User:Thegatorgirl00/History of Roshar
History
Pre-Human Roshar
Creation and Early Inhabitants
The planet of Roshar predates the Shattering. The continent was specifically grown by Adonalsium.[1] Much of the ecology of the planet existed from this time, including the highstorms and the spren.[2][3] The singers werre the primary inhabitants of Roshar at this time and are likely the Dawnsingers spoken of in modern times.[4]
The Heraldic Epochs
The Desolations
The Last Desolation
The Era of Solitude
The False Desolation
The Recreance
The Day of Recreance was when the Knights Radiant abandoned their oaths and killed their spren. They discovered that the singers were the original inhabitants of Roshar and humans took their land after destroying their homeworld with surges. Honor, who had ensured previous generations of the justness of their actions, was dying and raved that they would destroy Roshar. The Radiants broke their oaths to prevent this.[5]
The Shardblades and Shardplate left behind caused men to fight one another over them. Unlike the other orders, the Skybreakers did not break their oaths and remained in hiding over the years.
The Hierocracy and the War of Loss
The Hierocracy began when the Vorin Church decided to conquer the world and run the government rather than just provide spiritual guidance.[6] They claimed their conquering was for the good of the people. Some of the most powerful ardents claimed to have visions from the Almighty, which they used to solidify their rule and obfuscate their religion. One of their main goals was to destroy knowledge of the failures of Vorinism, including Shadesmar, the Knights Radiant, and the Recreance.[7][8] They were primarily successful, as even the major libraries on Roshar are missing this information.
Before the Hierocracy could spread to the west, the Sunmaker united the princedoms of Alethkar to drive out the HIerocracy.[9][10] They fought in many epic battles the likes of which have not been seen since in what came to be known as the War of Loss.[11] The Sunmaker successfully cast down the Hierocracy and stated the visions were a fraud. The central leadership of the church was destroyed and split into mostly independent devotaries.[12][6]
The Scouring of Aimia
Unification of Alethkar
The War of Reckoning
The True Desolation
Notes
- ↑ General Reddit 2016
— Arcanum - 2016-09-28# - ↑ JordanCon 2016
— Arcanum - 2016-04-23# - ↑ Calamity Chicago signing
— Arcanum - 2016-02-22# - ↑ General Reddit 2015
— Arcanum - 2015-11-16# - ↑ Oathbringer chapter 113#
- ↑ a b The Way of Kings chapter 36#
- ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 3#
- ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 45#
- ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 18#
- ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 24#
- ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 52#
- ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 33#
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