


Once ashore, Lopen and Rushu set off to find the Oathgate while the crew goes ashore to collect a hoard of gemhearts that have seemingly been left on the shore by dying greatshells. Nikli is removed from the ship by Lopen and Huio, and the Wandersail breaches a strange storm around Akinah to make landfall.

The omens are revealed to have been caused by Nikli, one of the Sleepless, in an attempt to keep humanity from discovering the secrets of Akinah. During downtime, Huio stumbles upon a discovery regarding the behavior of fabrials in the presence of aluminum, which leads Rushu to create a fabrial assisted mobility device for Rysn. She manages to take charge and keep the mission afloat. Agreeable terms are met, including the addition of Lopen, Huio, and Rushu to the expedition and the Wandersail departs.ĭuring the voyage, several "omens" manifest which unnerve the crew and threaten Rysn's position as rebsk. Rysn decides to travel to to Urithiru with her porter Nikli to meet with Navani to discuss the terms of an expedition to Aimia - she seeks a cure for Chiri-Chiri who has taken ill, Queen Fen seeks an answer to the disappearance of the First Dreams crew, and Navani seeks information about the Oathgate on Akinah. Yalb serves aboard a Thaylen ship at sea as it discovers the First Dreams returning from Aimia without its crew. Summary įor a chapter by chapter summary, see /Summary. If the crew cannot uncover the secrets of the hidden island city before the wrath of its ancient guardians falls upon them, the fate of Roshar and the entire Cosmere hangs in the balance. With the help of Lopen, the formerly one-armed Windrunner, Rysn must accept Navani’s quest and sail into the perilous storm from which no one has returned alive. Now Rysn’s pet is ill, and any hope for Chiri-Chiri’s recovery can be found only at the ancestral home of the larkin: Akinah. Shipowner Rysn Ftori lost the use of her legs but gained the companionship of Chiri-Chiri, a Stormlight-ingesting winged larkin, a species once thought extinct. Knights Radiant who fly too near find their Stormlight suddenly drained, so the voyage must be by sea. When a ghost ship is discovered, its crew presumed dead after trying to reach the storm-shrouded island Akinah, Navani Kholin must send an expedition to make sure the island hasn’t fallen into enemy hands.
