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The '''Weeping''' is a four weeks long period of time on [[Roshar]], marking the end of the planet's five-hundred-day year.{{book ref|sa1|44}} The [[singer]]s call it the lull.{{book ref|sa2|i|11}}

 

== Description ==

In the weeks preceding the Weeping, [[highstorm]]s grow more and more infrequent, before eventually stopping altogether.{{book ref|sa1|25}} A few days after the last highstorm, the skies cloud over and it begins to rain. The rain continues ceaselessly for two weeks until '''Lightday''', the Rosharan New Year.{{book ref|sa1|44}} On Lightday, one of two things happen. If the Lightday marks the start of an even-numbered year, the day will be calm - such years are called Light Years. At the start of odd-numbered years, the Weeping is instead interrupted by a highstorm.{{book ref|sa2|76}} Following Lightday are two more weeks of constant rain.{{book ref|sa2|46}}{{ref|text=Note that a week on Roshar is five days long, so a full Weeping takes twenty days, not twenty eight.|group=footnote}} At the end of the Weeping, the highstorms return, albeit initially weaker than usual.{{book ref|sa1|4}}