The Way of Kings
An ancient pre-Vorin text once used by the Knights Radiant as a guidebook on how to live. Authored by Nohadon, not the Radiants themselves. Gavilar favored readings from it near the end of his life; Dalinar has been listening to them since the murder, half in search of what his brother's dying words meant. SA:WoK:Ch 15
Known facts
- elhokar-rejects-itElhokar dismisses the book as a Lost-Radiant artifact and accuses Dalinar of being seduced by its claim that lighteyes are beneath darkeyes — a thing Dalinar insists has been misinterpreted.SA:WoK:Ch 17
- gavilars-personal-copyThe very copy Gavilar himself owned in the last year of his life. Dalinar keeps it and reads from it — through Litima — almost daily.SA:WoK:Ch 26
Relations
- relatedDalinar Kholin — Listens to readings almost daily, hunting for the meaning behind Gavilar's last message SA:WoK:Ch 15
- relatedNohadon — Authored by the ordinary man Nohadon, not by the Knights Radiant who later used it as a guidebook SA:WoK:Ch 15
- relatedDalinar Kholin — Reads from Gavilar's personal copy of the book through Litima SA:WoK:Ch 26
Backreferences
- summarySA:OB:Ch 28
- summarySA:OB:Ch 100
- summarySA:OB:Ch 103
- summarySA:OB:Ch 111
- summarySA:OB:Ch 114
- summarySA:OB:Ch 115
- summarySA:OB:Ch 116
- summarySA:OB:Ch 118
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 15
- factDalinar Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 17
- factElhokar Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 24
- factAdolin Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 26
- factLitima
- factThe Darkened Monastery Passage
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 58
- summarySA:WaT:Prologue
- summarySA:WaT:Ch 10
- factSylphrena
- summarySA:WaT:Ch 52
- factBajerden