This page lists the point-of-view characters within The Way of Kings (i.e., those character perspectives through which the story is told).
The rest of the pov characters received one chapter each. They are: Kalak , Cenn , Ishikk , Nan Balat , Gaz , Rysn , Axies the Collector , Baxil , Geranid , Navani , Hoid , Joshor .
A total of 18 characters have points of view in the book.
There are a total of 75 chapters + Prelude + Prologue + Epilogue + Endnote + 9 Interludes for a total of 88 in the book.
Following is a list of chapters and the pov characters presented within them. The table is sortable, allowing the reader to find all the chapters from a specific pov character.
Chapters
Character(s)
Prelude
Kalak
Prologue: To Kill
Szeth
Ch.1: Stormblessed
Cenn
Ch.2: Honor is Dead
Kaladin
Ch.3: City of Bells
Shallan
Ch.4: The Shattered Plains
Kaladin
Ch.5: Heretic
Shallan
Ch.6: Bridge Four
Kaladin
Ch.7: Anything Reasonable
Shallan
Ch.8: Nearer the Flame
Shallan
Ch.9: Damnation
Kaladin
Ch.10: Stories of Surgeons
Kaladin
Ch.11: Droplets
Kaladin
Int.1: Ishikk
Ishikk
Int.2: Nan Balat
Nan Balat
Int.3: The Glory of Ignorance
Szeth
Ch.12: Unity
Dalinar, Adolin
Ch.13: Ten Heartbeats
Dalinar, Adolin
Ch.14: Payday
Kaladin
Ch.15: The Decoy
Dalinar, Adolin
Ch.16: Cocoons
Kaladin
Ch.17: A Bloody, Red Sunset
Kaladin
Ch.18: Highprince of War
Dalinar, Adolin
Ch.19: Starfalls
Dalinar
Ch.20: Scarlet
Kaladin
Ch.21: Why Men Lie
Kaladin
Ch.22: Eyes, Hands, or Spheres?
Dalinar
Ch.23: Many Uses
Kaladin
Ch.24: The Gallery of Maps
Dalinar, Adolin
Ch.25: The Butcher
Kaladin
Ch.26: Stillness
Dalinar
Ch.27: Chasm Duty
Kaladin
Ch.28: Decision
Dalinar, Adolin
Int.4: Rysn
Rysn
Int.5: Axies the Collector
Axies the Collector
Int.6: A Work of Art
Szeth
Ch.29: Errorgance
Shallan
Ch.30: Darkness Unseen
Kaladin, Gaz
Ch.31: Beneath the Skin
Kaladin
Ch.32: Side Carry
Kaladin
Ch.33: Cymatics
Shallan
Ch.34: Stormwall
Kaladin
Ch.35: A Light by Which to See
Kaladin, Teft
Ch.36: The Lesson
Shallan
Ch.37: Sides
Kaladin
Ch.38: Envisager
Kaladin, Teft
Ch.39: Burned into Her
Shallan
Ch.40: Eyes of Red and Blue
Kaladin
Ch.41: Of Alds and Milp
Kaladin
Ch.42: Beggars and Barmaids
Shallan
Ch.43: The Wretch
Kaladin
Ch.44: The Weeping
Kaladin
Ch.45: Shadesmar
Shallan
Ch.46: Child of Tanavast
Kaladin
Ch.47: Stormblessings
Kaladin
Ch.48: Strawberry
Shallan
Ch.49: To Care
Kaladin
Ch.50: Backbreaker Powder
Shallan
Ch.51: Sas Nahn
Kaladin
Int.7: Baxil
Baxil
Int.8: Geranid
Geranid
Int.9: Death Wear White
Szeth
Ch.52: A Highway to the Sun
Dalinar, Adolin
Ch.53: Dunny
Kaladin
Ch.54: Gibletish
Dalinar
Ch.55: An Emerald Broam
Kaladin
Ch.56: That Storming Book
Dalinar
Ch.57: Wandersail
Kaladin
Ch.58: The Journey
Dalinar, Adolin
Ch.59: An Honor
Kaladin
Ch.60: That Which We Cannot Have
Dalinar
Ch.61: Right for Wrong
Dalinar
Ch.62: Three Glyphs
Kaladin
Ch.63: Fear
Kaladin
Ch.64: A Man of Extremes
Dalinar, Adolin, Kaladin
Ch.65: The Tower
Dalinar, Adolin, Kaladin
Ch.66: Codes
Dalinar, Kaladin
Ch.67: Words
Dalinar, Adolin, Kaladin
Ch.68: Eshonai
Dalinar, Adolin, Kaladin
Ch.69: Justice
Dalinar, Adolin, Kaladin, Navani
Ch.70: Sea of Glass
Shallan
Ch.71: Recorded in Blood
Szeth
Ch.72: Veristitalian
Shallan
Ch.73: Trust
Kaladin
Ch.74: Ghostblood
Shallan
Ch.75: In the Top Room
Dalinar
Epilogue: Of Most Worth
Hoid
Endnote
Joshor