Difference between revisions of "Last Desolation"

The '''Last Desolation''', also known as '''Aharietiam''' in [[Vorin]] tradition,{{book ref|wok|45}} was believed to be the last [[Desolation]], when mankind's hard-won victory over the Voidbringers ended the cycle of [[Desolation]]s.

 

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}}

 

In truth, the nine Heralds that survived the Last Desolation, weighed down by the burden of millennia of torture, chose to abandon their self-appointed burden. They believed that it might be enough to uphold the Oathpact with only [[Talenel|Taln]] who returned to damnation. They told the people that mankind finally won, in hope that it might become true.{{book ref|sa|part=prelude}}