Taln
The Herald left behind to be tortured for 4,500 years.
Taln, or Talenel, is a Herald who was abandoned by his peers to be tortured for 4,500 years; he lost his mind but never broke. When the other nine Heralds gave up their Honorblades at the end of the last Desolation, he alone was left to defend the realm.
Quick Facts
- Role
- Herald (Herald of War)
- Years of torture
- 4,500
Lore & Background
At the end of The Way of Kings a dark-eyed Shardbearer breaks through the gates of Kholinar, names himself the Herald Taln and warns that the Everstorm is coming before collapsing. In Words of Radiance he is taken in by Dalinar as a seemingly crazed man, and in Oathbringer Dalinar realises who he is before Taln goes missing.
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