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“ | I wonder if men who use cords to bind are fools, since tradition, society, and momentum are going to tie us all down anyway.
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–Lyn |
Point of view: Dalinar, Kaladin
Setting: Urithiru
Progression of the Chapter:
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In this flashback chapter, Dalinar is attending a feast with his brother and Sadeas. He realizes that he's forgotten his favorite knife, and heads out into the highstorm to look for it. When he returns, everyone is horrified that he just went out for a casual stroll in the midst of such carnage. Gavilar has a discussion about the Rirans who wish to form an alliance with them in return for a set of Shardplate, then an assassin attempts to stab him. Dalinar thwarts the attempt, then agrees to marry Evi, the Riran ambassador's sister. |
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–Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther |
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