Battle of Narak
The Battle of Narak, sometimes remembered in connection with the assault on the Shattered Plains, was a pivotal engagement in Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive, fought at the listener stronghold of Narak at the center of the Shattered Plains.
Background
The Shattered Plains were the domain of the listeners, also called the Parshendi, whose central refuge lay at Narak. For years the Alethi army had warred against the listeners across the plateaus of the Plains. As the threat of a returning Desolation grew, the listeners' leaders moved to adopt stormform, a power-granting form tied to Odium, in order to summon the Everstorm.
The battle
Alethi forces, including the bridgemen led by Kaladin, advanced toward Narak in an effort to reach the listeners before the coming highstorm. The clash coincided with the arrival of a terrible new storm, and the listeners who took stormform called down the Everstorm, a red-lightning storm blowing counter to the natural highstorms of Roshar. The convergence of the two storms over the Plains formed a deadly conjunction.
Aftermath
The events at Narak marked a turning point in The Stormlight Archive: the awakening of the Everstorm heralded the return of Odium's power to the world, the transformation of the listeners, and the broader resurgence of the ancient enemy. It stands among the defining battles of the early war for Roshar.