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* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Nale has managed to convince himself that the Desolation is not coming despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. [[spoiler:Subverted when it turns out that he had his doubts, and had come to ask asked Ishar to tell him whether or not the Desolation is was coming. Unfortunately, Ishar said it's not.]]
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* TheCameo: The obligatory Cosmere Hoid cameo this time is Lift reminescing of the white-haired man she liked who, unfortunately, jumped into the maw of a greatshell, to great shock of the crowd.
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* TheCameo: The obligatory Cosmere Hoid cameo this time is Lift reminescing reminiscing of the white-haired man she liked who, unfortunately, jumped into the maw of a greatshell, to the great shock of the crowd.
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* CallBack: The cobbler Wyndle was planning to bond before being forced on Lift is pretty clearly Ym, the shoemaker from one of ''Words of Radiance'' interludes.
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* CallBack: CallBack:
** The cobbler Wyndle was planning to bond before being forced on Lift is pretty clearly Ym, the shoemaker from one of ''Words of Radiance''interludes.interludes.
** In one of earlier books, Hoid mentions having once spent a year in the stomach of a greatshell; Lift was apparently there to witness it.
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** The cobbler Wyndle was planning to bond before being forced on Lift is pretty clearly Ym, the shoemaker from one of ''Words of Radiance''
** In one of earlier books, Hoid mentions having once spent a year in the stomach of a greatshell; Lift was apparently there to witness it.
* TheCameo: The obligatory Cosmere Hoid cameo this time is Lift reminescing of the white-haired man she liked who, unfortunately, jumped into the maw of a greatshell, to great shock of the crowd.
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* BookEnd: The novella starts with Lift running away from Azimir, and ends with her [[spoiler:running back at Gawx's insistence.]]
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* BookEnd: {{Bookends}}: The novella starts with Lift running away from Azimir, and ends with her [[spoiler:running back at Gawx's insistence.]]
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* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Nale has managed to convince himself that the Desolation is not coming despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
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* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Nale has managed to convince himself that the Desolation is not coming despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. [[spoiler:Subverted when it turns out that he had his doubts, and had come to ask Ishar to tell him whether or not the Desolation is coming. Unfortunately, Ishar said it's not.]]
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* BatmanGambit: Lift manages a small one against Nale, thanks to his BlackAndWhiteInsanity making him rather predictable. Knowing that she's in town, she stages a very public that's implausible enough to attract Nale's attention, making sure to show off a tell-tale sign of Radianthood to one specific person. She then hides near her bait's house and wait for Nale to come and interrogate them; and just like this, she found him and can now follow him.
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* BatmanGambit: Lift manages a small one against Nale, thanks to his BlackAndWhiteInsanity making him rather predictable. Knowing that she's he's in town, she stages a very public event that's implausible enough to attract Nale's attention, making sure to show off a tell-tale sign of Radianthood to one specific person. She then hides near her bait's house and wait for Nale to come and interrogate them; and just like this, she found him and can now follow him.
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* ParanoiaFuel: A Sleepless is a sentient entity spread out across hundreds of cremlings, most common creatures on Roshar, and they're very interested in the going ons of the newfangled Radiants. It's like realizing that every fly you see might be a spy.
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* WeirdnessCensor: People in Yeddaw completely fail to notice when Lift has a tree grow two floors up in almost an instance. As she snarks, they'd cuff an urchin for showing up on the street, but ignore a miracle happening right next to them.
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* WeirdnessCensor: People in Yeddaw completely fail to notice when Lift has a tree grow two floors up in almost an instance.instant. As she snarks, they'd cuff an urchin for showing up on the street, but ignore a miracle happening right next to them.
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* CallBack: The cobbler Wyndle was planning to bond before being forced on Lift is pretty clearly Ym, the shoemaker from one of ''Words of Radiance'' interludes.
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* RewatchBonus: The novella provides one for the first two books with the revelation as to what the Sleepless are. How many cremlings have been mentioned in the story just to add local colour, and how many are Dysian spies?
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''Edgedancer'' was first published in November 2016 in ''Arcanum Unbounded'' a collection of [[Franchise/TheCosmere Cosmere]] short stories. It takes place after ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'' but before ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}''.
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''Edgedancer'' was is a ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' novella first published in November 2016 in the ''Arcanum Unbounded'' a collection of [[Franchise/TheCosmere Cosmere]] short stories. collection. It takes place after ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'' ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'', but before ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}''.
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* ArcWords: "Listen".
* BeneathNotice: Discussed as part of Lift growing into her third oath, when she notices that people don't pay attention to street urchins, poor people and the like.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Wyndle bemoans being assigned to Lift, noting that he was supposed to bond with a cobbler and spend a quiet existence making shoes.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: See Nale's explanations above, under AllCrimesAreEqual. It's... it makes perfect sense, in its own way, provided one shares Nale's black-and-white worldview.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: See Nale's explanations above, under AllCrimesAreEqual. It's... it makes perfect sense, in its own way, provided one shares Nale's [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity black-and-white worldview.worldview]].
* LovableCoward: Wyndle is on the verge of a nervous breakdown for most of the novel, and often argues that they should just leave, but in the end, he manages to muster enough courage to aid Lift.
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* MorphWeapon: Shardblades, of course. Wyndle confirms that they can take any form, as long as it is metal (it has to do with the way Investiture condenses). [[spoiler:Lift summons him as a rod to block Nale's Blade, and later as a fork to eat pancakes]].
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* MercifulMinion: When Lift is tailing Nale's acolytes, she realizes that Szeth is coming up from behind her and hides. He manages to locate her nevertheless, but rather than rat her out to his companions, he deliberately ignores her, as he's come to doubt Nale's sanity.
* MorphWeapon: Living Shardblades, of course. Wyndle confirms that they can take any form, as long as it is metal (it has to do with the way Investiture condenses). [[spoiler:Lift summons him as a rod to block Nale's Blade, and later as a fork to eat pancakes]].
* MorphWeapon: Living Shardblades, of course. Wyndle confirms that they can take any form, as long as it is metal (it has to do with the way Investiture condenses). [[spoiler:Lift summons him as a rod to block Nale's Blade, and later as a fork to eat pancakes]].
* NoodleIncident: Wyndle uses the one time he was growing a garden for keenspren as a benchmark for how weird a conversation is. What is a keenspren? We have no idea as of yet.
* NotAMorningPerson: When Wyndle wakes Lift up, it takes her a moment to open her eyes, and then a while (and Wyndle's help) to figure out why she's there and what's happenning.
* NotAMorningPerson: When Wyndle wakes Lift up, it takes her a moment to open her eyes, and then a while (and Wyndle's help) to figure out why she's there and what's happenning.
* OhCrap: Wyndle practically panics when he realizes that the man they're up against is a Herald.
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** [[spoiler:Nale]], by the end of the novella. He even asks Lift to confirm that he's going insane.
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** [[spoiler:Nale]], by the end of the novella. He even asks sadly tells Lift to confirm that he's going insane.getting worse.
* RunningGag:
** Carrying over from ''Words of Radiance'', Lift still calls Wyndle a Voidbringer, and he's still insulted by the notion.
** Wyndle keeps on asking Lift to get killed in some painless manner if she has to, and keeps on pondering various sorts of deaths, trying to figure out which would be the best. He would just much rather Lift didn't get stabbed.
* RunningGag:
** Carrying over from ''Words of Radiance'', Lift still calls Wyndle a Voidbringer, and he's still insulted by the notion.
** Wyndle keeps on asking Lift to get killed in some painless manner if she has to, and keeps on pondering various sorts of deaths, trying to figure out which would be the best. He would just much rather Lift didn't get stabbed.
* TheStakeout: Lift and Wyndle observe the house of the woman she's revealed her abilities to, counting on Nale arriving to investigate. He's nice enough to oblige her.
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** [[spoiler:Darkness/Nale]] does what might best be called a Heel-Neutral turn by the end of the novella, thanks to Lift.
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* {{Understatement}}: When [[spoiler:Nale's Shardblade]] slams into him, Wyndle's only reaction is an ''ow''.
* {{Understatement}}: When [[spoiler:Nale's Shardblade]] slams into him, Wyndle's only reaction is an ''ow''.
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* WeirdnessCensor: People in Yeddaw completely fail to notice when Lift has a tree grow two floors up in almost an instance. As she snarks, they'd cuff an urchin for showing up on the street, but ignore a miracle happening right next to them.
* WeWait: What Lift tells Wyndle as they begin TheStakeout. She gets tired of it pretty quickly, though, and goes to sleep, leaving Wyndle on guard.
* WeWait: What Lift tells Wyndle as they begin TheStakeout. She gets tired of it pretty quickly, though, and goes to sleep, leaving Wyndle on guard.
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* BrokenTears: [[spoiler:Darkness]]'s VillainousBSOD is punctuated by him breaking into tears.
* CryIntoChest: Following his VillainousBSOD and Lift's CooldownHug, [[spoiler:Nale/Darkness]] breaks down and cries into her chest.
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* SimpleStaff: With Lift knowing next to nothing about swords, her first Shardblade is actually a rod.
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* SimpleStaff: With Lift knowing next to nothing about swords, her first Shardblade is actually just a rod.metal rod.
* StealthExpert: Lift proves her mettle; she manages to break into Nale's house and leave with no-one wiser (well, until he finds the eaten breakfast), and later tails his acolytes in an empty building, through a straight-as-an-arrow corridor, without them realizing she's following them.
* StealthExpert: Lift proves her mettle; she manages to break into Nale's house and leave with no-one wiser (well, until he finds the eaten breakfast), and later tails his acolytes in an empty building, through a straight-as-an-arrow corridor, without them realizing she's following them.
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* TearsOfRemorse: [[spoiler:Nale]] breaks into tears following his HeelRealization.
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breakfast. Unfortunately, he didn't come to Yeddaw for the pancakes.
* BatmanGambit: Lift manages a small one against Nale, thanks to his BlackAndWhiteInsanity making him rather predictable. Knowing that she's in town, she stages a very public that's implausible enough to attract Nale's attention, making sure to show off a tell-tale sign of Radianthood to one specific person. She then hides near her bait's house and wait for Nale to come and interrogate them; and just like this, she found him and can now follow him.
* BattleInTheRain: The climax of the novella takes place on a rooftop in the middle of the Everstorm.
* BattleInTheRain: The climax of the novella takes place on a rooftop in the middle of the Everstorm.
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* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Nale's world is divided between the non-crime-committing - and therefore permitted to live - and crime-committing, who must die.
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** Double-subverted with old man who asks Lift what body part she is. At first, [[spoiler:Nale's acolytes assume he's a Lightweaver. Turns out he's not - because he's actually a [[TheWormThatWalks Sleepless]], and he gives Lift some useful information on the ''real'' Surgebinder.]]
** Stump, the jerkass woman who runs the orphanage, turns out to be [[spoiler:the focus of Nale's visit to Yaddew - she's a burgeoning Truthwatcher.]]
** The guard captain Lift shows off before at first is later visited by Nale when he's looking for Surgebinders.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The old man Lift meets by the orphanage. He's trying to form an ultimate philosophy by asking people what body parts they identify themselves as. [[spoiler:Subverted when it turns out that he's actually a Sleepless, composed of dozens of hundreds of tiny crustaceans that form various parts of his body.]]
** Double-subverted with old man who asks Lift what body part she is. At first, [[spoiler:Nale's acolytes assume he's a Lightweaver. Turns out he's not - because he's actually a [[TheWormThatWalks Sleepless]], and he gives Lift some useful information on the ''real'' Surgebinder.]]
** Stump, the jerkass woman who runs the orphanage, turns out to be [[spoiler:the focus of Nale's visit to Yaddew - she's a burgeoning Truthwatcher.]]
** The guard captain Lift shows off before at first is later visited by Nale when he's looking for Surgebinders.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The old man Lift meets by the orphanage. He's trying to form an ultimate philosophy by asking people what body parts they identify themselves as. [[spoiler:Subverted when it turns out that he's actually a Sleepless, composed of dozens of hundreds of tiny crustaceans that form various parts of his body.]]
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* FailedASpotCheck: Lift fails to notice the Indicium - the only building in Yeddaw to stick above the ground level - until it's pointed out to her.
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* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: A retroactive variety; Lift gets to see a glimpse of [[spoiler:Nale as a sane person]], and the difference between this and his current state is rather dramatic.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: So, whatever happened to those [[spoiler:stormform-turned Parshmen]]? They're there for one character's HeelRealization, but the following chapter doesn't even mention them.
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->''"I will remember those who have been forgotten. [[spoiler:I will listen to those who have been ignored.]]"''
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* AwesomeYetImpractical: [[spoiler:When Stump refuses to believe that Lift is a Radiant, Lift summons her Shardblade as a fork and resumes eating her pancakes. She quickly finds that an AbsurdlySharpBlade isn't the best eating utensil]].
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* AllCrimesAreEqual: Nale explains at one point that he kills all thieves he's found because while he once attempted a milder punishment - which is cutting off hands - it only increased the rate of recidivism, as a one-handed person has harder time finding legal work and thus has to turn to crime.
* AwesomeYetImpractical: [[spoiler:When Stump refuses to believe that Lift is a Radiant,Lift Lift]] summons her Shardblade as a fork and resumes eating her pancakes. She quickly finds that an AbsurdlySharpBlade isn't the best eating utensil]].utensil.
* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Lift cries out [[spoiler:her Third Oath, realizing what she has to do to bring Nale down]], he asks her "What?" Her answer sends him spinning into a BSOD.
-->You were trying to [[spoiler:prevent the Desolation]]! Look behind you! Deny what you are seeing!
* AwesomeYetImpractical: [[spoiler:When Stump refuses to believe that Lift is a Radiant,
* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Lift cries out [[spoiler:her Third Oath, realizing what she has to do to bring Nale down]], he asks her "What?" Her answer sends him spinning into a BSOD.
-->You were trying to [[spoiler:prevent the Desolation]]! Look behind you! Deny what you are seeing!
* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Nale has managed to convince himself that the Desolation is not coming despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Nale's world is divided between the non-crime-committing - and therefore permitted to live - and crime-committing, who must die.
* BookEnd: The novella starts with Lift running away from Azimir, and ends with her [[spoiler:running back at Gawx's insistence.]]
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Nale's world is divided between the non-crime-committing - and therefore permitted to live - and crime-committing, who must die.
* BookEnd: The novella starts with Lift running away from Azimir, and ends with her [[spoiler:running back at Gawx's insistence.]]
* CassandraTruth: During a meeting between Nale and his acolytes, Szeth keeps on trying to tell the others that the Desolation is ''already here'' and ''coming'', but Darkness keeps on dismissing what they both saw, and the other acolytes are too obedient to believe the Shin.
* CooldownHug: Lift gives [[spoiler:Nale of all people]] one to calm him down after his FreakOut, managing to bring him back to some semblance of sanity.
* CreepyGood: [[spoiler:Arclo]] calls itself "a friend of Radiants" and is of some assist to Lift, but it's easily the creepiest thing in the book. At least Nale is ''humanoid''.
* CreepyGood: [[spoiler:Arclo]] calls itself "a friend of Radiants" and is of some assist to Lift, but it's easily the creepiest thing in the book. At least Nale is ''humanoid''.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Yeddaw is famous for ten different types of pancakes. Lift makes it her mission to sample all of them. When she eats the first nine and goes looking for the tenth, she is horrified to learn that it doesn't actually exist; metaphorically, it is left out for their god. She threatens to [[spoiler:call Nale back]] under the assumption that he'd slaughter them all for such a heinous transgression.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: FantasticHonorifics: Szeth refers to Nightblood as sword-nima, with "nima" being a Shin honorific of some kind.
* FantasticRankSystem: It seems like the Skybreakers of old used to have some sort of rank system, based on the number of oaths - one that Nale kept. First oath is initiate, second is novice, third is Shardbearer, fifth is full Radiant. The fourth is unknown for now, as is whether more Orders utilized the rank system.
* FelonyMisdemeanor:
** Yeddaw is famous for ten different types of pancakes. Lift makes it her mission to sample all of them. When she eats the first nine and goes looking for the tenth, she is horrified to learn that it doesn't actually exist; metaphorically, it is left out for their god. She threatens to [[spoiler:call Nale back]] under the assumption that he'd slaughter them all for such a heinoustransgression.transgression.
** Nale punishes an urchin who threw a fruit at him by running her through with a Shardblade.
* FreakOut: [[spoiler:Nale]] hops from insanity to sanity when he sees the [[spoiler:red-eyed Parshmen, an undeniable proof of a new Desolation]], and realizes that he's been hindering mankind more than he has aided it.
* GreaterScopeVillain: At first, Nale has actually hazily remembered what the red-eyed Parshmen and the red storm [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt mean]], but he went to Ishar with his doubts, and Ishar assured him that no, everything is still fine and dandy. Whether Ishar is villainous or merely insane, he's very obviously a huge problem.
* HeelFaceReturn: Defied; in the afterword to the novella, Sanderson explicitly says that part of the reason behind writing ''Edgedancer'' is to show [[spoiler:why Nale changed between ''Words of Radiance'' and ''Oathbringer''.]]
* HeelRealization: Upon seeing the [[spoiler:red-eyed Parshmen, Nale]] realizes that the Desolation has already come and he's been trying to destroy what might be humanity's last hope of survival. He doesn't take it well.
-->I am getting worse, am I not?
* FantasticRankSystem: It seems like the Skybreakers of old used to have some sort of rank system, based on the number of oaths - one that Nale kept. First oath is initiate, second is novice, third is Shardbearer, fifth is full Radiant. The fourth is unknown for now, as is whether more Orders utilized the rank system.
* FelonyMisdemeanor:
** Yeddaw is famous for ten different types of pancakes. Lift makes it her mission to sample all of them. When she eats the first nine and goes looking for the tenth, she is horrified to learn that it doesn't actually exist; metaphorically, it is left out for their god. She threatens to [[spoiler:call Nale back]] under the assumption that he'd slaughter them all for such a heinous
** Nale punishes an urchin who threw a fruit at him by running her through with a Shardblade.
* FreakOut: [[spoiler:Nale]] hops from insanity to sanity when he sees the [[spoiler:red-eyed Parshmen, an undeniable proof of a new Desolation]], and realizes that he's been hindering mankind more than he has aided it.
* GreaterScopeVillain: At first, Nale has actually hazily remembered what the red-eyed Parshmen and the red storm [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt mean]], but he went to Ishar with his doubts, and Ishar assured him that no, everything is still fine and dandy. Whether Ishar is villainous or merely insane, he's very obviously a huge problem.
* HeelFaceReturn: Defied; in the afterword to the novella, Sanderson explicitly says that part of the reason behind writing ''Edgedancer'' is to show [[spoiler:why Nale changed between ''Words of Radiance'' and ''Oathbringer''.]]
* HeelRealization: Upon seeing the [[spoiler:red-eyed Parshmen, Nale]] realizes that the Desolation has already come and he's been trying to destroy what might be humanity's last hope of survival. He doesn't take it well.
-->I am getting worse, am I not?
* InsaneNoMore: Underplayed with [[spoiler:Nale]] - Lift does manage to bring him back to a ''semblance'' of sanity, enough for a HeelRealization and a sober conversation, but he admits that his mind is still slipping and his ultimate fate is left uncertain as he leaves in a hurry.
* InsaneTrollLogic: See Nale's explanations above, under AllCrimesAreEqual. It's... it makes perfect sense, in its own way, provided one shares Nale's black-and-white worldview.
* IRejectYourReality: Nale ascribes all signs of a new Desolation coming to either being the last remnants of the previous Desolation or a total coincidence, and no amount of proof will convince him otherwise [[spoiler:- at least until he sees the storm turning the Parshmen violent himself.]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: See Nale's explanations above, under AllCrimesAreEqual. It's... it makes perfect sense, in its own way, provided one shares Nale's black-and-white worldview.
* IRejectYourReality: Nale ascribes all signs of a new Desolation coming to either being the last remnants of the previous Desolation or a total coincidence, and no amount of proof will convince him otherwise [[spoiler:- at least until he sees the storm turning the Parshmen violent himself.]]
* LoopholeAbuse: Nale's personal brand of insanity doesn't permit him to kill anyone who's not a criminal, but doesn't stop him from changing the laws - so he makes the prince of Yeddaw pass a law that renders all Surgebinding illegal.[[note]]Keep in mind that at this point, Surgebinding is considered a myth. The prince probably only passed the law so that this weird creepy man would stop pestering him.[[/note]]
* MaskOfSanity: Nale could be mistaken for a sane person, with perhaps a small obsession with keeping and presenting documentation, until a crime is comitted in his vicinity. Then, he turns into an emotionless monster.
* MaskOfSanity: Nale could be mistaken for a sane person, with perhaps a small obsession with keeping and presenting documentation, until a crime is comitted in his vicinity. Then, he turns into an emotionless monster.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Nale]], when he realizes he's been the bad guy the whole time:
-->Storms. Jezrien... Ishar... It is true. I've failed. (...) I failed weeks ago. I knew it then. Oh God! Oh God the Almighty!
* NervousWreck: From the moment Wyndle realizes that Lift is tracking down Darkness, he's stressed out beyond reason.
-->Storms. Jezrien... Ishar... It is true. I've failed. (...) I failed weeks ago. I knew it then. Oh God! Oh God the Almighty!
* NervousWreck: From the moment Wyndle realizes that Lift is tracking down Darkness, he's stressed out beyond reason.
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* RankUp: Lift says another Edgedancer oath in this novella, going one rank up.
* ReluctantPsycho:
** Szeth is very well aware that his sanity is slipping away from him, and doesn't much like the fact.
** [[spoiler:Nale]], by the end of the novella. He even asks Lift to confirm that he's going insane.
* SanitySlippage: Nale has seen the same telltale signs of a new Desolation Szeth did, but he's actively trying to convince himself that they don't actually mean what they mean, and his sanity is suffering as a result.
* SanityStrengthening: [[spoiler:Nale]] becomes much more stable and sane following his FreakOut.
* SimpleStaff: With Lift knowing next to nothing about swords, her first Shardblade is actually a rod.
* TookALevelInKindness:
** Szeth is far calmer and pleasant than when he's last been seen, even offering Lift some heartfelt advice. Either the insanity made him more amiable, or, given that for the first two books, his actions have been dictated by an oathstone compelling him to kill, this might be our first look at what Szeth is actually like.
** [[spoiler:Darkness/Nale]] does what might best be called a Heel-Neutral turn by the end of the novella, thanks to Lift.
* VillainExitStageLeft: Nale leaves the story by [[spoiler:flying away into the storm.]]
* VillainousBSOD: [[spoiler:Nale]], upon his HeelRealization, is reduced to tears and repeating loop of MyGodWhatHaveIDone, and would probably stay that way for a long, long time, have Lift not given him a CooldownHug.
* TheWormThatWalks: [[spoiler:The 'oldman']].man']] is a Sleepless, composed of hundred, if not thousands of cremlings which fulfill specific functions (like storing memories or seeing). Like most examples, dismemberment isn't a problem, but the reassembly takes a few minutes, meaning if it gets into a fight, putting itself back together has to happen afterwards.
* ReluctantPsycho:
** Szeth is very well aware that his sanity is slipping away from him, and doesn't much like the fact.
** [[spoiler:Nale]], by the end of the novella. He even asks Lift to confirm that he's going insane.
* SanitySlippage: Nale has seen the same telltale signs of a new Desolation Szeth did, but he's actively trying to convince himself that they don't actually mean what they mean, and his sanity is suffering as a result.
* SanityStrengthening: [[spoiler:Nale]] becomes much more stable and sane following his FreakOut.
* SimpleStaff: With Lift knowing next to nothing about swords, her first Shardblade is actually a rod.
* TookALevelInKindness:
** Szeth is far calmer and pleasant than when he's last been seen, even offering Lift some heartfelt advice. Either the insanity made him more amiable, or, given that for the first two books, his actions have been dictated by an oathstone compelling him to kill, this might be our first look at what Szeth is actually like.
** [[spoiler:Darkness/Nale]] does what might best be called a Heel-Neutral turn by the end of the novella, thanks to Lift.
* VillainExitStageLeft: Nale leaves the story by [[spoiler:flying away into the storm.]]
* VillainousBSOD: [[spoiler:Nale]], upon his HeelRealization, is reduced to tears and repeating loop of MyGodWhatHaveIDone, and would probably stay that way for a long, long time, have Lift not given him a CooldownHug.
* TheWormThatWalks: [[spoiler:The 'old
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* TheWormThatWalks: [[spoiler:The 'old man']]. Like most examples, dismemberment isn't a problem, but the reassembly takes a few minutes, meaning if it gets into a fight, putting itself back together has to happen afterwards. [[{{Badass}} This is also not a problem.]]
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* [[TheWormThatWalks The Cremling That Walks]]: TheWormThatWalks: [[spoiler:The 'old man']]. Like most examples, dismemberment isn't a problem, but the reassembly takes a few minutes, meaning if it gets into a fight, putting itself back together has to happen afterwards. [[{{Badass}} This is also not a problem.]]
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* PlotTailoredToTheParty: Played with. Near the end, Lift has to get down to the orphanage. Since the streets of Yeddaw all slope gently down from the center, she should be able to just [[SlipperySkid slick herself]] and slide all the way. But she can't get her balance right and keeps falling on her face. She ends up just running.
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* PlotTailoredToTheParty: Played with. Near the end, Lift has to get down to the orphanage. Since the streets of Yeddaw all slope gently down from the center, she should be able to just [[SlipperySkid slick herself]] and slide all the way. But she can't get her balance right and keeps falling on her face. She ends up just running. Possbily a ShoutOut to VideoGame/GravityRush, and how similarly potentially useful and frustrating to use a similar in-game power is.
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* ObfuscatinggStupidity: Lift, seemingly, though a lot of it is [[HiddenDepths self-directed.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The orphan matron known as Stump is angry and unpleasant, often assuming children are faking infirmity to get food. But she does give food to the children and takes care of them as much as possible. At least some of her surliness is an act, as it keeps too many street urchins from coming and overwhelming her ability to help. [[spoiler:She is also a burgeoning Edgedancer, so it's probably ''all'' an act. She was even unconsciously healing the sick children, which is why she was so convinced so many were faking. Every time an injured child stayed with her, they got better within a few days]].
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The orphan matron known as Stump is angry and unpleasant, often assuming children are faking infirmity to get food. But she does give food to the children and takes care of them as much as possible. At least some of her surliness is an act, as it keeps too many street urchins from coming and overwhelming her ability to help. [[spoiler:She is also a burgeoning Edgedancer, Truthwatcher, so it's probably ''all'' an act. She was even unconsciously healing the sick children, which is why she was so convinced so many were faking. Every time an injured child stayed with her, they got better within a few days]].
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Yeddaw is famous for ten different types of pancakes. Lift makes it her mission to sample all of them. When she eats the first nine and goes looking for the tenth, she is horrified to learn that it doesn't actually exist; metaphorically, it is left out for their god. She threats to [[spoiler:call Nale back]] under the assumption that he'd slaughter them all for such a heinous transgression.
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'''''WARNING: {{Late Arrival Spoiler}}s abound for previous books in Literature/TheStormlightArchive.'''''
->''"I will remember those who have been forgotten."''
Following the events of ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'', the young Edgedancer Lift has been pampered and respected as a close personal friend of the new emperor. Her every need has been provided for, her eccentricities put up with, and she has even been offered lessons in anything she might care to learn.
So, of course, she runs away.
Lift runs to Yeddaw, a strange city in Tashikk that was cut out of the stone using rented Azish Shardblades. This city is the last place Lift's old foe Darkness, the mad Herald of Justice, has been seen. To Wyndle's great consternation, Lift has intentionally hunted him down, despite the danger to her life.
When she finds him, she eats his breakfast.
''Edgedancer'' was first published in November 2016 in ''Arcanum Unbounded'' a collection of [[Franchise/TheCosmere Cosmere]] short stories. It takes place after ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'' but before ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}''.
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!!This book provides examples of:
* ABoyAndHisX: Szeth has taken to clutching Nightblood to his chest like a teddy bear. He often speaks to the sword aloud, having real conversations with it.
* AwesomeYetImpractical: [[spoiler:When Stump refuses to believe that Lift is a Radiant, Lift summons her Shardblade as a fork and resumes eating her pancakes. She quickly finds that an AbsurdlySharpBlade isn't the best eating utensil]].
* BadLiar: Wyndle doesn't want to be used as a Shardblade, but he's not allowed to tell Lift about how new Shardblades are made. She is therefore left confused as to why he keeps complaining that she's going to end up hitting people with him.
* BoringButPractical: [[spoiler:Lift first summons her Shardblade as a metal rod. Not a sharp rod, not a heavy rod, just... a rod. Worthless for hurting people, but perfectly fine for blocking Nale's Shardblade]].
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When Lift initially claims to be a friend of the Prime Aqasix, the local bureaucrats are understandably skeptical, and try to throw her out. When confirmation comes and they are ordered to obey her, she immediately makes them start calling her "Your Pancakefulness."
* EveryoneHasStandards: A street urchin steals fruit from a merchant and is caught by Nale. She fights back, and he kills her for assaulting an officer of the law. Everyone on the street, including the merchant, is horrified. Lift makes a point by stealing more of his fruit and eating it right in front of him; the merchant doesn't say a word.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: Yeddaw is famous for ten different types of pancakes. Lift makes it her mission to sample all of them. When she eats the first nine and goes looking for the tenth, she is horrified to learn that it doesn't actually exist; metaphorically, it is left out for their god. She threats to [[spoiler:call Nale back]] under the assumption that he'd slaughter them all for such a heinous transgression.
* InNameOnly: Technically, Tashikk is part of the Azir Empire. In practice, the locals only obey the Prime within reason. They're not going to bother following his orders in the middle of an emergency.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The orphan matron known as Stump is angry and unpleasant, often assuming children are faking infirmity to get food. But she does give food to the children and takes care of them as much as possible. At least some of her surliness is an act, as it keeps too many street urchins from coming and overwhelming her ability to help. [[spoiler:She is also a burgeoning Truthwatcher, so it's probably ''all'' an act. She was even unconsciously healing the sick children, which is why she was so convinced so many were faking. Every time an injured child stayed with her, they got better within a few days]].
* MorphWeapon: Shardblades, of course. Wyndle confirms that they can take any form, as long as it is metal (it has to do with the way Investiture condenses). [[spoiler:Lift summons him as a rod to block Nale's Blade, and later as a fork to eat pancakes]].
* MuggingTheMonster: Two apprentice Skybreakers ambush a suspected Lightweaver. [[spoiler:They find a Dysian Aimian instead. He kills them so easily he notes he can't even claim self-defense, as they were never any danger to him]].
* PlotTailoredToTheParty: Played with. Near the end, Lift has to get down to the orphanage. Since the streets of Yeddaw all slope gently down from the center, she should be able to just [[SlipperySkid slick herself]] and slide all the way. But she can't get her balance right and keeps falling on her face. She ends up just running.
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->''"I will remember those who have been forgotten."''
Following the events of ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'', the young Edgedancer Lift has been pampered and respected as a close personal friend of the new emperor. Her every need has been provided for, her eccentricities put up with, and she has even been offered lessons in anything she might care to learn.
So, of course, she runs away.
Lift runs to Yeddaw, a strange city in Tashikk that was cut out of the stone using rented Azish Shardblades. This city is the last place Lift's old foe Darkness, the mad Herald of Justice, has been seen. To Wyndle's great consternation, Lift has intentionally hunted him down, despite the danger to her life.
When she finds him, she eats his breakfast.
''Edgedancer'' was first published in November 2016 in ''Arcanum Unbounded'' a collection of [[Franchise/TheCosmere Cosmere]] short stories. It takes place after ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'' but before ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}''.
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!!This book provides examples of:
* ABoyAndHisX: Szeth has taken to clutching Nightblood to his chest like a teddy bear. He often speaks to the sword aloud, having real conversations with it.
* AwesomeYetImpractical: [[spoiler:When Stump refuses to believe that Lift is a Radiant, Lift summons her Shardblade as a fork and resumes eating her pancakes. She quickly finds that an AbsurdlySharpBlade isn't the best eating utensil]].
* BadLiar: Wyndle doesn't want to be used as a Shardblade, but he's not allowed to tell Lift about how new Shardblades are made. She is therefore left confused as to why he keeps complaining that she's going to end up hitting people with him.
* BoringButPractical: [[spoiler:Lift first summons her Shardblade as a metal rod. Not a sharp rod, not a heavy rod, just... a rod. Worthless for hurting people, but perfectly fine for blocking Nale's Shardblade]].
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When Lift initially claims to be a friend of the Prime Aqasix, the local bureaucrats are understandably skeptical, and try to throw her out. When confirmation comes and they are ordered to obey her, she immediately makes them start calling her "Your Pancakefulness."
* EveryoneHasStandards: A street urchin steals fruit from a merchant and is caught by Nale. She fights back, and he kills her for assaulting an officer of the law. Everyone on the street, including the merchant, is horrified. Lift makes a point by stealing more of his fruit and eating it right in front of him; the merchant doesn't say a word.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: Yeddaw is famous for ten different types of pancakes. Lift makes it her mission to sample all of them. When she eats the first nine and goes looking for the tenth, she is horrified to learn that it doesn't actually exist; metaphorically, it is left out for their god. She threats to [[spoiler:call Nale back]] under the assumption that he'd slaughter them all for such a heinous transgression.
* InNameOnly: Technically, Tashikk is part of the Azir Empire. In practice, the locals only obey the Prime within reason. They're not going to bother following his orders in the middle of an emergency.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The orphan matron known as Stump is angry and unpleasant, often assuming children are faking infirmity to get food. But she does give food to the children and takes care of them as much as possible. At least some of her surliness is an act, as it keeps too many street urchins from coming and overwhelming her ability to help. [[spoiler:She is also a burgeoning Truthwatcher, so it's probably ''all'' an act. She was even unconsciously healing the sick children, which is why she was so convinced so many were faking. Every time an injured child stayed with her, they got better within a few days]].
* MorphWeapon: Shardblades, of course. Wyndle confirms that they can take any form, as long as it is metal (it has to do with the way Investiture condenses). [[spoiler:Lift summons him as a rod to block Nale's Blade, and later as a fork to eat pancakes]].
* MuggingTheMonster: Two apprentice Skybreakers ambush a suspected Lightweaver. [[spoiler:They find a Dysian Aimian instead. He kills them so easily he notes he can't even claim self-defense, as they were never any danger to him]].
* PlotTailoredToTheParty: Played with. Near the end, Lift has to get down to the orphanage. Since the streets of Yeddaw all slope gently down from the center, she should be able to just [[SlipperySkid slick herself]] and slide all the way. But she can't get her balance right and keeps falling on her face. She ends up just running.
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