Words of Radiance: Chapter Summaries

This page contains a chapter by chapter summary of Words of Radiance, providing a summary and quick plot refresher.

Index

• Prologue: To Question

• Part One: Alight

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• Chapter 1: Santhid
• Chapter 2: Bridge Four
• Chapter 3: Pattern
• Chapter 4: Taker Of Secrets
• Chapter 5: Ideals
• Chapter 6: Terrible Destruction
• Chapter 7: Open Flame
• Chapter 8: Knives In The Back, Soldiers On The Field
• Chapter 9: Walking The Grave
• Chapter 10: Red Carpet Once White
• Chapter 11: An Illusion Of Perception
• Chapter 12: Hero

• Interludes

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• Interlude 1: Narak
• Interlude 2: Ym
• Interlude 3: Rysn
• Interlude 4: Last Legion

• Part Two: Winds' Approach

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• Chapter 13: The Day's Masterpiece
• Chapter 14: Ironstance
• Chapter 15: A Hand With The Tower
• Chapter 16: Swordmaster
• Chapter 17: A Pattern
• Chapter 18: Bruises
• Chapter 19: Safe Things
• Chapter 20: The Coldness Of Clarity
• Chapter 21: Ashes
• Chapter 22: Lights In The Storm
• Chapter 23: Assassin
• Chapter 24: Tyn
• Chapter 25: Monsters
• Chapter 26: The Feather
• Chapter 27: Fabrications To Distract
• Chapter 28: Boots
• Chapter 29: Rule Of Blood
• Chapter 30: Nature Blushing
• Chapter 31: The Stillness Before
• Chapter 32: The One Who Hates
• Chapter 33: Burdens
• Chapter 34: Blossoms And Cake

• Interludes

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• Interlude 5: The Rider Of Storms
• Interlude 6: Zahel
• Interlude 7: Taln
• Interlude 8: A Form Of Power

• Part Three: Deadly

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• Chapter 35: The Multiplied Strain of Simultaneous Infusion
• Chapter 36: A New Woman
• Chapter 37: A Matter Of Perspective
• Chapter 38: The Silent Storm
• Chapter 39: Heterochromatic
• Chapter 40: Palona
• Chapter 41: Scars
• Chapter 42: Mere Vapors
• Chapter 43: The Ghostbloods
• Chapter 44: One Form Of Justice
• Chapter 45: Middlefest
• Chapter 46: Patriots
• Chapter 47: Feminine Wiles
• Chapter 48: No More Weakness
• Chapter 49: Watching The World Transform
• Chapter 50: Uncut Gems
• Chapter 51: Heirs
• Chapter 52: Into The Sky
• Chapter 53: Perfection
• Chapter 54: Veil's Lesson
• Chapter 55: The Rules Of The Game
• Chapter 56: Whitespine Uncaged
• Chapter 57: To Kill The Wind
• Chapter 58: Never Again

• Interludes

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• Interlude 9: Lift
• Interlude 10: Szeth
• Interlude 11: New Rhythms

• Part Four: The Approach

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• Chapter 59: Fleet
• Chapter 60: Veil Walk
• Chapter 61: Obedience
• Chapter 62: The One Who Killed Promises
• Chapter 63: A Burning World
• Chapter 64: Treasures
• Chapter 65: The One Who Deserves It
• Chapter 66: Stormblessings
• Chapter 67: Spit And Bile
• Chapter 68: Bridges
• Chapter 69: Nothing
• Chapter 70: From A Nightmare
• Chapter 71: Vigil
• Chapter 72: Selfish Reasons
• Chapter 73: A Thousand Scurrying Creatures
• Chapter 74: Striding The Storm
• Chapter 75: True Glory

• Interludes

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• Interlude 12: Lhan
• Interlude 13: A Part To Play
• Interlude 14: Taravangian

• Part Five: Winds Alight

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• Chapter 76: The Hidden Blade
• Chapter 77: Trust
• Chapter 78: Contradictions
• Chapter 79: Toward The Center
• Chapter 80: To Fight The Rain
• Chapter 81: The Last Day
• Chapter 82: For Glory Lit
• Chapter 83: Time's Illusion
• Chapter 84: The One Who Saves
• Chapter 85: Swallowed By The Sky
• Chapter 86: Patterns of Light
• Chapter 87: The Riddens
• Chapter 88: The Man Who Owned the Winds
• Chapter 89: The Four

• Epilogue

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• Epilogue: Art And Expectation
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