![]() The second letter is a reply to the first, written by Frost to Hoid. I've never begged you for something before, old friend.įor a list of the excerpts in each chapter's epigraph, see Words of Radiance/Epigraphs#The Second Letter. Do not stand aside and let disaster consume more lives. For I have never been dedicated to a more important purpose, and the very pillars of the sky will shake with the results of our war here. Or maybe you could astound me and ask them to do something productive for once. If anything I have said makes a glimmer of sense to you, I trust that you'll call them off. I doubt they have any inkling what to do with me should they actually catch me. I believe they're still lost, following a false trail I left for them. Your friends of the Seventeenth Shard, I suspect. Neither point makes the things I have written to you untrue. You have accused me of perpetuating my grudge against Rayse and Bavadin. ![]() You have accused me of arrogance in my quest. Presumably to prevent anyone from rising up to challenge Rayse. In case you have turned a blind eye to that disaster, know that Aona and Skai are both dead, and that which they held has been Splintered. One need only look at the aftermath of his brief visit to Sel to see proof of what I say. Because I assure you, Rayse will not be similarly inhibited. Ponder on that for a time, you old reptile, and tell me if your insistence on nonintervention holds firm. He holds the most frightening and terrible of all the Shards. Rayse, on the other hand, was among the most loathsome, crafty, and dangerous individuals I had ever met. It is for the following reason: Ati was once a kind and generous man, and you saw what became of him. Might I be quite frank? Before, you asked why I was so concerned. I understand that, so much as it is possible to understand someone with whom I disagree so completely. I protect its safety like I protect my own skin, you might say. Let me first assure you that the element is quite safe. It is one of the cosmere's great constants, I should think. Much as your perpetual health, I have come to rely upon your dissatisfaction with me. I realize that you are probably still angry. Though, as you are now essentially immortal, I would guess that wellness on your part is something of a given. Old friend, I hope this missive finds you well. He then dismisses concerns of his own biases and asks Frost to call off the members of the Seventeenth Shard who have been hunting for him on Roshar before making his final plea. Hoid cites the Splintering of Devotion and Dominion on Sel as proof of the threat Odium presents. Hoid points out that Rayse was dangerous even before taking the Shard of Odium upon himself, and thus if Ati could be so corrupted by the Shard of Ruin then Rayse will only be made worse. The first letter, written by Hoid to Frost, argues for the danger presented by Rayse, the vessel of Odium, hoping to draw Frost out of his oath of nonintervention. For a list of the excerpts in each chapter's epigraph, see The Way of Kings/Epigraphs#The Letter.
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