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Fix incorrect calculation, provide ref, condense statement of possibilties. Also add brief recounting of Moelach's movements. Needs some date citations.
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'''Death Rattles''' are a phenomenon related to the [[Unmade]] [[Moelach]].{{wob ref|2840}} His presence causes some dying individuals to experience precognitive events in the form of cryptic utterances, in the final moments of life.{{epigraph ref|sa2|82}} This effect occurs only in the area around Moelach, who tends to move around [[Roshar]]. Death Rattles were apparently moderately common in [[Shinovar]] at some time between {{Rosharan date|1138}} and {{Rosharan date|1166}}, as [[Szeth]] recounts the phenomenon.{{book ref|sa4|16}}{{book ref|sa1|i|3}} The emergence of the Death Rattles in the East appears to coincide with the expedition of King [[Gavilar Kholin]] of [[Alethkar]] where the [[Parshendi]] were first encountered
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|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1171|6|5|1}}, 31 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a darkeyed pregnant woman of middle years. The child did not survive.{{epigraph ref|sa1|prologue}}
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This Death Rattle was collected exactly 1227 days before the advent of the Everstorm.{{ref|text=Everstorm arrives on {{Rosharan numeric date|1173|10|10|3}}{{cite|this date here}} and this Rattle was collected on {{Rosharan numeric date|1171|6|5|1}}.{{epigraph ref|sa1|prologue}} The difference between these dates is 1127 days.}} Given one thousand days is two years on Roshar, it seems likely the reference here to one thousand days is more of an estimation or poetic device rather than an exact date.
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