Highprince of Alethkar and uncle to the king, haunted by visions of the past

Princess of Alethkar and one of the foremost scholars on Roshar. Brilliant, driven, and uncompromising, she pursues the truth about the Voidbringers and the history of the Knights Radiant.

Herald of Kings, leader of the Heralds

A former soldier turned slave, leader of Bridge Four who becomes a Knight Radiant.

Herald of the Almighty, patron of the Willshapers

A young street urchin from Azir who asked the Nightwatcher to keep her the same as she grows up. An Edgedancer Radiant bonded to the cultivationspren Wyndle, she can metabolise food into Lifelight to heal others and become slippery.

A one-armed Herdazian in Bridge Four, known for his humour

Herald of Justice, also known as Darkness. Leads the Skybreakers and hunts Surgebinders, believing they will bring a Desolation. His millennia of torment have driven him to a rigid and dangerous interpretation of law.

Dowager queen, mother of Elhokar, brilliant artifabrian

Dalinar's younger son, scholarly and often overlooked

A listener spy who infiltrated the Alethi warcamps as a parshman. Found a home in Bridge Four despite being an outsider among humans. Later bonds a corrupted mistspren and becomes a Truthwatcher.

A young Veden scholar seeking to become Jasnah's ward, hiding dark secrets

A Shin assassin wielding an Honorblade, bound by his Oathstone

Herald of War, the only Herald who did not abandon the Oathpact

A grizzled veteran in Bridge Four with a troubled past

Eshonai's sister, driven by ambition and a desire to restore her people's lost forms of power. Her choices have far-reaching consequences for the singers and for the conflict on Roshar.