Difference between revisions of "Roshar"

Though once the planet's dominant species, in the [[Era of Solitude]], the [[singer]]s have been subdued by humans. Majority of their species are [[Parshmenparshmen]], singers whose [[Identity]] and [[Connection]] have been stripped from them by the capture of [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]], rendering them mostly docile and wordlessly obedient.{{book ref|sa1|44}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|80}} The singer culture of old has only been preserved by the [[Last Legion]], or listeners, on the [[Shattered Plains]] - the last enclave of the non-[[Parshmenparshmen]] singers on Roshar - and the [[Fused]], spirits of long-dead singers, on [[Braize]].

Following the [[Everstorm]], the Parshmenparshmen's Identity and Connection were restored, returning them to full sentience.{{book ref|sa3|10}} The listeners, on the other hand, were all but decimated, first by the storm and then by becoming possessed by the Fused, with only a small group escaping west.{{book ref|sa3|i|7}} The current singer culture, such as it is, is mostly based around following the word of the Fused like gospel; however, the former Parshmenparshmen retain some of the culture of their states of origin - for example, in [[Azir]] they attempted to sue the government for backpay, while in [[Thaylenah]], they took to the sea.{{book ref|sa3|121}}{{book ref|sa3|12}}