Difference between revisions of "True Desolation"

Correcting details on the voidspren's activities with the listeners.
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The True Desolation formally began when, after four and a half millennia of torture, the Herald [[Talenel]] finally broke and allowed the Fused to return to Roshar. He then returned to Roshar to warn the people of their coming and prepare them to fight, arriving outside of [[Kholinar]]. Upon entering the city, he proclaims that the Desolation has come and that he has failed, before falling to the ground, unconscious.{{book ref|twok|epilogue}} Talenel is later brought to the [[Shattered Plains]] where he is widely viewed as a madman. He repeats the same mantra warning of the coming desolation.{{book ref|sa2|i|7}}
 
Meanwhile, some [[voidspren]] were laying the groundwork for the Fused to return. One, [[Ulim]], successfully made contact with the singer [[Venli]], who was researching new forms to help the [[Listener]]s fight the [[War of Reckoning]] against the Alethi. SheWith Ulim's help, Venli discovered [[Regal#stormform|stormform]], and while Venli intended to be the first to take this form, was convinced by her sister [[Eshonai]] to that she should take it instead, whowith Eshonai's views that Venli's work as a scholar being too important if there were problems. Together, Venli and Eshonai then convinced most of the rest of their people to likewise adopt it.{{book ref|sa2|i|4}}{{book ref|sa2|i|11}} During the [[Battle of Narak]], the stormform singers used its power to summon a new storm of Odium, known as the [[Everstorm]]. Much like the [[highstorm]], it continually rounds the planet, though in the opposite direction.{{book ref|sa2|87}} It restored Connection and Identity to the singers and allows the Fused to be reborn in the body of a singer as it passes over a region.{{book ref|sa3|17}}{{book ref|sa3|38}}
 
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