This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.

Title: Kalak
I’m surprised we’re getting a viewpoint from him already. We just barely left him behind. So either there’s something important he chose to withhold from Shallan that we’re going to find out about, or there’s another assassination attempt incoming. Hard to think of another reason to give us something from him associated with Day 1. I’m sure it’ll become obvious soon, though.

Icons: Kalak (obviously)

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These days he felt only panic, indecision, and a crushing darkness. Always nearby, always threatening him. Without Ishar holding some of it back…it would have destroyed him long ago.

That crushing darkness, is that the Oathpact’s demands? That’s my best guess. Alternatives could include Odium’s power and presence, or Damnation, or possibly a weight of encroaching insanity from their method of immortality. (Some of these are not mutually exclusive.) But the other key bit is that Ishar is somehow shielding the rest of the heralds from some of this darkness. That is a tick in the column for Oathpact costs, I think.

Awakened drapes? That’s either Azure or Zahel, and neither are the ones I would have pegged as following here. Although, based on the prologue I already suspected Zahel was up to much more that it appeared. At an outside possibility, we also met a trading contingent in Lasting Integrity who were from Nalthis and knew of Azure, so theoretically another Awakener could be involved. Still betting on Zahel, though. Interesting that he’s working so hard to avoid the notice of the Radiants.

What. What in the nine hells? Felt!? Storms, I didn’t suspect him at all. That's a failure on my part. Of course the Scadrian would be a suspect for ghostblood membership. He’s apparently an Awakener, and he has a friend seon who was faking that whole traumatized act and who detests young love. 

Ala (the seon) relayed everything about Mishram to Iyatil already, which means the ghostbloods are a step ahead. Felt interestingly has not love for Iyatil, calling her a “masked witch,” and apparently reports directly to Kelsier. Not a big surprise that a pre-Catacendre man wouldn’t get along with a Malwish (or related culture, not sure on her exact origin), or that his loyalty would be to Kel, but it does emphasize that there are likely divisions within the Ghostbloods despite Kel’s “one crew, one purpose” desires.

Felt interpret’s Kelsier’s warning to be careful as being careful against whatever scheme Iyatil has running on the side. So even if Kel actually trusts her, Felt feels the need to watch his back. Honestly, I don’t blame him. 

Or maybe I misread that? He’s being careful by not trusting the dagger, instead going old-school and hanging out with Kalak in order to have a source of info when things inevitably moving beyond their expectations.