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'''Talenel''', nicknamed '''Taln''', and called '''Talenelat''' or '''Stonesinew''' in [[Vorinism]], wasis one of the Ten [[Herald]]s of the [[Almighty]].{{book ref|twok|epilogue}} Taln wasis also referred to as the bearer of all agonies.{{book ref|twok|6}}

Talenel fought the [[Voidbringer]]s in a series of [[Desolation]]s. He typically chose fights believed to be impossible to win and came away victorious, although Taln himself usually lost his life in the process.{{book ref|sa|part=prelude}} Due to Talnel's title of Stonesinew, it is likely that his order of [[Radiant]]s was the the [[Stoneward]]s. He is somehow related to the [[Order of Talenelat]], a [[devotary]] whose membership includedincludes [[Dalinar Kholin]].{{book ref|twok|54}} On Roshar, there wasis also a constellation of stars referred to as [[Taln's Scar]], so it is likely that Taln has a scar of some sort.{{book ref|twok|2}}

Taln wasis bearded with dark brown eyes, and his [[Honorblade]] wasis narrow, long, and shaped like a spike.{{book ref|twok|epilogue}} He wasis one of the more physically powerful characters introduced in the series. He hadhas dark brown skin, like a [[Makabaki]] man.{{book ref|sa2|64}}{{book ref|sa2|88}}

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After [[Aharietiam]], Talenel was left as the only [[Herald]] to keep up the [[Oathpact]].{{book ref|sa1|prelude}} In doing so, he managed to suffersuffered the horrors of his imprisonment in [[Damnation]] for 4,500 years in order to keep the [[desolation]]s at bay.{{book ref|sa1|1}} His continued efforts in this way resulted in peace for mankind on [[Roshar]] for a long time in return for his own mental health.

Although often considered to be simply insane by most, it appears he has managed to keep enough sanity in order to warn others of the coming [[desolation]], but not much more. He does not think the words but simply reciterecites them off.{{book ref|sa2|I|7}}{{book ref|sa2|64}} At his introduction he still remembered who he was and his mission.{{book ref|sa2|I|7}}

During [[Aharietiam]], also known as the Last Desolation, Talenel chose to attempt to hold a passage by a northern waterway, a near impossible task.{{book ref|sa|part=prelude}} While he was successful, he also was killed. Taln was the only Herald to die in the Last Desolation. All of the other surviving Heralds chose to abandon the [[Oathpact]], leaving only Taln bound to it, in hopes of ending the cycle of Desolations without breaking the Oathpact. Talenel alone returned to [[Damnation]]; due to his death he had no choice, but the rest of the Heralds walked free. Unfortunately, the Oathpact was shattered,{{book ref|twok|46}} so their efforts to end the Desolations failed.{{book ref|twok|46}}

Not long after the [[Battle of the Tower]], Talenel returned to Roshar from Damnation. It is uncertain where precisely he returned to, but he was covered in condensation, much like a [[Shardblade]], and had twigs and leaves stuck in his beard. Taln 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. Oddly, [[Hoid]] knew when and where Taln would arrive, and was waiting in Kholinar for him. After his proclamation, Taln promptly collapsed.{{book ref|twok|epilogue}} However, he did not die, as he appears in [[Words of Radiance]]. Unlike Shardblades, which remain when their holder dies,{{book ref|twok|47}} Honorblades vanish when their owner dies{{book ref|twok|prelude}}.

However, when the blade is summoned to confront Amaram it is described as "Widerwider than most, it was... almost cleaver like in appearance".{{book ref|sa2|76}}

Adolin implies it is the same blade that arrives at the ShatterShattered Plains, though, saying "Bless the man for listening to reason and bonding that madman's blade" {{book ref|sa2|85}}. The blades are clearly different in shape, but Shardblades of living spren can change shape. It is unknown whether Honorblades can do the same.

When he appears in [[Kholinar]] to warn of the coming Desolation, he does thisso by cutting right through the city gates and slamming them open, immediately after 4,500 years of torture, showing great endurance.{{book ref|sa1|epilogue}}

He was also described as being a person who would continuously choose to take on seemingly impossible tasks and then give his life in realisingrealizing them.{{book ref|sa1|prelude}}