

He joins Bridge Four and eventually becomes their leader. Kaladin, trained in medicine, is enslaved as a bridgeman for Sadeas’s army. Before his death, the king told his brother, Dalinar, to use an ancient book called The Way of Kings. This act brings on the War of Reckoning between the Alethi and the Parshendi.

Szeth is a Surgebinder and has a Shardblade. He did not want to kill the man but was forced to. Szeth is a Shin, and his masters are the Parshendi. Szeth, the Assassin in White, kills King Gavilar Kholin of Alethkar.

Thousands of years pass without another Desolation. The nine use this to their advantage and break the Oathpact abandoning Talen, the one who died, to torment. Usually, they die and then are reborn to fight again. He finds that this time, nine of the ten have survived. He arrives at a meeting place where he and the other Heralds (leaders of the Knights Radiant) gather after battles. Kalak picks his way across a field in the aftermath of the Desolation, a battle he has repeatedly fought and died in for centuries. If you are looking for more in-depth details and definitions please visit this recap at Off-Planet Books.
