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The '''Oathpact''' is an oathagreement heldsworn by the [[Herald]]s of [[The Almighty]] tothat protecttrapped the worldFused inon theBraize timesin ofbetween the [[Desolation]]sDesolations.{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}}

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 [[Surge]]s with [[Voidlight]]. EverytimeEvery time a Fused was killed, itsthe soul would simply be born again into a new host. This formedmade an impossible challenge for the humans as their strongest enemies could never be permanently killed, and so came the solution:Oathpact thewas Oathpactcreated to solve this problem.

Five men and five women gave themselves up voluntarily to this pact, who would become 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. OrBut sothe HonorFused thought.tortured Whilethe godsHeralds andon sprenBraize cannotuntil breakone oaths,of menthe can andHeralds willbroke. The Fused capturedThus the Heralds and tortured them. Eventually, one of the HeraldsFused would breakreturn, starting a new Desolation. At the beginning, the Heralds wereheld strong and hundreds of years passed between Desolations.{{book ref|sa3|38}} Around 2500 years later,{{book butref|sa3|38}}{{book nearref|sa4|76}} the end,Heralds started to lose their soulssanity, woreand thin.there Therewas wereless onlythan 2a yearsyear between the last two Desolations, which left humans no time to rebuild society.{{book ref|sa3|38}} To solve this problem, nine Heralds found a way to abandon the Oathpact and Afterleft [[AharietiamTalenel]], thewho Heraldshas realizednever thatbroken, afterto alluphold thatit time,by therehimself.{{book wasref|sa1|part=prelude}} oneThe HeraldHeralds as well as the Stormfather thought that hadthis neverwould brokenend the oathOathpact andentirely, startedat aleast Desolationfor the Heralds abandoning it. [[Talenelat]]However, thedespite Bearerwhat ofthey Agonies.believe, Theall otherthe Heralds abandonedare still bound to the Oathpact,{{wob ref|5186}} although it leavinghas onlybeen Talenelatweakened to upholdthe itpoint byof himselfnear-destruction.{{book ref|sa3|38}} For over four and a half millennia, TalenelatTalenel withstood the torture of the enemy alone, but eventually he finallywas brokereturned to Roshar. Although Talenel did not break, joiningit theis othercurrently nineunknown whowhat stillcaused livehis return.{{wob ref|14869}} This causedcoincided with the True Desolation, currently occurring on Roshar.{{citebook ref|sa3|38}}