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'''Talenel''', known as '''Talenelat'Elin''' in [[Vorinism]] and '''Tuk''' in [[Tukar]] and nicknamed '''Taln''' or '''Talat''', is one of the ten [[Herald]]s of the [[Almighty]] and patron of the [[Order of Stonewards]].{{book ref|sa1|epilogue}}{{epigraph ref|sa2|37}} He is often titled the '''Herald of War''',{{book ref|sa3|47}} or the '''Herald of Soldiers'''.{{book ref|sa3|59}} At [[Aharietiam]], he was abandoned by the rest of the Heralds and forced to
== Appearance and Personality ==
As one of the [[Herald]]s of the [[Almighty]], Taln is a [[Cognitive Shadow]] capable of resurrection.{{wob ref|1537}} Upon death, he returns to [[Damnation]] to be tortured unceasingly,{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}} and returns to [[Roshar]] when he or any other Herald breaks. He is ageless, like the other Heralds.{{book ref|sa3|121}} He is the only Herald who has never broken.{{book ref|sa3|38}}{{wob ref|14869}}
Serving as
=== Shardwielding and Surgebinding ===
== History ==
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=== Early Life ===
Talenel was born on [[Ashyn]] over seven-thousand years before the True Desolation,{{book ref|sa4|14}}{{book ref|sa4|76}}{{wob ref|11945}} and was a soldier and bodyguard.{{wob ref|11400}}
At some point during his life, Ashyn was scoured by uncontrolled Surgebinding, leaving most of the planet uninhabitable, and forcing him, along with much of the Ashynite population, to flee to Roshar.{{wob ref|9464}}{{wob ref|14434}}{{book ref|sa3|115}}{{au ref|Roshar}} Where they were accepted by the Singers and given the land that would come to be Shinovar.{{book ref|sa3|115}}
He was not initially intended to number among the Heralds and he was the only Herald who was not a king, scholar, or general.{{book ref|sa3|117}}{{wob ref|11400}}
=== Herald of the Almighty ===
=== Aharietiam ===
After
=== Return to Kholinar ===
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Around four and a half millennia later, on the {{rosharan date|1174|9}} of the Vorin Calendar, not long after the [[Battle of the Tower]], Talenel returned to Roshar from Damnation.{{book ref|sa1|epilogue}} The [[Oathpact]] was made in such a way that the only way for the Heralds to return to Roshar was for them to break at the torture. However, Talenel did not break this time, and it is currently unclear what caused his return or where exactly he ended up.{{wob ref|14869}} He was covered in condensation and had twigs and leaves stuck in his beard as he quickly rushed to [[Kholinar]], cutting through the city gate with his [[Honorblade]] to give warning to the [[Alethi]] that the [[True Desolation]] was upon them. [[Hoid]] knew when and where Taln would arrive and was waiting in Kholinar for him. After his proclamation, Taln promptly collapsed.{{book ref|sa1|epilogue}}
=== Travel to the Shattered Plains ===
He is referred to as the '''Ancient of Stones''' in the [[Diagram (literature)|Diagram]]. It is unclear if this title is unique to the Diagram, or if it is in more general use amongst Vorins.{{epigraph ref|sa2|83}}
While his role in the western culture isn't well-known, he is counted among the lesser gods under [[Tashi]].{{book ref|sa2.5|8}} In [[
== Taln's Mantra ==
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