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== Synopsis ==
''I long for the days before the [[Last Desolation]]. Before the [[Herald]]s abandoned us and the [[Knights Radiant]] turned against us. When there was still magic in the world and honor in the hearts of men.''
''In the end, not war but victory proved the greater test. Did our foes see that the harder they fought, the fiercer our resistance? Fire and hammer forge a sword; time and neglect rust it away. So we won the world, yet lost it.''
''The age before the [[Herald]]s abandoned us and the [[Knights Radiant]] turned against us. A time when there was still magic in the world and honor in the hearts of men.
'' ThereNow there are four whom we watch . The first is: [[Kaladin|the surgeon ]], forced to put asideforsake healing to become aand soldierfight in the most [[War of Reckoning|brutal war of our time ]]. The second is; [[Szeth|the assassin ]], a murderer who weeps as he kills .; The third is [[Shallan Davar|the liar ]], a young woman who wears aher scholar's mantle over the heart of a thief.theif's The last isheart; [[Dalinarand Kholin|the highprince]]prince, a warlord whose eyes have openedopen to the ancient past as his thirst for battle wanes. ''▼''The world became ours, and we lost it. Nothing, it appears, is more challenging to the souls of men than victory itself.
''One of them may redeem us. One of them will destroy us.''▼''Or was that victory an illusion all along? Did our enemies realize that the harder they fought, the stronger we resisted? Perhaps they saw that the heat and the hammer only make for a better grade of sword. But ignore the steel long enough, and it will eventually rust away.
▲''There are four whom we watch. The first is [[Kaladin|the surgeon]], forced to put aside healing to become a soldier in the most [[War of Reckoning|brutal war of our time]]. The second is [[Szeth|the assassin]], a murderer who weeps as he kills. The third is [[Shallan Davar|the liar]], a young woman who wears a scholar's mantle over the heart of a thief. The last is [[Dalinar Kholin|the highprince]], a warlord whose eyes have opened to the past as his thirst for battle wanes.
''The world can change. [[Surgebinding]] and [[Shardbearer|Shardwielding]] can return; the magics of ancient days can become ours again. These four people are key.
▲''One of them may redeem us.
''And one of them will destroy us.
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