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|Many cultures speak of the so-called Death Rattles that sometimes overtake people as they die. Tradition ascribes them to the almighty, but I find too many of them to be seemingly prophetic. This will be my most contentious assertion I am sure but I think these are the effects of Moelach persisting in our current times. Proof is easy to provide: the effect is regionalized, and tends to move across Roshar,. thisThis is the roving of the Unmade.

'''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. in {{Rosharan date|1166}}.{{wob ref|4693}}{{book ref|sa1|71}}{{book ref|sa4|45}} Later, during {{Rosharan date|1174}}, Moelach and the Rattles moved to the [[Horneater Peaks]].{{book ref|sa3|107}}

King [[Taravangian]] of [[Kharbranth]] keeps a record of Death Rattles taken from selected hospital patients (the terminally ill, the lowly, and the forgotten) who are slowly and intentionally bled to death solely for this purpose{{book ref|sa1|71}} by the king's [[Silent Gatherer]]s.{{book ref|sa1|endnote}} He does so in order to supplement the [[Diagram (literature)|Diagram]], {{book ref|sa2|i|14}} despite the Diagram itself calling Death Rattles and Moelach a distraction.{{epigraph ref|sa2|82}} The Diagram is aware of the possibility that Moelach, as Unmade servant of [[Odium]] may be feeding them bad information, but they believe the benefits of future sight outweigh the risks. They think the knowledge of what subjects the information contains is useful whether the information is correct or not.{{wob ref|8572}}

|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1171|6|5|1}}, 31 seconds pre-before death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a darkeyed pregnant woman of middle years. The child did not survive.{{epigraph ref|sa1|prologue}}

:::This death rattle wascame spokenexactly two1227 years, four months and five weeksdays before the advent of the Everstorm.{{ref|text=TheThis Everstormrattle was summonedcollected on {{Rosharan numeric date|11731171|106|105|31}}{{articleepigraph ref|Words of Radiance/Timelinesa1|Wordsprologue}} ofand Radiancethe timeline}},Everstorm puttingarrived on {{Rosharan numeric date|11711173|610|510|13}}{{book 2ref|sa2|50}}{{book years, 4 months and 5 weeks beforehand.ref|sa2|81}}}} This is slightly more than one thousand days, since two years by themselves are one thousand days. It is possible that these Rattlesrattles are less than fully accurate, or that whoever gave this death rattle valued poetry over technically accurate detail or, given the specific phrasing, that this was perhaps a foreshadowing to thea daytime {{Rosharan227 date|1171|10|10|3}}days in the future when someone else would prophecyprophesy that it would be 1000 days until the Everstorm.

This Rattle appears to reference [[Shadesmar]], based on the:::The description of the sun and sky, andas well as the appearance of a [[Cryptic]]., Theindicate Silentthe Gatherersspeaker consideredhere thiswas Deathviewing Rattle[[Shadesmar]]. toThe besubject of particular note, likely because the subjectalso apparently retained comesome consciousness while dying, evidenced by them asking the Silent Gatherers "Healer, why do you take my blood?"{{epigraph ref|sa1|4}}In light of those conditions, the speaker may not have actually been affected by Moelach.

|Collected on {{Rosharan date|1173|3|2|2}}, 84 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a cutpurse with the wasting sickness, of partial Iriali descent.{{epigraph ref|sa1|11}}.

This:::Most rattle apparentlylikely refers to the sixteen [[Shard]]s of [[Adonalsium]], three of which ([[Honor]], [[Cultivation]], and Odium--three [[OdiumShards]]) areout investedof insixteen Roshartotal. TheIt is unclear what "Broken One" is possiblymeans, Taravangianhowever.

:::This rattle appears to be from the perspective of the [[Herald]] [[Talenel]], the only Herald to be returned, through death,return to [[Braize]] at the end of the [[Last Desolation]].

:::This rattle islikely believed to referrefers to the Herald [[Shalash]], the daughter of the Herald [[Jezrien]], Herald of Kings and patron of the [[Order of Windrunners]].{{book ref|sa3|122}} Shalash ishas also [[Baxil]]'s mistress who destroys art, includingdefaced depictions of aherself specificby Herald,scratching believedher toface be thoseout of Shalashpaintings herself.or Itby coulddestroying alsostatues bedepicting a reference to Syl and how she becomes a [[deadeye]] after Kaladin agrees to help [[Moash]] assassinate [[Elhokar]]her.

:::This rattle appears to be from the perspective of Kaladin during the [[Battle of the Tower]], moments before he swears the [[Knights Radiant/Immortal Words#Ideals of the Windrunners|Second Ideal of the Windrunners]]. The "final void" is a chasm over which he is jumping. The "friends behind, friends before" are the members of Bridge Four behind him and the army of [[Dalinar Kholin]] trapped by Parshendi before him. The "feast I must drink" is Stormlight stored in the gemstones knotted into the malen Parshendi's beards. The "words I must speak" is the Second Ideal. The "old oaths" are the [[Immortal Words]].

This subject:::It appears tothis havesubject beenis aware of whatthat the Silent Gatherers wereare doing,killing andpeople somehowin refusedorder to speakobtain oftheir thedeath visionsrattles heand sawrefuses to share his visions.

:::This rattle appears to refer to Kaladin and [[Shallan Davar|Shallan]] returning to the Warcampswarcamps at the [[Shattered Plains]] following antheir ill-fatedfall expedition.into the chasms. The "pit" is a reference to the chasms. and the "two dead men" are Kaladin and Shallan, presumed to be dead after falling into athe chasmfall. The "heart" is an emerald [[gemheart]] they harvested from a [[chasmfiend]] they encountered and killed on their return journey.

:::This rattle refers to the awakening of [[Thunderclast]]s.{{book ref|sa3|115}}

:::When all Heralds, except Taln, broke the Oathpact after Aharietiam, known as the Final Desolation, they lied and told humanity that the Voidbringers finally were defeated.