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This page contains some statistical analysis of '''''[[The Way of Kings]]''''', the first book in ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]''.
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This page contains some statistical analysis of '''''[[The Way of Kings]]''''', the first book in [[The Stormlight Archive]].
   
For a full series overview see [[The Stormlight Archive/Statistical analysis]], and for other books in the series see [[Words of Radiance/Statistical analysis]] and [[Oathbringer/Statistical analysis]].
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For a full series overview see [[The Stormlight Archive/Statistical analysis]], and for other books in the series see [[Words of Radiance/Statistical analysis]], [[Oathbringer/Statistical analysis]] and [[Rhythm of War/Statistical analysis]].
   
 
The information on this page can be found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RzIu82lTQz-utNYtTEe7KGA7Yw8eAh46wqWkPCvAsRk/edit#gid=1768559998 here].
 
The information on this page can be found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RzIu82lTQz-utNYtTEe7KGA7Yw8eAh46wqWkPCvAsRk/edit#gid=1768559998 here].
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| [[The_Way_of_Kings/Summary#Chapter 51|Ch51: Sas Nahn]]
 
| [[Kaladin]] (flashback)
 
| [[Kaladin]] (flashback)
| align="right" | 6,562
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| align="right" | 1,882
 
| align="right" | 1.7077%
 
| align="right" | 1.7077%
 
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
!Character (17+1)
 
!Character (17+1)
!# of POVs (123)
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!# of POVs (124)
 
!% of Total POVs
 
!% of Total POVs
 
!Word Count (384,265)
 
!Word Count (384,265)
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| [[Kalak]]
 
| [[Kalak]]
 
| align="right" | 1
 
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | 0.8130%
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| align="right" | 0.8065%
 
| align="right" | 1,290
 
| align="right" | 1,290
 
| align="right" | 0.3357%
 
| align="right" | 0.3357%
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| [[Szeth-son-son-Vallano]]
 
| [[Szeth-son-son-Vallano]]
 
| align="right" | 5
 
| align="right" | 5
| align="right" | 4.0650%
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| align="right" | 4.0323%
 
| align="right" | 17,061
 
| align="right" | 17,061
 
| align="right" | 4.4399%
 
| align="right" | 4.4399%
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| [[Cenn]]
 
| [[Cenn]]
 
| align="right" | 1
 
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | 0.8130%
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| align="right" | 0.8065%
 
| align="right" | 4,510
 
| align="right" | 4,510
 
| align="right" | 1.1737%
 
| align="right" | 1.1737%
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Kaladin]]
 
| [[Kaladin]]
| align="right" | 35
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| align="right" | 36
| align="right" | 28.4553%
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| align="right" | 29.0323%
| align="right" | 127,042
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| align="right" | 127,711
| align="right" | 33.0610%
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| align="right" | 33.2351%
 
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|-
 
| [[Kaladin]] (flashback)
 
| [[Kaladin]] (flashback)
 
| align="right" | 11
 
| align="right" | 11
| align="right" | 8.9431%
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| align="right" | 8.8710%
 
| align="right" | 39,902
 
| align="right" | 39,902
 
| align="right" | 10.3840%
 
| align="right" | 10.3840%
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| [[Shallan Davar]]
 
| [[Shallan Davar]]
 
| align="right" | 15
 
| align="right" | 15
| align="right" | 12.1951%
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| align="right" | 12.0968%
 
| align="right" | 65,810
 
| align="right" | 65,810
 
| align="right" | 17.1262%
 
| align="right" | 17.1262%
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| [[Ishikk]]
 
| [[Ishikk]]
 
| align="right" | 1
 
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | 0.8130%
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| align="right" | 0.8065%
 
| align="right" | 2,058
 
| align="right" | 2,058
 
| align="right" | 0.5356%
 
| align="right" | 0.5356%
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| [[Balat Davar]]
 
| [[Balat Davar]]
 
| align="right" | 1
 
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | 0.8130%
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| align="right" | 0.8065%
 
| align="right" | 1,344
 
| align="right" | 1,344
 
| align="right" | 0.3498%
 
| align="right" | 0.3498%
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| [[Adolin Kholin]]
 
| [[Adolin Kholin]]
 
| align="right" | 13
 
| align="right" | 13
| align="right" | 10.5691%
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| align="right" | 10.4839%
 
| align="right" | 22,634
 
| align="right" | 22,634
 
| align="right" | 5.8902%
 
| align="right" | 5.8902%
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| [[Dalinar Kholin]]
 
| [[Dalinar Kholin]]
 
| align="right" | 28
 
| align="right" | 28
| align="right" | 22.7642%
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| align="right" | 22.5806%
 
| align="right" | 87,401
 
| align="right" | 87,401
 
| align="right" | 22.7450%
 
| align="right" | 22.7450%
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| [[Rysn]]
 
| [[Rysn]]
 
| align="right" | 1
 
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | 0.8130%
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| align="right" | 0.8065%
 
| align="right" | 2,768
 
| align="right" | 2,768
 
| align="right" | 0.7203%
 
| align="right" | 0.7203%
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| [[Axies the Collector]]
 
| [[Axies the Collector]]
 
| align="right" | 1
 
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | 0.8130%
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| align="right" | 0.8065%
 
| align="right" | 2,100
 
| align="right" | 2,100
 
| align="right" | 0.5465%
 
| align="right" | 0.5465%
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| [[Gaz]]
 
| [[Gaz]]
 
| align="right" | 2
 
| align="right" | 2
| align="right" | 1.6260%
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| align="right" | 1.6129%
 
| align="right" | 1,447
 
| align="right" | 1,447
 
| align="right" | 0.3766%
 
| align="right" | 0.3766%
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| [[Teft]]
 
| [[Teft]]
 
| align="right" | 4
 
| align="right" | 4
| align="right" | 3.2520%
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| align="right" | 3.2258%
 
| align="right" | 2,252
 
| align="right" | 2,252
 
| align="right" | 0.5861%
 
| align="right" | 0.5861%
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| [[Baxil]]
 
| [[Baxil]]
 
| align="right" | 1
 
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | 0.8130%
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| align="right" | 0.8065%
 
| align="right" | 1,267
 
| align="right" | 1,267
 
| align="right" | 0.3297%
 
| align="right" | 0.3297%
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| [[Geranid]]
 
| [[Geranid]]
 
| align="right" | 1
 
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | 0.8130%
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| align="right" | 0.8065%
 
| align="right" | 1,446
 
| align="right" | 1,446
 
| align="right" | 0.3763%
 
| align="right" | 0.3763%
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| [[Navani Kholin]]
 
| [[Navani Kholin]]
 
| align="right" | 1
 
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | 0.8130%
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| align="right" | 0.8065%
 
| align="right" | 1,669
 
| align="right" | 1,669
 
| align="right" | 0.4343%
 
| align="right" | 0.4343%
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| [[Wit]]
 
| [[Wit]]
 
| align="right" | 1
 
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | 0.8130%
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| align="right" | 0.8065%
 
| align="right" | 1,595
 
| align="right" | 1,595
 
| align="right" | 0.4151%
 
| align="right" | 0.4151%

Latest revision as of 03:07, 22 July 2023

This page contains some statistical analysis of The Way of Kings, the first book in The Stormlight Archive.

For a full series overview see The Stormlight Archive/Statistical analysis, and for other books in the series see Words of Radiance/Statistical analysis, Oathbringer/Statistical analysis and Rhythm of War/Statistical analysis.

The information on this page can be found here.

Chapter by Chapter Breakdown[edit]

Chapter Character Word Count Percentage
Prelude to the Stormlight Archive Kalak 1,290 0.3357%
Prologue: To Kill Szeth-son-son-Vallano 6,128 1.5947%
Part One: Above Silence
Ch1: Stormblessed Cenn 4,510 1.1737%
Ch2: Honor is Dead Kaladin 5,023 1.3072%
Ch3: City of Bells Shallan Davar 5,279 1.3738%
Ch4: The Shattered Plains Kaladin 4,100 1.0670%
Ch5: Heretic Shallan Davar 3,994 1.0394%
Ch6: Bridge Four Kaladin 7,184 1.8695%
Ch7: Anything Reasonable Shallan Davar 6,146 1.5994%
Ch8: Nearer the Flame Shallan Davar 6,887 1.7923%
Ch9: Damnation Kaladin 2,316 0.6027%
Ch10: Stories of Surgeons Kaladin (flashback) 2,290 0.5959%
Ch11: Droplets Kaladin 3,160 0.8223%
Part One Total 50,889 13.2432%
Interludes
Interlude: Ishikk Ishikk 2,058 0.5356%
Interlude: Nan Balat Balat Davar 1,344 0.3498%
Interlude: The Glory of Ignorance Szeth-son-son-Vallano 2,017 0.5249%
Interludes Total 5,419 1.4102%
Part Two: The Illuminating Storms
Ch12: Unity Adolin Kholin 1,402 0.3649%
Dalinar Kholin 1,692 0.4403%
Adolin Kholin 4,535 1.1802%
Ch13: Ten Heartbeats Dalinar Kholin 2,626 0.6834%
Adolin Kholin 726 0.1889%
Ch14: Payday Kaladin 3,872 1.0076%
Ch15: The Decoy Adolin Kholin 635 0.1653%
Dalinar Kholin 3,493 0.9090%
Adolin Kholin 4,134 1.0758%
Dalinar Kholin 889 0.2314%
Ch16: Cocoons Kaladin (flashback) 5,600 1.4573%
Ch17: A Bloody, Red Sunset Kaladin 6,974 1.8149%
Ch18: Highprince of War Adolin Kholin 1,107 0.2881%
Dalinar Kholin 2,193 0.5707%
Adolin Kholin 1,481 0.3854%
Dalinar Kholin 3,638 0.9467%
Ch19: Starfalls Dalinar Kholin 5,936 1.5448%
Ch20: Scarlet Kaladin (flashback) 748 0.1947%
Ch21: Why Men Lie Kaladin 4,364 1.1357%
Ch22: Eyes, Hands or Spheres Dalinar Kholin 5,671 1.4758%
Ch23: Many Uses Kaladin 5,422 1.4110%
Ch24: The Gallery of Maps Dalinar Kholin 2,137 0.5561%
Adolin Kholin 1,336 0.3477%
Ch25: The Butcher Kaladin (flashback) 3,285 0.8549%
Ch26: Stillness Dalinar Kholin 6,587 1.7142%
Ch27: Chasm Duty Kaladin 9,105 2.3695%
Ch28: Decision Adolin Kholin 3,157 0.8216%
Dalinar Kholin 6,403 1.6663%
Part Two Total 99,148 25.8020%
Interludes
Interlude: Rysn Rysn 2,768 0.7203%
Interlude: Axies the Collector Axies the Collector 2,100 0.5465%
Interlude: A Work of Art Szeth-son-son-Vallano 3,471 0.9033%
Interludes Total 8,339 2.1701%
Part Three: Dying
Ch29: Errorgance Shallan Davar 6,562 1.7077%
Ch30: Darkness Unseen Kaladin 328 0.0854%
Gaz 1,046 0.2722%
Kaladin 1,862 0.4846%
Gaz 401 0.1044%
Ch31: Beneath the Skin Kaladin (flashback) 1,994 0.5189%
Ch32: Side Carry Kaladin 4,813 1.2525%
Ch33: Cymatics Shallan Davar 5,708 1.4854%
Ch34: Stormwall Kaladin 1,981 0.5155%
Ch35: A Light by Which to See Kaladin 1,197 0.3115%
Teft 697 0.1814%
Ch36: The Lesson Shallan Davar 5,441 1.4159%
Ch37: Sides Kaladin (flashback) 5,810 1.5120%
Ch38: Envisager Kaladin 721 0.1876%
Teft 992 0.2582%
Ch39: Burned into Her Shallan Davar 3,770 0.9811%
Ch40: Eyes of Red and Blue Kaladin 5,077 1.3212%
Ch41: Of Alds and Milp Kaladin (flashback) 2,070 0.5387%
Ch42: Beggars and Barmaids Shallan Davar 5,419 1.4102%
Ch43: The Wretch Kaladin 4,544 1.1825%
Ch44: The Weeping Kaladin (flashback) 4,720 1.2283%
Ch45: Shadesmar Shallan Davar 7,799 2.0296%
Ch46: Child of Tanavast Kaladin 7,135 1.8568%
Ch47: Stormblessings Kaladin (flashback) 4,879 1.2697%
Ch48: Strawberry Shallan Davar 3,422 0.8905%
Ch49: To Care Kaladin 3,513 0.9142%
Ch50: Backbreaker Powder Shallan Davar 1,237 0.3219%
Ch51: Sas Nahn Kaladin (flashback) 1,882 1.7077%
Part Three Total 99,700 25.9456%
Interludes
Interlude: Baxil Baxil 1,267 0.3297%
Interlude: Geranid Geranid 1,446 0.3763%
Interlude: Death Wears White Szeth-son-son-Vallano 2,884 0.7505%
Interludes Total 5,597 1.4565%
Part Four: Storm's Illumination
Ch52: A Highway to the Sun Adolin Kholin 740 0.1926%
Dalinar Kholin 6,235 1.6226%
Ch53: Dunny Kaladin 2,658 0.6917%
Ch54: Gibletish Dalinar Kholin 5,548 1.4438%
Ch55: An Emerald Broam Kaladin 5,801 1.5096%
Ch56: That Storming Book Dalinar Kholin 4,740 1.2335%
Ch57: Wandersail Kaladin 8,868 2.3078%
Ch58: The Journey Adolin Kholin 2,242 0.5835%
Dalinar Kholin 5,121 1.3327%
Ch59: An Honor Kaladin 6,553 1.7053%
Ch60: That Which We Cannot Have Dalinar Kholin 4,129 1.0745%
Ch61: Right for Wrong Dalinar Kholin 3,123 0.8127%
Ch62: Three Glyphs Kaladin 5,108 1.3293%
Ch63: Fear Kaladin 2,111 0.5494%
Ch64: A Man of Extremes Dalinar Kholin 1,728 0.4497%
Kaladin 535 0.1392%
Adolin Kholin 870 0.2264%
Ch65: The Tower Dalinar Kholin 1,072 0.2790%
Kaladin 796 0.2071%
Dalinar Kholin 2,076 0.5403%
Ch66: Codes Kaladin 890 0.2316%
Dalinar Kholin 1,574 0.4096%
Ch67: Words Kaladin 2,126 0.5533%
Dalinar Kholin 780 0.2030%
Kaladin 1,612 0.4195%
Kaladin (flashback) 1,944 0.5059%
Kaladin 669 0.1741%
Teft 146 0.0380%
Ch68: Eshonai Adolin Kholin 269 0.0700%
Teft 417 0.1085%
Dalinar Kholin 1,375 0.3578%
Kaladin 2,501 0.6509%
Dalinar Kholin 377 0.0981%
Kaladin 320 0.0833%
Dalinar Kholin 1,430 0.3721%
Ch69: Justice Navani Kholin 1,669 0.4343%
Dalinar Kholin 2,552 0.6641%
Kaladin 1,072 0.2790%
Dalinar Kholin 2,328 0.6058%
Part Four Total 94,105 24.4896%
Part Five: The Silence Above
Ch70: Sea of Glass Shallan Davar 2,397 0.6238%
Ch71: Recorded in Blood Szeth-son-son-Vallano 2,561 0.6665%
Ch72: Veristitalian Shallan Davar 807 0.2100%
Ch73: Trust Kaladin 3,400 0.8848%
Ch74: Ghostblood Shallan Davar 942 0.2451%
Ch75: In the Top Room Dalinar Kholin 1,948 0.5069%
Part Five Total 12,055 3.1372%
Epilogue: Of Most Worth Wit 1,595 0.4151%

Unique POV Breakdown[edit]

Character (17+1) # of POVs (124) % of Total POVs Word Count (384,265) % of Word Count
Kalak 1 0.8065% 1,290 0.3357%
Szeth-son-son-Vallano 5 4.0323% 17,061 4.4399%
Cenn 1 0.8065% 4,510 1.1737%
Kaladin 36 29.0323% 127,711 33.2351%
Kaladin (flashback) 11 8.8710% 39,902 10.3840%
Shallan Davar 15 12.0968% 65,810 17.1262%
Ishikk 1 0.8065% 2,058 0.5356%
Balat Davar 1 0.8065% 1,344 0.3498%
Adolin Kholin 13 10.4839% 22,634 5.8902%
Dalinar Kholin 28 22.5806% 87,401 22.7450%
Rysn 1 0.8065% 2,768 0.7203%
Axies the Collector 1 0.8065% 2,100 0.5465%
Gaz 2 1.6129% 1,447 0.3766%
Teft 4 3.2258% 2,252 0.5861%
Baxil 1 0.8065% 1,267 0.3297%
Geranid 1 0.8065% 1,446 0.3763%
Navani Kholin 1 0.8065% 1,669 0.4343%
Wit 1 0.8065% 1,595 0.4151%
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