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|They were destruction made manifest, Brightlord. Each one was so profoundly devastating that humankind was left broken. Populations ruined, society crippled, scholars dead. Humankind was forced to spend generations rebuilding after each one.
| The Desolations had happened during the near-mythical shadowdays, before real history began. Before mankind had defeated the Voidbringers and taken the war to heaven.▼
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'''Desolations''' are cataclysmic events on [[Roshar]].{{book ref|wok|61}}
=== The True Desolation ===
When Talenel appears at the gates of [[Kholinar]], he announces the coming of the [[True Desolation]].{{book ref|wok|epilogue}} At the [[Battle of Narak]] [[stormform]] [[listeners]] summon the [[Everstorm]], which appears to be referenced as the True Desolation.{{book ref|sa2|83}}
== Warfare ==
=== Fabrials ===
:''Main article:'' [[Fabrial]]s
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|All this time we’ve been assuming that we lost great technology in the Desolations, but it seems we are far, far more advanced than the ancients ever were.
|[[Jasnah]] about fabrials{{book ref|sa3|96}}
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During the ancient Desolations, mankind did not have access to the modern [[fabrial]]s and fabrial knowledge that is currently known on Roshar. The only fabrials they had access to were ancient fabrials.{{book ref|sa3|96}} These fabrials seem to work through a mutual agreement with a sentient spren rather than trapping a spren in a gemstone. The vast majority of fabrials seem to replicate surges and were used in a support position rather than actual combat. The [[Oathgate]]s utilizes the surge of Transportation to allow instantaneous travel across the continent. Healing fabrials use the surge of Progression to heal wounds and seem to have been carried often by Radiants on patrol. Although it is not courrently known how these fabrials were created, [[Aimia]] could have been involved as that is where soulcasting fabrials originated. It is also possible that [[Urithiru]] is a giant fabrial powered by the [[Sibling]].
=== Technology ===
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|The Desolations were so terrible they destroyed learning and progress and left behind a broken people.
|[[Jasnah]] to [[Dalinar]]{{book ref|sa3|38}}
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Humanity was stuck at an extremely low level of technology during the Desolations. Most soldiers fought with bronze and leather armor.{{book ref|sa1|52}} Because of the destruction, humanity often still had stone tools and weapons when the Heralds returned. The Heralds would attempt to push humanity forward several thousand years worth of technology in the year before the Desolation, which often included learning to cast bronze. Even when humanity had learned to cast bronze already, the Heralds tried to advance technology further.{{wob ref|1430}} Other areas they attempted to push technology forward include medicine, where Vedel would teach techniques such as keeping wounds clean.
== Culture ==
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▲| The Desolations had happened during the near-mythical shadowdays, before real history began. Before mankind had defeated the Voidbringers and taken the war to heaven.
| [[Dalinar]]'s thoughts{{book ref|wok|19}}
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According to Vorinism, mankind fought the Voidbringers during Desolations ninety and nine times, before mankind finally won and drove them back to the [[Tranquiline Halls]].{{book ref|wok|45}} That victory was later referred to as the [[Last Desolation]].
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