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== Becoming Truthless ==
The leaders of the Shin can name someone Truthless as punishment for a fundamental betrayal of their people.{{wob ref|8847}} Szeth is named Truthless after making a claim that the [[Voidbringers]] and [[Knights Radiant]] will return to [[Roshar]], which the leaders of the Shin consider to be a dangerous lie.{{book ref|sa2|i|14}} He is also equipped with [[Jezrien]]'s [[Honorblade]], though that is a special case and not usually done.{{wob ref|5089}} While he is Truthless, the Stone Shamans of Shinovar intend
When Szeth discovers that the claim for which he was called a liar and made Truthless is actually true, he begins to think of himself as never having been Truthless at all and stops following the rules accordingly.{{book ref|sa2|88}} This may indicate that it is generally possible to have one's Truthless status retracted, though that is not certain, given that he makes that decision unilaterally and is in a somewhat unstable mental state by that time.
Each Truthless has an Oathstone assigned to them; whoever holds it becomes their master and the Truthless is required to strictly obey their orders.{{book ref|sa1|i|3}} Despite the absoluteness with which Szeth obeys his masters, Oathstones have no magic properties; it is solely a sense of honor that holds Truthless to their orders.{{book ref|sa3|92}}{{wob ref|5726}}
Szeth's Oathstone
When a Truthless knows that their Oathstone is unheld, they are required to retrieve it and then stand quietly in place until someone interacts with them.{{book ref|sa1|i|3}} If their Oathstone were destroyed, a Truthless might try to put the pieces back together, switch their devotion to the object that destroyed it, or return to Shinovar to get a new one;{{wob ref|11361}} if a person consumed it, they might treat that person as their master.{{wob ref|11472}}
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