Dalinar confronts Amaram! Words of Radiance, Brandon Sanderson

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STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE
Words of Radiance
by
Brandon Sanderson
Six years ago, the Assassin in White, a hireling of the inscrutable Parshendi, assassinated the Alethi king on the very night a treaty between men and Parshendi was being celebrated. So began the Vengeance Pact among the highprinces of Alethkar and the War of Reckoning against the Parshendi.
Now the Assassin is active again, murdering rulers all over the world of Roshar, using his baffling powers to thwart every bodyguard and elude all pursuers. Among his prime targets is Highprince Dalinar, widely considered the power behind the Alethi throne. His leading role in the war would seem reason enough, but the Assassin's master has much deeper motives.
Expected by his enemies to die the miserable death of a military slave, Kaladin survived to be given command of the royal bodyguards, a controversial first for a low-status "darkeyes." Now he must protect the king and Dalinar from every common peril as well as the distinctly uncommon threat of the Assassin, all while secretly struggling to master remarkable new powers that are somehow linked to his honorspren, Syl.
Brilliant but troubled Shallan strives along a parallel path. Despite being broken in ways she refuses to acknowledge, she bears a terrible burden: to somehow prevent the return of the legendary Voidbringers and the civilization-ending Desolation that will follow. The secrets she needs can be found at the Shattered Plains, but just arriving there proves more difficult than she could have imagined.
Meanwhile, at the heart of the Shattered Plains, the Parshendi are making an epochal decision. Hard pressed by years of Alethi attacks, their numbers ever shrinking, they are convinced by their war leader, Eshonai, to risk everything on a desperate gamble with the very supernatural forces they once fled. The possible consequences for Parshendi and humans alike, indeed, for Roshar itself, are as dangerous as they are incalculable.

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[@sorenputnam4295]

"not you son" "thanks dad i mean captain"

[@3LeagueSos]

Lmao you win. That was good.

[@joshs3499]

"I do listen sometimes you know?" "cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool"

[@zachricca4546]

@@joshs3499 "everyone liked that"

[@anonymoususer5936]

"You just called Dalinar 'dad'. You said 'thanks, dad'".

[@sylphrena6956]

Lol.

[@Grabnok]

"Not you, son." Thanks, dad.

[@Fulldre]

THIS is the moment that solidified Dalinar as one of my favorite characters in fiction.

[@bakunfase8672]

Ab so lutely

[@vesnaignjatovic6133]

I. LOVE. HIM. SO. MUCH

[@brettskinner1416]

Mine too

[@yochit4224]

I think my favorite moment is way more basic. His big moment in Oathbringer, not gonna go into detail due to spoilers, but that was so good! But that is a Sando climax moment, the culmination of three books of build-up and development, so it's a bit unfair. As I said, I'm basic.

[@EE12345]

Always the next step Dalinar

[@Liesmith424]

"Surely you don't believe these allegations!" "I do believe them, and don't call me Shirley."

[@MattHersee]

Maximum Cremposting

[@eugenymysh9881]

Love how it "feels wrong" for Dalinar to handle a blade, a brilliant foreshadowing i've never noticed.

[@markchallman2868]

Sanderson is amazing at foreshadowing, in WoR there's tons of foreshadowing but the one I like the most is the one that happened with Shallan in the caverns when kaladin and her were in the chasms

[@yafuri1]

If there's any anti-radiant in Roshar. It's Amaram. He believes it's destination before the journey, it's weakness before strength, it's death before life.

[@ThickThighsSaveLivez]

"The death is my life, the strength becomes my weakness, the journey has ended.” -Observed on Betabanes 1173, 95 seconds pre-death, collected secondhand and later reported to the Silent Gatherers. Subject was a scholar of some minor renown. Sample considered questionable. (The Way of Kings chapter 60 epigraph)

[@hopesflaw6523]

Would this not be valor.

[@fireguardianx]

@@ThickThighsSaveLivez wait, is this fr???

[@ThickThighsSaveLivez]

@@fireguardianx Yep. I mean its a deathrattle I was just attributing on my own its not like a confirmed thing

[@thewickedtyrant8306]

Ummmmm taravangian?

[@Darriks]

Dalinar has to be one of the smartest characters in fiction. He does not take kaladin’s loyalty for granted and returns it in a full measure of trust, which has been directly responsible for saving his life many times

[@GerryBolger]

I love when Dalinar calls Kaladin 'son'. He was an awful father for so long that his paternal instincts are greater than may be appropriate, particularly in Alethi culture. But when Dalinar eschews propriety, he gets a pass. Who's going to correct the Blackthorn?

[@cmd_f5]

Glad that Amaram got his plans foiled and Dalinar listened to Kaladin. One of my favorite bits of WOR

[@phantomdragon3893]

this moment was wonderful Amaran totally deserved it.

[@cyanic3148]

I love how they used the same theme for Dalinar here that they did when he gave up Oathbringer to Sadeas for all the bridge crews so good

[@dekopuma]

Two incredible moments in this short passage. First is the bait and switch of the apology. Dalinar's words at first feel like an incredible betrayal, only to be elevated a moment later to righteous vindication. And the second moment is Dalinar anticipating Amaram so well that he summons his blade an instant sooner.

[@sefflikejeff1917]

Idk what Amaram was planning on doing, murdering a highprince in front of half the alethi army? I'm sure that would've gone over well

[@killer92173]

The final battle in Oathbringer makes it even more glorious!!

[@MarshalLtd]

"Greater good" or "The lesser of two evils." Get a good man to utter either of those phrases, and there is no one more eager to begin perpetrating evil.

[@MrMendi100]

Amarams heart must have been racing since he was being accused, and he started summoning his blade before Dalinar, yet Dalinar still summoned his blade first. He must have been storming furious at Amaram

[@zachricca4546]

I feel like Dalinar is the Chuck Norris meme of Stormlight. He doesn't wait 10 heartbeats, the blade knows it damn well better appear when he needs it.

[@justareader____]

@@zachricca4546 I just snorted 😂

[@KyleHerbert13]

@@zachricca4546 Dalinar is just always 10 heartbeats ahead of everyone else

[@firefly5677]

Dalinar thought of Amaram as a good friend and a man of honor like himself. To find out that his "friend" was a murderer, a liar, and perhaps above all else, had no honor? I'd say Dalinar was absolutely livid

[@KuroNK]

@@zachricca4546 that's funny, but the reason his appeared first is bc it's a honor blade. There's no need to wait for a honorblade, or so i remember.

[@pgcnorris]

The worst part is that Amaram was so close to change. He knew he did something bad, but for a good reason. If he had notice that that was not righy, accept that he should'nt kill Kaladin's man, fight side by sife Dalinar and Kaladin... he might have even be a radiant.

[@MaxwellTheCat]

"not you son" "thanks dad i mean captain... I mean capitan dad,... nvm"

[@themightyphill1853]

copy cat

[@feritperliare2890]

Considering amaram still had an army to command later it’s quite sad that letting him go ended up just giving him another chance to cause destruction

[@Professor_Brie]

As a visual person who likes to be able to read at her own pace, I usually avoid audiobooks as much as I can (I think also because I associate them with getting carsick on long car rides with my family), but listening to this and hearing that it’s even higher quality than I’d heard, I think I’ll need to go through Brandon’s books in audiobook format sometime. With something this high quality, experiencing the books through a different medium would help me understand characters from a diff perspective, just from hearing their voices, since I don’t really have precise voicing in my own head

[@ZAMAN3705]

What a fantastic book

[@xmenwolverineX]

It drives me insane how every time Amaram makes the "Accomplished fighters" argument no one points out that Kaladin is clearly more worthy and a better fighter. If not where is Amarams Spren?

[@feritperliare2890]

To be fair you don’t need to be a very good person to have a spren (shallan proves that) and you don’t need to be a skilled fighter either (shallan again) you also seemingly don’t need to keep believe the first oath(shallan) ok why is shallan radiant it seems more like nepotism than actual worth with her but yeah supposedly it’s more to do with personal worth than fighting abilities or getting preferential treatment

[@xmenwolverineX]

@@feritperliare2890 that's a fare point but pattern did tell her she had to help at the end of book 2 he strongly insists she must become a hero the people can rely on and says that's why he came. I wonder what would have happened if shed refused it could have been a broken oath killing him.

[@feritperliare2890]

@@xmenwolverineX just another cryptic killed by shallan no like it’s a foreign concept pattern literally says they’d continue throwing cryptics at her for some reason

[@xmenwolverineX]

@@feritperliare2890 I doubt it the circumstances of the first are different than her flat out refusing to help. But we will never know she progressed as they wanted and in the end as she wanted. It seems that ur understanding of cryptics is a bit harsh. They do care especially early cryptics they sent the spren bc they knew what was coming. Yes cryptics are more open then other spren but the current generation would not stand for an evil host. Evil is up to interpretation but you would not see cryptic attached to someone who likes decapitating babies for fun. As an example.

[@feritperliare2890]

@@xmenwolverineX oh I know just shallan is one secret reveal away from being on the level of kicking kids for fun

[@christinearmington]

echo-y for thoughts is cool!

[@fdajax5107]

one of my favorite moments from WOR, i was fist pumping when i read this for the first itme

[@FireBlizzard24601]

Wow great job on this. Honestly one of my favorite moments

[@breezy3392]

So Dalinar now has four sons. Aww

[@Hosigie]

Who's the 4th?

[@carlosrazier433]

@@Hosigie Elhokar I guess.

[@chaponga2149]

You deserve so many more followers

[@kram9863]

One dislike from Amaram.

[@shalonsmith1337]

It's really makes me appreciate. Michael Kramer. I feel like he puts more personality and emotion into each of their voices than a full cast.

[@olivierdesilets7506]

Wow nice quality!!!😲 Can you add more clips?!? Chapters 19-I9-52-62 of Way of Kings would be great!!! 😀

[@shlock1558]

Anyone else having troulbe understanding how exactly Dalinar tricked Amaram with the blade?

[@hippiepancake7285]

it takes 10 seconds to summon meaning that Dalinar not only knew that Amaram was guilty, but that he would also summon his blade and try and attack when confronted

[@feritperliare2890]

Dalinar got the blade taln had with him and bonded it. than he hid it in a cave, before ordering one of his man that has contacts in amaram’s army to talk about a hidden treasure around the same place dalinar hid the blade. Amaram sent a team to retrieve the treasure and later told dalinar there was nothing in the cave but dalinar already sent a team to confirm the shardblade was taken meaning amaram found it and took it but lied about it

[@EE12345]

He bonded Taln's blade, placed it in a cave and leaked its location to Amaram. After Amaram took it, Dalinar asked him if he found anything important as a test, and Amaram lied.

[@ahauswal]

F Moash.

[@pressfinchat]

Teft was my one of favorite characters despite his little screen time. Rip

[@sefflikejeff1917]

Agree, but Moash was 100% right about alethi society. Wanting to dismantle their eye color based caste system is completely valid in my eyes (If only he wasn't a complete moron, letting himself be manipulated by The Diagram)

[@coleforfinski2515]

Weird to hear someone else narrating besides Michael Cramer

[@FindtheShrooms]

I like Graphic audio so much more... Herdazians are Hispanic sounding not Australian sounding =}

[@ahauswal]

Who is voicing Ameram?

[@COSMEREAUDIO]

not sure but someone in here: Dylan Lynch as narrator, Robbie Gay as Kaladin Stormblessed, Casie Platt as Shallan Davar, Andy Clemence as Dalinar Kholin, Tim Getman as Adolin Kholin, Zoe Badovinac as Jasnah Kholin and Nora Achrati as Syl. With Mort Shelby, Drew Kopas, Evan Casey, Christopher Scheeren, Christopher Walker, Bradley Smith, Maboud Ebrahimzadeh, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Terence Aselford, Thomas Penny, Matthew Keenan, James Konicek, Richard Rohan, Steven Carpenter, Colleen Delany, Thomas Keegan, Scott McCormick, Eric Messner, Shasha Olinick, Bob Payne, Chris Davenport, Christopher Graybill, Andy Brownstein, Tony Nam, David Harris, Ken Jackson, Marni Penning, Jacob Yeh, Jeff Allin, Patrick Bussink, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Yasmin Tuazon, Nick DePinto, Kimberly Gilbert, Dylan Lynch and Tim Pabon.

[@ahauswal]

@@COSMEREAUDIO Thanks.

[@cmd_f5]

@@ahauswal Thomas Penny is Amaram, and Shalaan's father.