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|world=[[Roshar]]
|hq=[[Silent Mount|The Silent Mount]]
|world=[[Roshar]]
|books=[[Stormlight Archive]]
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
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{{quote
| Anak malah kaf, del makian habin yah
| A line from the [[Dawnchant]], meaning, "To be human is to want that which we cannot have."{{book ref|sa1|60}}
}}
The '''Vanrial''' were an order of artists on [[Roshar]] who lived on the slopes of the [[Silent Mount]] in [[Jah Keved]].{{book ref|b|sa1|c|60}} For centuries they sang a song in a language whose meaning had been lost. The Vanrial claimed that the song had been given to them by the [[Herald]]s. Some evidence suggested that the lyrics themselves were in the [[Dawnchant]].
 
There is also a theory that was known as the '''Vanrial Hypothesis'''; what it postulates is unknown.{{book ref|b|sa1|c|60}}
{{quote|Anak malah kaf, del makian habin yah|A line from the [[Dawnchant]]{{ref|b|sa1|c|60}}|}}
 
The '''Vanrial''' were an order of artists on [[Roshar]] who lived on the slopes of the [[Silent Mount]] in [[Jah Keved]].{{ref|b|sa1|c|60}} For centuries they sang a song in a language whose meaning had been lost. The Vanrial claimed that the song had been given to them by the [[Herald]]s. Some evidence suggested that the lyrics themselves were in the [[Dawnchant]].
 
There is also a theory that was known as the '''Vanrial Hypothesis'''; what it postulates is unknown.{{ref|b|sa1|c|60}}
 
The Vanrial were also responsible for preserving the full text of the [[The Way of Kings (in-world)|''The Way of Kings'']] from earlier times in Roshar's history when many other classical works were lost.{{book ref|b|twok|c|45}}
 
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