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'''Thunderclasts''' are giant stone monsters from [[Roshar]] that formserve part[[Odium]] during ofthe [[OdiumDesolation]]'s forces.{{book ref|sasa1|part=prelude}}{{book ref|sa3|115}}

Although warped and twisted, thundercaststhunderclasts seem to retain some level of personality, enough so to answer to names and have a concrete sense of their gender. While they can obey commands, however, they do not seem capable of communicating themselves.{{book ref|sa3|117}} They are capable of making earth-shaking roars and trumpeting sounds to express their emotions, though.{{book ref|sa3|120}}

Despite being made of the same material as their targets, they do not crack, and it seems they cannot be destroyed by ordinary means, although hammers are given as a viable option for combating them.{{book ref|sa3|116}}{{book Thereref|sa2|4}} are,Another however,viable away fewto knowndeal ways to combatwith them. One is to cut them up with [[Shardblade]]s to the point where a thunderclast isthey're no longer mobile, although this carries significant dangerrisk to both people and their surroundings. AIndeed, [[TruthwatcherAdolin]] cantheorizes alsothat usekilling [[Illumination]]thunderclasts towas banishin afact thunderclast,the althoughoriginal whetherpurpose thisof isShardblades, deadlyan foridea themirrored spiritby withinSzeth's isthoughts unknownon them.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}}{{book ref|sa3|120}} [[Nightblood]], on the other hand, can kill them for good.{{book ref|sa3|117}}

While it's unknown for how long they've been in [[Odium]]'s service, Thunderclaststhunderclasts date back to the [[Desolation]]s of old, even back to [[Nohadon]]'s times.{{book ref|sa1|60}} People back then knew to look out for them, and sent out hunting parties, although only [[Knights Radiant]]s were capable of fighting them.{{book ref|sa2|4}} They were powerful enough to pose dangers even to the [[Herald]]s, with [[Kelek]] in particular dying to them several times.{{book ref|sasa1|part=prelude}} After the [[Aharietiam]], however, thunderclasts passed on into myths. By the [[Era of Solitude]], there were numerous stories about [[Voidbringer]]s with bodies of stone, likely as a cultural memory of the thunderclasts.{{book ref|sa1|3}}{{book ref|sa2|51}}

Thunderclasts appeared a few times in [[Dalinar's visions]]. When he meetsmet [[Nohadon]], he saw numerous corpses of them littering the battlefield;{{book ref|sa1|60}}and, whenin a separate vision in which he participated in a hunt for a corrupted spren on the [[Purelake]], he witnessed one rip itself out of the ground.{{book ref|sa1|60}}{{book ref|sa2|4}} However, they didn't make their proper debut in the modern era until the [[Siege of Kholinar]]. Then, when at least one thunderclast participated in the main attack, easily breaking down the city wall and ruiningdecimating numerous buildings in theits wake of its passing.{{book ref|sa3|83}}{{book ref|sa3|epilogue}}

In the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], Odium called two singer[[Cognitive soulsShadow | Cognitive Shadows]] -- [[Kai-garnis]] and [[Yushah]] -- to create thunderclasts. After Yushah broke through the wall, he sent her after the [[Thaylen Gemstone Reserve]], while Kai-garnis went to assist the [[Fused]] in taking the [[Thaylen City]] [[Oathgate]]. Both were eventually taken downdefeated; Yushah iswas destroyed killedpermanently by [[Szeth]] andwith [[Nightblood]],{{wob ref|10440}} while Kai-garnis iswas banishedimmobilized by [[Renarin]], withand [[Adolin]]'sfled andher [[Hrdalm]]'sstone assistancebody.{{book ref|sa3|117}}{{book ref|sa3|120}}