Difference between revisions of "Mayalaran"

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In the [[Physical Realm]], Maya appears as a Shardblade. The blade itself is shaped like a larger version of a standard longsword, and bears some resemblance to the enormous two-handed broadswords traditionally wielded by the [[Horneater]]s. The cutting edge is smooth and sinuous, like an eel, while the back has ridges of crystal.{{book ref|sa2|14}}. When summoned, the mist it forms from is in the shape of vines.{{wob ref|7095}}

Not much is known about Maya's personality. Her face is devoid of emotion at all times{{book ref|sa3|101}}{{book ref|sa3|117}} and she mostly communicates through screeching.{{book ref|sa3|89}}{{book ref|sa3|117}} She always follows Adolin unless prevented, as deadeye spren follow or search out their corpses.{{book ref|sa3|101}} However, she did, of her own volition, protect him from a Fused. During the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], after Adolin talks to her, she tells him her name and even appears in his hand in seven heartbeats instead of the usual ten.{{book ref|sa3|120}} She later replicated this during a battle in [[Jah Keved]].{{book ref|sa4|i|4}} When Adolin gives her to [[Hrdalm]], she sends him a sensation of resigned agreement.{{book ref|sa3|120}} This suggests that rather than "dead", she -- and, by extension, other deadeyes -- is simply broken.

Mayalaran was killed by her bonded Edgedancer when they abandoned their oaths, believing that the [[Nahel Bondbond]] would bring about the destruction of [[Roshar]] the way it had for humanity's homeworld, [[Ashyn]].{{book ref|sa3|113}} During Adolin's trial, she reveals that she, along with all the other deadeyes, had chosen to sacrifice themselves through the Recreance: they were willing partners to the end of the Knights Radiant.{{book ref|sa4|94}}

At the [[Thaylen City]] Oathgate in Shadesmar, Maya protected Adolin from one of the [[Fused]] without prompting and as a result she was stabbed with a sword, but didn't react beyond screeching.{{book ref|sa3|117}} Later, once they reached Thaylen City proper, she and Adolin faced the [[thunderclast]]. Adolin believed she was made to fight them, being overly long for dueling, and that she wanted to fight because it reminded her of when she was alive. In response, she told him her name.{{book ref|sa3|120}} During their fight, Adolin was able to summon her in only seven heartbeats after he pled with her to appear before the thunderclast caught him.{{book ref|sa3|120}} After being too injured to continue, he loaned Maya to [[Hrdalm]], to which she responded with a sense of resigned agreement.{{book ref|sa3|120}}.