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! Prologue{{anchor|Prologue}}
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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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! 1{{anchor|Chapter 1}}
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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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!2{{anchor|Chapter 2}}
|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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!3{{anchor|Chapter 3}}
|Collected on the 4th of Tanates, year 1171, thirty seconds before death. Subject was a cobbler of some renown.
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!4{{anchor|Chapter 4}}
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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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!5{{anchor|Chapter 5}}
|Collected on the 1st of Nanes, 1172, 15 seconds pre-death. Subject was a darkeyed youth of unknown origin.
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!6{{anchor|Chapter 6}}
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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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!7{{anchor|Chapter 7}}
|“They are aflame. They burn. They bring the darkness when they come, and so all you can see is that their skin is aflame. Burn, burn, burn….”
|Collected on Palahishev, 1172, 21 seconds pre-death. Subject was a
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!52{{anchor|Chapter 52}}
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|Dated Vevanev, 1173, 107 seconds pre-death. Subject: an out-of-work Veden sailor.
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!30{{anchor|Chapter 30}}
|“They were suddenly dangerous. Like a calm day that became a tempest.”
|This fragment is the origin of a Thaylen proverb that was eventually reworked into a more common derivation. I believe it may reference the Voidbringers. See
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!32{{anchor|Chapter 32}}
|“They lived high atop a place no man could reach, but all could visit. The tower city itself, crafted by the hands of no man.”
|Though [[The Song of the Last Summer]] is a fanciful tale of romance from the third century after the Recreance, it is likely a valid reference in this case. See page 27 of
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!33{{anchor|Chapter 33}}
|“They changed, even as we fought them. Like shadows they were, that can transform as the flame dances. Never underestimate them because of what you first see."
|Purports to be a scrap collected from Talatin, a Radiant of the Order of Stonewards. The
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!34{{anchor|Chapter 34}}
!35{{anchor|Chapter 35}}
|“Though many wished Urithiru to be built in Alethela, it was obvious that it could not be. And so it was that we asked for it to be placed westward, in the place nearest to Honor.”
|Perhaps the oldest surviving original source mentioning the city, requoted in The Vavibrar, line 1804. What I
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!36{{anchor|Chapter 36}}
!38{{anchor|Chapter 38}}
|“Born from the darkness, they bear its taint still, marked upon their bodies much as the fire marks their souls.”
|I consider Gashashson-Navammis a trustworthy source, though
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!39{{anchor|Chapter 39}}
!43{{anchor|Chapter 43}}
|“They lived out in the wilds, always awaiting the Desolation—or sometimes, a foolish child who took no heed of the night’s darkness.”
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!45{{anchor|Chapter 45}}
!46{{anchor|Chapter 46}}
|“Though I was due for dinner in Veden City that night, I insisted upon visiting Kholinar to speak with Tivbet. The tariffs through Urithiru were growing quite unreasonable. By then, the so-called Radiants had already begun to show their true nature.”
|Following the firing of the original Palanaeum, only one page of
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!48{{anchor|Chapter 48}}
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