Editing Dawnsinger

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|related=[[Vorinism]]
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
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|The Dawnsingers weren’t spren, as theology has often postulated. Nor were they Heralds. They were parshmen.
|[[Jasnah Kholin]]{{book ref|sa3|111}}
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The '''Dawnsingers''' are the original native people of [[Roshar]], ancient [[singers]] that predated the arrival of humans and [[Odium]] on the planet.{{wob ref|1723}}{{book ref|sa3|111}}

==Legends==
Like other ancient Rosharan concepts, [[Vorin]] legends obfuscated the true nature of the Dawnsingers for centuries, if not millennia. The ardentia believe them to be healing [[spren]] sent by the [[Almighty]] to care for humans.{{book ref|sa1|45}} They are also said to be the origin of [[glyphs]] and letters.{{book ref|sa1|45}}

Some [[lighteyed|lighteyes]] believe that certain cities known as "[[Dawncities]]" can trace their origins back to the Dawnsingers. These claims seem to stem from the spectacular organic architecture that mirrors specific [[cymatics|cymatic]] patterns in cities such as [[Sesemalex Dar]] and surpasses known human capabilities, but there is no direct evidence of the origin of these cities.{{book ref|sa1|54}}

==History==
The discovery of the [[Eila Stele]] refuted many of the legends surrounding the Dawnsingers. The stele contained the oldest known text on Roshar, written by a Dawnsinger in their native language known as [[Dawnchant]].{{book ref|sa3|111}}{{wob ref|8356}} It recounted the arrival of humans to Roshar after they destroyed their home planet of [[Ashyn]],{{book ref|sa3|111}}{{wob ref|12228}} possibly using a [[Dawnshard]] in some way.{{book ref|sa3|113}} The Dawnsingers took pity on the humans and gave them the land that became [[Shinovar]].{{book ref|sa3|113}}{{wob ref|12228}} After the humans arrived, they betrayed the Dawnsingers and even turned their gods "of spren, stone, and wind" against them; this presumably referred to the power of [[Surgebinding]] being granted to humans, which motivated the spren to begin forming [[Nahel bond]]s with them.{{epigraph ref|sa2|28}}{{book ref|sa3|111}} [[Odium]] was involved in these events, and the Dawnsingers considered him a god of the humans.{{wob ref|8808}} The Dawnsingers believed that Odium sucked in all emotion, and therefore named the humans the "[[Voidbringer]]s".{{book ref|sa3|111}}

==Legacy==
The Dawnsingers are the ancestors of modern singers, including the [[listener]]s. Some of the songs of the listeners&mdash;including the [[Song of Spren]], the [[Song of Secrets]], and the [[Song of Histories]]&mdash;mention the ancient history of the singers. They refer to the perceived betrayal perpetrated by humans and spren, and go on to mention the adoption of [[Regal|forms of power]] to help fight back (and some unintended consequences).{{epigraph ref|sa2|32}}{{epigraph ref|sa2|34}}{{epigraph ref|sa2|30}} However, this history is "fraught" and the songs are not entirely consistent.{{wob ref|11229}}

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