King Gavilar reveals his plans to reawaken the listener gods at the Alethi-listener treaty feast in Kholinar.

Scouts discover Highprince Sadeas murdered in Urithiru, and Dalinar assigns Adolin to investigate the killing.

The Stormfather presides over Dalinar and Navani's wedding after the Vorin church refuses to sanction their union.

Kaladin reveals his status as a Knight Radiant to the people of Hearthstone, renewing hope among the townspeople.

Shallan places her ungloved safehand on the Midnight Mother Unmade and frightens the corrupted spren out of Urithiru.

Jasnah arrives alive in Urithiru after surviving an assassination attempt by faking her death and escaping through Shadesmar.

Dalinar brings Queen Fen of Thaylenah into a Stormfather vision, persuading her to consider joining his alliance.

Odium manifests in Dalinar's vision, reveals his terrifying true nature, and refuses Dalinar's demand for a contest of champions.

Dalinar uses his Bondsmith powers to repair Thaylenah's ruined temple, convincing Queen Fen to formally join his coalition.

Elhokar's team sneaks into besieged Kholinar in disguise and begins recruiting allies to retake the city.

Moash emerges from the crowd and kills Elhokar moments after the king begins speaking the words of the first Ideal.

Odium's trap activates and the Kholinar Oathgate sends Shallan, Adolin, Kaladin, and Azure into the Cognitive Realm, Shadesmar.

The translated Eila Stele reveals that humans, not singers, were the original Voidbringers who invaded Roshar long ago.

Dalinar creates Honor's Perpendicularity, merging the three Realms and allowing Kaladin, Shallan, and Adolin to return to the battlefield.

Dalinar traps the Unmade Nergaoul, the source of the Thrill, inside a gemstone and ends the battle for Thaylen City.

Oathbringer opens in the aftermath of the previous Desolation, with Dalinar Kholin working to unite the nations of Roshar against the god Odium while strange murders trouble the new home base of Urithiru. Kaladin investigates the freed parshmen, and Shallan roots out a dangerous Unmade lurking in the tower before Jasnah returns alive from her supposed assassination. Elhokar leads a desperate mission to retake Kholinar that ends in his death and the group's exile into the Cognitive Realm, Shadesmar. The coalition Dalinar builds is challenged from within and without, and the shocking revelation that humans were the original Voidbringers threatens to destroy it entirely. Odium forces a final confrontation at Thaylen City, deploying the Thrill to turn Dalinar's own soldiers against their allies. Dalinar ultimately defies Odium, creates Honor's Perpendicularity to reunite his scattered forces, and traps the Unmade powering the Thrill, saving the city.

The rise of Dalinar's coalition and the battle for Roshar's survival.

The listeners agree to assassinate King Gavilar to prevent him from reawakening their abandoned gods.

Kaladin allows himself to be captured by the freed parshmen to learn their plans and intentions.

Dalinar and Shallan combine her Lightweaving with his Stormfather connection to create a detailed map of Roshar.

Shallan discovers that a sentient Unmade lurks in Urithiru and imitates violent acts committed within the tower.

Taravangian arrives in Urithiru as the only foreign leader to respond positively to Dalinar's calls for alliance.

Venli watches as the Everstorm takes over her friends' bodies to host the reborn souls of the ancient Fused.

Shallan convinces Elhokar to include her in the Kholinar mission, eager to escape Jasnah and the tower.

Kaladin joins the Kholinar Wall Guard under a false identity to learn how the city's food supply is maintained.

Palace guards stab Shallan through the chest, but she survives by healing herself with Stormlight and escapes.

The Kholinar group discovers a second Unmade controls both the palace and the Oathgate, complicating their mission entirely.

Stranded in Shadesmar with no mystical powers, Adolin takes charge as the group's leader and orders them to rest.

Syl reveals herself to a crew of honorspren to secure the group's passage on their ship through Shadesmar.

Navani proposes a formal coalition of monarchs with shared laws and responsibilities, successfully uniting the leaders gathered at Urithiru.

Rock shoots an arrow from the city walls and kills the Odium-empowered, transformed Amaram during the battle.

Taravangian secretly meets Odium and bargains for the survival of Kharbranth's people in exchange for continued betrayal of the coalition.

Behind the main thrust of Dalinar's diplomacy lie crucial actions that determine the fate of Roshar. Kaladin walks among the freed parshmen and later among Kholinar's Wall Guard to understand the conflict on the ground, while Shallan uncovers a dangerous Unmade haunting Urithiru and maneuvers her way onto the Kholinar mission. Taravangian arrives as the only cooperative foreign leader while secretly scheming to undermine Dalinar and strike his own deal with Odium. The Kholinar mission exposes layers of corruption and enemy control before falling apart, stranding the group in Shadesmar where Adolin steps up as their unlikely leader. Navani holds together the political alliance Dalinar has worked to build, formalizing it into a true coalition of monarchs as battle looms over Thaylen City. The final confrontation brings the story full circle, with Rock's arrow killing the corrupted Amaram and Taravangian sealing his secret bargain with Odium.

Key missions, betrayals, and the people fighting for Roshar's future.

Renarin accidentally discovers his healing powers when he heals Adolin's injured hand during a meeting of the Kholin family.

Dalinar collapses when Navani speaks Evi's name aloud for the first time in years, triggering the return of his suppressed memories.

Kaladin observes that the freed parshmen speak and behave like ordinary humans, sparking a profound crisis of conscience.

Dalinar discovers he can bring other people into his Stormfather visions, giving him a powerful new tool for diplomacy.

Mraize's letter reveals that Shallan's brother Helaran was a Skybreaker member and explains the circumstances of his death.

Renarin discovers hidden drawers in Urithiru containing gemstones inscribed with coded messages left by the ancient Knights Radiant.

Dalinar collapses on the Thaylenah Oathgate platform as his full suppressed memory of Evi's death suddenly returns.

Dalinar orders the Rift set ablaze, and Evi dies in the fire after entering enemy territory to plead for mercy.

Kaladin touches a fortune-telling sphere in a Shadesmar lighthouse and sees a vision of Dalinar imperiled in Thaylen City.

Dalinar pleads with Venli in a Stormfather vision for a truce between humans and singers, but she says Odium will never allow it.

Taravangian releases Dalinar's hidden secrets alongside the Dawnchant translations, causing the coalition of monarchs to fracture in anger.

Cultivation appears at the Nightwatcher and prunes Dalinar's memories of Evi to give him space and time to grow.

Renarin shows Jasnah a vision of Dalinar kneeling before Odium, and Jasnah chooses to embrace Renarin rather than kill him.

Venli bonds the spren Timbre during the battle for Thaylen City, becoming the first singer Knight Radiant.

Adolin confesses to killing Sadeas, Shallan chooses Adolin over Kaladin, and Dalinar asks Navani to teach him to read.

Beneath the battles and diplomacy of Oathbringer lies a deeper story of revelation and personal reckoning. Dalinar slowly recovers the memories Cultivation took from him, reliving the Rift burning and his role in Evi's death, while Renarin, Shallan, and Kaladin each stumble onto discoveries that shift the course of events. The truths hidden in Urithiru's ancient drawers, a fortune-telling vision in Shadesmar, and Taravangian's manipulation of the Dawnchant translations all reshape the coalition's fragile trust. The novel's final act demands that Dalinar confront both Odium's manipulation and his own guilt simultaneously, and his acceptance of his past becomes the key to defying the god. New Radiants emerge at the last moment, from Venli's unexpected bond with Timbre to Teft's spoken Ideal, as the battle demands everything from everyone. The story closes not with a triumphant speech but with quiet personal choices: a confession, a declaration of love, and a man asking to learn to read.