Difference between revisions of "Singer"

The singers, no longer the dominant species on Roshar, continued to fight humanitymankind and the [[Knights Radiant]]. Over the centuries, they came to be known as the '''parsh''', though the meaning of the word is unclear.{{epigraph ref|sa3|77}}

Around two thousand years after the Last Desolation, near the Recreance, another conflict between the two species flared up. Dubbed the [[False Desolation]], it was notable for the participation of [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]], one of [[Odium]]'s [[Unmade]].{{book ref|sa3|56}} Ba-Ado-Mishram Connected with the singers and provided them [[Regal]] forms and [[Voidlight]], as Odium once did in the Desolations, allowing the singers to wage war at levels closer to those of the real Desolations.{{epigraph ref|sa3|80}} In response, the [[Knights Radiant]] imprisoned Ba-Ado-Mishram to stop this. They succeeded, but in doing so, stole part of singers' souls, ripping out their [[Connection]] and [[Identity]] and turning them into near-mindless husks.{{book ref|sa3|17}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|81}}

These singers without form -- "slaveforms" to listeners, and '''parshmen''' to humans -- wouldbecame eventually becomethe property of humans, turningturned into cheap, mindlessmenial labor that would be exploited for millennia to come.{{book ref|sa1|3}}{{book ref|sa2|i|1}} The only ones to havewho escapeescaped that fate were the listeners, likelyas thanksthey to havinghad broken ties with the [[Unmade]] and [[Odium]].{{book ref|sa2|i|4}}