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The '''False Desolation''', considered pseudohistorical by the [[Vorin]] church, was a conflict between [[singers]] and humans sometime during the millenia after the [[Last Desolation]].{{book ref|sa3|56}} It is likely the conflict in which the [[Knights Radiant]] were fighting at the time of the [[Recreance]], according to [[Jasnah Kholin]].{{book ref|sa3|56}} It resulted in the enslavement of singers as [[parshmen]].{{book ref|sa3|17}}
== Background ==
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The precise date of the False Desolation’s onset is unclear, but when [[Dalinar Kholin]] showed Jasnah and [[Navani Kholin]] a vision of the [[Recreance]], Jasnah postulated the Radiants were fighting in the legendary False Desolation.{{book ref|sa3|56}} If correct, the False Desolation occurred around the same time as the Recreance--about 2,000 years prior to the present day, or 2,500 years after [[Aharietiam]], the Last Desolation.
== Ba-Ado-Mishram and a New Desolation ==
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Previous [[Desolation]]s began with the [[Herald]]s giving in to the torture in [[Damnation]] and Returning to Roshar, after which the [[Fused]] -- leaders of the [[Voidbringer]]s -- Returned as well, entering bodies of the singers.{{book ref|sa3|38}} However, the False Desolation occurred well after the Last Desolation, when the Heralds abandoned the [[Oathpact]], and thus there were no Fused during this "Desolation." It's unclear how fighting between humans and singers progressed in the period following the Last Desolation, but it is likely the two species warred.
==The Strike Team==
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The Radiants eventually sought an edge in the conflict. Scholar Radiants teamed up to conceive a plan to stop the Voidbringers.{{epigraph ref|sa3|78}} They theorized that an Unmade could, perhaps, be imprisoned like a regular spren.{{epigraph ref|sa3|79}} (It is unclear if this happened before or after [[Re-Shephir]]'s imprisonment in Urithiru by a Lightweaver.{{book ref|sa3|30}}) The Radiants devised a plan: they would imprison Ba-Ado-Mishram--stopping the singers' transformations and removing their access to Voidlight.{{epigraph ref|sa3|78}}
The plan required a special prison--likely a [[perfect gemstone]]--as well as [[Melishi]],{{epigraph ref|sa3|79}} the only [[Bondsmith]] of his generation.{{epigraph ref|sa2|58}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|67}} The Radiants did not know what exactly Ba-Ado-Mishram's imprisonment would do to the singers. They were certain that it would prevent them from using forms of power, but they didn't know what else could happen. Melishi sought to destroy the Voidbringers{{epigraph ref|sa2|58}} and was confident the plan would succeed, but [[Naze-daughter-Kuzodo]] warned of unexpected aftereffects.{{epigraph ref|sa3|81}} The Radiants believed this would end the war the Heralds promised them and proceeded with the plan.{{epigraph ref|sa3|82}} It is clear the strike team succeeded in imprisoning Ba-Ado-Mishram, as she was no longer seen in the modern day, unlike most of the other
==Aftermath and Legacy==▼
''See also: [[Day of Recreance]]''▼
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▲== Aftermath and Legacy ==
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The costs to Ba-Ado-Mishram's imprisonment were higher than any Radiant could have expected. There were indeed side effects to their action, as [[Naze-daughter-Kuzodo]] warned. Since Ba-Ado-Mishram was Connected to the vast majority of singers, her imprisonment ripped out Connection and Identity from the singers' souls.{{book ref|sa3|17}} This meant that these singers were essentially lobotomized--unable to think or act independently. These singers had no form and would later be termed as "slaveforms."
In modern times, the False Desolation is considered pseudohistorical by the Vorin church, which asserts that no Voidbringers could have survived Aharietiam. [[Dovcanti]]'s epic about the False Desolation, written approximately 500 years after, is the primary surviving source on these events, and few details of the concept are known to any besides scholars, such as [[Jasnah Kholin]].{{book ref|sa3|56}}
== See Also ==
* [[Day of Recreance]]
* [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]]
== Notes ==
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