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|We chose this burden willingly. Well, we can choose to drop it if we wish.
|Jezrien on the Oathpact{{book ref|
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'''Jezrien'''
== Appearance and Personality ==
=== Appearance ===
Jezrien has dark eyes{{book ref|sa3|38}} and black hair.{{book ref|
After he abandoned the Oathpact and started living as a beggar, Jezrien's beard grew long and scraggly,{{book ref|sa3|88}} streaked with black and gray.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} His hair became matted and filthy and he smelled like garbage.{{book ref|sa3|88}} Jezrien's clothes are reduced to ragged scraps. His words are often slurred or believed to be gibberish.{{book ref|sa3|88}}{{book ref|sa1|prologue}}
Jezrien pic.jpg| Jezrien with his Honorblade by [[User: Sheep]]▼
=== Personality ===
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Jezrien is widely believed to have been one of the best men to have ever lived. Upon joining the Oathpact, he was an honorable and true man.{{book ref|
In the millennia that followed, he succumbed to insanity himself.{{book ref|sa3|39}} By the [[Era of Solitude]], Jezrien's once sharp mind had been dulled thoroughly.{{book ref|sa3|88}}{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} He speaks nonsensically and without any clear meaning behind what he says.{{book ref|sa3|88}} He seems to have some semblance of lucidity, referencing the various Unmade, but it is uncertain how much awareness he still has. It is also unclear how much of his disorientation is the result of drunkenness and what is the result of his madness. He also appears to speak in gibberish at times, but it is possible that he is speaking in an ancient language, such as the [[Dawnchant]].
== Attributes and Abilities ==▼
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|The Heralds glow like the sun, wield the Honorblades, and speak with the voices of a thousand trumpets. They could cast down buildings with a command, force the storms to obey, and heal with a touch.▼
|[[Shallan Davar]]'s thoughts on the Heralds{{book ref|sa2|63}}▼
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=== Herald of Kings ===▼
As Jezrien served as the the Herald of Kings, it is likely Jezrien was one of the best leaders and instructors of leadership that has ever lived; he trained humankind's leaders upon his return before each Desolation.{{book ref|sa2|i|7}} As one of the Heralds of the Almighty, it is nearly impossible to truly kill Jezrien. In truth, the Jezrien that exists now is a [[Cognitive Shadow]].{{wob ref|1538}} Before breaking the Oathpact, upon his death he was returned to Damnation to be tortured,{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}} with his body being fully restored.{{wob ref|10880}} If Jezrien is anything like Taln, his reflexes certainly were also inhumanly fast,{{book ref|sa2|88}} and he was very strong as well.{{book ref|sa1|epilogue}} Even after abandoning the Oathpact, Jezrien remains ageless, and appears as youthful as the day he became a Herald.{{book ref|
=== Shardwielding and Surgebinding ===▼
As a Herald, Jezrien has access to his [[Honorblade]], a variety of Shardblade given to him by the Shard Honor.{{book ref|sa3|16}} This Shardblade is able to cut through any material, stone, steel, or even living things effortlessly.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} This allowed Jezrien to be a formidable foe on the battlefield, particularly against [[thunderclast]]s, as his Blade can cut their stone flesh easier than anything else.{{book ref|sa3|120}} As he had spent an enormous amount of time using the Honorblade in the fight against the Voidbringers, Jezrien was likely very experienced in using his Blade. Unlike most Shardblades, this Honorblade also granted Jezrien access to the [[Surge]]s of [[Surgebinding#Adhesion|Adhesion]] and [[Surgebinding#Gravitation|Gravitation]].{{book ref|sa3|16}} As he was not sworn to a spren, he was able to do with his Blade what he liked, without regard for any oaths.{{book ref|sa2|87}} Jezrien also had no need for [[Stormlight]], his Surgebinding was powered directly by Honor.{{
== History ==
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|I will lead the charge for the Tranquiline Halls. You will not see me again, but think not on that now! You have won your peace. Revel in it! Rebuild. Go now, help your fellows. Carry with you the light of your Herald king’s words. We are victorious, at long last, over evil!
|Jezrien to the survivors of [[Aharietiam]]{{book ref|sa3|42}}
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=== Herald of the Almighty ===
At some point in the past Jezrien ruled as
{{image|Mad Herald by Xabi Gazte.jpg|side=right|width=200px|[[Moash]] killing Jezrien}}
Many [[Desolation]]s after the beginning of the Oathpact, Jezrien and the other [[Herald]]s save for [[Talenel]], who had died, decided that they could no longer withstand the torture they faced in between Desolations.{{book ref|
=== Post-Aharietiam ===
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Following the abandonment of his Blade, Jezrien spread the word of their victory to the survivors of the Last Desolation.{{book ref|sa3|38}} While Jezrien was never killed and returned to Damnation after Aharietiam, avoiding death for four and a half millennia,{{book ref|sa3|38}} he seems to have succumbed to the same madness plaguing the other Heralds.{{book ref|sa3|39}} Jezrien became a drunk beggar who lived in a [[Beggars' Porch]] in the [[Kholinar]] palace.{{book ref|sa3|88}} He was known as '''Ahu''' by then, and was occasionally the drinking companion of Highprince [[Dalinar Kholin]] when Dalinar was trying to drink clandestinely or could not find more alcohol. Jezrien attended the [[Beggar's Feast]] on the night that King [[Gavilar Kholin]] was assassinated, speaking incoherently to Szeth before collapsing.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} Six years later, after the capture of Kholinar by the Voidbringers, Jezrien was stabbed by [[Moash]] with [[Vyre's knife|an unusual knife]].{{book ref|sa3|121}} Jezrien was initially unfazed by the wound, but quickly realized that he had been mortally wounded, screaming and dying suddenly. At the moment of Jezrien's true death, the other living Heralds felt a painful tearing sensation and knew that he was dead.
▲== Attributes and Abilities ==
▲[[File:Herald Glyph Jezrien.svg|thumb|left|150px|Jezrien's Symbol<br><small>by [[Isaac Stewart]]</small>]]
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▲|The Heralds glow like the sun, wield the Honorblades, and speak with the voices of a thousand trumpets. They could cast down buildings with a command, force the storms to obey, and heal with a touch.
▲|[[Shallan Davar]]'s thoughts on the Heralds{{book ref|sa2|63}}
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▲=== Herald of Kings ===
▲As Jezrien served as the the Herald of Kings, it is likely Jezrien was one of the best leaders and instructors of leadership that has ever lived; he trained humankind's leaders upon his return before each Desolation.{{book ref|sa2|i|7}} As one of the Heralds of the Almighty, it is nearly impossible to truly kill Jezrien. In truth, the Jezrien that exists now is a [[Cognitive Shadow]].{{wob ref|1538}} Before breaking the Oathpact, upon his death he was returned to Damnation to be tortured,{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}} with his body being fully restored.{{wob ref|10880}} If Jezrien is anything like Taln, his reflexes certainly were also inhumanly fast,{{book ref|sa2|88}} and he was very strong as well.{{book ref|sa1|epilogue}} Even after abandoning the Oathpact, Jezrien remains ageless, and appears as youthful as the day he became a Herald.{{book ref|sa|part=prelude}} Jezrien's immortality was broken by [[Vyre's knife]], although it is unknown how this was achieved.{{book ref|sa3|121}}
▲=== Shardwielding and Surgebinding ===
▲As a Herald, Jezrien has access to his Honorblade, a variety of Shardblade given to him by the Shard Honor.{{book ref|sa3|16}} This Shardblade is able to cut through any material, stone, steel, or even living things effortlessly.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} This allowed Jezrien to be a formidable foe on the battlefield, particularly against [[thunderclast]]s, as his Blade can cut their stone flesh easier than anything else.{{book ref|sa3|120}} As he had spent an enormous amount of time using the Honorblade in the fight against the Voidbringers, Jezrien was likely very experienced in using his Blade. Unlike most Shardblades, this Honorblade also granted Jezrien access to the [[Surge]]s of [[Surgebinding#Adhesion|Adhesion]] and [[Surgebinding#Gravitation|Gravitation]].{{book ref|sa3|16}} As he was not sworn to a spren, he was able to do with his Blade what he liked, without regard for any oaths.{{book ref|sa2|87}} Jezrien also had no need for [[Stormlight]], his Surgebinding was powered directly by Honor.{{17s ref|post|511614|Boskone 54 Signing Line|date=17 February 2017}} It is unknown how this would have been impacted by Honor's death. Since giving up his Honorblade when he gave up the Oathpact, Jezrien is likely unable to Surgebind.
== Culture ==
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|You call him the Stormfather, here in Alethkar, or Jezerezeh'Elin. He was king of the Heralds. Master of the storms, bringer of water and life, known for his fury and his temper, but also for his mercy.
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In [[Emul]], Jezrien is worshipped as their only god, possibly under the name '''Prime Kadasix'''.{{book ref|sa1|55}}{{book ref|sa1|i|7}} They hold that he named their kingdom as well as its capital, [[Sesemalex Dar]].{{book ref|sa1|55}}
The [[Iriali]] and [[Rira (country)|Rirans]] also revere Jezrien on some level, calling him him '''Yaysi'''.{{book ref|sa3|26}}
== Trivia ==
* Jezrien's portrait used in the chapter arches is called the King by the [[Dragonsteel Entertainment]] staff.{{wob ref|14097}}
== Notes ==
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