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The '''Contest of Champions''' is the result of a contract agreed between [[Odium]] and [[Dalinar]] acting in his capacity as [[Honor]].{{book ref|sa4|112}}
== History ==
The agreement was reached after [[Urithiru]] was liberated and Dalinar had met with [[Ishar]]. These events as well as [[Rayse]]'s deteriorating control over his Shard seems to have encouraged him to reach a compromise with Dalinar.
== Contract ==
The exact
The Oathpact can be visualized by a Bondsmith as a network of Connections between each individual Herald and their fellows.{{book ref|sa4|47}} Dalinar saw the Oathpact and noted a particularly strong, still potent connection when he touched [[Nale]] with [[Bondsmith]] powers.
{{image|Odium - XV the Devil.jpg|side=left|width=200px|Odium, the creator of the [[Fused]]}}
{{quote
|1="Wait!" Kaladin said. "Why is there so much war? Must we always fight?" He wasn’t sure why he asked. The questions simply came out.
The storm rumbled, like a thoughtful aged father. The face vanished, shattering into droplets of water.
<span style='font-variant: small-caps'>"Odium reigns"</span>, the voice said more softly.
The Heralds and the Shard [[Honor]] were the only two parties who were part of the Oathpact.{{wob ref|2898}} [[Odium]] being bound to the [[Roshar]] system was not a direct result of the Oathpact but the Oathpact is part of it.{{wob ref|6273}} Upon dying during a Desolation, the Heralds are returned to Braize; however, even if they survived the Desolation, they are still supposed to return or the Fused will continue to be reborn.{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}}
|2=The [[Stormfather]] to [[Kaladin]]{{book ref|sa1|46}}
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While the Oathpact still remains,{{wob ref|10561}} how much is unknown. [[Ishar]] implied that there is a way to reset the Oathpact when he shortly regained sanity. He instructed Dalinar to meet him in Shinovar and let a Radiant swear an Ideal near him to proceed. Even after the Oathpact was abandoned by nine of the Heralds, the Connection that remained between them still allowed each Herald to sense the others to some extent.{{epigraph ref|sa4|79}} This allowed all the Heralds to sense when Jezrien was permanantly killed by [[Moash]], which manifest a terrible ripping sensation internally, leaving behind a sensation of an empty place or loss inside themselves.{{book ref|sa3|121}} However, the Oathpact still remained intact even though one of its members was in the Beyond, with only Jezrien's Connection to the others being completely severed.{{book ref|sa4|47}}
== Notes ==
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