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{{character
|image=Ishar Endsheet.jpg
|abilities={{tag+|Cognitive Shadow}}, {{tag+|worldhopping}}, {{tag+|Shardbearer}}
|titles={{tag+|herald}}, Herald of Luck, Herald of Mysteries, Binder of Gods, Patron of the [[Order of Bondsmiths|Bondsmiths]], Creator of the [[Oathpact]], Tezim the Great, Herald of Heralds
|aliases= Ishi, Tashi, Tezim, Ishu-son-God
|world=Roshar
{{for|Herald#Abilities|a general description of Heraldic powers}}
As a [[Herald]], Ishar is immortal. When he dies, he travels to [[Braize]] and can return to Roshar, though at the cost of triggering a [[Desolation]].{{book ref|sa3|64}} He wields an [[Honorblade]], having retrieved it from the Shin after abandoning it at the [[Aharietiam]].{{book ref|sa4|111}} It grants him [[Surgebinding]] of the [[Bondsmiths]], namely the [[Surge]]s of [[Adhesion]] and [[Tension]].
Ishar has mastered his fighting skills throughout the ages, and is capable of fighting multiple Shardbearers with ease.{{book ref|sa4|111}} He is capable of summoning Honor's perpendicularity, draining Stormlight from Radiants by bonding them to the earth and even stealing away a Radiant bond. The Stormfather implies that without Honor to restrict him, the extent of his abilities is unknown.{{book ref|sa4|111}}
=== Binder of Gods ===
{{quote
|But take care; Ishar’s skill as a duelist is a lesser danger. He has recovered his Honorblade. He is a Bondsmith unchained.
|The Stormfather to Dalinar{{book ref|sa4|111}}
}}
Unlike other Heralds, Ishar is sometimes described as having powers even before he became known as a Herald, although whether this means he had them before ''becoming'' a Herald is uncertain. His particular powers are seemingly tied to the [[cosmere]]-wide phenomenon of [[Connection]]. He is often described as the founder of the [[Oathpact]], and is believed to have been the founder of the [[Knights Radiant]], forcing them to organize and adopt precepts to live by, likely to prevent another [[Ashyn]]-like catastrophe.{{epigraph ref|sa2|42}}{{book ref|sa3|64}} Even among the other Heralds, the Radiants were sometimes known as "Ishar's Knights".{{book ref|sa2|63}}
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Like most of the Heralds, Ishar was born prior to mankind's arrival on [[Roshar]],
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}}
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