Difference between revisions of "The Way of Kings/Epigraphs"

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==Death Rattle Quotes==

 

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|Collected on the first day of the week Palah of the month Shash of the year 1171, thirty-one seconds before death. Subject was a darkeyed pregnant woman of middle years. The child did not survive.

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|Collected on the fifth day of the week Chach of the month Betab of the year 1171, ten seconds before death. Subject was a darkeyed soldier thirty-one years of age. Sample is considered questionable.

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|Collected on the second day of Kakash, year 1171, five seconds before death. Subject was a lighteyed woman in her third decade.

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|Collected on the 4th of Tanates, year 1171, thirty seconds before death. Subject was a cobbler of some renown.

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|Collected on the 3rd of Jesnan, 1172, 11 seconds pre-death. Subject was a Reshi chull trainer. Sample is of particular note.

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|Collected on the 1st of Nanes, 1172, 15 seconds pre-death. Subject was a darkeyed youth of unknown origin.

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|Collected on Vevishes, 1172, 32 seconds pre-death. Subject was a lighteyed female child, approximately six years old.

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!8{{anchor|Chapter 8}}

|Collected on Ishashan, 1172, 18 seconds pre-death. Subject was a lighteyed spinster of the eighth dahn.

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|Collected: Jesachev, 1173, 12 seconds pre-death. Subject: one of our own ardents, overheard during his last moments.

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|Collected: Chachanan, 1173, 84 seconds pre-death. Subject: a cutpurse with the wasting sickness, of partial Iriali descent.

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|Dated Vevanev, 1173, 107 seconds pre-death. Subject: an out-of-work Veden sailor.

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!53{{anchor|Chapter 53}}

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|Dated Palaheses, 1173, unknown seconds pre-death. Subject: a wealthy lighteyes. Sample collected secondhand.

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!55{{anchor|Chapter 55}}

|Dated Palahevan, 1173, 73 seconds pre-death. Subject: a beggar of some renown, known for his elegant songs.

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!56{{anchor|Chapter 56}}

|Dated Palahakev, 1173, 16 seconds pre-death. Subject: a Thaylen sailor.

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!57{{anchor|Chapter 57}}

|Dated Shashanan, 1173, 23 seconds pre-death. Subject: a darkeyed youth of sixteen years. Sample is of particular note.

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!58{{anchor|Chapter 58}}

|Dated Shashabev, 1173, 8 seconds pre-death. Subject: a darkeyed dock-worker in his forties, father of three.

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|Dated Betabanan, 1173, 45 seconds pre-death. Subject: a lighteyed child of five years. Diction improved remarkably when giving sample.

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!60{{anchor|Chapter 60}}

|Dated Betabanes, 1173, 95 seconds pre-death. Subject: a scholar of some minor renown. Sample collected secondhand. Considered questionable.

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!61{{anchor|Chapter 61}}

|Dated Kakanev, 1173, 13 seconds pre-death. Subject was a city guardsman.

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!62{{anchor|Chapter 62}}

|Kakevah 1173, 22 seconds pre-death. A darkeyed Selay man of unknown profession.

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!63{{anchor|Chapter 63}}

|Kakashah 1173, 142 seconds pre-death. A Shin sailor, left behind by his crew, reportedly for bringing them ill luck. Sample largely useless.

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!64{{anchor|Chapter 64}}

|Kakashah 1173, 13 seconds pre-death. A rickshaw puller.

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!65{{anchor|Chapter 65}}

|Kakakes 1173, 8 seconds pre-death. A darkeyed young woman of fifteen. Subject was reportedly mentally unstable since childhood.

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!66{{anchor|Chapter 66}}

|Kaktach 1173, 16 seconds pre-death. A middle-aged potter. Reported seeing strange dreams during highstorms during the last two years.

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|Tanatesach 1173, 28 seconds pre-death. A darkeyed female street juggler. Note similarity to sample 1172-89.

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|Tanatanes 1173, 8 seconds pre-death. An Azish itinerant worker. Sample of particular note.

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|Tanatanev 1173, 18 seconds pre-death. A darkeyed mother of four in her sixty-second year.

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|An illiterate Herdazian.

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|Noted in Masly, page 337. Corroborated by Coldwin and Hasavah.

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!30{{anchor|Chapter 30}}

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|This quote from the Eighth Parable of The Way of Kings seems to contradict Varala and Sinbian, who both claim the city was inaccessible by foot. Perhaps there was a way constructed, or perhaps Nohadon was being metaphorical.

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!36{{anchor|Chapter 36}}

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!39{{anchor|Chapter 39}}

|Another folktale, this one recorded in Among the Darkeyed, by Calinam. Page 102. Stories of instantaneous travel and the Oathgates pervade these tales.

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!42{{anchor|Chapter 42}}

|The word Desolation is used twice in reference to their appearances. See pages 57, 59, and 64 of Tales by Hearthlight.

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!45{{anchor|Chapter 45}}

|The Unmade were obviously fabrications of folklore. Curiously, most were not considered individuals, but instead personifications of kinds of destruction. This quote is from Traxil, line 33, considered a primary source, though I doubt its authenticity.

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!48{{anchor|Chapter 48}}

|Cormshen, page 104.

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!49{{anchor|Chapter 49}}

|Though I am not overly fond of the [[ketek]] poetic form as a means of conveying information, this one by Allahn is often quoted in reference to Urithiru. I believe some mistook the home of the Radiants for their birthplace.

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|A quote from the Iviad probably needs no reference notation, but this comes from line 482, should I need to locate it quickly.

 

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== Notes ==

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