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Killing Honor did not free Odium from Braize, and the sacrifice of the Herald [[Taln]] meant that he could not send his armies to [[Roshar]]. And so, for the next four and a half thousand years, he prepared for the time when Taln would break, allowing for one last [[Desolation]] -- the [[True Desolation]].{{book ref|sa3|38}}
Odium, though severely limited by Honor's actions, was nonetheless active.
As one of his [[Unmade]], [[Nergaoul]], was still free, Odium sent him to [[Alethkar]] to facilitate the [[Thrill]] among the Alethi. Over the centuries, the battle-rage brought about by Nergaoul became normal, and even desirable to the Alethi men; this developed affinity allowed Odium to control them using the Thrill.{{book ref|sa3|115}} Moreover, the Thrill allowed Odium to groom a champion whom he could later put in command of his armies and use to release himself. In the final decades of the [[Era of Solitude]], such a potential champion appeared in the form of [[Dalinar Kholin]]. Odium focused on him to ensure he had as many hooks in him as possible.{{book ref|sa3|118}}
Odium also focused on the [[listener]]s, a group of [[singers]] that had denied him some centuries prior. On the day of a treaty between them and the Alethi, Odium used one of his [[voidspren]] to lead them to buy an assassin, [[Szeth]], who was used when [[Eshonai]] found out that the Alethi king, [[Gavilar Kholin]], intended to release the very gods the listeners had once fled. Whether Gavilar's plan was inspired by Odium or not, it pushed the listeners to assassinate him, leading to the [[War of Reckoning]].{{book ref|sa3|prologue}} The War brought tremendous losses to the listeners, until the idea of assuming the old forms of power grew appealing to them.{{book ref|sa2|i|4}} Through Ulim, Odium persuaded the listeners to assume [[stormform]] and summon the [[Everstorm]], beginning the True Desolation.{{book ref|sa3|84}}
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