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The listeners were originally called the '''Last Legion''',{{book ref|sa2|i|4}} and like other [[singer]]s in the [[Voidbringer]] army, they followed the commands of the [[Fused]], who were the listeners' gods. The listeners lived in somewhere called the '''dark home''' (but this might have been metaphorical for being under [[Odium]]'s influence, and not an actual place). The Last Legion was sent to fight in the farthest plains, probably the plains of [[Natanatan]] and the [[Shattered Plains]].{{book ref|sa2|i|4}}
One day the Last Legion fled, leaving the forms of power for dullform. Despite being thus crippled, it would lead to freedom from their gods. These listeners composed many songs to remember their history and forms, such as the [[Song of Listing]], [[Song of Secrets]], and [[Song of Histories]] because they risked forgetting everything. They had only known how to transform into forms other than dullform and mateform with the help of gods.{{book ref|sa2|i|4}} Modern-day listeners call this period "the long sleep." {{book ref|sa4|48}}
Since the listeners recall this story about throwing off the Fused, this event must have occurred prior to or around the time of [[Aharietiam]], the Last Desolation, as the Fused were trapped in [[Damnation]] for four and a half millennia after that point.
;;{{anchor|Fourth-Movement}}Fourth-Movement
Once raided by the Pure-Song family in an attempt to seize their weapons.{{book ref|sa4|45}}
=== Language ===
;;Terms in the listener language
* essai -- human-lover (literally "hairy")
* Neshua Kadal -- Knight Radiant
* ulo mas vara -- monster of the chasms/chasmfiend
;;Listener Concepts translated into Alethi
* long sleep -- the long span spent in dullform
* lull -- the time the Alethi call "The Weeping"
* Rider of Storms -- the Stormfather
;;Phrases and Idioms
See [https://coppermind.net/wiki/User:King_of_Herdaz/Curses_and_Phrases#Singer.2F|Listener Curses and Phrases]
== Other ==
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