Editing Battle of Narak

{{event
|partof=[[War of Reckoning]]
|image=Battle of Narak.jpeg
|participants=[[Dalinar]], [[Adolin]], [[Kaladin]], [[Shallan Davar]], [[Bridge Four]], [[Eshonai]], [[Aladar]], [[Roion]]
|effects=[[Everstorm]] unleashed, path to [[Urithiru]] discovered. 
|date={{Rosharan date|1173|10|10|3}}{{article ref|Words of Radiance/Timeline|Words of Radiance timeline}}
|region=Shattered Plains
|location=[[Narak]] 
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[Words of Radiance]]
}}
The '''Battle of [[Narak]]''' is a major event during the [[War of Reckoning]] on [[Roshar]]. The battle ended the war and ushered in the [[True Desolation]]. 

== Background ==
In an attempt to unite the [[Highprince]]s, end the War of Reckoning, and fulfill the [[Vengeance Pact]], Highprince [[Dalinar Kholin]] proposed a joint assault deep into the [[Shattered Plains]].{{book ref|sa2|51}} The armies of [[Aladar]], [[:Category: Kholin army|Kholin]], [[Roion]], and [[Sebarial]] left the  [[Shattered Plains#Warcamps|warcamps]] in order to find the [[Parshendi]] and defeat them.{{book ref|sa2|76}} They left during the [[Weeping]], a period of four weeks with no Highstorm.{{book ref|sa2|75}}

The Parshendi, meanwhile had discovered [[Stormform]], a new and powerful form, which most of them had taken. A few Parshendi refused, when they saw the effects that the Stormform had, and escaped [[Narak]].{{book ref|sa2|i|11}} The Parshendi, under the leadership of [[Eshonai]], then prepared to summon a storm and kill the [[Alethi]] as they arrived.{{book ref|sa2|81}}

On the way to Narak, [[Shallan Davar]] revealed her abilities as a Lightweaver to Dalinar.{{book ref|sa2|78}} When the Alethi arrived at Narak, they encountered [[Rlain]], who told them that something had happened to the Parshendi, turning them into monsters.{{book ref|sa2|79}} Dalinar then tasked Shallan with finding the [[Oathgate]] to [[Urithiru]] so that the Alethi army could escape if the battle went poorly for them.{{book ref|sa2|81}}

The Alethi then attacked Narak. The Parshendi were spread out on three different plateaus, and the Alethi split up, in order to attack all three groups at the same time. Armies led by highprince Roion, Highprince Aladar, and Prince [[Adolin Kholin]] engaged the Parshendi. Dalinar himself stayed on a fourth plateau to command the battle.{{book ref|sa2|81}}

== The Battle ==
The battle was tough for the Alethi, since the Parshendi Stormform made them more powerful, and allowed them to blast red lightning at their foes. After receiving advice from Rlain, Dalinar commanded the Alethi troops to kill the groups of singers in the Parshendi rear to prevent them from finishing their song. Adolin, despite having lost his mount [[Sureblood]],{{book ref|sa2|81}} managed to defeat a group of singers by ambushing them from behind. He was then engaged in a duel with Eshonai,{{book ref|sa2|83}} which ended with them both falling down a chasm. Adolin was rescued by the bridgemen [[Skar]] and [[Drehy]], while Eshonai disappeared.{{book ref|sa2|84}} On Roion's plateau, however, the Parshendi gained the upper hand and managed to kill [[Teleb]], one of the Kholin [[Shardbearer]]s.{{book ref|sa2|82}}

Shallan suspected that a perfectly round plateau, which did not fit into the pattern of the [[Shattered Plains]] was where the Oathgate was located.{{book ref|sa2|81}} Together with Prince [[Renarin Kholin]], and a team of soldiers and scholars,{{book ref|sa2|83}} Shallan went to the plateau and discoverd the Oathgate.{{book ref|sa2|84}} After struggling to activate it, she discovered that it operated like a [[fabrial]] and that a living [[Shardblade]] was required operate the gate.{{book ref|sa2|86}} 

As the battle continued, Adolin encountered [[Szeth]], who was secretly sent by [[Taravangian]] to kill Dalinar.{{book ref|sa2|84}} Adolin engaged him in a fight. Meanwhile, Roion's forces were losing, and Aladar managed to defeat the Parshendi on his plateau. The victory came too late, however, as the singing Parshendi managed to summon the [[Everstorm]]. The [[Stormfather]] decided to summon an unexpected Highstorm; the two storms approached from different directions, set to collide above Narak.{{book ref|sa2|85}}

{{image|WoR BG cover art.jpg|side=left|width=400px|[[Kaladin]] and [[Szeth]] fighting in the [[Everstorm]]}}
Szeth and Adolin arrived at Dalinar's position as Szeth defeated Adolin. He then attacked Dalinar, who managed to temporarily hold him off before getting help from Roion and a group of soldiers. Szeth took them down and killed Roion, before being attacked by Dalinar, Adolin, and a force of bridgemen. Despite the numbers, Szeth managed to lash Dalinar to the sky, which was supposed to kill him after the stormlight faded and he fell back to the ground. However, [[Kaladin]] arrived and saved Dalinar before taking on Szeth.{{book ref|sa2|85}} Dalinar then led the retreat of the Alethi toward the Oathgate.{{book ref|sa2|86}} The armies managed to escape before the storms clashed. Kaladin and Szeth used [[Surgebinding]] to fight above the storms. Eventually, Kaladin defeated Szeth, and recovered his [[Honorblade]].{{book ref|sa2|87}}

== Aftermath ==
Kaladin arrived at the Oathgate plateau with the Honorblade and found the other men from [[Bridge Four]], who told him how to operate the Oathgate. He then reunited with the survivors of the battle in Urithiru.{{book ref|sa2|87}}

Meanwhile, Szeth's body was found and revived by [[Nale]], who granted Szeth a place among the [[Skybreakers]] and gave him the use of [[Nightblood]].{{book ref|sa2|88}}

Four of the remaining warcamps (those of [[Bethab]], [[Hatham]], [[Ruthar]], and [[Sadeas]]) fled to Urithiru at Dalinar's orders after the news of Uruithiru's discovery and the threat of the Everstorm, crowding in to the as yet unexplored city.{{book ref|sa2|87}}{{book ref|sa3|2}} Highprince Hatham managed to recharge his spheres in the unexpected Highstorm before fleeing, giving him a source of great wealth as the Radiants scrambled for Stormlight in the middle of the weeping.{{book ref|sa3|8}}

The Alethi forces at the battle were decimated, and as Dalinar sought to establish Urithiru as a place of order in the world, Highprinces [[Thanadal]] and [[Vamah]], those with the strongest military forces remaining, stayed behind in the warcamps and refused to lend their support.{{book ref|sa3|2}}

The [[Sons of Honor]] considered the battle a victory for them, as they had been working towards the return of the Voidbringers and a new Desolation.{{book ref|sa2|88}}

The battle was a victory for the [[Ghostbloods]] as well, as their immediate goal had been the discovery of Urithiru. [[Mraize]] discovered [[Shallan_Davar#Veil|Veil's]] true identity when Shallan manifested her powers during the battle, prompting him to entice her to properly join their ranks.{{book ref|sa2|88}}

== Notes ==
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|title=The [[War of Reckoning]]
|prev=[[Battle of the Tower]]
|next=End of the war<br />Beginning of the [[True Desolation]]
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