Difference between revisions of "Battle of Thaylen Field"

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In the form of blood red mist, occasionally manifesting into images of combat, the [[Unmade]] [[Nergaoul]] took to the battlefield and filled Sadeas troops with the [[Thrill]], imbuing them with bloodlust and the urge to fight above all else. It was then that the voidspren that had come through the Oathgate into the physical realm seized new hosts, possessing humans as they could normally do to singers; something that had never happened in previous desolations. With this, the Alethi army turned against the city they were supposed to protect.{{book ref|sa3|115}}
 
At the same time, Odium ordered one of the thunderclasts, [[Yushah]], to assault the [[Thaylen Gemstone Reserve]] to deny the enemy the [[King's Drop]], a [[perfect gemstone]] capable of capturing an [[Unmade]]. Yushah breached the wall and broke apart the entire building, scattering all the gemstones onto the battlefield.{{book ref|sa3|i|13}}{{book ref|sa3|116}}
 
Taking his copy of ''[[The Way of Kings (in-world)|The Way of Kings]]'' under his arm, [[Dalinar Kholin]] went alone to meet the enemy.{{book ref|sa3|116}} DespiteBefore the prior[[Azish]] departureforces ofleft the city, sailing to [[AzishVtlar Cove]] forcesto wait out the storm, [[Lift]] hadattacked her [[Vono|guard]] and snuck back to the city, since she was unwilling to abandon the others,. and wasWhen taskedshe byreached Dalinar he instructed her to track down and recover the King's Drop from the Fused who had taken it.{{book ref|sa3|117}} At the same time, [[Szeth]], hovering above the city along with [[Nale]], chose to swear the Third Ideal of the [[Skybreaker]]s, picking Dalinar as the ideal to follow. With this, he joined the battle, unsheathing [[Nightblood]] to bring its full might onto the enemy and aid Lift.{{book ref|sa3|117}}{{book ref|sa3|118}}
{{image|Dalinar Perpendicularity.png|side=right|height=300px|Dalinar summoning [[Honor's Perpendicularity]]}}
 
=== Unity ===
Despite the powerful combatants involved on the human side, Odium's forces were winning. Odium and Dalinar met in the midsts of the battlefield, with [[Venli]] observing as Dalinar challenged Odium to the contest of champions to have a chance at saving the city. Odium agreed, then explained how he had been grooming Dalinar for years to become Odium's own champion.{{book ref|sa3|118}}
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