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|image=The History of Man.jpg
|world=Roshar
▲|related=[[Vorinism]]
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
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{{for|Ashyn|the planet from which that concept derived|pre=This article is about the mythological concept in [[Vorinism]]}}
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|Vorinism taught that the finest warriors would have the holy privilege of joining the Heralds after death, fighting to reclaim the Tranquiline Halls from the Voidbringers.
|[[Highprince]] [[Dalinar Kholin]]'s thoughts on the Tranquiline Halls{{book ref|sa1|15}}
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▲The '''Tranquiline Halls''' are heaven{{book ref|sa1|59}} and the original home of mankind according to [[Vorinism]].{{book ref|sa1|15}} In Vorin doctrine, humans were driven from the Tranquiline Halls by the [[Voidbringers]], but with the help of the [[Herald]]s they have are fighting to take back their home.{{book ref|sa1|45}}
== Vorin Doctrine ==
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|May you someday find a place of honor in the Tranquiline Halls, fallen brother. And may we find a better end than you.
|[[Kaladin]] blessing a fallen bridgeman{{book ref|sa1|27}}
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According to Vorin tradition, the Tranquiline Halls are the original home of mankind.{{book ref|sa1|15}}
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|The ardents were careful to point out that excellence in any Calling would bring power. A farmer would be able to wave his hand and create great fields of spiritual crops. A spearman would be a great warrior, able to cause thunder with his shield and lightning with his spear.
|[[Kaladin]]'s thoughts on the afterlife in the Tranquiline Halls{{book ref|sa1|59}}
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It is the Vorin belief that people spend their lives practicing their Callings, preparing to aid the Heralds.{{book ref|sa1|16}} The very best and those who die with valor are granted the holy privilege to rise again after death
== Historicity ==
The concept of the Tranquiline Halls has its roots in the planet [[Ashyn]]. Before the [[First Desolation]], many humans lived there. Eventually, however, they nearly destroyed the world with the power of [[Surge]]s.{{book ref|sa3|111}}{{book ref|sa3|113}} While some people remained on Ashyn, surviving in floating cities, most traveled to Roshar in an event now known in the Vorin church as the [[Expulsion]].{{wob ref|8243}} [[Honor]] and [[Cultivation]] instructed the [[Dawnsinger]]s to welcome the human refugees, and they were given [[Shinovar]] as their land. At some point, they grew dissatisfied with that limitation, leading to the cycle of [[Desolation]]s{{book ref|sa3|111}}{{book ref|sa3|113}} By the time of the [[Last Desolation]], knowledge of this history had become warped to something closer to modern Vorin doctrine. The Heralds may have encouraged this, as the Herald [[Jezrien]] told the people of Roshar he was going to lead the battle to reclaim the Tranquiline Halls after the end of the Last Desolation.{{book ref|sa3|42}} Every generation of [[Knights Radiant]] eventually discovered the truth, but Honor usually supported them. His failure to do so for the Knights of the time of the [[False Desolation]] contributed to their decision to break their oaths on the [[Day of Recreance]].{{book ref|sa3|13}}
This past on Ashyn accounts for some artifacts in modern Roshar, such as mentions of fantastical animals that bear resemblance to creatures like lions,{{book ref|sa2|89}} and humankind's general incongruity with other forms of life on Roshar.{{book ref|sa3|113}}
The Heralds are not, as Vorin doctrine claims, leading a war to reclaim the Tranquiline Halls. Instead, after the Last Desolation, nine of them told humankind that they had won and fabricated that story about returning to the Tranquiline Halls to cover the fact that they were abandoning the [[Oathpact]] and remaining on Roshar. The Herald [[Talenel]], the only one who did not break the Oathpact, returned to [[Braize]] to be tortured by the [[Fused]].{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}}{{book ref|sa3|42}}
== Trivia ==
*In the [[Circle of Memories]] in [[Kholinar]], the
== Notes ==
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