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|If the afterlife really is a big war, then I hope I end up in Damnation. At least there I might be able to get a wink or two of sleep.
|Kaladin{{book ref|sa2|41}}
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'''Damnation''' is a concept in the [[Vorin]] religion on [[Roshar]]. It's the third part in a three-tier religious order to the universe, and one of the Vorin afterlives.{{book ref|sa1|4}}
Damnation is home to beasts and monsters known as the [[Voidbringer]]s, forged there by the fires of hatred.{{book ref|sa1|45}}{{book ref|sa2|32}} Led by the evil god [[Odium]], they came to conquer the [[Tranquiline Halls]], the paradise where mankind used to live, and forced humans onto [[Roshar]]. They would keep coming in times known as the [[Desolation]]s to push humanity even further down, into Damnation.{{book ref|sa1|61}} Some modern scholars claim that this myth implies that the Damnation is now empty, as the Voidbringers would all move to the more pleasant Halls.{{book ref|sa1|45}}
In the current Vorinism, the [[Almighty]] weighs the sins of
It's implied that Damnation has multiple proper names - possibly eleven - though the only one given is [[Braize]], present in some old songs.{{book ref|sa2|32}}{{book ref|sa2|38}}
"Damnation" is often used as an exclamation or a curse word throughout all of [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa1|4}} Saying that something can go to Damnation means that it is unimportant.{{book ref|sa3|3}} People can be said to be as unreliable as Damnation, something wicked or unpleasant is a creature of Damnation, and a horrid situation is sometimes referred to as Damnation.{{book ref|sa1|58}}{{book ref|sa1|i|9}}{{book ref|sa2|62}} "Until Damnation ends" means a very long time, possibly forever.{{book ref|sa1|43}} "What in Damnation" is also a commonly-used phrase, while stronger versions, "What in Damnation's eleventh name" and "What in Damnation's depths", are far rarer.{{book ref|sa2|13}}{{book ref|sa2|38}}{{book ref|sa3|14}} "Damnation's own thunder" refers to severe punishment or repercussions.{{book ref|sa3|2}} [[Lift]] also uses the phrase "Damnation's own gonads" to refer to something incredible, but that might be a Liftism rather than a common phrase.{{book ref|sa2.5|20}}
The word seems to present some trouble to translation methods used by [[worldhopper]]s. [[Zahel]] and [[Azure]]
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Damnation is based on [[Braize]], the third planet in the [[Rosharan system]] where [[Odium]], the [[Shard]] of hatred, resides.{{book ref|sa3|121}} Even back when the [[Knights Radiant]] existed and the mechanics of [[Desolation]]s were known, the name Damnation was used to refer to it.{{epigraph ref|sa3|77}}
The story about souls being tortured in Damnation might be inspired by the fate of the [[Herald]]s. Following every Desolation, the Heralds were forced to return to Braize, where they were tortured until they broke.{{book ref|sa3|39}} The stories about torture made its way to Roshar, albeit in a somewhat obscure form
In reality, the dead do not go there after death
== See also ==
== Notes ==
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