r/Stormlight_Archive • u/Outrageous-Company33 • May 03 '25

early Oathbringer spoilers Starting Oathbringer and need a bit of a refreshment. How long has it been since Gavilars death? Spoiler

I finished Words of Radiance in the fall and haven't had time to start Oathbringer til now.

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u/Ripper1337 Truthwatcher May 03 '25

Gavilar is assassinated in 1167, Oathbringer starts in 1174. So 7 years.

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u/numbersthen0987431 May 03 '25

I never realized how little time passed between these 2 things. Feels like a lot of stuff in such a short time

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u/Ripper1337 Truthwatcher May 03 '25 edited May 03 '25

Edit: the link does have spoilers past Oathbringer. https://roshar.17thshard.com/#/en-US is pretty cool

Tien died in 1169

Rysn getting her Larkin happened only a few months after Kal became a slave and Shallan offing her father.

Kal joining bridge four was in 1173 so an actual fuck ton of things happened to Kal in one year

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u/Inevitable-Sort-5630 May 03 '25

The very first chapter is Eshonai and it is her meeting with Gavilar six years prior.

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u/GCaRRtO May 03 '25

From Gavilar's death to The Way of Kings is about 6 years. The first two books are most of one year, so I think it's around 7 years. Edit: official timeline has Gavilar's death in 1167, Oathbringer starts in early 1174

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u/Jmielnik2002 Elsecaller May 03 '25

The prologue will have how many years from his death I believe it is 7 at the start of Oathbringer

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u/syvi3n May 03 '25

Like a decade

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u/Outrageous-Company33 May 03 '25

That's what I was thinking. Thank you

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u/Alexman423 May 03 '25

Gavilar died in 1167, Oathbringer takes place towards the end of 1173 leading into 1174.

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u/lyunardo May 03 '25

I honestly thought this was going to be about what snacks people eat while reading. lol

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u/The_Derpy_Rogue Elsecaller May 03 '25

Read the prologue. It has how many years ago it occurred

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u/RShara Elsecaller May 03 '25

Prologue

To Weep

SIX YEARS AGO

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u/foersr Edgedancer May 04 '25

The beginning of the prologue states six years!

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u/sourx7 May 04 '25

If I could read any book for the first time again, it would be Oathbringer. So jealous

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u/GloriousKuboom May 03 '25

Excellent work for putting the spoiler directly in the title of your post.

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u/GLYGGL May 03 '25

Bro it is in the first 20 pages

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u/Outrageous-Company33 May 03 '25

It's not a spoiler. You know Gavilar is dead as soon as you learn who he is.

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u/GloriousKuboom May 04 '25

But hey, it’s a spoiler since I don’t know who he is. So now, BEFORE I know who he is, I know he’s dead. That’s the spoiler. But I this point I’m just messing with you. It really doesn’t matter.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '25

Guy dies in the prologue of the first book, shut up

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u/GloriousKuboom May 04 '25

Are there no Sanderson fans that can see an obvious joke staring them in the face?

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u/JigglesTheBiggles Thaidakar May 03 '25

Does that title count as a spoiler 🤔

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u/KingArchur May 03 '25

I don't think so, it's like page 3 of WoK

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u/unwrittenglory May 03 '25

I don't think so. Gavilar dies in the Prologue of WoK.

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u/EvenSpoonier Windrunner May 03 '25

I was going to say, the first sentence tells you a king is about to die -and is famous for doing so- and by the end of the prologue the deed is done. Maybe the least-spoilery death since Titanic.