Difference between revisions of "Ishar"

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 to let the [[Knights Radiant]] return would unleash a new Desolation.{{book ref|sa2.5|9}} Also during that time, he insinuated himself into the politics of [[Tukar]], enough so to eventually become 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}}

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, understandably, denied.{{book ref|sa3|24}} Shortly after, [[Nale]] visited him again, hoping to gain some more understanding as to why the [[Everstorm]] still happened, despite his attemptsefforts. What they talked about is unknown, but Nale later decided to abandon humanity and side with the singers.{{book ref|sa3|121}}

During the [[coalition of monarchs]]' campaign in Emul, Dalinar had a crew of [[Windrunners]] fly himself, [[Szeth]], and [[Nightblood]] to Ishar's camp in an attempt to learn more about his own [[Bondsmith]] abilities. While still in the air, Dalinar noted that he already had a [[Connection]] to the Herald, allowing him to identify him on sight. Ishar accused Dalinar of being [[Odium]]'s champion, and refused his pleas for aid, though doeshe did acknowledge that his "lies" arewere reasonable.{{book ref|sa4|111}}

He summoned his own [[Honorblade]], which he claimsclaimed to have received from Szeth's father, whobefore thenhe thanked Ishar for letting him die. Ishar attacked Dalinar, easily defeating the five Windrunners. As Dalinar opened a [[perpendicularity]], Ishar approached him and created a Connection with Dalinar, meaning to steal his bond with the [[Stormfather]], as well as Dalinar's Connection to Odium, in which he sensed Odium's and Dalinar's opposition to each other.{{book ref|sa4|111}} At the last moment, Szeth used Nightblood to sever Ishar's new Connection and then collapse the perpendicularity, which Ishar had been holding open against Dalinar's will. Nightblood was then able to chip a piece from Ishar's Honorblade. Shocked by the damage to his Blade, Ishar opened his own perpendicularity—which the Stormfather was unable to sense—and fled into [[Shadesmar]] with his men. Once Ishar was gone, Dalinar heard the Herald's voice through the perpendicularity. Sounding much more sane, he informed Dalinar that he could be restored temporarily if a Radiant swore an oath nearby him. Ishar claimed to know a way of resetting the Oathpact, and asked Dalinar to meet him in Shinovar, before reverting to madness.{{book ref|sa4|111}}

Ishar had been experimenting on Radiant spren, somehow bringing their cognitive forms into the physical realm and measuring how long they were able to survive—usually mere seconds—then performing autopsies. The Stormfather iswas extremely unsettled by the sight, and callscalled it an abomination.{{book ref|sa4|111}}