Difference between revisions of "Manywar"

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}}{{annotationwob ref|wb|chapter=517375}} The power disparity between those with the new Lifeless Command and those without was another cause of the Manywar.{{book ref|wb|46}}

The Battle of Twilight Falls was the final engagement of the Manywar.{{book ref|wb|26}} It was the only battle of the Manywar where Nightblood was used in the battle.{{annotationwob ref|wb|chapter=266954}} The sheer number of casualties caused by Shashara wielding Nightblood was devastating. Over the course of the battle, the leader of the Pahn Unity, the coalition of nations against Hanald, was killed.{{book ref|wb|26}}

Vasher was horrified by the destruction caused by the use of Nightblood.{{annotationwob ref|wb|chapter=266954}} Shashara planned on revealing the secrets of how to create Type IV Biochromatic Entities to the rest of Nalthis. Vasher disagreed, believing that he couldn't allow such powerful weapons to become widely available. He and Shashara argued about it, and he ended up murdering her with Nightblood to stop her.{{book ref|wb|53}} Furious at the death of his sister, Denth defected from Vasher's side and never forgave him for it.{{wob ref|5841}}

After the House of Idris and its servants fled T'Telir, they moved to the northern highlands of Hanald.{{book ref|wb|1}} They established a kingdom there, named Idris after the family. The Idrians, who had previously experimented with Awakening, turned their backs on the art as a whole.{{book ref|wb|46}} The Idrians brought their religion, [[Austrism]], with them. They used its tenets to make Awakening sound immoral and evil. This fear of Awakening impacted Idrians greatly, their culture was in fact shaped by it. Many superstitions grew up around Awakening.{{annotationwob ref|wb|chapter=256951}} For example, Idrians always wore drab colors, such as black, white, or tans, so Awakeners could not use that color.{{annotationwob ref|wb|chapter=16025}} However, this was not true, an Awakener could use those colors anyway. It was a symbolic gesture. Idrians, for the most part, were totally ignorant about the way Awakening worked, due to their isolation from it.