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| That they responded immediately and with great consternation is undeniable, as these were primary among those who would forswear and abandon their oaths. The term Recreance was not then applied, but has since become a popular title by which this event is named.
| [[Words of Radiance (in-world)|Words of Radiance]] chapter 38, page 6{{epigraph ref|sa2|40}}
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The '''Day of Recreance''' was the final act of the [[Knights Radiant]]. Nine of the ten orders abandoned their [[Shardblade]]s and [[Shardplate]] and broke their oaths, killing their [[spren]]. The [[Order of Skybreakers]] was the one order that did not participate and instead hid themselves away.{{book ref|sa3|40}} For around two thousand years the reason for the Recreance remained unknown until it was rediscovered in the [[Eila Stele]] during the [[True Desolation]].
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