Characters in The Way of Kings

Kaladin Stormblessed

An enslaved former soldier who discovers he can manipulate Stormlight while protecting his bridge crew.

Also in Words of Radiance, Oathbringer, Rhythm of War, Wind and Truth

Shallan Davar

A young woman studying under a heretic scholar whose secrets could determine civilization's fate.

Also in Words of Radiance, Oathbringer, Rhythm of War, Wind and Truth

Dalinar Kholin

A highprince haunted by visions of the ancient Knights Radiant.

Also in Words of Radiance, Oathbringer, Wind and Truth

Szeth-son-son-Vallano

The Assassin in White, a Truthless warrior forced to obey whoever holds his Oathstone, wielding the ability to Surgebind.

Also in Words of Radiance, Wind and Truth

Sylphrena

An honorspren who bonds with Kaladin, appearing as a tiny glowing figure with childlike curiosity about humans.

Jasnah Kholin

A brilliant, sharp-tongued scholar and heretic, Shallan's would-be mentor.

Also in Words of Radiance, Oathbringer

Syl

An honorspren who attaches herself to Kaladin.

Also in Words of Radiance

Adolin Kholin

Also in Words of Radiance, Oathbringer, Rhythm of War

Hoid

Also in Words of Radiance, Oathbringer, Tress of the Emerald Sea, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, The Fires of December

Renarin Kholin

Wit

The King's Wit, an enigmatic figure who appears at crucial moments across the world — known across the Cosmere as Hoid.