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==Prelude to the Stormlight Archive==
The Prelude opens just after one of the [[Desolations]] (huge battles between humanity and the [[Voidbringers]]). [[Kalak]], one of the Ten [[Heralds]] of the Almighty
Kalak goes to meet the other nine Heralds in the location they had chosen before the battle. Instead of the other nine, however, he finds only one waiting for him. That Herald, [[Jezrien]], explains to Kalak that one of the Heralds ([[Talenel]]) was killed, and was sent back automatically to their place of torture. The rest of them decided that rather than face the torture again, they would simply go their separate ways.
Jezrien alludes to the [[Oathpact]], apparently an agreement among the Heralds and possibly with some other entity, and says it is time for the Oathpact to end. Talenel, who was killed, will still be bound to the Oathpact. The other Heralds, by abandoning Talenel and walking away,
The Heralds leave, abandoning mankind to the care of the Knights Radiant and Talenel. They plan to tell the men who fought on their side that they had finally beaten the Voidbringers for good. The Heralds go their separate ways. Kalak looks back at the ring formed by the Heralds' abandoned swords, and thinks about Talenel and his fate. He silently pleads for forgiveness, but leaves anyway.
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