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The Eila Stele is a carving that is believed by historians to be the oldest extant document on Roshar.{{book refIt is in the form of a carving, presumably on a stone [[Wikipedia:stele|sa3|111}}stele]]. It iswas first thought to predate the first [[Desolation]]s, and possibly be written by the [[Herald]]s.{{book ref|sa3|111}} Dawnchant became a dead language over time,{{book ref|sa2|47}} and the meaning of the Eila Stele was lost. However, [[Navani Kholin]] realized that fragments of the Dawnchant could be recovered from [[Dalinar's visions]].{{book ref|sa1|60}} This resulted in a spate of translation breakthroughs by Navani and [[ardent]]s at the [[Palanaeum]]{{book ref|sa3|50}} and the [[Jokasha Monastery]].{{book ref|sa3|i|2}} Jasnah and the [[Veristitalian]]s also taketook an interest,{{book ref|sa3|53}} as dodid [[Taravangian]] and the [[Diagram (group)|Diagram]].{{book ref|sa3|107}}

Through the efforts of these groups, the Dawnchant iswas eventually cracked, allowing the Eila Stele to be be translated.{{book ref|sa3|111}}

==Contents and Revelations==

After the Eila Stele iswas translated, it iswas revealed that the author iswas not a Herald but a [[Dawnsingers|Dawnsinger]].{{book ref|sa3|111}} Dawnsingers arewere ancient ancestors of the [[singers]] native to Roshar; they arewere not [[spren]], as theorized by the [[Vorin]] church.{{book ref|sa3|111}} The text further revealsrevealed that the first people known as [[Voidbringers]] were actually humans, who arewere not native to Roshar.{{book ref|sa3|111}} This contradictscontradicted Vorin Doctrinedoctrine regarding the [[Expulsion]], which holdsheld that mankind fought ''against'' the Voidbringers to reclaim the [[Tranquiline Halls]].{{book ref|sa1|15}}

The Eila Stele indicatesindicated that humans destroyed [[Ashyn|their own world]].{{epigraph ref|sa3|115}} Most of the humans fled to Roshar and were taken in out of pity by the Dawnsingers and their gods.{{epigraph ref|sa3|115}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|116}} TheyThe humans were given land known as current-day [[Shinovar]], which explainsexplaining that region's unique flora and fauna.{{book ref|sa3|113}} They later used their Surgebinding powers to conquer most of Roshar.{{book ref|sa3|113}}

The Eila Stele is currentlywas the only in-world document that referskey to the abandonment of the planetrefounded [[AshynKnights Radiant]],{{wob ref|8243}} which is the originlearning of the Vorin notionabandonment of the Tranquilineplanet Halls[[Ashyn]].{{wob ref|84968243}} Ashyn neighbors Roshar in its solar system,{{map ref|Roshar system}} and it was almost destroyed through humankindmankind's use of the [[Dawnshard]]s and [[Surgebinding]].{{book ref|sa3|113}}{{wob ref|9464}}{{book ref|sa4|111}} The Heralds were among the humans who abandoned Ashyn.{{wob ref|11945}} The [[Stormfather]] tells Dalinar that during the [[False Desolation]], the original Knights Radiant learned of Ashyn's fate, leading them to question the use of Surgebinding powers.{{book ref|sa3|113}} They were urged on by [[Honor]], but after [[Aharietiam]], Honor was dying and no longer cogent, which led to the events of the [[Day of Recreance]].{{book ref|sa3|113}}

| They came from another world, using powers that we have been forbidden to touch. Dangerous powers, of spren and Surges. They destroyed their lands and have come to us begging. We took them in, as commanded by the gods. What else could we do? They were a people forlorn, without a home. Our pity destroyed us. For their betrayal extended even to our gods: to spren, stone, and wind. Beware the otherworlders. The traitors. Those with tongues of sweetness, but with minds that lust for blood. Do not take them in. Do not give them succor. Well were they named Voidbringers, for they brought the void. The empty pit that sucks in emotion. A new god. Their god. These Voidbringers know no songs. They cannot hear Roshar, and where they go, they bring silence. They look soft, with no shell, but they are hard. They have but one heart, and it cannot ever live.

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