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Who Writes History Matters On Roshar
- Vorin-controlled literacy meant women often wrote history, leaving hidden footnotes and alternate perspectives.
- The Hierocracy edited records, reshaping memory and suppressing Knight Radiant history.
The Recreance Rewrote The Knights' Legacy
- Knights Radiant bonded spren to protect Roshar across desolations until the Recreance when many abandoned their oaths.
- Vorinism then rebranded them as traitors, deepening religious schisms and cultural memory loss.
Honor's Death May Explain The Recreance
- The leading theory ties the Recreance to Honor's death: loss of Honor may have catalyzed the Knights' abandonment.
- That death would fundamentally change cosmic balance and the Radiants' ability to keep oaths.