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|image=Thunderclast Matthew Johnson Inktober2018.jpg
|type=Animated stone
|sapient=
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
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{{quote
|Those aren’t stones. They’re creatures.
|[[Dalinar]]{{book ref|sa1|60}}
}}
'''Thunderclasts''' are giant stone monsters from [[Roshar]] that
== Appearance and Nature ==
{{image|Thunderclast Bota.jpg|side=left|width=250px|[[Renarin]] confronting a thunderclast at the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]].}}
Thunderclasts are enormous stone beasts, easily five or six times larger than a person, with their hands alone being six feet long.{{book ref|sa1|60}}{{book ref|sa|part=prelude}} They take a skeletal, humanoid form, with long limbs that end with spiky, clawed fingers. On their chests, they have rib-like protrusions, and there are ridges running along their backs.{{book ref|sa2|4}} Their heads are narrow and arrow-like, with glowing red eyes.{{book ref|sa2|4}}{{book ref|sa3|84}}▼
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The thunderclast proper, however, is a [[singer]] soul. The potential thunderclasts are far more powerful than their [[Fused]] kinsmen, and much more twisted, to the point where they barely resemble their species. When they desire to take on a human form, they sink into the stone and animate it, ripping themselves out in the humanoid form.{{book ref|sa3|115}} As such, they retain some qualities of the material they take on, like the color or a covering of moss or fungus.{{book ref|sa2|4}}▼
{{quote
|Even after all these centuries, seeing a thunderclast up close made Kalak shiver.
|[[Kalak]]{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}}
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▲Thunderclasts are enormous stone beasts, easily five or six times larger than a person, with their hands alone being six feet long.{{book ref|sa1|60}}{{book ref|
▲The thunderclast proper, however, is a [[
== Abilities and Attributes ==
{{quote
|Thunderclast! Hammers! Ready hammers!
|Soldiers hunting thunderclasts on the [[Purelake]]{{book ref|sa2|4}}
}}
Despite their enormous size, thunderclasts have no problems staying upright, and can swing their body around with incredible force, easily toppling regular fortifications.{{book ref|sa3|116}} Though brute force is their greatest strength, they're also capable of precise actions such as throwing boulders,{{book ref|sa3|83}} or carrying regular [[Fused]] in their hands without crushing them.{{book ref|sa3|116}}
Although warped and twisted,
Despite being made of the same material as their targets, they do not crack, and it seems they cannot be destroyed by ordinary means, although hammers are given as a viable option for combating them.{{book ref|sa3|116}}{{book
== History ==
{{image|Killing Thunder.jpeg|side=right|width=350px|[[Szeth]] attacking a [[Thunderclast]]}}
While it's unknown for how long they've been in [[Odium]]'s service,
Thunderclasts appeared a few times in [[Dalinar's visions]]. When he
In the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], Odium called two
== Known thunderclasts ==
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