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== History ==
{{image|Ending the Oathpact by Katie Payne.jpg|side=right|width=400px|Abandoning the [[Oathpact]] with the other [[Herald]]s}}
=== Life on Ashyn and the Expulsion ===
Like most of the Heralds, Ishar was born on [[Ashyn]] prior to mankind's arrival on [[Roshar]], over 7000 Rosharan years before the [[True Desolation]].{{book ref|sa4|14}}{{book ref|sa4|111}} He was either a king, scholar, or general.{{book ref|sa3|38}}
Ishar was the first to be tricked by Odium into experimenting with the Surges that eventually forced the population of [[Ashyn]] to flee to Roshar. He was also the first human on Ashyn to discover how to [[worldhop]], enabling humanity to leave the planet when they needed to flee.{{wob ref|11945}}{{book ref|sa4|111}}
=== Herald of the Almighty ===
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The Oathpact demanded that to stop the [[Desolation]]s, the Heralds had to travel to [[Braize]] after each one ended. This led to them being tortured until at least one broke, sending them all -- and a Desolation -- back to Roshar.{{book ref|sa3|38}} It was during one of those cycles that [[Surgebinder]]s began appearing. Ishar was instrumental in transforming this scattered group into the [[Knights Radiant]], although what precisely he used, other than threats of death and destruction upon those who wouldn't obey, is unknown.{{epigraph ref|sa2|42}} During that time, he also sought a way to preserve information between the Desolations.{{book ref|sa3|47}}
Eventually, however, the Heralds had had enough of their endless torture. After a Desolation in which only [[Taln]] died in battle, Ishar suggested that one person may be enough to keep the following Desolations at bay. And so, the nine agreed to abandon the Oathpact, leaving Taln to suffer alone for over four and a half thousand years.{{book ref|sa1|prelude}}
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|Tashi doesn't care much for what you do here. In fact, I’d pray that he doesn’t reach your city, as I doubt you’d like the consequences.
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{{image|Ishar's Cryptic by Nozomi.png|side=left|width=350px|One of the spren, a [[Cryptic]], Ishar has experimented on}}▼
Ishar's activities after the [[Aharietiam]] are largely unknown. At some point, he met with Nale and convinced him to hunt down and destroy all nascent [[Surgebinder]]s, believing that the return of the [[Knights Radiant]] would unleash a new Desolation.{{book ref|sa2.5|9}} During that time, he also insinuated himself into the politics of [[Tukar]] and became its leader, the god-priest, under the assumed identity of Tezim.{{book ref|sa3|64}} As Tezim, he waged [[Eighty's War]] against [[Emul]].{{book ref|sa3|12}}
=== The True Desolation ===
▲{{image|Ishar's Cryptic by Nozomi.png|side=left|width=350px|One of the spren, a [[Cryptic]], Ishar has experimented on}}
After the [[True Desolation]] began, [[Dalinar]] contacted Tukar, hoping for it to join the fledgling alliance. Ishar refused, and instead demanded ownership of [[Urithiru]] and fealty from the newly refounded [[Knights Radiant]]. He was denied.{{book ref|sa3|24}} Shortly after, [[Nale]] visited him again, hoping to gain more understanding as to why the [[Everstorm]] still happened, despite his efforts. What they talked about is unknown, but Nale later decided to abandon mankind and side with the singers.{{book ref|sa3|121}}
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