Difference between revisions of "Day of Recreance"

|effects=Death of Radiant [[spren]], Disbandment of the Knights Radiant

| That they responded immediately and with great consternation is undeniable, as these were primary among those who would forswear and abandon their oaths. The term Recreance was not then applied, but has since become a popular title by which this event is named.

| [[Words of Radiance (in-world)|Words of Radiance]] chapter 38, page 6{{epigraph ref|sa2|40}}

The '''Day of Recreance''' was the final act of the [[Knights Radiant]], around two-thousand Rosharan years before the [[True Desolation]].{{book ref|sa3|56}}{{wob ref|9655}} Nine of the ten orders abandoned their [[Shardblade]]s and [[Shardplate]] and broke their oaths, killing their [[spren]]. The [[Order of Skybreakers]] was the one order that did not participate; instead, the Skybreakers hid themselves away.{{book ref|sa3|40}} For around two thousand years{{wob ref|9655}}{{book ref|sa3|56}}, the reason for the Recreance remained unknown until it was rediscovered in the [[Eila Stele]] during the [[True Desolation]].

| Regardless, I . . . understand now as I never did before. The ancient Radiants didn’t abandon their oaths out of pettiness. They tried to protect the world. I blame them for their weakness, their broken oaths. But I also understand.

| The [[Stormfather]]'s thoughts on the Recreance{{book ref|sa3|113}}

The Knights Radiant somehow discovered that [[Surgebinding]] had destroyed [[Ashyn]], the world mankind first inhabited, and that humans then invaded Roshar, the [[Dawnsingers]]' land. When previous generations had learned this fact, [[Honor]] had counseled them that their cause was just. During the generation of the Recreance, Honor was deteriorating under the onslaught of Odium and did not do so. Instead, he raved about the [[Dawnshard]]s, ancient weapons responsible for the destruction of Ashyn, and promised the Radiants they would also destroy [[Roshar]]. In order to save the world, nine Ordersorders decided to give up their powers so that Roshar wouldn't be destroyed like their first world was.{{book ref|sa3|113}} There were also other motivations for the Recreance, but these are currently unclear, but likely has to do with the imprisoning of Ba-Ado-Mishram during the False Desolation.{{book ref|sa4|94}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|94}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|97}}{{book ref|sa4|115}}

[[Mayalaran]] indicated that the Recreance was a conscious choice, with the Knights and their bonded spren in agreement, and not the grievous betrayal of spren by the Ordersorders that were previously assumed by humans and spren alike.{{book ref|sa4|94}}

:''See also: [[Feverstone Keep]]''

| This act of great villainy went beyond the impudence which had hitherto been ascribed to the orders; as the fighting was particularly intense at this time, many attributed this act to a sense of inherent betrayal; and after they withdrew, about two thousand made assault upon them, destroying much of the membership; but this was only nine of the ten, as one said they would not abandon their arms and flee, but instead entertained great subterfuge at the expense of the other nine.

| Words of Radiance, Chapter 38, page 20{{epigraph ref|sa2|41}}

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