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=== Awakening Developments ===
The process of [[Awakening]] [[Lifeless]] had already been developed before the Manywar. However, the [[Command]]s that had been known previously required fifty [[Breath]]s to create a single Lifeless.{{book ref|wb|32}} This arrested the ability for large amounts of Lifeless troops to be used in combat, as it was simply too costly.
However, one of the [[Five Scholars]], [[Shashara]], was spurred by [[Yesteel|Yesteel's]] development of [[ichor-alcohol]] into making a new discovery.{{book ref|wb|51}} She invented a [[Command]] that allowed for the creation of a Lifeless with a single Breath.{{book ref|wb|32}} Together these discoveries allowed rulers to effectively double the size of their armies;{{book ref|wb|33}} along with the fact that the new troops did not eat, take pay, or feel pain and fear.{{book ref|wb|32}} Larger standing armies could be created. This made the Manywar the first conflict on Nalthis to utilize Lifeless in great numbers.{{book ref|wb|26}} Powerful Awakeners and siege engines such as ropes Awakened to throw boulders would also be used in combat.{{book ref|wb|51}}{{wob ref|7375}} The power disparity between those with the new Lifeless Command and those without was another cause of the Manywar.{{book ref|wb|46}}
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