920 2025-01-17 22:21:05
Radiant Sigzil, would that satisfy the honorspren?” He cocked his head, listening to something none of the rest of them could hear. “She thinks so, sir. It’s a good start, at least. She says to send gifts, and to ask for help. Honorspren have a difficult time turning away people in need. Apologize for the past, promise to do better, and explain how dire our situation is. That might work.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 273 | Location 5446-5449 2025-01-20 22:51:47
The tower was dead. She barely remembered the place from before, when she’d bonded her old wonderful knight. He’d spent most of his life traveling to little villages, using her as a Shardblade to cut cisterns or aqueducts for the people. She remembered coming to Urithiru with him once … and the tower had been bright with lights.… A strange kind of light …
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 280 | Location 5566-5568 2025-01-20 23:03:10
Anytime too much power—too much Investiture, too much self—congregated, realms became porous and time behaved oddly.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 282 | Location 5595-5596 2025-01-20 23:05:19
“Every soldier reaches a point where he has to set down the sword. Part of a commander’s job is to watch for the signs.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 284 | Location 5646-5647 2025-01-20 23:08:51
Sja-anat had been named Taker of Secrets long ago by a scholar no one remembered. She liked the name. It implied action. She didn’t simply hear secrets; she took them. She made them hers. And she kept them.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 286 | Location 5683-5685 2025-01-21 23:26:03
Some of the Unmade—such as Nergaoul, sometimes called the Thrill—were practically mindless, more like emotion spren. Others—such as Ba-Ado-Mishram, who had granted forms to the singers during the False Desolation—were crafty and conniving.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 287 | Location 5697-5699 2025-01-21 23:27:15
Cryptics weren’t as uptight as honorspren, and didn’t wait as long to start bonds. Everyone in her team had one at this point, and newcomers got them quickly. So her team had begun using their own terminology. Shallan was the Master Lightweaver. The others were Agent Lightweavers.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 300 | Location 5923-5925 2025-01-22 22:15:49
And what would you rather have, Radiant? Veil asked. An enemy you can see, watch, and maybe fight—or one you leave off somewhere, doing who knows what?
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 301 | Location 5942-5943 2025-01-22 22:17:15
“‘War is the last option of the state that has failed,’” Adolin said, tapping the side with the divine robed figure. He pushed it to spin it in Kaladin’s fingers, showing the other side. “‘But it is better than having no options.’”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 309 | Location 6121-6123 2025-01-22 22:28:30
The fact that living Shardblades could change shapes explained a lot to Adolin. The ancient Shardblades—the dead ones that most Shardbearers used—were locked, apparently into the last shape they’d held.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 314 | Location 6225-6227 2025-01-23 22:22:47
Jasnah had finally, after eight months of work, officially released Shallan from her wardship.
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“You want me to become one of them, don’t you?” Adolin said. “Part of the purpose of this trip, in your eyes, is for me to become a Radiant!” “Your brother is worthy,” Dalinar said, “and your father—against his best efforts—has proven worthy. I’m sure you will prove yourself too.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 319 | Location 6339-6342 2025-01-23 22:31:44
peakspren sailors watching him. “Your deadeye,” one said, scratching at his stone head with a sound of rock on rock. “I’ve never seen one trained so well.” “She’s not trained,” Adolin said. “She wanted to help, so I showed her how.” One sailor looked to the other, then shook his head.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 332 | Location 6618-6621 2025-01-25 22:55:51
Someone had moved the cube. Somehow, between packing and arriving on the barge, someone had rifled through her things and used the cube. She could come to only one conclusion. The spy was indeed on this mission—and they were using this very device to report to Mraize.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 333 | Location 6633-6636 2025-01-25 22:56:58
“I feel like … I feel like there is a lot to explore with our powers, Kaladin. Things that in the past maybe they didn’t have the time or resources to think about. Because they were always fighting.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 337 | Location 6701-6702 2025-01-25 23:01:57
Jasnah was probably operating today; she could do things with her powers that were well beyond the rest of them. Though she didn’t show it off, she’d plainly sworn the Fourth Ideal. The one Kaladin would never reach.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 337 | Location 6716-6718 2025-01-25 23:03:48
By capturing Ba-Ado-Mishram—locking her in a gemstone—humankind had stolen the minds of the singers in ancient times.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 343 | Location 6819-6820 2025-01-26 22:52:04
People who had once spat after hearing someone speak of the “Lost Radiants” had turned around quickly when their highprince and their queen had each become one. It made Kaladin wonder how quickly these people might turn on them, if reverence suddenly became unfashionable.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 353 | Location 7036-7038 2025-01-27 22:39:41
“That’s not surprising,” Kaladin said. “When you’re like him, it’s hard to feel like doing anything—even talking. Storms … when it’s bad for me, I think I want anything but someone to talk to. I’m wrong though. While you can’t force it, having someone to talk to usually helps. You should be letting him meet with others who feel like he does.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 358 | Location 7146-7149 2025-01-27 22:46:21
We will find a way to feed each suspect a different tidbit of false information: a tidbit they will in turn feed to Mraize. Depending on which piece of information is leaked, we’ll know who did the leaking, and identify our spy.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 364 | Location 7279-7281 2025-01-27 22:54:58
“Relaxing isn’t relaxing,” he said. “Sit around too much, and you start sitting around even more.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 375 | Location 7519-7520 2025-01-28 22:38:34
That said, the most worrying thing I discovered in this was the wound upon the Spiritual Realm where Ambition, Mercy, and Odium clashed—and Ambition was destroyed. The effects on the planet Threnody have been … disturbing.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 378 | Location 7586-7588 2025-01-28 22:42:07
he could be trusted to get things done. Like everyone, deep down he wanted to be useful. Humans were orderly beings. They liked to see lots of straight lines, if only so—in some cases—they could be the one drawing curves.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 384 | Location 7732-7734 2025-01-29 22:43:52
I have begun searching for a pathway out of this conundrum by seeking the ideal person to act on my behalf. Someone who embodies both Preservation and Ruin. A … sword, you might say, who can both protect and kill.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 392 | Location 7875-7877 2025-01-29 22:51:56
Shallan had a strange relationship with drink, one that varied based on her persona. But since she could burn off the effects using Stormlight, she theoretically could never be drunk unless she wanted to be. It baffled him why she would sometimes go to sleep like she did, risking the morning hangover.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 393 | Location 7901-7903 2025-01-30 22:38:37
“You’re sure,” Adolin said. “That she was afflicted like this recently.” “My memory is not flawed,” the inkspren said. “This is what you do, killing spren. You should feel ashamed.” He looked at Maya. “Is this another you killed?” “Of course not,” Adolin said. “I…” He trailed off, not wanting to say too much. He’d instructed everyone to be circumspect. But … a new deadeye? That seemed impossible.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 403 | Location 8118-8122 2025-01-30 22:56:35
I have encouraged those who would speak to me to heed your warnings, but all seem content to ignore Odium for the time being. In their opinion, he is no threat as long as he remains confined in the Rosharan system.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 404 | Location 8134-8136 2025-01-31 22:49:12
Word had gotten to Mraize, and the false tidbit—that she’d seen a gloryspren watching her—had revealed the truth. Beryl was the spy.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 407 | Location 8198-8200 2025-01-31 22:54:08
The world was about gods and Radiants now, not handsome young lighteyes who fancied themselves skilled with the sword.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 414 | Location 8364-8365 2025-02-01 22:17:13
True Surges are of both Honor and Cultivation—Cultivation for life, Honor to make the Surge into natural law.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 417 | Location 8423-8424 2025-02-01 22:22:36
“Because of things that happened to her—and more, some of the things she was forced to do—she’s beginning to think that ‘Shallan’ is the fake one, the false identity. That there is a monster deep inside that is her real self. She fears it’s inevitable that the truth
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 427 | Location 8620-8622 2025-02-01 22:37:38
The strange humans hadn’t been following Adolin’s party? So who had they been following? It clicked almost immediately. The humans had skirted close, always in sight, seeming like they wanted to overtake the group—but never daring. They’d turned away today, heading south. The same direction Notum had gone.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 446 | Location 9024-9027 2025-02-03 22:34:06
Maya had his shortsword out of its sheath, but she held it like a baton, her arm outstretched, sword straight up. Not an effective stance—plus, when the enemy drew close, she didn’t swing at them, but merely growled.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 452 | Location 9151-9153 2025-02-03 22:42:41
Pattern was lying to her. Pattern was lying.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 461 | Location 9334-9335 2025-02-03 22:53:15
“I will stand trial for myself. In turning me away, you insult my sense of dignity, my integrity. You say I am not worthy, when you do not know me?” “We know humans,” one said. “I reject that argument. Honor demands you let me speak for myself, if you are going to punish me. Where is the trial? Where is the chance for me to speak? Where is your honor?”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 464 | Location 9392-9396 2025-02-03 22:56:58
“We use sound,” she whispered. “If you can make the gemstone vibrate at a certain frequency, it will draw in Stormlight regardless of the size of gems placed next to it.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 521 | Location 10569-10570 2025-02-06 22:59:05
“Bridge Four,” Kaladin said. “Life before death,” Rlain returned. Then he slipped away toward the interior of the tower.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 524 | Location 10634-10635 2025-02-06 23:01:57
“How are they working it? They have Skybreakers, but they should be as limited as our Radiants, right?” They brought a human with one of the Honorblades. Moash. The murderer.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 526 | Location 10686-10687 2025-02-06 23:05:25
“The Sibling—the tower, Urithiru—is the child of Honor and Cultivation, created to fight Odium. The place runs on the Sibling’s Light, a mixture of the essences of its parents. Stormlight alone shouldn’t be able to work the tower’s core systems. Stormlight, to the Sibling, is incomplete. Like a key missing several of its teeth.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 529 | Location 10753-10755 2025-02-06 23:09:45
“Kaladin…” Syl said, landing on his shoulder. “It was a nice dream, wasn’t it, Syl?” he asked. “That we could escape? Find peace at long last?” “Such a wonderful dream,” she whispered.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 541 | Location 11010-11012 2025-02-07 22:15:13
The Regal thrashed on the floor, and orange blood … Well, Kaladin turned away. Some sights were sickening even for a surgeon. Even for a soldier, he corrected. You’re no surgeon.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 543 | Location 11064-11066 2025-02-07 22:18:32
At the mention of Kaladin, Moash felt a hint of old, painful emotions—though Odium quickly sucked them away.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 550 | Location 11166-11167 2025-02-07 22:24:06
Vyre. He Who Quiets. He who hauls rocks.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 551 | Location 11185-11186 2025-02-07 22:26:05
“Kaladin can’t be killed,” Vyre said. He knew it, sure as he knew the sun was hot, and that it circled Roshar forever. NOT EVEN BY YOU? “Especially not by me.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 553 | Location 11237-11239 2025-02-07 22:29:31
They eventually reached her nest, a large opening where four tall ventilation shafts met. Here she’d piled up blankets, food stores, and some treasures. One of Dalinar’s knives she was absolutely sure he hadn’t wanted her to steal. Some interesting shells. An old flute that Wyndle said looked strange.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 558 | Location 11330-11333 2025-02-08 22:49:32
And turning food into Light. Why … if Mother is involved … perhaps this isn’t Stormlight you use at all. Hmm … You realize how special you are, Lift.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 559 | Location 11362-11364 2025-02-08 22:51:52
On his shoulder sat the green chicken from before, its wicked claws gripping a patch of leather affixed to the uniform. “Little Radiant,” the man said. “I’ll admit, I’ve always wanted an excuse to hunt you.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 565 | Location 11487-11489 2025-02-08 22:59:37
Taravangian looked back at the notes, and today saw something new in them. A small comment about a specific person. Why specifically can’t the Diagram see Renarin Kholin? the notes read. Why is he invisible?
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 568 | Location 11540-11541 2025-02-08 23:03:50
You expected Dalinar to turn, Taravangian thought. You wanted him for your champion. You failed. So in the end, you were no smarter than I was. And for all your boasting that you can see the future, you do not know everything.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 570 | Location 11585-11587 2025-02-08 23:07:14
Szeth. The Assassin in White. Trembling, Taravangian turned away. Odium began ranting again, but Taravangian missed what the creature said. Szeth. The sword. Odium feared the sword.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 571 | Location 11619-11622 2025-02-09 23:10:56
Soulcasters didn’t hold spren because they were spren. Manifesting in the Physical Realm like Shardblades. Spren became metal on this side. Somehow the ancient spren had been coaxed into manifesting as Soulcasters instead of Blades?
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 593 | Location 11994-11996 2025-02-10 22:48:21
How long until you demand that I bond a human, give up my freedom, and risk my life? I’m sure you’ll have wonderful explanations as to why I should absolutely do that.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 620 | Location 12524-12526 2025-02-12 22:56:53
She had two distinct advantages though. She was Radiant. And Ruthar was an idiot. “I refuse this,” he said, tossing his sword aside. “I will not face a woman in combat. It is demeaning.” And so, Jasnah stabbed him straight through the throat.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 642 | Location 13019-13021 2025-02-14 22:27:55
“My name is Axindweth. Though few here know me by that name, I give it to you.” “Why?” “Because I think we’re going to be friends, Venli,” she said.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 655 | Location 13284-13286 2025-02-14 22:47:26
The woman removed something from within her covered sleeve. A single glowing gemstone. Blood red. “Take that into a storm,” the woman said. “And break it. Inside, you will find a path toward saving those you love.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 656 | Location 13306-13308 2025-02-14 22:48:46
I am led to wonder, from experiences such as this, if we have been wrong. We call humans alien to Roshar, yet they have lived here for thousands of years now. Perhaps it is time to acknowledge there are no aliens or interlopers. Only cousins.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 658 | Location 13326-13328 2025-02-15 23:33:50
“I see you in this vision,” Renarin said to his father. “You’re in a lot of them. In this one you stand tall, formed as if from stained glass, and you wear Shardplate. Stark white Shardplate, though you are pierced with a black arrow.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 668 | Location 13550-13552 2025-02-16 22:41:03
We need more, Glys said. We need more like us, who will be. Who? I can think of one, Renarin said, who would be a perfect choice.…
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Timbre pulsed. Freedom. That was to be her next oath, Venli realized. To free those who had been taken unjustly. She almost said a new oath out loud, right there, but Timbre pulsed in warning.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 724 | Location 14697-14698 2025-02-20 23:06:51
“Like the Sibling is a child of both Honor and Cultivation,” Navani said. Storms. That was what the Sibling had meant by their Light no longer working.
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“Please, come and rest,” Eshonai said to Peace. “Rest is for those with time to spare, dear,” her mother said, but let herself be led in the direction of their home.
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believe it is time,” Wit said, “that I told you about Thaidakar.” “I know of him,” Jasnah said. “Oh, you think you do,” he said. “But I’ve met him, several times. On other planets, Jasnah. The Ghostbloods are not a Rosharan organization, and I don’t think you appreciate the danger they present.…”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 761 | Location 15447-15450 2025-02-23 22:25:38
“I believe it is time,” Wit said, “that I told you about Thaidakar.” “I know of him,” Jasnah said. “Oh, you think you do,” he said. “But I’ve met him, several times. On other planets, Jasnah. The Ghostbloods are not a Rosharan organization, and I don’t think you appreciate the danger they present.…”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 761 | Location 15447-15450 2025-02-23 22:25:45
“No, Taravangian,” Dalinar said. “You have lived your convictions, however misguided they may be. Now I’m going to live mine. And at the end, when I face Odium and win, you will be there. I’ll give you this gift.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 775 | Location 15751-15753 2025-02-24 23:19:53
Three tones: a note for Honor, a note for Odium, and a note for Cultivation.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 793 | Location 16101-16102 2025-02-25 21:45:35
She clearly needed an emulsifier, a facilitator. What kind of emulsifier could “stick” to Stormlight and make it mix with Voidlight?
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 796 | Location 16150-16151 2025-02-25 21:48:26
Kaladin took it, then gave the Bridge Four salute. Dabbid returned it. Then, remarkably, said something, in a voice soft and gravelly. “Life. Before. Death.” Storms. Those were the first words Kaladin had ever heard from the man.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 804 | Location 16309-16311 2025-02-26 21:48:14
Dalinar looked up as a thought struck him. Likely the same one that had occurred to the Stormfather. There was another Bondsmith.
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“I can be wrong,” Renarin said. He hesitated, then closed his eyes—as if carefully thinking through his next words. “You are in darkness, Taravangian, and my father thinks you are lost. I lived through his return, and it taught me that no man is ever so far lost that he cannot find his way back. You are not alone.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 841 | Location 17021-17023 2025-03-01 21:35:37
In the past, Odium granted forms of power, but Ba-Ado-Mishram thought she could do it. Ended up handing out forms of power as easily as Fused give each other titles, Connected herself to the entire singer species. Became a little god. Too little.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 848 | Location 17167-17169 2025-03-01 21:43:17
Basically, everyone relied way too much on an oversized spren. Trouble is, spren can get stuck in gemstones, and the humans figured this out. End result: Ba-Ado-Mishram got a really cramped prison, and everyone’s souls got seriously messed up.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 848 | Location 17170-17172 2025-03-01 21:43:31
But Lasting Integrity didn’t follow normal laws of nature. You could walk on the interior walls. Indeed, to reach the top, Adolin had strolled vertically up the inside of the fortress wall. His body thought he had been walking on the ground.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 858 | Location 17381-17383 2025-03-03 21:33:57
“I wasn’t there when your kind came to our world. My grandmother, however, always mentioned the smoke. At first she thought you had strange skin patterns—but that was because so many human faces had been burned or marked by soot from the destruction of the world they left behind.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 870 | Location 17636-17638 2025-03-04 22:45:22
“The sphere’s tone has a rhythm to it,” Raboniel explained, eyes closed as she held the sphere. “Each Light has a rhythm. Honor’s is stately. Cultivation’s is stark and staccato, but builds.” “And Odium’s?” “Chaos,” she said, “but with a certain strange logic to it. The longer you listen, the more sense it makes.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 872 | Location 17683-17686 2025-03-04 22:49:09
Heartbeats. Drumbeats. Signals. Together. Navani reached over and placed their clasped hands on the empty gemstone at the center of the experiment, holding them there as they sang for an extended moment in concert. In tandem, a pure harmony where neither took control. The two of them looked at each other, then fell silent. Carefully, they removed their hands to reveal a diamond glowing a vibrant black-blue. An impossible color.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 876 | Location 17764-17768 2025-03-04 22:54:05
“They did not annihilate one another, as I assumed. Indeed, as part of me hoped. You were right, Navani. Remarkably, I have been proven wrong.” She turned the gemstone in her fingers. “I can name this rhythm: the Rhythm of War. Odium and Honor mixed together. I had not known it before today, but I recognize its name; I know this as surely as I know my own. Each rhythm carries with it an understanding of its meaning.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 876 | Location 17768-17772 2025-03-04 22:54:33
Storms. That was what he’d wanted. That was what Gavilar had been doing. Gemstones. Voidlight. A strange sphere that exploded when affixed to a fabrial … when mixed with another Light … Gavilar Kholin—king, husband, occasional monster—had been searching for a way to kill a
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 877 | Location 17790-17792 2025-03-04 22:56:15
Nale kept his eyes forward. “So, Gavilar’s plan is working. The fool. He will destroy us all.” Nale sneered, a sudden and unexpected burst of emotion. “That foolish idiot of a man. He lures us with promises, then breaks them by seeking that which I told him was forbidden! Yes. I heard it tonight. The proof I need. I know. I know.…”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 887 | Location 17987-17990 2025-03-05 22:34:36
“You talked to Wit,” Shallan whispered. “And a spy overheard? That … That means…” “None of your friends are traitors,” Pattern said. “Except me! Only a little though! I am sorry.” No spy. And Pattern … Was this another lie?
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 892 | Location 18065-18068 2025-03-05 22:37:48
The High Judge was Restares.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 899 | Location 18246-18247 2025-03-06 22:19:45
The man Mraize had sent her to find—and, she suspected, the man he wanted her to kill—was one of the Heralds.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 900 | Location 18259-18260 2025-03-06 22:20:28
The shorter bridgeman leaned in, then—remarkably—spoke. “Rlain,” Dabbid said. “Please help. Kaladin is asleep, and he won’t wake up. I think … I think he’s dying.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 907 | Location 18405-18407 2025-03-06 22:32:59
The figure deposited Kaladin on a small rock situated like a seat. As it stepped back, the figure drew in color, the light fading away, revealing … Wit.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 911 | Location 18471-18473 2025-03-07 22:30:36
“You know better than I what your limits are,” Wit said. “It’s not such a terrible thing, to be too weak. Makes us need one another. I should never complain if someone recognizes their failings, though it might put me out of
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 912 | Location 18498-18500 2025-03-07 22:32:18
Kaladin had heard that Wit was a Lightweaver now, but he hadn’t been surprised. He felt he’d seen Wit Lightweave long ago. Regardless, he didn’t act like he was in one of the Radiant orders. He was just … well, Wit.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 913 | Location 18520-18522 2025-03-07 22:33:56
“I know of just one on Roshar,” Wit noted, “and she prefers to hide her true form. This story isn’t about her, however, or any of the dragons I’ve met.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 914 | Location 18540-18541 2025-03-07 22:36:00
“By looking up at the dragon, and by trying to become better, he outgrew the other dogs. He achieved something truly special.” Kaladin stopped, then narrowed his eyes at Wit, feeling his anger turn to annoyance. “This story is about me, isn’t it? I said I’m not good enough. You think I have impossible goals, and I’m intentionally ignoring the things I’ve accomplished.” Wit pointed with his spoon. “I told you this story has no meaning. You promised not to assign it one.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 919 | Location 18670-18675 2025-03-08 22:17:13
“I am an artist,” Wit said. “I should thank you not to demean me by insisting my art must be trying to accomplish something. In fact, you shouldn’t enjoy art. You should simply admit that it exists, then move on. Anything else is patronizing.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 920 | Location 18678-18680 2025-03-08 22:16:30
“I want you,” he said, “to collect the soul of Kelek, also known as Restares. The knife will trap his essence in that gemstone.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 929 | Location 18842-18843 2025-03-08 22:27:16
“I have come, great one,” Adolin said, “to petition the honorspren for their aid in our current battle.” “Your current battle? Against Odium?” Kelek laughed. “Boy, you’re doomed. You realize that, right? Tanavast is dead. Like, completely dead. The Oathpact is broken somehow. The only thing left is to try to get off the ship before it sinks.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 932 | Location 18912-18915 2025-03-09 22:27:31
The Heralds had fallen so far. Either that, or … perhaps these ten people had always been only that. People.
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“This is amazing, Navani. I don’t think I’ve known a scholar so capable, not in many Returns.” “I’m not a…” Navani trailed off. “Thank you,” she said instead.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 950 | Location 19274-19276 2025-03-10 22:04:54
Dabbid wasn’t Radiant. He wasn’t brave. He wasn’t smart. But today he hadn’t been stupid either. Once, Kaladin had pulled Dabbid out of Damnation itself. It felt good to return that act of heroism with a small one of his own.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 956 | Location 19400-19402 2025-03-10 22:12:40
Notum lowered his sheet, then said in a loud voice, “Honor is not dead so long as he lives in the hearts of men!” Adolin had never heard the statement before, but it seemed a trigger to the honorspren crowd, who began standing up and shouting in outrage—or even in support.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 972 | Location 19738-19740 2025-03-11 22:17:02
Several officials rushed the floor of the forum, pulling Notum away as he bellowed the words. “Honor is not dead so long as he lives in the hearts of men! Honor is not—” They dragged him out of the forum, but the commotion continued.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 972 | Location 19740-19743 2025-03-11 22:16:48
They’re all insane, Adolin thought. Ash said so. This is what thousands of years of torture does to a mind.
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“One instead travels to other worlds through Shadesmar.
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“By this music,” Raboniel said, “I give you the title Voice of Lights, Navani Kholin. As is my right.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 987 | Location 20044-20045 2025-03-12 21:40:25
Something stirred deep inside of Shallan. “I…” Adolin whispered. “I wish I could find out who killed that poor Cryptic. That’s what ruined it today. Ruined it all.” It is time. “This trial is not ruined,” Formless said to Adolin.
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Formless was a composite of the three—a single person with Shallan’s drawing and Lightweaving abilities, Radiant’s determination and ability to get things done, and Veil’s ability to push aside the pain. Veil’s ability to see the truth. The best of all three of them.
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I … Radiant said, her voice distant. I killed Ialai. Formless froze in place. I saw … Radiant whispered, that you were about to do it. That you had poison secreted in your satchel. So I stepped in. To protect you. So you … didn’t have to do it. To prevent … what is happening to you now … Shallan …
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“That’s why you kept spending time with the Ghostbloods. That’s why you’re here. You see this as an out from
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1014 | Location 20595-20596 2025-03-13 22:02:54
“That’s why you kept spending time with the Ghostbloods. That’s why you’re here. You see this as an out from your life. You figure if you become the despicable person the darkness whispers that you have been, then it will all be decided. No going back. Decision’s made.”
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Formless … Formless … Was just Shallan.
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Her spren. A spren who could talk. A spren she could confide in. A companion. And that companion had not been Pattern. It had been a different Cryptic. One who … One who … Shallan fell to her knees, arms wrapped around herself, trembling. “Oh storms … Oh, God of Oaths…”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1016 | Location 20630-20633 2025-03-13 22:05:06
“I know what you are,” Shallan whispered. “You’re the blankness upon my memories. The part of me that looks away. The part of my mind that protects me from my past.” “Of course I am,” Veil said. “I’m your veil, Shallan.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1016 | Location 20634-20636 2025-03-13 22:05:57
“I killed her,” Shallan whispered. “I killed my spren. My wonderful, beautiful, kindly spren. I broke my oaths, and I killed her.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1017 | Location 20651-20652 2025-03-13 22:15:00
Did I do well? “Yes,” Shallan whispered. “Thank you. Thank you so much.” And then, like any other illusion that was no longer needed, Veil puffed away.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1017 | Location 20662-20664 2025-03-13 22:15:48
Maya drew in air, filling her lungs. Her expression livid as she gathered all of her strength, she prepared to shout again. Adolin braced himself for the screech. Her mouth opened. And she spoke. “We! CHOSE!”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1025 | Location 20804-20806 2025-03-13 22:24:45
“You. Cannot. Have. My. SACRIFICE!” she shouted. “Mine. My sacrifice. Not yours.” She pointed at the crowd. “Not theirs.” She pointed at Adolin. “Not his. Mine. MY SACRIFICE.” “You knew what was going to happen when the Radiants broke their oaths,” Adolin said. “They didn’t murder you. You decided together.” She nodded vigorously.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1025 | Location 20816-20820 2025-03-13 22:25:50
“This is why,” Navani said, kneeling beside the two. “Your god hinted that anti-Voidlight was possible, and you suspected what it would do. You captured the tower, you imprisoned and pushed me, and possibly delayed the corruption of the Sibling. Because you hoped to find this anti-Voidlight. Not because you wanted a weapon against Odium. Because you wanted to show a mercy to your daughter.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1049 | Location 21280-21283 2025-03-14 21:25:54
“I will end the war,” Raboniel said. “That is the promise I will keep, for today we have discovered the means. Finally. A way to make certain that the Radiants can no longer fight. They function as Fused do, you see. If we kill the human, another Radiant will be born. The fight becomes eternal, both sides immortal. Today we end that. I have preserved the Radiants in the tower for a reason. Anti-Stormlight will need subjects for testing.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1050 | Location 21303-21307 2025-03-14 21:27:41
“Today is a momentous day,” Raboniel said, letting go and walking after the servants carrying Navani’s equipment. “Today is the day we discovered a way to destroy Radiant spren. I will let you know the results of the test.”
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“You mean Kaladin?” Lirin asked. “Yes, sir,” Noril said. “He’s got the emptiness, bad as I do. I can see it in him. We all can. But he gets up anyway. We’re trapped in here, and we all want to do something to help. We can’t, but somehow he can.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1059 | Location 21412-21414 2025-03-14 21:39:46
That was becoming his deepest secret: the Blackthorn had finally become what men had been accusing him of for years. A soldier who had lost the will to kill.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1072 | Location 21597-21598 2025-03-14 22:06:38
Squint your eyes a little, and everything is really just color and shapes.”
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Wit had undoubtedly sculpted each word with precision. “If Dalinar wins, Odium retreats to Damnation for a thousand years. If Odium wins, he must remain in the system, but gets Roshar to do with as he pleases. The monarchs will submit
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1079 | Location 21731-21732 2025-03-15 21:28:19
“For Dalinar’s contest with Odium.” Wit had undoubtedly sculpted each word with precision. “If Dalinar wins, Odium retreats to Damnation for a thousand years. If Odium wins, he must remain in the system, but gets Roshar to do with as he pleases. The monarchs will submit to his rule—as will the Radiants who follow Dalinar.”
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“And who is that, Wit?” she asked. “Who are you really?” “Someone,” he said, “who wisely turned down the power the others all took—and in so doing, gained freedoms they can never again have. I, Jasnah, am someone who is not bound.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1081 | Location 21782-21784 2025-03-15 21:30:57
She said that a chaotic universe meant the only actions of actual importance were the ones they decided were important. That gave people autonomy.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1099 | Location 22147-22148 2025-03-15 22:28:06
He wasn’t human. He was a Voidbringer. If that word had ever applied to any, it was Moash.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1101 | Location 22187-22188 2025-03-15 22:31:08
Lift collapsed, her legs ruined by the Blade. The figure in the black uniform turned from Lift and—blazing with Stormlight—focused on Teft. Sunken cheeks, prominent nose, glowing eyes. Moash.
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“But know this. You can kill me, but you can’t have what I have. You can never have it. Because I die knowing I’m loved.” Moash grunted and dropped him to the ground. Then he stabbed Teft directly through the neck with his Shardblade. Confident, and somehow still full of hope, Teft died.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1117 | Location 22491-22493 2025-03-15 22:49:53
Navani walked over to Raboniel. “You wanted a way to end it,” she said. “You don’t care who wins.” “I care,” Raboniel whispered. “I want … the singers to win. But your side … winning … is better than … than…” “Than the war continuing forever,” Navani said. Raboniel nodded, her eyes closed.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1126 | Location 22655-22659 2025-03-16 16:09:39
No one chanted or shouted this time, but when Stormblessed turned around, Venli saw his face—and she immediately attuned the Terrors. His eyes were glowing like a Radiant’s, his face a mask of pain and anguish, but the eyes … she swore the light had a yellowish-red cast to it. Like … like …
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1128 | Location 22692-22695 2025-03-16 16:13:14
What are you doing? CONNECTING HIM, Dalinar said. UNITING HIM. The Stormfather rumbled. With what?
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Then Tien, poor little Tien, wrapped his arms around Kaladin and held him. “It’s all right,” he whispered. “I’m here. To help you feel brave.” “I’m not the child you see,” Kaladin whispered. “I know who you are, Kal.”
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“Sorry…” Leshwi said. A joyspren burst around her, beautiful, like a blue storm. “Sorry? Venli, they’ve come back to us! They’ve forgiven us.”
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Teft had been a good person. One of the best.
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Navani, the Sibling said. I accept your Words. Power flooded Navani. Infused her, making her pain evaporate like water on a hotplate. Together, she and the Sibling created Light. The energy surged through her so fully, she felt it bursting from her eyes and mouth as she looked up at Moash and spoke. “Journey before destination, you bastard.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1149 | Location 23117-23120 2025-03-16 17:14:17
Keep fighting, a voice said in his head. Salvation will be, Rlain, listener. Bridger of Minds. I have been sent to you by my mother, at the request of Renarin, Son of Thorns. I have watched you and seen your worthiness.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1156 | Location 23246-23248 2025-03-16 21:05:16
Keep fighting, a voice said in his head. Salvation will be, Rlain, listener. Bridger of Minds. I have been sent to you by my mother, at the request of Renarin, Son of Thorns. I have watched you and seen your worthiness. Speak the Words, and do not despair.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1156 | Location 23246-23249 2025-03-16 21:05:23
“Here, the last entry. ‘Our first honorspren lived nearly fifteen minutes. A new record, and orders of magnitude longer than all previous attempts. Honorspren seem to have the most humanlike essences. When transferred, the organs and muscles form most naturally. We must capture more of them.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1168 | Location 23514-23516 2025-03-16 21:22:21
Cryptics and ashspren are impossible to bring over properly with our current knowledge. The process of creating bodies for them results in a physical form that collapses upon itself immediately. It appears their physiology works against the fundamental laws of the Physical Realm.’”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1168 | Location 23516-23519 2025-03-16 21:22:31
Odium’s gift returned, and Moash breathed easier. Blissfully without his guilt. His spine healed. He could walk by the time they dropped him among a camp of a few others who had managed to flee the tower. But he couldn’t see them. No matter how much Stormlight he was given, his eyes didn’t recover. He was blind.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1170 | Location 23545-23548 2025-03-16 21:24:33
Cultivation’s gift, though it had bled Dalinar, had given him the strength to defy Odium. All this time, he’d been asking what a god could possibly fear, but the answer was obvious. Odium feared men who would not obey him. He feared Dalinar.
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“Why would I want to destroy you? I am your god, Dalinar.” Odium shook his head, staring into the infinite golden distance. “I need soldiers. For the true battle that is coming, not for one people or one miserable windswept continent. A battle of the gods. A battle for everything. “Roshar is a training ground. The time will come that I unleash you upon the others who are not nearly as well trained. Not nearly as hardened as I have made you.”
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“Yes,” Odium said, eyes shining golden. “You will have. And you will give your soul to me. You, Dalinar, will join the Fused. You will become immortal, and will personally serve me. Bound by your oaths. You will be the one I send to the stars to serve my interests in the cosmere.” A cold shock ran through Dalinar. Like he’d felt the first time he’d been stabbed. Surprise, disbelief, terror. You will join the Fused.
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“Final terms are these: A contest of champions to the death. On the tenth day of the month Palah, tenth hour. We each send a willing champion, allowed to meet at the top of Urithiru, otherwise unharmed by either side’s forces. If I win that contest, you will remain bound to the system—but you will return Alethkar and Herdaz to me, with all of their occupants intact. You will vow to cease hostilities and maintain the peace, not working against my allies or our kingdoms in any way.” “Agreed,” Odium said. “But if I win, I keep everything I’ve won—including your homeland. I still remain bound to this system, and will still cease hostilities as you said above. But I will have your soul. To serve me, immortal. Will you do this? Because I agree to these terms.” “And I,” Dalinar whispered. “I agree to these terms.” “It is done.”
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“End it … Navani…” Raboniel whispered, letting the song cease. “Make sure they let it all … end.”
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Take me, the power pled, speaking not in words, but in emotion. You are perfect. I am yours. Taravangian hesitated briefly, then thrust his hands into the well of power. And Ascended to godhood, becoming Odium.
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Beside him, the assassin had found a burned-out corpse, mostly eaten by the sword’s attack. That was Rayse, Taravangian’s predecessor, but Szeth wasn’t able to tell. The sword had consumed clothing and most of the flesh, leaving bits of stone-grey bone. They think that’s me, Taravangian thought, reading the possible futures. Szeth didn’t see what happened to me spiritually. He doesn’t know Odium was
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1190 | Location 23937-23940 2025-03-16 22:04:19
Beside him, the assassin had found a burned-out corpse, mostly eaten by the sword’s attack. That was Rayse, Taravangian’s predecessor, but Szeth wasn’t able to tell. The sword had consumed clothing and most of the flesh, leaving bits of stone-grey bone. They think that’s me, Taravangian thought, reading the possible futures. Szeth didn’t see what happened to me spiritually. He doesn’t know Odium was here.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1190 | Location 23937-23940 2025-03-16 22:04:25
“So it must be,” Mraize said. “Know that in doing this, you have moved against the Ghostbloods in the most offensive of ways. We are now at war, Shallan.” “You’ve always been at war,” Shallan said. “I’ve finally picked a side. Goodbye, Mraize. End contact.”
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1197 | Location 24080-24083 2025-03-17 20:27:58
A voice. “Venli? Venli, is that you?” Venli looked down to see that her mother’s eyes had focused, seeing her. Your Words, Venli, a distant femalen voice said in her mind, are now accepted.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1200 | Location 24149-24151 2025-03-17 20:32:06
Kaladin was directed to a bin of salvage, and he began rifling through it, Syl on his shoulder. He found Rock’s razor. And some of Sigzil’s brushpens. And … He held up a miniature wooden horse, carved in exacting detail.
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Kaladin would do as Dalinar asked, and go to save the Herald Ishi.
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The rain cannot stop the bloodshed, she said, fading. But it washes the world afterward anyway.
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The rain cannot stop the bloodshed, she said, fading. But it washes the world afterward anyway. Thank you. I COULD HAVE DONE MORE, the Rider replied.
<Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)>(Sanderson, Brandon) Highlight on page 1212 | Location 24396-24398 2025-03-17 20:47:21
For the first time in a long, long while, Wit felt true terror. If Odium destroyed the Breaths that held his memories … I don’t believe this will cause you actual harm … Odium said. Yes, it seems my predecessor’s agreements will allow me to— Wit stopped in the hallways of Elhokar’s old palace on the Shattered Plains. He searched around, then cocked his head. Had he heard something?
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