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{{character
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|abilities={{tag+|Cognitive Shadow}}, {{tag+|Shardbearer}} <small>(formerly)</small>
|titles={{tag+|herald}}, Patron of the [[Order of Elsecallers|Elsecallers]]
|aliases=Battah, Dova
|groups={{tag|Diagram|link=Diagram (group)
|world=
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
}}
{{quote
|Sweet wisdom of Battar.
== Attributes and Abilities ==
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== History ==
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Battar was born on [[Ashyn]] and
Eventually, she and the other Heralds grew exhausted with this endless cycle of war and torture. When [[Ishar]] suggested that one person might be enough to hold the [[Oathpact]], she and the others abandoned [[Taln]] to his fate, leaving their [[Honorblade]]s behind. From then on out, they hid among the human populace.{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}} Most of her actions in the intervening four and a half millennia are unknown.
== Culture ==
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{{quote
|Battah send that girl some sense to go with her intelligence.
}}
Battar has been worshipped since the [[Silver Kingdoms]] Epoch, with people swearing by her name even in-between the [[Desolation]]s.{{book ref|sa1|19}} In the modern [[Vorin]] tradition, she's known as '''Battah'Elin''', and is associated with the number seven (Betab), the [[Ten Essences|Essence]] of
There is a temple to her in several major Vorin cities.{{map ref|Kholinar}}{{map ref|Thaylen City}} The temple of Battah in [[Thaylen City]] is particularly notable -- it is the oldest in the city, and a must-see location for every arriving dignitary.{{book ref|sa3|59}}
== Notes ==
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