Gloom Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 (edited) Maxin nodded, and the two of them moved off to the right, heading toward the palace’s sculpture garden. The important people would supposedly be shuffling around in there, comparing notes, talking about who should be the next Prime. Dangerous job, that. The last two had gotten their heads chopped off by some bloke in white with a Shardblade. The most recent Prime hadn’t lasted two starvin’ days! “Six different monarchs killed . . .” one of the voices said, a new one. “In a mere two months. Highprinces slaughtered throughout the east. Religious leaders. And then, two Primes murdered in a matter of a single week. Storms . . . I almost think it’s another Desolation come upon us.” “A Desolation in the form of a single man. Yaezir help the one we choose. It is a death sentence.” “We have stalled too long as it is. These weeks of waiting with no Prime have been harmful to Azir. Let’s just pick the worst application. From this stack.” Source — Lift interlude It appears that after the first Prime was assassinated, A new Prime was chosen in less than a week. It's not unlikely that Szeth was instructed to wait a short interval because Taravangian anticipated that a new Prime would be risen almost immediately and felt that the assassination of one Prime wouldn't constitute a significant disruption to the affairs of Azir. If this was the case, Taravangian was correct. After the second assassination, Azir went weeks without a Prime out of fear of the assassin in white, and were leaning towards putting someone who was likely to prove ineffectual as a leader in control of the government. A week in Roshar is 5 days. This means that after the first Prime was assassinated, a new Prime was installed after three days, and then assassinated two days later. Edited November 16, 2013 by Gloom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeatherWriter Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Ooh, do you have a source on the 5 day week thing? That is new info to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloom Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Gaz counted out four marks, though there were five days to a week. TWoKs Ch. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeatherWriter Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Ah, thank you! I hadn't remembered that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arook Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 The list did include instructions for some of the kills so its reasonable to guess that he said kill this guy then kill his successor when he is chosen. Mr T did tell him to contact him alone kill no on if possible and talk to him first. so telling him to sit around a little bit or come back after they got a new one is not unreasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Ooh, do you have a source on the 5 day week thing? That is new info to me! I thought it was 10... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cem Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 I thought it was 10... There are ten weeks to a month. That's probably what you remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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