History Heartwarming / WordsOfRadiance

* Shallan turning the entire group of deserters around to helping her by simply appealing to the reasons that they became soldiers beforehand, and telling them that [[DareToBeBadass they have something worth fighting for again]]. [[HeelFaceTurn They charge off to help protect a caravan from being overrun by bandits]], and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath several of them die in battle]], but they save the caravan's people. Later, over the pyre for the dead (both caravaneer and deserter) one of the women in the caravan gives them a prayer to burn - not a prayer of grief or sorrow for those who died, but one of ''thanks''.

* And afterward, as Kaladin is released, he finds that not only is he being released, but ''Adolin'' is too. Adolin had come in and demanded to be imprisoned until Kaladin was released, as he too felt Kaladin was imprisoned unjustly, especially after Kaladin had leapt in to save his and Renarin's lives in the two-on-four duel. And this is not long after Adolin and Kaladin had started off with a very testy relationship due to Adolin thinking Kaladin was up to something, and Kaladin's general distrust of light-eyes amplified by him seeing everything wrong with them in Adolin. While they weren't friends yet (not until Shallan cleared the air between them), it marks a turning point in their relationship.

* Shallan revealing herself as a Surgebinder to Dalinar, despite her own fears, to reassure him that he didn't fail in his quest to refound the Knights Radiant. Dalinar is so moved he actually cries.

--> He saw it in [[EyesNeverLie her eyes.]] The anguish, the frustration. The terrible nothing that clawed inside and sought to smother her. [[NotSoDifferent She knew]]. It was there, inside. [[DarkAndTroubledPast She had been broken.]]\\

--> He saw it in [[WindowsOfTheSoul her eyes.]] The anguish, the frustration. The terrible nothing that clawed inside and sought to smother her. [[NotSoDifferent She knew]]. It was there, inside. [[DarkAndTroubledPast She had been broken.]]\\

* Shallan revealing herself as a Surgebinder to Dalinar, despite her own fears, to reassure him that he didn't fail in his quest to refound the Knights Radiant. Dalinar so moved he actually cries.

-->'''Rock''': Ha! Is little problem. Can be fixed.

* Shallan meeting Wit again. While he was trying to influence her when they first met, he apparently underestimated the impact he had on her. One wonders when the last time someone was genuinely glad to see him was. To be specific, Shallan gives Wit a giant bear hug while thanking him for the message and advice he'd given her in the past. Wit, DeadpanSnarker extraordinaire, is described as being speechless and ''not knowing what to do.'' Note that is this after he does his usual dry commentary on both Kaladin and Adolin; Wit goes to start on his little act for a third time, and Shallan renders him completely speechless with a hug.

** Gets a nice echo at the end, after Kaladin has [[spoiler: revived Syl and defeated Szeth.]] She asks him for a genuine smile.

* Shallan meeting Wit again. While he was trying to influence her when they first met, he apparently underestimated the impact he had on her. One wonders when the last time someone was genuinely glad to see him was. To be specific, Shallan gives Wit a giant bear hug while thanking him for the message and advice he'd given her in the past. Wit, DeadpanSnarker extraordinaire, is described as being speechless and ''not knowing what to do.'' Note that is this after he does his usual dry commentary on both Kaladin and Adolin; Wit goes to start on his little act for a third time, and Shallan renders him completely speechless with a hug.

** The reaction that many of the deserters and slaver caravan guards have to Shallan drawing their portraits.

* Both Dalinar's reaction to Kaladin coming back from the chasms (running the whole way) and Kaladin's reaction to seeing Dalinar for the first time since coming back (getting up and saluting despite not being able to stand without aid). Shows how much they've come to care about each other.

--> He saw it in [[WindowsOfTheSoul her eyes.]] The anguish, the frustration. The terrible nothing that clawed inside and sought to smother her. [[NotSoDifferent She knew]]. It was there, inside. [[DarkAndTroubledPast She had been broken.]] [[WhenSheSmiles Then she smiled.]] Oh, storms. She smiled ''anyway''. It was the single most beautiful thing he'd seen in his entire life.

** Vaz's reaction to the portrait Shallan drew of him.

* Shallan meeting Wit again. While he was trying to influence her when they first met, he apparently underestimated the impact he had on her. One wonders when the last time someone was genuinely glad to see him was. To be specific, Shallan gives Wit a giant bear hug while thanking him for the message and advice he'd given her in the past. Wit, DeadpanSnarker extraordinaire, is described as being speechless and ''not knowing what to do.''

* When Kaladin is released from three weeks in prison for [[spoiler:accusing Amaram of murder]], he finds that Adolin ''insisted'' on being imprisoned as well, and refused to leave until he did. Furthermore, Adolin believes his accusations.

--> He saw it in [[WindowsOfTheSoul her eyes.]] The anguish, the frustration. The terrible nothing that clawed inside and sought to smother her. She knew. It was there, inside. [[DarkAndTroubledPast She had been broken.]] [[WhenSheSmiles Then she smiled.]] Oh, storms. She smiled ''anyway''. It was the single most beautiful thing he'd seen in his entire life.

-->The former deserters gathered in front of the flames and looked at the prayer. Then they turned and looked outward, seeing--as if for the first time--the two dozen people standing there watching. Silent in the night. Some had tears on their cheeks; some held the hands of children. Shallan had not noticed the children before, but was not surprised to see them. Caravan workers would spend their lives traveling, and their families would travel with them.
-->Shallan stopped just beyond the caravaneers, mostly hidden in the darkness. The deserters didn't seem to know how to react, surrounded by that constellation of thankful eyes and tearful appreciation. Finally, they burned the prayer. Shallan bowed her head as they did, as did most of those watching.
-->She left them standing taller, watching the ashes of that prayer rise toward the Almighty.

* Shallan meeting Wit again. While he was trying to influence her when they first met, he apparently underestimated the impact he had on her. One wonders when the last time someone was genuinely glad to see him was.
** To be specific, Shallan gives Wit a giant bear hug while thanking him for the message and advice he'd given her in the past. Wit, DeadpanSnarker extraordinaire, is described as being speechless and ''not knowing what to do.''

* In Part 4, when Kaladin and Shallan [[spoiler: fall into the chasms on the Shattered Plains together, after Shallan gives him a hint about her DarkAndTroubledPast]]:

* Shallan meeting Wit again. While he was trying to influence her when they first met, he apparently underestimated the impact he had on her. One wonders when the last time someone was genuinely glad to see him was.

--> He saw it in [[WindowsOfTheSoul her eyes.]] The anguish, the frustration. The terrible nothing that clawed inside and sought to smother her. She knew. It was there, inside. [[DarkAndTroubledPast She had been broken.]] [[WhenSheSmiles Then she smiled.]] Oh, storms. She smiled ''anyway''. It was the single most beautiful thing he'd seen in his entire life.