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The '''True Desolation''' follows the [[Era of Solitude]] on [[Roshar]]. [[Odium]] and his servants wage war against the rest of Roshar, hoping to eventually allow the [[Shard]] to break free of the ties bonding him to the [[Rosharan system]]. The term '''[[Night of Sorrows]]''' is often used as an apparent synonym for the True Desolation, although there may be some nuance between the two terms.{{book ref|sa1|52}}

Around the time of the [[False Desolation]], the newest generation of Radiants learned that humans were not native to Roshar and had essentially been taking the [[singer]]s' land for millennia. Around this time, something—possibly [[Melishi]] trapping the [[Unmade]] [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]]—caused the singers to be stripped of their [[Connection]] and [[Identity]], leaving them mostly unable to act for themselves. [[Honor]] did not support the Radiants through these events, instead raving about how they would destroy Roshar. As a result, all of the Knights Radiant except the [[Order of Skybreakers]] broke their [[Immortal Words|oaths]], killing their [[spren]] in an event known as the [[Recreance]]. Some time after this, Odium finally [[Splinter]]ed Honor, though not before Honor was able to make some arrangements to guide the people of Roshar through the coming fight with Odium.{{book ref|sa3|113}}

Sometime prior to the reunification of [[Alethkar]], the [[Stormfather]] began sending the [[Dalinar's visions|visions]] that Honor had recorded to potential [[Order of Bondsmiths|Bondsmiths]] to warn them of Odium's coming, guide them to refound the Knights Radiant, and encourage them to unify Roshar against the threat of Odium and his armies. [[Gavilar Kholin]] received these visions prior to his death, and, shortlyhe thereaftergot in contact with [[Dalinar KholinThaidakar]] beganand to[[Restares]], receivesomehow themgetting ashis well.{{bookhands ref|sa3|28}}upon TheVoidlight sprenand wereAnti-Voidlight, alsoand awareforming ofa Odium'splan impendingto returnbring andback athe fewFused.{{book Radiantref|sa3|prologue}} sprenShortly beganafter toGavilar’s returndeath toin the{{rosharan date|1167|10}}, [[PhysicalDalinar RealmKholin]] began to bondreceive withthese potentialvisions Radiantsas well.{{book ref|sa3|28}}

The True Desolation formally began when,due afterto unknown reasons, four and a half millennia of torture,after the Herald [[TalenelAharietiam]], finally broke and allowedallowing the Fused to return to Roshar. HeThe Herald [[Talenel]] 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}}