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|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
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The '''Oathpact''' is an
== 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 [[Surge]]s with [[Voidlight]].
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.
With the Oathpact weakened and the Everstorm present on Roshar, the Fused only returned to Braize briefly and were reborn in the next Everstorm.{{book ref|sa2|88}} The potential restoration of the Oathpact was a subject of some discussion among the modern day Radiants seeking to defeat the Fused. Jasnah Kholin considered trying to locate a Herald to ask them to return to Damnation or kill them to seal away the Fused again.{{book ref|sa3|39}} The Oathpact was later destroyed completely with the true death of Jezrien, although a "ghost" of it remains.{{wob ref|15006}} Dalinar approached Ishar who in a moment of lucidity claimed the Oathpact could be reset, although he said that he will need Dalinar's help to complete the task.{{book ref|sa4|111}}
== Mechanics ==
{{image|Ending the Oathpact by Katie Payne.jpg|side=right|height=300px|End of the Oathpact}}
The Heralds and the Shard [[Honor]] were the only two parties who were part of the Oathpact.{{wob ref|2898}} [[Odium]] being bound to the [[Roshar]] System was not a direct result of the Oathpact but the Oathpact is part of it. {{wob ref|6273}}▼
The Oathpact can be visualized by a Bondsmith as a network of Connections between each individual Herald and their fellows.{{book ref|sa4|47}} Dalinar saw the Oathpact and noted a particularly strong, still potent connection when he touched [[Nale]] with [[Bondsmith]] powers.
▲The Heralds and the Shard [[Honor]] were the only two parties who were part of the Oathpact.{{wob ref|2898}} [[Odium]] being bound to the [[Roshar]]
While the Oathpact still remains,{{wob ref|10561}} how much is unknown. [[Ishar]] implied that there is a way to reset the Oathpact when he shortly regained sanity. He instructed Dalinar to meet him in Shinovar and let a Radiant swear an Ideal near him to proceed. Even after the Oathpact was abandoned by nine of the Heralds, the Connection that remained between them still allowed each Herald to sense the others to some extent.{{epigraph ref|sa4|79}} This allowed all the Heralds to sense when Jezrien was permanantly killed by [[Moash]], which manifest a terrible ripping sensation internally, leaving behind a sensation of an empty place or loss inside themselves.{{book ref|sa3|121}} However, the Oathpact still remained intact even though one of its members was in the Beyond, with only Jezrien's Connection to the others being completely severed.{{book ref|sa4|47}}
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