The King's Wit
also known as Wit
Elhokar's recently arrived court jester — tall, black-clad, with deep onyx hair and a dueling foil at his waist. Mocks with surgical purpose, seems to know things he should not. SA:WoK:Ch 12
Presence
appears mentioned absent
Known facts
- tells-kaladin-wandersailFinds Kaladin in the lumberyard and tells him the story of the Wandersail — a tale about choosing to live differently from the world that has shaped one. The story unhinges something in Kaladin; afterwards he confronts Teft about what Teft has been not-saying.SA:WoK:Ch 57
Appearances
- SA:WoK:Ch 12 Catches up the column on a black gelding, jokes Renarin into a blush, drops a whispered Brightlord Dalinar comment as he rides past
- SA:WoK:Ch 21 Sits at the bridge to the king's island insulting each lighteyes as they pass; warns Dalinar that rumors about him have grown teeth
- SA:WoK:Ch 57 Sits with Kaladin under the lumberyard stars and tells him the Wandersail
- SA:WoK:Epilogue POV; alone on the Plains at night with a flute
Related
- mentionsDalinar Kholin — Whispers as he passes: those who deserve mockery are those who can benefit from it — Renarin is less fragile than you think him SA:WoK:Ch 12
- foreshadowsKaladin — The Wandersail story plants the choice Kaladin will have to make SA:WoK:Ch 57
Thread
- SA:WoK:Ch 12edgementions: Dalinar Kholin — Whispers as he passes: those who deserve mockery are those who can benefit from it — Renarin is less fragile than you think him
- SA:WoK:Ch 12introIntroduced as “The King's Wit”
- SA:WoK:Ch 57edgeforeshadows: Kaladin — The Wandersail story plants the choice Kaladin will have to make
- SA:WoK:Ch 57facttells-kaladin-wandersail: Finds Kaladin in the lumberyard and tells him the story of the Wandersail — a tale about choosing to live differently from the world that has shaped one. The story unhinges something in Kaladin; afterwards he confronts Teft about what Teft has been not-saying.
Backreferences
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 12
- factRayse
- factAona
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 21
- factBavadin
- factThe Seventeenth Shard
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 57
- factThe Wandersail
- summarySA:WoK:Epilogue