Difference between revisions of "Last Desolation"

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|participants=The [[Herald]]s

|effects=Breaking of the [[Oathpact]], end of the [[Heraldic Epochs]], start of the [[Era of Solitude]]

|world=Roshar

|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]

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|[[Dalinar]] to the [[Stormfather]]{{book ref|sa3|38}}

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== 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}}

 

During the fighting, only one Herald, [[Taln]], who was the only one to have never broken under torture, died.{{book ref|sa3|38}} The surviving Heralds were afraid of the torture they would suffer on returning to [[Braize]]. Eight of the Heralds, all the survivors except [[Kalak]], met at the appointed meeting place. Rather than return, they drove their blades into the ground and walked in different directions. [[Jezrien]] waited for Kalak to arrive and they both left as well. Although they had been warned remaining on Roshar would lead to a new Desolation immediately starting, [[Ishar]] believed Taln alone would be enough to uphold the Oathpact. Whether or not this is true was irrelevant to them by this point, as they only wished to avoid more torture. They chose to tell humanity that they had finally won, in hope that it might become true. {{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}}

 

 

== 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}}

 

== Notes ==