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The '''Weeping''' is a four weeks long period of time on [[Roshar]], marking the end of the planet's five-hundred-day year.{{book ref|sa1|44}} The [[singer]]s call it the lull.{{book ref|sa2|i|11}}
== Description ==
In the weeks preceding the Weeping, [[highstorm]]s grow more and more infrequent, before eventually stopping altogether.{{book ref|sa1|25}} A few days after the last highstorm, the skies cloud over and it begins to rain. The rain continues ceaselessly for two weeks until '''Lightday''', the Rosharan New Year.{{book ref|sa1|44}} On Lightday, one of two things happen. If the Lightday marks the start of an even-numbered year, the day will be calm - such years are called Light Years. At the start of odd-numbered years, the Weeping is instead interrupted by a highstorm.{{book ref|sa2|76}} Following Lightday are two more weeks of constant rain.{{book ref|sa2|46}}{{ref|text=Note that a week on Roshar is five days long, so a full Weeping takes twenty days, not twenty eight.|group=footnote}} At the end of the Weeping, the highstorms return, albeit initially weaker than usual.{{book ref|sa1|4}}
== Influence ==
{{image|Tien by Ari Ibarra.jpeg|side=left|width=250px|[[Tien]] on the roof of his house during the Weeping}}
The people of Roshar are used to the Weepings. While they do wear rain-proof clothing, such as long coats and wide-brimmed hats, it's generally understood that everyone and everything will be utterly soaked throughout.{{book ref|sa3|10}}{{book ref|sa2|78}} Most Rosharans approach this stoically, weathering the rain while enjoying the break from the highstorms.{{book ref|sa2|78}}{{book ref|sa2|79}} Sometimes, they measure their age in Weepings, saying "sixteen Weepings old" or "hadn't reached her twentieth Weeping".{{book ref|sa1|16}}{{book ref|sa1|29}}
== The Weird Weeping ==
The Weeping between the years 1173/1174 was markedly different from the usual, owning to the [[Battle of Narak]], which took place two days before the Lightday.{{book ref|sa2|50}} Even before the battle began, people noted unusually strong winds, far in excess of what could normally be expected.{{book ref|sa2|80}} During the fighting, the [[listener]]s summoned the [[Everstorm]], while the [[Stormfather]] sent a highstorm to oppose it.{{book ref|sa2|83}} This caused the regular pattern of the Weeping to be altered.
Elsewhere in the world, the Weeping stopped, then started, then stopped again.{{book ref|sa2.5|2}} The out-of-pattern highstorm arrived during that time without warning, leading to only some spheres capturing [[Stormlight]].{{book ref|sa2.5|6}} The Everstorm came a few days later, throwing people off further.{{book ref|sa2.5|19}} What followed was a period of
How this sequence of events, as well as the addition of the Everstorm, will impact future Weepings is yet unknown.
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