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{{event
|participants=The [[Knights Radiant]]
|effects=Death of Radiant [[spren]], Disbandment of the Knights Radiant
|era=[[Era of Solitude]]
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
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|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}}
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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
== Lead Up ==
:''See also: [[False Desolation]]''
Right before the Recreance, the Radiants had been fighting in the [[False Desolation]]. [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]], one of the nine [[Unmade]], had learned how to [[Connection|Connect]] to the singers to give them forms of power and [[Voidlight]]. The fighting was particularly intense at this time.{{epigraph ref|sa2|41}} In an attempt to stop the fighting, the Radiants sent a strike team to try and imprison Ba-Ado-Mishram using the unique powers of the [[Bondsmiths]]. {{epigraph ref|sa3|79}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|80}} Presumably this strike team succeeded, as the singers lost their [[Identity]] and Connection and were unable to think or act independently, becoming what
While this was occurring, the Knights Radiant were forced to abandon [[Urithiru]]. For some unknown reason, later revealed to be Mishram's imprisonment{{book ref|sa4|49}}, the [[Sibling]] withdrew from the tower. People blamed this
== Cause ==
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|The [[Stormfather]]'s thoughts on the Recreance{{book ref|sa3|113}}
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The Knights Radiant somehow discovered that [[
[[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 orders that were previously assumed by humans and spren alike.{{book ref|sa4|94}}
== Feverstone Keep ==
{{image|The Recreance by Caio Santos.jpeg|side=right|width=500px|The Recreance at Feverstone Keep}}
:''See also: [[Feverstone Keep]]''
According to [[Dalinar's visions]], [[Feverstone Keep]] was one of
The majority of them walked back to the keep. A scout sent out to meet them reported that they were friendly, but the men inside were confused as to why the Radiants were coming. While wearing their Shardplate, the Radiants charged forward in a line. When they stopped just within bowshot, more Windrunners dropped from the sky to join them. One man in a blue cape stepped forward, drove his Blade into the ground, removed his Plate, and turned to walk away. As he did so, the glow of the weapons began to fade. The other Knights followed his lead. There were soldiers waiting for the Radiants to return from the keep.
Men inside the keep came out and examined the discarded weapons. Initially, some officers yelled for the Blades to be left alone. They were quickly overwhelmed, however, as men rushed to claim a weapon. It did not take long for the scramble to deteriorate into a fight, with men using their newly obtained Blades to kill
== Aftermath and Legacy ==
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The Knight's actions during the Recreance led not only to the destruction of the orders as a whole, but also to the deaths of the former members. The sense of betrayal many felt at the act of the Radiants led many people to attack and kill them. The Skybreakers chose to hide their order and take up a mission of preventing the Knights Radiant from rising again, believing it would lead to the return of the [[Voidbringers]] and [[Desolation]]s.{{epigraph ref|sa2|41}}▼
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▲The
Society quickly changed after the Recreance and began to form the culture seen in modern Roshar. Those in power wanted control of the Shardblades. To prevent women from wielding them, they encouraged following [[Arts and Majesty]], a philosophical
Spren societies were completely decimated. The majority of the surviving spren were mere children at the time
▲Society quickly changed after the Recreance and began to form the culture seen in modern Roshar. Those in power wanted control of the Shardblades. To prevent women from wielding them, they encouraged following [[Arts and Majesty]], a philosophical novel claiming masculine arts are two-handed and feminine arts are one-handed. In retaliation, a movement of women claimed the ability to read and write for themselves.{{wob ref|6245}} It is also likely that the division between [[lighteyes]] and [[darkeyes]] was formed during this time. Eye color is connected to the memory of the Radiants.{{wob ref|5546}}{{wob ref|8628}}The lighteyes' authority likely extends from those memories. The majority of lighteyes are descended from people whose eyes changed color, which would mean their ancestors were either Radiants or [[Shardbearer]]s.{{wob ref|81}}
Within two hundred years of the Recreance, knowledge of the Radiants was already beginning to be lost. It was difficult to distinguish facts, superstition, and lore.{{book ref|sa2|77}} At some point, many Shardblades were lost, as hundreds were dropped during the Recreance, and only around eighty are known in the modern world.{{book ref|sa1|52}}▼
▲Spren societies were completely decimated. The majority of the surviving spren were mere children at the time, and were forced to spend centuries without nurture and guidance. It took some spren societies two thousand years to regain the culture they had lost.{{book ref|sa3|47}} Many spren feel a mistrust and dislike of humans as a result. This causes some spren to bond singers or work with the [[Diagram]] rather than support the re-formation of the Knights Radiant and trust humans again.{{book ref|sa3|107}}{{book ref|sa3|121}} Some would even choose to kill humans before allowing the formation of a Nahel bond.{{book ref|sa3|47}}
== Trivia ==
▲Within two hundred years of the Recreance, knowledge of the Radiants was already beginning to be lost. It was difficult to distinguish facts, superstition, and lore.{{book ref|sa2|77}} At some point, many Shardblades were lost, as hundreds were dropped during the Recreance and only around eighty are known in the modern world.{{book ref|sa1|52}}
* [[wikipedia:wikt:recreant|Recreance]], is a word meaning shameful cowardice, lack of faith to one's honor or duty, apostasy, disloyalty, or desertion.
== Notes ==
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