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|From the ''[[Diagram (literature)|Diagram]]'', Book of the 2nd Desk Drawer: paragraph 14{{epigraph ref|sa2|81}}
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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 minions of Odium, doing his bidding.{{book ref|sa3|1}} 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 vary drastically. An Unmade may be captured in a [[polestone]] like other spren, but to do so seems to require both someone who deeply understands them{{epigraphbook ref|sa3|7930}}{{book themref|sa3|120}} and a perfect gemstone.{{book ref|sa3|121}}
 
== History ==
== Capturing ==
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|You see, it can only be bested by someone who deeply, sincerely, '''understands it'''.
|[[Dalinar Kholin]]{{book ref|sa3|120}}.
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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}} This event may have played a role in the [[Knights Radiant]]'s plan to trap Ba-Ado-Mishram in a perfect gemstone, which they believed would require a [[Order of Bondsmiths|Bondsmith]].{{epigraph ref|sa3|79}}
The process for capturing mindless Unmade is thought to be similar to the creation of [[fabrial]]s using [[spren|Rosharan spren]].{{book ref|sa3|120}} The Unmade must be enticed with something which it is highly familiar, and brought close to a gem before it is imprisoned. The Unmade, [[Nergaoul]], has been successfully captured using this method by Dalinar Kholin, whose deep understanding and familiarity with the Thrill allowed him to draw Nergaoul close enough to be captured in the [[King's Drop]]. Capturing an Unmade appears to be non-specific to any given Order as [[Re-Shephir]] is known to have previously been captured into a perfect [[Polestone|gemstone]] by a [[Order of Lightweavers|Lightweaver]].{{book ref|sa3|30}} [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]] is also presumed to have been imprisoned in a gemstone, although it is currently unknown if the method used by Dalinar is the same one that was used to capture Re-Shephir and Ba-Ado-Mishram.
 
Centuries before the [[True Desolation]], Re-Shephir escaped her imprisonment by unknown means. 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}} During the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], [[Dalinar Kholin]] remembered that [[spren]] have to be offered something familiar to coax it into a [[polestone|gem]] to be used in a [[fabrial]].{{book ref|sa3|121}} Using this knowledge, he channeled his past as a warrior, and was able to trap Nergaoul in the [[King's Drop]].{{book ref|sa3|120}}. It is unclear whether this is the same method that the ancient Radiants used.
 
== Trivia ==
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