Eila Stele
| Eila Stele | |
|---|---|
| Idioma | Canto del alba |
| Mundo de origen | Roshar |
| Universo | Cosmere |
El Eila Stele es la obra escrita más antigua conocida en Roshar, escrita en canto del alba.[1] Contiene varias piezas claves de información sobre la historia del planeta.
Historia
The Eila Stele is believed by historians to be the oldest extant document on Roshar. It is in the form of a carving, presumably on a stone stele. It was first thought to predate the first Desolations, and possibly be written by the Heralds.[1] Dawnchant became a dead language over time,[2] and the meaning of the Eila Stele was lost. However, Navani Kholin realized that fragments of the Dawnchant could be recovered from Dalinar's visions.[3] This resulted in a spate of translation breakthroughs by Navani and ardents at the Palanaeum[4] and the Jokasha Monastery.[5] Jasnah and the Veristitalians also took an interest,[6] as did Taravangian and the Diagram.[7]
Through the efforts of these groups, the Dawnchant was eventually cracked, allowing the Eila Stele to be translated.[1]
Contents and Revelations
After the Eila Stele was translated, it was revealed that the author was not a Herald but a Dawnsinger.[1] Dawnsingers were ancient ancestors of the singers native to Roshar; they were not spren, as theorized by the Vorin church.[1] The text further revealed that the first people known as Voidbringers were actually humans, who were not native to Roshar.[1] This contradicted Vorin doctrine regarding the Expulsion, which held that mankind fought against the Voidbringers to reclaim the Tranquiline Halls.[8]
The Eila Stele indicated that humans destroyed their own world.[9] Most of the humans fled to Roshar and were taken in out of pity by the Dawnsingers and their gods.[9][10] The humans were given land known as current-day Shinovar, explaining that region's unique flora and fauna.[11] They later used their Surgebinding powers to conquer most of Roshar.[11]
Cosmere Significance
The Eila Stele was the key to the refounded Knights Radiant learning of the abandonment of the planet Ashyn.[12] Ashyn neighbors Roshar in its solar system,[13] and it was almost destroyed through mankind's use of the Dawnshards and Surgebinding.[11][14][15] The Heralds were among the humans who abandoned Ashyn.[16] The Stormfather tells Dalinar that during the False Desolation, the original Knights Radiant learned of Ashyn's fate, leading them to question the use of Surgebinding powers.[11] They were urged on by Honor, but after Aharietiam, Honor was dying and no longer cogent, which led to the events of the Day of Recreance.[11]
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The information in the stele directly refutes several aspects of Vorin doctrine regarding the history of humanity.[17][18] Further interaction with the Heralds and Fused have led both humans and singers to gain a better understanding of the Rosharan system and the relationship between Roshar, Ashyn, and Braize.[19][18][20] Some Rosharans have had to reexamine their belief system in light of this information, as Vorin concepts such as the the Expulsion, Voidbringers, Damnation, and the Tranquiline Halls have proven to be incorrect or only loosely based in fact.[18][20]
Known text
“They came from another world, using powers that we have been forbidden to touch. Dangerous powers, of spren and Surges. They destroyed their lands and have come to us begging. We took them in, as commanded by the gods. What else could we do? They were a people forlorn, without a home. Our pity destroyed us. For their betrayal extended even to our gods: to spren, stone, and wind. Beware the otherworlders. The traitors. Those with tongues of sweetness, but with minds that lust for blood. Do not take them in. Do not give them succor. Well were they named Voidbringers, for they brought the void. The empty pit that sucks in emotion. A new god. Their god. These Voidbringers know no songs. They cannot hear Roshar, and where they go, they bring silence. They look soft, with no shell, but they are hard. They have but one heart, and it cannot ever live. ”
—Eila Stele[1]
Notes
- ↑ a b c d e f g Juramentada capítulo 111#
- ↑ Palabras radiantes capítulo 47#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 60#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 50#
- ↑ Juramentada interludio I-2#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 53#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 107#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 15#
- ↑ a b Juramentada capítulo 115 Epígrafe#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 116 Epígrafe#
- ↑ a b c d e Juramentada capítulo 113#
- ↑ Oathbringer signing Portland
— Arcanum - 2017-11-16# - ↑ Mapa de Roshar system
- ↑ Well of Ascension signed copy
— Arcanum - 2018-03-08# - ↑ El ritmo de la guerra capítulo 111#
- ↑ Skyward Denver signing
— Arcanum - 2018-11-15# - ↑ Oathbringer Chicago signing
— Arcanum - 2017-11-21# - ↑ a b c El ritmo de la guerra capítulo 17#
- ↑ El ritmo de la guerra capítulo 14#
- ↑ a b El ritmo de la guerra capítulo 89#
