Munazir Posted September 21, 2022 Posted September 21, 2022 Dawnshard implies the Recurrence happened 2000 years ago. Heralds left 4500 years ago. So did the Knight’s have an enemy during that time period. no spoilers for RoW please
offer Posted September 21, 2022 Posted September 21, 2022 The Recreance happened a little after the false desolation. Before that they did not have an enemy.
Frustration Posted September 22, 2022 Posted September 22, 2022 8 hours ago, Munazir said: Dawnshard implies the Recurrence happened 2000 years ago. Heralds left 4500 years ago. So did the Knight’s have an enemy during that time period. no spoilers for RoW please The regals and Unmade made occasional takeover attempts.
Returned he/him Posted September 22, 2022 Posted September 22, 2022 Other posters have made good points so far regarding enemies. But Radiants also had lots of areas of focus that weren't related to battle, even though the fighting (rightly) gets a lot of emphasis. We don't have a ton of in-text descriptions of Radiants doing those things during that time period, but it's reasonable to think that they did a lot of healing, supporting villages and towns with Soulcasting, providing advice on various matters, and researching (among other things). When you control the remaining wealth, infrastructure, and accumulated knowledge of most of Roshar after an almost inconceivably devastating event like Aharietiam, and also have a monopoly on magical powers as well as a "divine" mandate to serve humankind, there will always be plenty to do. I'm sure we'll get more specifics in future books too, since the consequences of Aharietiam and the Recreance were so profound and far-reaching for all of Roshar.
Throw TheLiving Silverware he/him/il/lui Posted September 22, 2022 Posted September 22, 2022 They were also probably quite involved in politics. It looks like they acted as mediators between various nations before the Last Desolation, so it would make sense for them to keep a similar role after. Kind of like the Aes Sedai in Wheel of Time
cometaryorbit Posted September 26, 2022 Posted September 26, 2022 I don't think we know yet whether there was peace between humans and singers for the whole time between Aharietiam and the False Desolation, or whether there were conflicts on and off. On 9/21/2022 at 7:29 PM, Frustration said: The regals and Unmade made occasional takeover attempts. Pretty sure there were no Regals until the False Desolation.
Frustration Posted September 27, 2022 Posted September 27, 2022 18 hours ago, cometaryorbit said: Pretty sure there were no Regals until the False Desolation. Their would be some, even if just then constantly reusing the same spren, or corrupted spren from Sja-anat
cometaryorbit Posted September 28, 2022 Posted September 28, 2022 I think the voidspren were all imprisoned then. I don't know if enlightened spren are valid for Regal forms.
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