Difference between revisions of "Jezrien"

|titles={{tag+|herald}}, Herald of Kings, Father of Storms, Kadasix of Kings, Prime Kadasix, Patron of the [[Windrunners]], Bringer of water and life,{{book ref|sa1|55}} Master of the storms{{book ref|sa1|55}}

Jezrien was likely born on [[Ashyn]] over seven-thousand years before the [[True Desolation]].{{book ref|sa4|14}}{{book ref|sa4|76}}{{wob ref|11945}} At some point in the past Jezrien ruled as a king.{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}} It is unknown if Jezrien was ever married but had at least one child, [[Shalash]].{{wob ref|10414}}{{book ref|sa3|121}} He and [[Nale]] spent some time on opposite sides of a conflict, but Jezrien ultimately came to the conclusion that he had been in the wrong. After mankind began to lose its fight against [[Odium]]'s immortal [[Fused]], Jezrien and [[Ishar]] formed a plan to counter this threat.{{book ref|sa4|47}} Jezrien invited Nale to join them, believing that Nale's honor was above reproach. Jezrien and nine companions asked [[Honor]] for the ability to seal the [[Voidbringer]]s on [[Braize]].{{book ref|sa3|38}} Honor agreed, the [[Oathpact]] was founded, and Jezrien and his nine companions became [[Heralds]] of the Almighty and were given their [[Honorblade]]s. Jezrien was tortured with the rest of the Heralds between every [[Desolation]] until one of them broke. When that happened, Jezrien and the other Heralds returned to Roshar to guide mankind in the fight against the Voidbringers. Jezrien would aid their leaders in learning how to effectively guide their peoples.{{book ref|sa2|i|7}} When the [[spren]] began to bond with humans to grant them [[Surgebinding]], Jezrien became the Patron of the [[Windrunners]], the Order of the [[Knights Radiant]] that bore the same powers as Jezrien.{{book ref|sa3|64}}

Many [[Desolation]]s after the beginning of the Oathpact, around 3000 years after the First Desolation,{{book ref|sa4|111}} Jezrien and the other [[Herald]]s save for [[Talenel]], who had died, decided that they could no longer withstand the torture they faced in between Desolations.{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}} They agreed to abandon their oaths, leaving Taln alone in Damnation. Jezrien was chosen by the rest to wait and see if [[Kalak]] had survived and to pass on word to him of their decision. After explaining their decision to Kalak, Jezrien summoned his Honorblade and left it stuck point-first into the ground, before heading off by himself.

Following the abandonment of his Blade, Jezrien spread the word of their victory to the survivors of the [[Last Desolation]].{{book ref|sa3|38}} While Jezrien was never killed and returned to Damnation after Aharietiam, avoiding death for four and a half millennia,{{book ref|sa1|prologue}}{{book ref|sa3|38}} he seems to have succumbed to the same madness plaguing the other Heralds.{{book ref|sa3|39}} Jezrien became a drunk beggar who lived in a [[Beggars' Porch]] in the [[Kholinar Palace]].{{book ref|sa3|88}} He was known as '''Ahu''' by then, and was occasionally the drinking companion of [[Highprince]] [[Dalinar Kholin]] when Dalinar was trying to drink clandestinely or could not find more alcohol.{{book ref|sa3|88}}