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Five men and five women gave themselves up voluntarily to this pact, who would be known as the ten [[Herald]]s. With Honor's blessing, they traveled to [[Braize]] and sealed the spren of the enemy there. It prevented the Fused from returning, and so ended the war. But the Fused tortured the Heralds on Braize and eventually, one of the Heralds would break, starting a new Desolation. At the beginning, the Heralds were strong and hundreds of years passed between Desolations, but nearly 2500 years later, the Heralds started to lose their sanity.{{book ref|sa4|}} There were only 2 years between the last two Desolations, which leaves humans no time to rebuild society. To solve this problem, nine Heralds found a way to abandon the Oathpact and leaving [[Talenel]], who has never broken once, to uphold it by himself. For over four and a half millennia, Talenel withstood the torture of the enemy, but he finally broke, joining the other nine who still live. This caused the True Desolation, currently occurring on Roshar.{{book ref|sa3|38}}
  
Five men and five women gave themselves up voluntarily to this pact, who would be known as the ten [[Herald]]s. With Honor's blessing, they traveled to [[Braize]] and sealed the spren of the enemy there. It prevented the Fused from returning, and so ended the war. But the Fused tortured the Heralds on Braize and eventually, one of the Heralds would break, starting a new Desolation. At the beginning, the Heralds were strong and hundreds of years passed between Desolations, but nearly 2500 years later, the Heralds started to lose their sanity.{{book ref|sa4|}} There were only 2 years between the last two Desolations, which leaves humans no time to rebuild society. To solve this problem, nine Heralds found a way to abandon the Oathpact and leaving [[Talenel]], who has never broken once, to uphold it by himself. For over four and a half millennia, Talenel withstood the torture of the enemy, but he finally broke, joining the other nine who still live. This caused the True Desolation, currently occurring on Roshar.{{book ref|sa3|38}}
   
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After the [[Last Desolation]], nine of the Heralds thought they abandoned the Oathpact, leaving only [[Talenel|Talenel'Elin]] to uphold it.{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}} However, despite what they believe, all the Heralds are still bound to the Oathpact.{{wob ref|5186}} Dalinar saw the Oathpact and noted a particularly strong, still potent connection when he touched [[Nale]] with [[bondsmith]] powers.{{book ref|sa4|47}}
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After the [[Last Desolation]], nine of the Heralds thought they abandoned the Oathpact, leaving only [[Talenel]] to uphold it.{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}} However, despite what they believe, all the Heralds are still bound to the Oathpact.{{wob ref|5186}} Dalinar saw the Oathpact and noted a particularly strong, still potent connection when he touched [[Nale]] with [[bondsmith]] powers.{{book ref|sa4|47}}
   
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It is later revealed that in fact Talenel didn't break despite 4500 years of torturing. The [[everstorm]] was created as a "backdoor" to bypass Talenal, which allows the Fused to reborn in a different way. {{book ref|sa4|73}}{{book ref|sa4|116}}
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It is later revealed that in fact Talenel didn't break despite 4500 years of torturing. The [[everstorm]] was created as a "backdoor" to bypass Talenel, which allows the Fused to reborn in a different way. {{book ref|sa4|73}}{{book ref|sa4|116}}
   
 
== Mechanics ==
  
== Mechanics ==

Revision as of 02:10, 6 January 2021

Oathpact
The Heralds - XVII. The Star .png
by taratjah
Related to Heralds, Honor, Fused
World of Origin Roshar
Universe Cosmere
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The Oathpact is an oath held by the Heralds of The Almighty to protect the world in the times of the Desolations.[1]

History

During the Desolations, Odium had given his soldiers powers, allowing them to remain past their deaths as Cognitive Shadows. After being killed, these singers, known as the Fused, were able to take over the bodies of other singers and manipulate the Surges with Voidlight. Everytime a Fused was killed, its soul would simply be born again into a new host. This formed an impossible challenge for the humans as their strongest enemies could never be permanently killed, and so Oathpact was created to solve this problem.

Five men and five women gave themselves up voluntarily to this pact, who would be known as the ten Heralds. With Honor's blessing, they traveled to Braize and sealed the spren of the enemy there. It prevented the Fused from returning, and so ended the war. But the Fused tortured the Heralds on Braize and eventually, one of the Heralds would break, starting a new Desolation. At the beginning, the Heralds were strong and hundreds of years passed between Desolations, but nearly 2500 years later, the Heralds started to lose their sanity.[2] There were only 2 years between the last two Desolations, which leaves humans no time to rebuild society. To solve this problem, nine Heralds found a way to abandon the Oathpact and leaving Talenel, who has never broken once, to uphold it by himself. For over four and a half millennia, Talenel withstood the torture of the enemy, but he finally broke, joining the other nine who still live. This caused the True Desolation, currently occurring on Roshar.[3]

After the Last Desolation, nine of the Heralds thought they abandoned the Oathpact, leaving only Talenel to uphold it.[1] However, despite what they believe, all the Heralds are still bound to the Oathpact.[4] Dalinar saw the Oathpact and noted a particularly strong, still potent connection when he touched Nale with bondsmith powers.[5]

It is later revealed that in fact Talenel didn't break despite 4500 years of torturing. The everstorm was created as a "backdoor" to bypass Talenel, which allows the Fused to reborn in a different way. [6][7]

Mechanics

The Heralds and the Shard Honor were the only two parties who were part of the Oathpact.[8] Odium being bound to the Roshar System was not a direct result of the Oathpact but the Oathpact is part of it. [9]

While at least some of the Oathpact still stands,[10] it is unknown exactly how much remains.

Notes

  1. ↑ a b Prelude to the Stormlight Archive#
  2. ↑ Rhythm of War#
  3. ↑ Oathbringer chapter 38#
  4. ↑ Salt Lake City ComicCon 2017
    — Arcanum - 2017-09-23#
  5. ↑ Rhythm of War chapter 47#
  6. ↑ Rhythm of War chapter 73#
  7. ↑ Rhythm of War chapter 116#
  8. ↑ Words of Radiance signing Dayton
    — Arcanum - 2014-03-19#
  9. ↑ Shadows of Self Chicago signing
    — Arcanum - 2015-10-12#
  10. ↑ Steelheart Seattle signing
    — Arcanum - 2013-10-14#
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