The Heralds are Cognitive Shadows capable of repeatedly returning back to life and have become so heavily Invested they are no longer human. Shallan's recollection on what she was taught about the Heralds. The shock of it sent Taln and Shalash unconscious. At the same time, Jezrien, hiding as a drunkard in the captured Kholinar, was killed by Moash in a way that made him permanently incapable of returning. After surviving the fighting, Shalash attempted to bring Taln with her to Ishar, but the two were intercepted by Jasnah Kholin before they could make it to the Oathgates. Īsh and Taln met again during the Battle of Thaylen Field. She was eventually pointed on the right track by Mraize. At the same time, Shalash was searching for Taln, aware that, if the Desolation has returned, so had he. When Dalinar Kholin sought to bring Tukar into his alliance, Ishar refused him, claiming that instead, it was Dalinar's forces who should bow down to him, and give Urithiru over to him, which was met with no answer. Some of the Heralds, such as Nale, initially refused to believe a new Desolation had arrived, though he was convinced upon seeing the awakening of the Parshmen. He was initially disbelieved by Rosharans, who assumed him to be some random madman, which was further confirmed, in their eyes, by his deranged, near-catatonic behavior. Sometime around the year 1173, Taln was finally returned to Roshar to proclaim a new Desolation, although he did not break. A death rattle collected by the Diagram. At some point, perhaps in pursuit of this goal, he and Kalak found themselves in the Kholinar palace on the night of king Gavilar's assassination. When Nale came to him with questions about the possibility of a new Desolation arriving, Ishar told him that the return of Knights Radiant could prompt it, causing Nale to travel the world killing any potential Surgebinders. He took over the country of Tukar, becoming its god-priest, and started to swing wildly between megalomania and the desire to end his own existence. While Shalash and Nale both believed that Ishar remained unaffected, he, too, went mad. Nale grew compassionless Kalak became paranoid Jezrien started to drink heavily Shalash began to track down and destroy her own artwork. Over time, the mental state of the Heralds deteriorated. The only one to recover his Honorblade was Nale, who also remained in touch with the Order of Skybreakers, eventually joining them and becoming their leader. At the same time, the nine living Heralds went on to live among the people of Roshar, hiding their true nature. This event marked the end of the Heraldic Epoch įor the next four and a half thousand years, Taln remained on Braize, being tortured by the voidspren to make him break and allow them to return. To hide this fact, they told the ordinary people that the Desolations were over, and that they would take the fight to the Tranquiline Halls. And so, the Heralds decided to abandon Taln to his fate, leaving their Honorblades - and the Oathpact - behind. Those who survived were supposed to return voluntarily however, Ishar theorized that one Herald remaining in Braize was sufficient to keep the Oathpact going. Things came to a head in the Aharietiam, a Desolation where only one Herald, Taln, died in battle. Įventually, the pattern of continuous resurrections and torture led to the Heralds growing increasingly stressed and psychologically damaged, making the period between the Desolations shorter as they broke faster and faster. The last to do so was Nale, who initially rejected the Skybreakers even when they called him their master. Ishar imposed structure upon them, creating the Knights Radiant, and each Herald took patronage over the Order that matched their Surges. The Heralds found that surprising, but had no compunctions against using the Surgebinders in battle. Īt some point, the spren began mimicking their abilities, creating the first Surgebinders. At this point, the Heralds would be returned to Roshar and resurrected to push Odium's forces back. They would attempt to hide, but eventually, Odium's forces would track them down and begin torturing them until one of the Heralds broke. At the end of each one, they would travel to Braize, their presence there preventing the voidspren and the Fused from returning to Roshar. Kalak after centuries of Desolations įrom there on, the Heralds were stuck in the cycle of Desolations.
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