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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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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%
|