Jasnah, reflecting on murderous royal succession tales like King NanKhet’s, worries that internal strife imperils Alethkar as much as external foes. She descends to Urithiru’s former library, now a bustling research hub Navani has organized, and positions herself to manage spanreed conversations while observing Renarin’s uncertain place between Bridge Four and scholarship.

Through a Tashikki spanreed relay, Jasnah confers with Veristitalian colleagues Jochi and Ethid. Ethid reports a man she believes to be the Herald Nale, acting wrongly and attempting executions, and mentions a young Edgedancer who chased him. Jasnah confirms the Heralds are broken and promises relevant sketches and Dalinar’s vision accounts. They discuss Thaylenah’s Everstorm damage, parshmen seizing ships, and progress on Dawnchant translations, broadening the understanding of Radiants and current threats.

Shallan alerts Jasnah as Meridas Amaram enters in Sadeas’s colors. He seeks private counsel to reconcile with Dalinar, implying Jasnah steers her uncle and pressing their former would‑be match. Jasnah publicly dismantles him with cutting insults and Stormlight-bright defiance, forcing Amaram to retreat and signaling he remains a destabilizing political risk.

Jasnah redirects Shallan toward scholarly tasks—drawing Kaladin’s and Renarin’s spren—while doubting the need for Shallan on the Kholinar mission. At the room’s edge, Renarin mutters about something “in here,” then opens a hidden tile drawer and retrieves a long, oddly cut ruby. Navani notes its flaws and vibration; Shallan, prompted by her spren, suggests the pattern encodes letters, “music of language.”

Renarin infuses Stormlight into the wall, sending ripples that unlock hidden drawers behind each tile, revealing hundreds of gemstones. The ancient Radiants, anticipating decay, hid knowledge in coded, twisted-cut gems. The scholars realize they have discovered a concealed Radiant archive that could crucially aid their war and scholarship.