Difference between revisions of "Manywar"

The process of [[Awakening]] [[Lifeless]] had already been developed before the Manywar. However, the [[Awakening#Awakening Commands|Command]]s that had been known previously required fifty [[Breath]]s to create a single Lifeless. This stymied nations' ability to create a large Lifeless army, as it was simply too costly.{{book ref|wb|32}}

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 fought, and ropes were used as siege engines, Awakened to throw boulders.{{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}}