Ashertmarn

Ashertmarn
by Kyle Pearson
Abilities	Splinter of Odium
Titles	Heart of the Revel
Groups	Unmade
Species	Spren
Homeworld	Roshar
Universe	Cosmere
Introduced In	Oathbringer

“Ashertmarn, the Heart of the Revel, is the final of the three great Mindless Unmade. His gift to men is not prophecy or battle focus, but a lust for indulgence. ”

—From Hessi's Mythica, page 224

Ashertmarn, the Heart of the Revel, is a mindless Unmade on Roshar. During the True Desolation, his residence in Kholinar and his influence on Aesudan undermine the Alethi rule in the city and leave it open to singer domination during the Siege of Kholinar.

Appearance and Abilities

Ashertmarn takes the form of a giant, black, inhuman heart that beats to an irregular rhythm. Thick black veins sprout from the heart, melding with the ground nearby.

He leads people to indulge in excess. He speaks to the people in his area, urging them to abandon their lives and responsibilities. The closer one is to him, the harder it is to resist Ashertmarn's tempting plea.

History

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Facing off with Veil in Kholinar

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Ashertmarn awakened/arrived in Kholinar when the Everstorm first passed over the city.

During the mission to aid Kholinar, Shallan Davar discovered the presence of two Unmade, including Ashertmarn. In order to investigate the revel, Shallan created a reputation by delivering food to the poor. Once she had been heard of, she took a large offering of food to the revel and was accepted onto the Oathgate, Ashertmarn's location. The Oathgate was divided into three sections. In the outer section, the people delighted in an abundance of delicious foods, mindlessly sating their hunger for the revel. In the next ring inward, the occupants crawled from place to place, too focused on the excess to even stand. The food there was rotten and moldy, infested with decayspren. In the center ring was the Unmade himself, completely covering the Oathgate's control building. Shallan would not have been able to extract herself from the revel if not for Sja-anat's interruption, who appeared to Shallan, breaking her focus on the black heart.

Later, when Shallan had to clear the Oathgate platform as an escape route for the people of Kholinar, she tried to banish it the same way she did with Re-Shephir. After trying to convince Shallan to indulge mindlessly, Ashertmarn retreated for reasons unknown. It's possible he did so so that the Oathgate, whose spren had been corrupted by Sja-anat, could kill Shallan, Kaladin, Adolin, and Azure.

Trivia

• The names of all Unmade are derived from real-life mythology; however, in Ashertmarn's case, the original source is unclear. It could be derived from Sumerian sea goddess Asherah.

Notes

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