Difference between revisions of "Five Scholars"

One of the Five Scholars discovered a Command for creating Lifeless with one Breath. Before this, Lifeless required fifty Breaths to create, and so were expensive to make.{{book ref|wb|32}} This Command was leaked to the world by Shashara. {{book ref|wb|53}}

Shashara, also known as Glorysinger by the [[Cult of Returned|Cult of the Returned]], was fueled by a desire to not be outdone by [[Yesteel|Yesteel's]] discovery of Ichor-alcohol. She creates [[Nightblood]] together with [[Vasher]] in the days that they were in love.

The ability to create Lifeless with greatly increased longevity so cheaply was one of the reasons for the [[Manywar]].{{book ref|wb|32}} When the Manywar started, the Five Scholars split among the various factions, with lovers Vasher and Shashara on the side of [[Hallandren]], then known as Hanald. This caused the different sides of the Manywar to have access to different Awakening knowledge and techniques.{{book ref|wb|32}} Vasher created powerful Lifeless from Awakened bones encased in stone,{{book ref|wb|58}} and used them to seize power away from the royal family, who fled to the mountains.{{book ref|wb|32}} Denth tried to keep the peace between the various factions and stop the Manywar, but eventually joined his sister, Shashara, and Vasher.{{wob ref|5841}}

Shortly after Shashara and Vasher's marriage, Shashara draws Nightblood in battle for the first and last time in the final battle of the [[Manywar]]: [[Battle of Twilight Falls|The Battle of Twilight Falls]]. Shashara is impressed by the power of the blade and insists on using the sword in battle, and on giving away the secret to creating more, similar to how she leaked the ability to Awaken Lifeless with a single breath.{{book ref|wb|53}} Vasher is disgusted by the trail of death it leaves behind. This causes a falling out between her and Vasher that ultimately leads him to kill her, using Nightblood, to prevent more weapons of Nightblood's caliber from being created.{{wob ref|6954}}

Denth was furious, and wants Vasher to pay for killing his sister.{{wob ref|6802}} Vasher ended the Manywar by calling back his Lifeless.{{book ref|wb|32}} Arsteel attempted to reconcile them, only for Vasher to kill him due to a misunderstanding.{{wob ref|7387}} Vasher eventually kills Denth as well.{{book ref|wb|57}} After the events of Warbreaker, Vasher moves to Roshar, the only planet he had been to besides Nalthis.{{wob ref|3519}}

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