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{{magical entities
|image=Midnight Mother 1.jpg
|magictype={{tag+|Splinter}}s of [[Odium]]
|sapient=Some
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
{{spoiler|sa4}}
{{quote
|The Unmade are a deviation, a flair, a conundrum that may not be worth your time. You cannot help but think of them. They are fascinating. Many are mindless. Like the spren of human emotions, only much more nasty. I do believe a few can think, however.
|From the ''[[Diagram (literature)|Diagram]]'', Book of the 2nd Desk Drawer: paragraph 14{{epigraph ref|sa2|81}}
}}
The '''Unmade''' are a group of nine{{book ref|sa3|1}} ancient and twisted [[spren]]{{book ref|sa3|62}} on [[Roshar]] comprised of [[Splinter]]s of [[Odium]].{{wob ref|1672}} They are regarded as minions of Odium,{{book ref|sa3|1}} but not all of them continue to do his bidding.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}}{{book ref|sa4|112}} While they are traditionally depicted as personifications of destruction or forces, some of them are cognizant individuals.{{epigraph ref|sa1|45}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|91}} Each Unmade is endowed with vast and terrible powers,{{epigraph ref|sa3|89}} although the intelligence of the Unmade varyvaries drastically.
 
[[Ba-Ado-Mishram]], the most intelligent of the Unmade, has three parts in her compound name,{{book ref|sa4|interlude|2}} while [[Re-Shephir]], [[Sja-anat]], and [[Yelig-nar]] have two parts in a compound name and have displayed a level of awareness.{{epigraph ref|sa1|45}}{{book ref|sa4|interlude|2}}{{book ref|sa3|31}} Unmade such as [[Nergaoul]] and [[Ashertmarn]], have shown themselves to be mere creatures of instinct.{{epigraph ref|sa3|106}}{{book ref|sa3|120}}
 
== Characteristics ==
 
[[Sja-anat]] believes Odium could unmake the Unmade again. This would steal their memories and rip them to pieces. She also fears he will unmake her children, both true spren and lesser spren, to the same effect.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}}
 
It is uncertain what the Unmade were before becoming corrupted. Upon her confrontation with [[Re-Shephir]], [[Shallan]] believes her to have originally been a [[creationspren]], but later thinks it might in fact have been ''human''.{{book ref|sa3|30}}{{book ref|sa3|32}}
 
=== Functioning ===
 
In creating Unmade, Odium trapped them in a halfway existence, many not fully belonging to the Physical or Cognitive Realms. Sja-anat experiences a shadowy version of both Shadesmar and the Physical Realm at the same time, feeling the distance dilation between the two dilate as she moves.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}}
 
Some of the Unmade manifest various forms in the Physical Realm if they reside too long in the same place or are pulled through by strong emotions.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}}
Some are practically mindless, more like emotion spren, others are intelligent, crafty and conniving.{{epigraph ref|sa3|81}}{{book ref|sa4|i|2}}
 
Unmade are [[Investiture|Invested]] enough that they have been able to push through [[Urithiru]]'s [[suppression fabrial|suppression]] effect, depending on the circumstances.{{book ref|sa4|14}}{{book ref|sa4|40}}{{book ref|sa4|49}} Although not as Invested as the Stormfather or Nightblood, they are still more Invested than the Vessel of a Shard (though obviously not the Shard itself).{{wob ref|16311}}
 
Buildings under the influence of an Unmade cannot be drawn by [[Order of Lightweavers|Lightweavers]].{{book ref|sa3|63}}{{book ref|sa3|30}}
 
=== Capturing ===
Prior to the [[Day of Recreance|Recreance]], a [[Order of Lightweavers|Lightweaver]] managed to trap [[Re-Shephir]], an act previously thought impossible.{{book ref|sa3|30}} Re-Shephir then escaped her imprisonment by unknown means centuries before the [[True Desolation]]. After the [[Alethi]] arrived at [[Urithiru]], she once again encountered a Lightweaver, [[Shallan Davar]]. Sensing the similarities between Shallan's powers and those of the Lightweaver who had trapped her in the past, Re-Shephir fled rather than risk being imprisoned again.{{book ref|sa3|30}}
 
The [[Urithiru gem archive]] includes a theory that [[Melishi]], a [[Order of Bondsmiths|Bondsmith]], would be required to trap [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]] in a special prison.{{epigraph ref|sa3|79}} A [[Knights Radiant]] strike team was successful in capturing Ba-Ado-Mishram in a gemstone at the end of the [[False Desolation]], which cut off her [[Connection]] to the [[singers]].{{book ref|sa3|17}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|80}}{{book ref|sa4|73}} Most of the details of this capture are unknown, other than several Heralds, including [[Nale]] and [[Kalak]], being present.{{book ref|sa4|24}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|94}}
 
During the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], [[Dalinar Kholin]] used his intimate knowledge about the Thrill's nature, and the method of capturing spren through coaxing them into a [[polestone|gemstone]], to capture [[Nergaoul]] in the [[King's Drop]].{{book ref|sa3|121}}{{book ref|sa3|120}} It is unclear whether or not he utilized the [[Order of Bondsmiths|Bondsmith]] [[Surgebinding#Adhesion|Surge of Adhesion]] to aid with his [[Connection]] to the Thrill and it is also unknown if this is the same method that the ancient Radiants used.
 
It is also theoretically possible to bind an Unmade to the Physical Realm using a Hemalurgic spike.{{wob ref|16216}}
 
== History ==
=== During the Desolations ===
The origin of the Unmade is uncertain, but they are believed to have come into existence before the start of human civilization on Roshar.{{book ref|sa3|77}} Each would have been considered to be native to Roshar.{{wob ref|15875}} They have been implied to have once been something else before being made into the Unmade,{{book ref|sa3|84}}{{book ref|sa3|32}} but for now there is no indication what they once were. They were active in the Desolations, aiding Odium's troops in the conflict with their various skills.{{book ref|sa3|77}} Urithiru was equipped with some sort of protection against the Unmade.{{epigraph ref|sa3|73}} Between Desolations, the Unmade lose their bond to Odium.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} Since [[Aharietiam]], they have remained subtly active on Roshar, probably operating with diminished capacity. {{book ref|sa3|77}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|92}}{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} They have also slumbered at times, or entered a period of inactivity.{{book ref|sa2|i|14}}{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} About 2,500 years after Aharietiam,{{book ref|sa3|56}} [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]] instigated the [[False Desolation]] by [[Connection|Connecting]] with the [[singer]]s and granting them forms of power and [[Voidlight]], until she was captured in a perfect gemstone by a [[Knights Radiant]] strike team.{{epigraph ref|sa3|80}}{{book ref|sa4|24}}{{book ref|sa4|73}} At some point [[Re-Shephir]] was also imprisoned by a Lightweaver,{{book ref|sa3|30}} but she later escaped captivity.{{book ref|sa3|32}}
 
=== True Desolation ===
About five generations before [[Lunamor]]'s time, his great-great-great-grandfather encountered one of the Unmade in the Horneater Peaks.{{book ref|sa3|38}}
The arrival of the [[Everstorm]] in [[Shadesmar]] revitalized the Unmade.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} As the [[True Desolation]] continued and the [[Fused]] returned, the Unmade's influence increased. The death rattles allowed by the presence of [[Moelach]] have been noted in [[Kharbranth]] and the [[Horneater Peaks]]{{book ref|sa1|71}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|103}}{{book ref|sa3|107}} [[Re-Shephir]] was discovered to be hiding in the core of [[Urithiru]] by the [[Alethi]]{{book ref|sa3|29}} and was driven out by [[Shallan Davar]].{{book ref|sa3|30}} In the besieged city of [[Kholinar]], [[Ashertmarn]]'s influence disrupted the leadership in the city{{book ref|sa3|78}} while [[Sja-anat]] corrupted the [[Oathgate]] spren, turning it into a trap for [[Elhokar]]'s rescue party.{{book ref|sa3|84}} Queen [[Aesudan Kholin]] consumed a gemstone and worked with [[Yelig-nar]], but was eventually consumed by it.{{book ref|sa3|118}} In the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], Yelig-nar joined with [[Meridas Amaram]] for the fighting{{book ref|sa3|118}} and [[Nergaoul]]'s influence helped [[Voidspren]] bond with [[Torol Sadeas|Sadeas]]'s soliders, turning them into warriors for Odium. [[Kaladin]] and his men defeated Yelig-nar, while [[Dalinar Kholin]] successfully managed to capture Nergaoul in a [[King's Drop|perfect gem]]. [[Navani]] has been researching the Unmade,{{book ref|sa3|39}} but little factual information was found on them aside from in [[Hessi]]'s ''[[Mythica]]''.{{book ref|sa3|77}}{{book ref|sa3|72}}▼
 
▲The arrival of the [[Everstorm]] in [[Shadesmar]] revitalized the Unmade.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} As the [[True Desolation]] continued and the [[Fused]] returned, the Unmade's influence increased. The death rattles allowed by the presence of [[Moelach]] have been noted in [[Kharbranth]] and the [[Horneater Peaks]]{{book ref|sa1|71}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|103}}{{book ref|sa3|107}} . [[Re-Shephir]] was discovered to be hiding in the core of [[Urithiru]] by the [[Alethi]]{{book ref|sa3|29}} and was driven out by [[Shallan Davar]].{{book ref|sa3|30}} In the besieged city of [[Kholinar]], [[Ashertmarn]]'s influence disrupted the leadership in the city{{book ref|sa3|78}} while [[Sja-anat]] corrupted the [[Oathgate]] spren, turning it into a trap for [[Elhokar]]'s rescue party.{{book ref|sa3|84}} Queen [[Aesudan Kholin]] consumed a gemstone and worked with [[Yelig-nar]], but was eventually consumed by it.{{book ref|sa3|118}} In the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], Yelig-nar joined with [[Meridas Amaram]] for the fighting{{book ref|sa3|118}} and [[Nergaoul]]'s influence helped [[Voidspren]] bond with [[Torol Sadeas|Sadeas]]'s soliderssoldiers, turning them into warriors for Odium. [[Kaladin]] and his men defeated Yelig-nar, while [[Dalinar Kholin]] successfully managed to capture Nergaoul in a [[King's Drop|perfect gem]]. [[Navani]] has been researching the Unmade,{{book ref|sa3|39}} but little factual information was found on them aside from in [[Hessi]]'s ''[[Mythica]]''.{{book ref|sa3|77}}{{book ref|sa3|72}}
 
=== After the Battle of Thaylen Field ===
[[Nergaoul]]'s gemstone prison was put in an aluminum box and sunk to the bottom of the ocean.{{book ref|sa4|16}}{{wob ref|14613}}
 
[[Re-Shephir]] shared information about the [[Sibling]] with the [[Fused]].{{book ref|sa4|37}}
[[Sja-anat]] has been using her Enlightened [[spren]] children to influence events according to her designs, while trying to convince [[Odium]] she isn't actively trying to undermine him.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} This influence, through the lure of corrupted [[windspren]], allowed [[Taravangian]] to kill Odium's [[Vessel]], [[Rayse]], and take up the [[Shard]] himself.{{book ref|sa4|i|12}}{{book ref|sa4|113}} Also, at [[Shallan]]'s request, Sja-anat sent [[Tumi]], a corrupted [[mistspren]], to investigate bonding a member of the [[Ghostbloods]], but [[Tumi]] chose to bond [[Rlain]] instead, at [[Renarin]]'s suggestion.{{book ref|sa4|13}}{{book ref|sa4|114}}
 
[[Taravangian]]'s [[Diagram (literature)|Diagram]] indicates one or more Unmade has set up in [[Shinovar]].{{book ref|sa4|i|3}} [[Ishar]] claims that he saved the [[Shin]] after they accepted the Unmade and tried to make gods of them.{{book ref|sa4|111}}
 
While negotiating the contest of champions with [[Dalinar]], [[Odium]] claims he can demand the Unmade retreat, but not all currently obey his will.{{book ref|sa4|112}}
=== Ba-Ado-Mishram ===
{{quote
| I find Ba-Ado-Mishram to be the most interesting of the Unmade. She is said to have been keen of mind, a highprincess among the enemy forces, their commander during some of the Desolations. I do not know how this relates to the ancient god of the enemy, named Odium.
| From Hessi's ''Mythica'', page 203{{epigraph ref|sa3|106}}
}}
'''[[Ba-Ado-Mishram]]''' is one of the most intelligent Unmade. She is crafty and conniving.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} She served as one of Odium's commanders in during the [[Desolation]]s.{{epigraph ref|sa3|106}} About 2,500 years after Aharietiam,{{book ref|sa3|56}} she [[Connection|Connected]] with the vast majority of [[singer|singers]] instigating the [[False Desolation]]. She was able to grant them forms of power and provide [[Voidlight]].{{epigraph ref|sa3|80}} A [[Knights Radiant]] strike team captured Ba-Ado-Mishram in a perfect gemstone at the end of the [[False Desolation]], which cut off her Connection to the singers, stealing their minds, and touched the souls of all who belong to [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa3|17}}{{book ref|sa4|49}}{{book ref|sa4|73}} The current location of her gemstone prison is unknown. [[Kalak]] wasand [[Nale]] were present during the capture,{{epigraph ref|sa4|94}}{{book ref|sa4|24}} so hethey may have clues to its location. HeKalak believes Ba-Ado-Mishram should be found and released.{{epigraph ref|sa4|97}} Ba-Ado-Mishram is also being sought by the [[Ghostbloods]] for unknown purposes, possibly to aid their mission of transporting [[Stormlight]] off [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa4|24}}{{book ref|sa4|115}}
 
=== Chemoarish ===
Little is known of the Unmade '''[[Chemoarish]]'''. By the modern [[Era of Solitude]], she is known as the '''Dustmother''' and often is conflated with the [[Nightwatcher]].{{epigraph ref|sa3|108}} There is a variety of lore associated with her, but all of it is currently unknown. In [[Bavland]], her name is invoked as a curse.{{book ref|sa1|i|3}}
 
From the length of her name, it seems unlikely that she is among the more intelligent of the Unmade.
 
=== Dai-Gonarthis ===
{{quote
| Let me no longer hurt! Let me no longer weep! Dai-Gonarthis! The Black Fisher holds my sorrow and consumes it!
| Tanatesach 1173, 28 seconds pre-death. A darkeyed female street juggler. Note similarity to sample 1172-89.{{epigraph ref|sa1|67}}
}}
'''[[Dai-Gonarthis]]''' is, also known as the '''Black Fisher''' is an Unmade of median intelligence.{{epigraph ref|sa1|67}} HeThey hashave not been recorded as active on Roshar recently, but may have been involved in the [[Scouring of Aimia]].{{epigraph ref|sa3|113}} There is some uncertainty in the mythology as to whether Dai-Gonarthis is one of the Unmade, but some scholars are convinced.{{book ref|sa3|119}}
 
=== Moelach ===
{{quote
| Moelach is close. I can hear his wheezing, his scratching, his scraping at time like a rat breaking through walls.
| [[Jezrien]] on Moelach{{book ref|sa3|88}}
}}
'''[[Moelach]]''' is an Unmade closely associated with precognition and visions of the future. His presence is what allows for the [[Death Rattle]]s that King [[Taravangian]] has used to correctmodify the [[Diagram (literature)|Diagram]]. Moelach's appearance is unknown. In the year 1166 Moelach was somewhere near Kholinar, then he took up residence in Kharbranth in the year 1167, then relocated for unknown reasons seven years later to the [[Horneater Peaks]].{{book ref|sa3|88}}{{book ref|sa1|71}}{{book ref|sa3|107}} The reasoning behind this relocation is unknown.
 
=== Nergaoul ===
{{quote
| Nergaoul was known for driving forces into a battle rage, lending them great ferocity. Curiously, he did this to both sides of a conflict, Voidbringer and human. This seems common of the less self-aware spren.
| From Hessi's ''Mythica'', page 121{{epigraph ref|sa3|99}}
}}
'''[[Nergaoul]]''' is a mindless Unmade that is closely associated with battle rage.{{epigraph ref|sa3|99}} Nergaoul is not very intelligent, taking an animalistic joy in death and killing.{{book ref|sa3|120}} He takes the form of an enormous red mist roiling with the forms of men fighting and dying.{{book ref|sa3|115}} Nergaoul causes the effect known as the [[Thrill]], which drives men to fight far beyond when they should have given up and makes them enjoy the killing.{{book ref|sa3|100}} During the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], he was captured within the [[King's Drop]] ruby by Dalinar.{{book ref|sa3|120}} Afterwards, this perfect gemstone was sunk to the bottom of the ocean.{{book ref|sa4|16}}
=== Re-Shephir ===
{{quote
| Re-Shephir, the Midnight Mother, giving birth to abominations with her essence so dark, so terrible, so consuming. She is here! She watches me die!
| Dated Shashabev, 1173, 8 seconds pre-death. Subject: a darkeyed dock-worker in his forties, father of three.{{epigraph ref|sa1|58}}
}}
'''[[Re-Shephir]]''' is also known as the '''Midnight Mother''',{{epigraph ref|sa1|58}} and '''The Spawning Mother'''.{{book ref|sa3|88}} She takes the form of a mass of black tarry substance that is capable of flowing over various surfaces and appears to have screaming faces bubbling to the surface.{{book ref|sa3|29}} Her primary ability is to spawn the [[Midnight Essence]], a type of spren that takes the form of creatures and people they see around them and try to understand humankind by mimicking them. She is a creature of instinct that is drawn to violence and pain.{{book ref|sa3|31}} Before the [[Recreance]], she infiltrated Urithiru and was captured by a [[Order of Lightweavers|Lightweaver]].{{book ref|sa3|30}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|73}} After the Recreance, she escaped imprisonment and inhabited [[Urithiru]] for centuries,{{book ref|sa4|24}} until fleeing the tower as a result of a confrontation with [[Shallan]].{{book ref|sa3|30}} Her current location is unknown, but at some point she reported to the [[Fused]], incorrectly, that the [[Sibling]] was dead.{{book ref|sa4|37}}{{book ref|sa4|49}}
|Sja-anat{{book ref|sa4|i|2}}
}}
'''[[Sja-anat]]''' is known as the '''Taker of Secrets'''.{{book ref|sa3|77}} She takes the form of a jet black shadow that points the wrong way with white holes for eyes{{book ref|sa3|78}} that often appears in mirrors,{{book ref|sa3|84}} as actually seeing her requires reflected light.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} She exists likehalfway one entity inbetween Shadesmar and one entity in the Physical Realm sharing a mind, experiencing both at the same time.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} She considers herself intelligent, but not the most clever of the Unmade.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} Her primary ability is to corrupt spren,{{book ref|sa3|77}} which she refers to as Enlightening.{{book ref|sa3|97}}{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} She is capable of corrupting both lesser spren{{book ref|sa3|97}} and true spren,{{book ref|sa3|116}} as well as larger spren, such as the spren of an [[Oathgate]].{{book ref|sa3|84}} These corrupted spren often act as her servants and messengers.{{book ref|sa3|97}} She is the only Unmade seen actively working against [[Odium]], while at the same time trying to convince him that she is not.{{book ref|sa4|i|2}} While her alligenceallegiance to the humansmankind is uncertain, so far she has taken the following actions against Odium's bidding:
*Sent her children, [[Glys]] and [[Tumi]], to bond allies of the [[Knights Radiant]]; andshe also has more corrupted spren willing to bond.{{book ref|sa4|54}}{{book ref|sa4|114}}
*Saved [[Shallan]] and her companions from death while travellingtraveling through the [[Kholinar]] [[Oathgate]], whose spren she had corrupted.{{book ref|sa3|85}}
*Sent corrupted [[windspren]] to [[Taravangian]] so that he could use them to lure Odium into the presence of [[Nightblood]], use the sword to destroy [[Rayse]], and take up the [[Shard]] of Odium.{{book ref|sa4|i|12}}{{book ref|sa4|113}}
 
=== Yelig-nar ===
{{quote
| Yelig-nar, called Blightwind, was one that could speak like a man, though often his voice was accompanied by the wails of those he consumed.
| [[Traxil]], line 33 - [[Jasnah's notebook]]{{epigraph ref|sa1|45}}
}}
'''[[Yelig-nar]]''' is, also known as '''Blightwind''',{{epigraph ref|sa1|45}} and differs from typicalthe other Unmade in a few ways. Instead of having a specific physical appearance, he is capable of joining with peoplehumans or singers who swallow ahis gemstone, granting them command of the ability[[Surge]]s.{{epigraph toref|sa3|95}}{{book makeref|sa3|118}} use[[Hessi]]'s ofresearch indicates this may include all ten Surges, though given the Voidbringers' view of the Surge of [[SurgeAdhesion]]s.,{{epigraphbook ref|sa3sa4|9531}} Yelig-Nar may only grant the other nine. Those he possesses have red eyes, grow crystals from their bodies, and appear to be wreathed in a black wind.{{book ref|sa3|84}}{{book ref|sa3|120}} It appearsThose that those who join with Yelig-nar must control him if they do not wish to be consumed by him.{{book ref|sa3|118}}
 
== Trivia ==
** [[wikipedia:Chemosh|Chemosh]], god of Moabites and Ammonites, for [[Chemoarish]].
** Unknown [[wikipedia:Cthulhu Mythos deities|Cthulhu Mythos deities]] for [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]] and [[Yelig-nar]].{{wob ref|13089}}
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