We fought with them,” Jasnah said. “We fought so often that men began to speak of the creatures in metaphor. A hundred battles—ten tenfolds …” Flame and char. Skin so terrible. Eyes like pits of blackness. Music when they kill. “We defeated them …” Jasnah said. Shallan felt a chill. “… but the legends lie about one thing,” Jasnah continued. “They claim we chased the Voidbringers off the face of Roshar or destroyed them. But that’s not how humans work. We don’t throw away something we can use.”
