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|effects=Breaking of the [[Oathpact]], end of the [[Heraldic Epochs]], start of the [[Era of Solitude]]
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
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|[[Dalinar]] to the [[Stormfather]]{{book ref|sa3|38}}
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The '''Last Desolation''', also known as '''Aharietiam''' in [[Vorin]] tradition and the '''Day of Glory''' in [[Azir]],{{book ref|wok|45}}{{book ref|sa3|42}} is believed to be the last [[Desolation]], when mankind's hard-won victory over the [[Voidbringer]]s ended the cycle of [[Desolation]]s. In reality, nine of the ten [[Herald]]s abandoned their [[honorblade]]s in an attempt to leave the [[Oathpact]] and avoid further torture on [[Braize]]. [[Talenel]] was the only Herald not to break the Oathpact. Dalinar Kholin visited this [[Desolation]]
== History ==
|[[Jezrien]] to [[Kalak]]{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}}
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There was less than a year between the last two Desolations.{{book ref|sa3|38}}
== Culture ==
According to Vorin tradition, mankind, led by the [[Herald]]s and their chosen [[Knights Radiant|knights]], fought off the [[Voidbringers]] ninety and nine times, until finally, Aharietiam came and the Voidbringers were cast back into the [[Tranquiline Halls]]. The Heralds followed to force them out of heaven as well, and Roshar's Heraldic Epochs ended.{{book ref|wok|45}} Songs and paintings depict the final conflict as a grand clash between lines of brave soldiers and giant monsters.{{book ref|sa3|38}}
== Trivia ==
* The name Aharietiam is based on the hebrew words אחרית הימים (''Acharit Hayamim'') meaning the end of days or the apocalypse.{{wob ref|10401}}
== Notes ==
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