Editing Unmade

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|image=Midnight Mother 1.jpg
|magic={{tag+|Splinter}}s of [[Odium]]
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
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{{quote
|The Unmade are a deviation, a flair, a conundrum that may not be worth your time. You cannot help but think of them. They are fascinating. Many are mindless. Like the spren of human emotions, only much more nasty. I do believe a few can think, however.
|From the ''[[Diagram (literature)|Diagram]]'', Book of the 2nd Desk Drawer: paragraph 14{{epigraph ref|sa2|81}}
}}
The '''Unmade''' are a group of nine{{book ref|sa3|1}} ancient and twisted [[spren]]{{book ref|sa3|62}} on [[Roshar]] comprised of [[Splinter]]s of [[Odium]].{{wob ref|1672}} They are regarded as minions of Odium,{{book ref|sa3|1}} but not all of them continue to do his bidding.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}}{{book ref|sa4|112}} While they are traditionally depicted as personifications of destruction or forces, some of them are cognizant individuals.{{epigraph ref|sa1|45}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|91}} Each Unmade is endowed with vast and terrible powers,{{epigraph ref|sa3|89}} although the intelligence of the Unmade vary drastically.

== Characteristics ==

=== Creation ===
{{quote
|''The Lady of Pains has the Surge of Transformation and dangerous knowledge. She will infuse my entire heart-the pillar-in the proper order, using her Voidlight. In so doing, she would corrupt me and leave me… leave me as one of the Unmade…''
|The [[Sibling]]{{book ref|sa4|42}}
}}
The specific process of how [[Odium]] created the Unmade is unknown, but they were Unmade by his hand.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}}{{book ref|sa4|112}}

One process of unmaking is documented with [[Raboniel]]'s attempt to unmake the [[Sibling]]. While [[Investiture|Invested]] with [[Voidlight]], Raboniel placed her hands on the Sibling's pillar. The Sibling reacted by glowing with [[Towerlight]]. The Voidlight moved from Raboniel into the pillar's embedded garnets, starting the process of corruption.{{book ref|sa4|38}} If she had been able to continue, The Sibling says she would infuse the entire pillar with Voidlight in the proper order and utilize the [[Surgebinding#Transformation|Surge of Transformation]].{{book ref|sa4|42}}

The [[Sibling]] considers being unmade into something else as equivalent to death.{{book ref|sa4|89}}

[[Sja-anat]] believes Odium could unmake the Unmade again. This would steal their memories and rip them to pieces. She also fears he will unmake her children, both true spren and lesser spren, to the same effect.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}}

=== Functioning ===

In creating Unmade, Odium trapped them in a halfway existence, many not fully belonging to the Physical or Cognitive Realms. Sja-anat experiences a shadowy version of both Shadesmar and the Physical Realm at the same time, feeling the distance dilation between the two as she moves.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}}

Some of the Unmade manifest various forms in the Physical Realm if they reside too long in the same place or are pulled through by strong emotions.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}}

Some are practically mindless, more like emotion spren, others are intelligent, crafty and conniving.{{epigraph ref|sa3|81}}{{book ref|sa4|i|2}}

Unmade are [[Investiture|Invested]] enough that they have been able to push through [[Urithiru]]'s suppression effect, depending on the circumstances.{{book ref|sa4|14}}{{book ref|sa4|40}}{{book ref|sa4|49}}

=== Capturing ===
{{quote
|You see, it can only be bested by someone who deeply, sincerely, '''understands it'''.
|[[Dalinar Kholin]]{{book ref|sa3|120}}
}}
An Unmade may be captured in a [[polestone]] like other spren, but to do so seems to require both someone who deeply understands them{{book ref|sa3|30}}{{book ref|sa3|120}} and a perfect gemstone.{{book ref|sa3|121}} Unmade are able to think while in captivity but can not break free.{{book ref|sa4|14}} Unmade do not fade during captivity,{{epigraph ref|sa4|96}} unlike [[Heralds]].{{epigraph ref|sa4|92}}

Prior to the [[Day of Recreance|Recreance]], a [[Order of Lightweavers|Lightweaver]] managed to trap [[Re-Shephir]], an act previously thought impossible.{{book ref|sa3|30}} Re-Shephir then escaped her imprisonment by unknown means centuries before the [[True Desolation]]. After the [[Alethi]] arrived at [[Urithiru]], she once again encountered a Lightweaver, [[Shallan Davar]]. Sensing the similarities between Shallan's powers and those of the Lightweaver who had trapped her in the past, Re-Shephir fled rather than risk being imprisoned again.{{book ref|sa3|30}} 

The [[Urithiru gem archive]] includes a theory that [[Melishi]], a [[Order of Bondsmiths|Bondsmith]] would be required to trap [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]] in a special prison.{{epigraph ref|sa3|79}} A [[Knights Radiant]] strike team was successful in capturing Ba-Ado-Mishram in a gemstone at the end of the [[False Desolation]], which cut off her [[Connection]] to the [[singers]].{{book ref|sa3|17}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|80}}{{book ref|sa4|73}} Most of the details of this capture are unknown, other than several Heralds, including [[Nale]] and [[Kalak]], being present.{{book ref|sa4|24}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|94}}

During the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], [[Dalinar Kholin]] used his intimate knowledge about the Thrill's nature, and the method of capturing spren through coaxing them into a [[polestone|gemstone]], to capture [[Nergaoul]] in the [[King's Drop]].{{book ref|sa3|121}}{{book ref|sa3|120}} It is unclear whether or not he utilized the [[Order of Bondsmiths|Bondsmith]] [[Surgebinding#Adhesion|Surge of Adhesion]] to aid with his [[Connection]] to the Thrill and it is also unknown if this is the same method that the ancient Radiants used.

== History ==
=== During the Desolations ===
The origin of the Unmade is uncertain, but they are believed to have come into existence before the start of human civilization on Roshar.{{book ref|sa3|77}} They have been implied to have once been something else before being made into the Unmade,{{book ref|sa3|84}}{{book ref|sa3|32}} but for now there is no indication what they once were. They were active in the Desolations, aiding Odium's troops in the conflict with their various skills.{{book ref|sa3|77}} Urithiru was equipped with some sort of protection against the Unmade.{{epigraph ref|sa3|73}} Between Desolations, the Unmade lose their bond to Odium.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} Since [[Aharietiam]], they have remained subtly active on Roshar, probably operating with diminished capacity. {{book ref|sa3|77}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|92}}{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} They have also slumbered at times, or entered a period of inactivity.{{book ref|sa2|i|14}}{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} About 2,500 years after Aharietiam,{{book ref|sa3|56}}[[Ba-Ado-Mishram]] instigated the [[False Desolation]] by [[Connection|Connecting]] with the [[singer]]s and granting them forms of power and [[Voidlight]], until she was captured in a perfect gemstone by a [[Knights Radiant]] strike team.{{epigraph ref|sa3|80}}{{book ref|sa4|24}}{{book ref|sa4|73}} At some point [[Re-Shephir]] was also imprisoned by a Lightweaver,{{book ref|sa3|30}} but she later escaped captivity.{{book ref|sa3|32}}

=== True Desolation ===
The arrival of the [[Everstorm]] in [[Shadesmar]] revitalized the Unmade.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} As the [[True Desolation]] continued and the [[Fused]] returned, the Unmade's influence increased. The death rattles allowed by the presence of [[Moelach]] have been noted in [[Kharbranth]] and the [[Horneater Peaks]]{{book ref|sa1|71}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|103}}{{book ref|sa3|107}} [[Re-Shephir]] was discovered to be hiding in the core of [[Urithiru]] by the [[Alethi]]{{book ref|sa3|29}} and was driven out by [[Shallan Davar]].{{book ref|sa3|30}} In the besieged city of [[Kholinar]], [[Ashertmarn]]'s influence disrupted the leadership in the city{{book ref|sa3|78}} while [[Sja-anat]] corrupted the [[Oathgate]] spren, turning it into a trap for [[Elhokar]]'s rescue party.{{book ref|sa3|84}} Queen [[Aesudan Kholin]] consumed a gemstone and worked with [[Yelig-nar]], but was eventually consumed by it.{{book ref|sa3|118}} In the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], Yelig-nar joined with [[Meridas Amaram]] for the fighting{{book ref|sa3|118}} and [[Nergaoul]]'s influence helped [[Voidspren]] bond with [[Torol Sadeas|Sadeas]]'s soliders, turning them into warriors for Odium. [[Kaladin]] and his men defeated Yelig-nar, while [[Dalinar Kholin]] successfully managed to capture Nergaoul in a [[King's Drop|perfect gem]]. [[Navani]] has been researching the Unmade,{{book ref|sa3|39}} but little factual information was found on them aside from in [[Hessi]]'s ''[[Mythica]]''.{{book ref|sa3|77}}{{book ref|sa3|72}}

=== After the Battle of Thaylen Field ===
[[Nergaoul]]'s gemstone prison was sunk to the bottom of the ocean.{{book ref|sa4|16}} 

[[Re-Shephir]] shared information about the [[Sibling]] with the [[Fused]].{{book ref|sa4|37}} 

[[Sja-anat]] has been using her Enlightened [[spren]] children to influence events according to her designs, while trying to convince [[Odium]] she isn't actively trying to undermine him.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} This influence, through the lure of corrupted [[windspren]], allowed [[Taravangian]] to kill Odium's [[Vessel]], [[Rayse]], and take up the [[Shard]] himself.{{book ref|sa4|i|12}}{{book ref|sa4|113}} Also, at [[Shallan]]'s request, Sja-anat sent [[Tumi]], a corrupted [[mistspren]], to investigate bonding a member of the [[Ghostbloods]], but [[Tumi]] chose to bond [[Rlain]] instead, at [[Renarin]]'s suggestion.{{book ref|sa4|13}}{{book ref|sa4|114}}

[[Taravangian]]'s [[Diagram]] indicates one or more Unmade has set up in [[Shinovar]].{{book ref|sa4|i|3}} [[Ishar]] claims that he saved the [[Shin]] after they accepted the Unmade and tried to make gods of them.{{book ref|sa4|111}}

While negotiating the contest of champions with [[Dalinar]], [[Odium]] claims he can demand the Unmade retreat, but not all currently obey his will.{{book ref|sa4|112}}

== Culture ==
In Rosharan culture, by the time of the [[Era of Solitude]], the Unmade have become mythologized heavily. In fact there are disagreements about the number of Unmade; some stories claim there were ten.{{book ref|sa3|77}} In [[Vorin]] theology they are spoken of vaguely and are typically combined into one entity.{{book ref|sa3|62}} Even still, [[ardent]]s tell old folktales and stories of the Unmade.{{book ref|sa3|72}} The Unmade are often referred to as spirits of the void or nine shadows that moved in the night.{{epigraph ref|sa3|89}} They are considered to be princes of the [[Voidbringer]]s in story, and feature in elaborate songs, poetry, and epics.{{book ref|sa3|32}} People ascribe dozens of names and powers to each Unmade, making it difficult to determine truth from falsehood centuries later.{{book ref|sa3|90}} There are tales of them corrupting spren and people both.{{book ref|sa3|77}} Some people fear that things like talking chickens will bring the eyes of the Unmade upon them.{{book ref|sa2|45}} However, many in the modern day consider them to be nothing more than simple folklore.{{epigraph ref|sa1|45}} Scholarly works that involve the Unmade are often mocked and dismissed.{{book ref|sa3|77}}

The Unmade feature heavily in the songs of the [[listener]]s,{{epigraph ref|sa2|25}}{{epigraph ref|sa2|31}} who also fear bringing the eyes of the Unmade upon them.{{book ref|sa2|i|4}} The songs note the names of all nine Unmade, remembering them as gods the listeners swore to never follow again.{{book ref|sa4|73}}

[[Sekeir]], the [[honorspren]] who rules [[Lasting Integrity]], claims that humans thrive upon the terrible emotions of the Unmade.{{book ref|sa4|94}}

== Members of the Unmade ==
=== Ashertmarn ===
{{quote
|Ashertmarn, the Heart of the Revel, is the final of the three great Mindless Unmade. His gift to men is not prophecy or battle focus, but a lust for indulgence.
|From Hessi's ''[[Mythica]]'', page 224{{epigraph ref|sa3|106}}
}}
'''[[Ashertmarn]]''' is a mindless Unmade that is also known as the '''Heart of the Revel'''.{{epigraph ref|sa3|106}} He takes the form of an enormous, black, inhuman heart that grows veins into the ground.{{book ref|sa3|78}} Those who fall under Ashertmarn's influence are driven to debauchery and excess,{{book ref|sa3|77}} in extreme cases to the point of total mindless indulgence.{{book ref|sa3|78}} Ashertmarn was most recently seen in [[Kholinar]], grown over the [[Oathgate]] there, where he managed to influence many of the Alethi elite to abandon their lives and responsibilities in favor of the revel.{{book ref|sa3|78}} His location is unknown after he left the Oathgate platform.

=== Ba-Ado-Mishram ===
{{quote
| I find Ba-Ado-Mishram to be the most interesting of the Unmade. She is said to have been keen of mind, a highprincess among the enemy forces, their commander during some of the Desolations. I do not know how this relates to the ancient god of the enemy, named Odium.
| From Hessi's ''Mythica'', page 203{{epigraph ref|sa3|106}}
}}
'''[[Ba-Ado-Mishram]]''' is one of the most intelligent Unmade. She is crafty and conniving.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} She served as one of Odium's commanders in during the [[Desolation]]s.{{epigraph ref|sa3|106}} About 2,500 years after Aharietiam,{{book ref|sa3|56}} she [[Connection|Connected]] with the vast majority of [[singer|singers]] instigating the [[False Desolation]]. She was able to grant them forms of power and provide [[Voidlight]].{{epigraph ref|sa3|80}} A [[Knights Radiant]] strike team captured Ba-Ado-Mishram in a perfect gemstone at the end of the [[False Desolation]], which cut off her Connection to the singers, stealing their minds, and touched the souls of all who belong to [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa3|17}}{{book ref|sa4|49}}{{book ref|sa4|73}} The current location of her gemstone prison is unknown. [[Kalak]] was present during the capture,{{epigraph ref|sa4|94}} so he may have clues to its location. He believes Ba-Ado-Mishram should be found and released.{{epigraph ref|sa4|97}} Ba-Ado-Mishram is also being sought by the [[Ghostbloods]] for unknown purposes, possibly to aid their mission of transporting [[Stormlight]] off [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa4|24}}{{book ref|sa4|115}}

=== Chemoarish ===
Little is known of the Unmade '''[[Chemoarish]]'''. By the modern [[Era of Solitude]], she is known as the '''Dustmother''' and often is conflated with the [[Nightwatcher]].{{epigraph ref|sa3|108}} There is a variety of lore associated with her, but all of it is currently unknown. In [[Bavland]], her name is invoked as a curse.{{book ref|sa1|i|3}}

=== Dai-Gonarthis ===
{{quote
| Let me no longer hurt! Let me no longer weep! Dai-Gonarthis! The Black Fisher holds my sorrow and consumes it!
| Tanatesach 1173, 28 seconds pre-death. A darkeyed female street juggler. Note similarity to sample 1172-89.{{epigraph ref|sa1|67}}
}}
'''[[Dai-Gonarthis]]''' is also known as the '''Black Fisher'''.{{epigraph ref|sa1|67}} He has not been recorded as active on Roshar recently, but may have been involved in the [[Scouring of Aimia]].{{epigraph ref|sa3|113}} There is still some uncertainty in the mythology if Dai-Gonarthis is truly one of the Unmade, but some scholars are convinced.{{book ref|sa3|119}}

=== Moelach ===
{{quote
| Moelach is close. I can hear his wheezing, his scratching, his scraping at time like a rat breaking through walls.
| [[Jezrien]] on Moelach{{book ref|sa3|88}}
}}
'''[[Moelach]]''' is an Unmade closely associated with precognition and visions of the future. His presence is what allows for the [[Death Rattle]]s that King [[Taravangian]] has used to correct the [[Diagram (literature)|Diagram]]. Moelach's appearance is unknown. Moelach took up residence in Kharbranth in the year 1167 then relocated seven years later to the [[Horneater Peaks]].{{book ref|sa1|71}}{{book ref|sa3|107}} The reasoning behind this relocation is unknown.

=== Nergaoul ===
{{quote
| Nergaoul was known for driving forces into a battle rage, lending them great ferocity. Curiously, he did this to both sides of a conflict, Voidbringer and human. This seems common of the less self-aware spren.
| From Hessi's ''Mythica'', page 121{{epigraph ref|sa3|99}}
}}
'''[[Nergaoul]]''' is a mindless Unmade that is closely associated with battle rage.{{epigraph ref|sa3|99}} Nergaoul is not very intelligent, taking an animalistic joy in death and killing.{{book ref|sa3|120}} He takes the form of an enormous red mist roiling with the forms of men fighting and dying.{{book ref|sa3|115}} Nergaoul causes the effect known as the [[Thrill]], which drives men to fight far beyond when they should have given up and makes them enjoy the killing.{{book ref|sa3|100}} During the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], he was captured within the [[King's Drop]] ruby by Dalinar.{{book ref|sa3|120}} Afterwards, this perfect gemstone was sunk to the bottom of the ocean.{{book ref|sa4|16}}

=== Re-Shephir ===
{{quote
| Re-Shephir, the Midnight Mother, giving birth to abominations with her essence so dark, so terrible, so consuming. She is here! She watches me die!
| Dated Shashabev, 1173, 8 seconds pre-death. Subject: a darkeyed dock-worker in his forties, father of three.{{epigraph ref|sa1|58}}
}}
'''[[Re-Shephir]]''' is also known as the '''Midnight Mother''',{{epigraph ref|sa1|58}} and '''The Spawning Mother'''.{{book ref|sa3|88}} She takes the form of a mass of black tarry substance that is capable of flowing over various surfaces and appears to have screaming faces bubbling to the surface.{{book ref|sa3|29}} Her primary ability is to spawn the [[Midnight Essence]], a type of spren that takes the form of creatures and people they see around them and try to understand humankind by mimicking them. She is a creature of instinct that is drawn to violence and pain.{{book ref|sa3|31}} Before the [[Recreance]], she infiltrated Urithiru and was captured by a [[Order of Lightweavers|Lightweaver]].{{book ref|sa3|30}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|73}} After the Recreance, she escaped imprisonment and inhabited [[Urithiru]] for centuries,{{book ref|sa4|24}} until fleeing the tower as a result of a confrontation with [[Shallan]].{{book ref|sa3|30}} Her current location is unknown, but at some point she reported to the [[Fused]], incorrectly, that the [[Sibling]] was dead.{{book ref|sa4|37}}{{book ref|sa4|49}}

=== Sja-anat ===
{{quote
| Of the Unmade, Sja-anat was most feared by the Radiants. They spoke extensively of her ability to corrupt spren, though only "lesser" spren - whatever that means.
| From Hessi's ''Mythica'', page 89{{epigraph ref|sa3|97}}
}}
'''[[Sja-anat]]''' is known as the '''Taker of Secrets'''.{{book ref|sa3|77}} She takes the form of a jet black shadow that points the wrong way with white holes for eyes{{book ref|sa3|78}} that often appears in mirrors,{{book ref|sa3|84}} as actually seeing her requires reflected light.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} She exists like one entity in Shadesmar and one entity in the Physical Realm sharing a mind, experiencing both at the same time.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} She considers herself intelligent, but not the most clever of the Unmade.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} Her primary ability is to corrupt spren,{{book ref|sa3|77}} which she refers to as Enlightening.{{book ref|sa3|97}}{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} She is capable of corrupting both lesser spren{{book ref|sa3|97}} and true spren,{{book ref|sa3|116}} as well as larger spren, such as the spren of an [[Oathgate]].{{book ref|sa3|84}} These corrupted spren often act as her servants and messengers.{{book ref|sa3|97}} She is the only Unmade seen actively working against [[Odium]], while at the same time trying to convince him she is not.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} While her alligence to the humans is uncertain, so far she has taken the following actions against Odium's bidding: 
*Sent her children, [[Glys]] and [[Tumi]], to bond allies of the [[Knights Radiant]] and has more corrupted spren willing to bond.{{book ref|sa4|54}}{{book ref|sa4|114}}
*Saved [[Shallan]] and her companions from death while travelling through the [[Kholinar]] [[Oathgate]] she had corrupted.{{book ref|sa3|85}}
*Sent corrupted [[windspren]] to [[Taravangian]] so that he could use them to lure Odium into the presence of [[Nightblood]], use the sword to destroy [[Rayse]], and take up the [[Shard]] of Odium.{{book ref|sa4|i|12}}{{book ref|sa4|113}}

=== Yelig-nar ===
{{quote
| Yelig-nar, called Blightwind, was one that could speak like a man, though often his voice was accompanied by the wails of those he consumed.
| [[Traxil]], line 33 - [[Jasnah's notebook]]{{epigraph ref|sa1|45}}
}}
'''[[Yelig-nar]]''' is also known as '''Blightwind''',{{epigraph ref|sa1|45}} and differs from typical Unmade in a few ways. Instead of having a specific physical appearance, he is capable of joining with people or singers who swallow a gemstone, granting them the ability to make use of all ten [[Surge]]s.{{epigraph ref|sa3|95}} Those he possesses have red eyes, grow crystals from their bodies, and appear to be wreathed in a black wind.{{book ref|sa3|84}}{{book ref|sa3|120}} It appears that those who join with Yelig-nar must control him if they do not wish to be consumed by him.{{book ref|sa3|118}}

== Trivia ==
* The names of the Unmade are derived from deities of Near Eastern pantheons and H.P. Lovecraft's [[wikipedia:Cthulhu Mythos|Cthulhu Mythos]]; however, the powers and characteristics of the Unmade do not necessarily match those of their nominal inspirations. Suspected associations are:{{url ref|url=https://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/62476-ob-unmade-name-linguistic-origins/|text=Unmade Name Linguistic Origins|site=17th Shard}} 
** [[wikipedia:Anat|Anat]], Semitic war goddess, for [[Sja-anat]].
** [[wikipedia:Resheph|Resheph]], Canaanite plague deity, for [[Re-Shephir]].
** [[wikipedia:Nergal|Nergal]], Mesopotamian god of war and death, for [[Nergaoul]].
** [[wikipedia:Moloch|Moloch]], Canaanite god of fire and chaos associated with child sacrifice, for [[Moelach]].
** [[Wikipedia:Dagon|Dagon]], a Canaanite fisher god and [[wikipedia:Dagon_(short_story)#Cthulhu Mythos|sea-dwelling entity from the Cthulu Mythos]], for [[Dai-Gonarthis]].
** [[wikipedia:Asherah|Asherah]], Sumerian sea goddess, for [[Ashertmarn]].
** [[wikipedia:Chemosh|Chemosh]], god of Moabites and Ammonites, for [[Chemoarish]].
** Unknown [[wikipedia:Cthulhu Mythos deities|Cthulhu Mythos deities]] for [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]] and [[Yelig-nar]].{{wob ref|13089}}
* Each Unmade roughly correlates to an Order of Knights Radiant. There are none which correlates to Bondsmiths, though the others are not entirely one to one either.{{wob ref|8598}}

== Notes ==
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