Lore & History
19 entries in the The Stormlight Archive compendium.
Ten Heralds of HumanityTen champions bound by a broken oath to suffer eternally for humanity's survival.Knights Radiant OrderOnce betrayed, now reborn to face the coming Desolation.The Oathpact AgreementA thousand years of torture for ten souls to save a world that forgot them.The Recreance BetrayalThe day the Knights broke their oaths and shattered the world's magic forever.Honor and CultivationThe broken god of oaths and the hidden goddess of growth shaped a world of storms.Surgebinding PowersPower flows through oaths sworn in truth, binding spren to soul against the coming darknesVorinism FaithFaith forged in sacrifice: Ten Heralds against an endless tide of destruction.The VoidbringersAncient spirits returned to possess the living and plunge Roshar into eternal darkness.Odium's InfluenceA Shard of hatred seeks to splinter every other divine power.The Unmade EntitiesAncient spirits of destruction, unbound to bring a new age of terror.The RecreanceThe day honor died, spren fled, and humanity lost its shield against destruction.The DesolationsAn endless cycle of ruin where humanity fights for survival against the returning VoidbrinKnights RadiantAncient heroes reborn, bound by spren to defend Roshar from eternal darkness.The Ten HeraldsImmortal martyrs who broke the ultimate vow, condemning the world to face the storm alone.HonorThe Shattered God whose broken oaths still bind the world together.CultivationThe Gardener who tends the seeds of potential amidst the storm.The UnmadeAncient horrors of the Void, commanding armies and breaking minds.NohadonThe masked king who forged a nation from chaos and taught a world to hope.The Vorin ChurchA faith built on the backs of Heralds that dictates who may read and who may rule.
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