Kaladin
Can you describe the death spren Kaladin saw when he was in critical condition.
"He saw the deathspren. They were fist-size and black, with many legs and deep red eyes that glowed, leaving trails of burning light. ... their voices were whispers, cratchy sounds lie paper being torn. Only the dying can see deathspren.
Why did Teft give Kaladin a sphere to hold?
"All the Envisagers had were stories and legends. Fool's tales, Teft had called them. Idle dreams." He had heard folk tales in his culture about people like him.
"There was one other aspect of that night that Shallan had to think of." What was it?
"she carried a concealed weapon that she hadn't used. She felt foolish for not even thinking of getting it out that night. But she wasn't accustomed to--"
What were the two code phrases Shallan and her brother Nan Balat used to indicate they were really the ones at each end of the spanreed.
Nan Balat- Are you comfortable? (meant to indicate it was really Nan Balat or his betrothed)
Shallan - My back hurts and my wrist itches (Indicating it was really Shallan)
According to Kaladin what was considered the worst kind of battle?
"It was the worst kind of battle, the kind that was close. Often, you'd lose far fewer men in the skirmish where your enemies quickly gained the upper hand. When that happened, your commander would order the retreat to cut his losses. But close battles... they were brutal, blood-soaked things."
brightlord Sadeas would not like that he survived, but why wouldn't Sadeas try to kill Kaladin after surviving the Highstorm.
He "couldn't take any overt action-not without losing a great deal of credibility.
How many days had Kaladin been down before coming outside to see everyone.
ten days
What did Shallan draw when she thought about the concealed weapon she did not use in the alley.
"Not another scene from the alleyway, but a lavish room with a thick, ornamented rug and swords on the walls. A long dining table, set with a half-eaten meal. And a dead man fine clothing, lying face-first on the floor, blood pooling around him."
How do you activate a spanreed gemstone?
"Some other fabrials, like spanreeds, worked when you tapped the stones."
There was a big difference between Kaladins battles in Alethkar and the fights on the Shattered Plains, what was it?
"there (Alethkar), he'd been surrounded by the worst - or at least worst-trained- soldiers in Alethkar. Men who didn't hold their lines. And yet, for all their disorder, those fights had made sense to him. These here on the Shattered Plains still did not."
Why does Sadeas forbid bridgemen to use sheilds?
"shields would make the bridgemen less less tempting"
"each arrow that strikes down a bridgeman is one that doesn't hit a soldier"
How many men had survived from bridge four since Kaladin had been indisposed.
33
There was one Philosophy that agreed with Shallans option to steal the soulcaster. do you know which?
"Perhaps the Philosophy of Aspiration - which stated that objectives were more important than the steps taken to achieve them - would agree with what she'd done, but that was the philosophy she found most reprehensible."
There were four things Shallan tried to change using the soulcaster, can you name two?
a piece of broken shalebark, the pouch, the bench, then one of her hairs.
why does Sigzil believe the Pareshendi fight?
"They must have Souldcasters. They need the gemstones for the same reason we do. To make food."
There were three Philosophys that Shallan read about can you name them?
Philosophy of Purpose
Philosophy of Ideals
Philosophy of Aspirations