Usuario:WeiryWriter/Jezrien
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Herald of Beauty,
Patron of the Lightweavers
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“A woman sits and scratches out her own eyes. Daughter of kings and winds, the vandal.”
—A death rattle collected on Palahevan 1173, 73 seconds pre-death, by the Silent Gatherers.
Subject was a beggar of some renown, known for his elegant songs.[1]
Shalash, also known as Ash, is one of the ten Heralds of The Almighty on Roshar. She is known as the Herald of Beauty. She serves as the patron of the Order of Lightweavers and is associated with the divine attributes of "Creative" and "Honest".[2]
She is the daughter of the Herald Jezrien.[3]
Appearance and Personality
History
Heraldic Epochs
- Formation of the Oathpact
Shalash was chosen by the Shard Honor to be one of his Heralds, this relationship was the formation of the Oathpact and as part of it Shalash received one of the Honorblades in exchange for her service. The circumstances of how this came to be is unknown, however there is are stories about Proving Day, where the Heralds faced difficult, if not impossible, tasks to prove themselves.[5]
- Cycle of Desolations
Following the formation of the Oathpact, Shalash and the other Heralds spent several thousand years helping the people of Roshar fight the Voidbringers in battles called Desolations. Preceding each Desolation the Heralds would return to Roshar and have a short time to prepare them for said Desolation, teaching them any necessary technology they may have lost in the intervening time. The level of technology the Heralds returned to varied with each Desolation, in some cases the Rosharans had not progressed past the Stone Age. At the end of each Desolation, if Shalash did not "die", she, along with any other surviving Heralds, was required to leave Roshar and return to what is believed to be Damnation or risk triggering another Desolation.
Between Desolations Shalash, and the other Heralds, was tortured in a fiery place that is believed to be Damnation or Braize. Presumably the longer they are able to withstand the torture the longer the interval between Desolations will be.
Some time later the Knights Radiant were founded to help preserve knowledge between Desolations. Shalash served as the Patron for the Order of Lightweavers.
Era of Solitude
- Breaking of the Oathpact
Following Aharietiam, the "Last" Desolation Shalash and the other Heralds, excluding Talenel who had fallen in battle, decided to forsake the Oathpact and abandoned their Honorblades. They were less successful in breaking the Oathpact than they believe. They lied to the the people of Roshar, telling them they had "won" and went their separate ways.
- The Vandal
Roughly four and a half thousand years after Aharietiam Shalash is traveling the world destroying art, in particular depictions of herself. Sometime prior to the Assassination oF King Gavilar Kholin of Alethkar she infiltrated the royal palace in Kholinar and destroyed her statue.[6]
In the year 1173, five years after Gavilar's assassination, Shalash infiltrates the palace of Ashno of Sages in Emul, assisted by Baxil and Av, where she destroys a great deal of art.[7]
She also infiltrates the Bronze Palace in Azimir where she defaces a mural of the Heralds, scratching out her face.
Abilities and Attributes
Surgebinding
As part of the Oathpact Shalash was given one of the Honorblades which grants access to Surgebinding for those who bond it. Her blade grants the Surges of Illumination and Transformation.
- Illumination
The Surge of Illumination allows Shalash to create illusions through Lightweaving.
- Transformation
The Surge of Transportation allows Shalash to transmute material into one of the Ten Essences through Soulcasting.
Longevity
Shalash has had her life extended far beyond that of an average human through unknown means. This has allowed her to live through thousands of years of Desolations as well as the 4,500 years between Aharietiam and the coming of the Everstorm and potentially beyond.
Trivia
Shalash is currently planned to be one of the focus characters in the "back five" of The Stormlight Archive.
Notes
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 55 Epígrafe#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes Ars Arcanum#
- ↑ Is Shalash Jezrien's daughter?
— Theoryland - Sep 24th, 2013# - ↑ It is confirmed that Shalash is Baxil's mistress
— Foros de 17th Shard - 10 December 2014# - ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 5#
- ↑ Is Baxil's Mistress destroying statues of the Herald Shallash?
— Theoryland - Sep 24th, 2013# - ↑ El camino de los reyes interludio I-7#
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