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<p>Cosmere/Stormlight red-link fill, book-canon (Corvus)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;Vengeance Pact&#039;&#039;&#039; was the binding agreement among the Alethi highprinces that launched their long war against the listeners, or Parshendi, on the Shattered Plains in Brandon Sanderson&#039;s [[The Stormlight Archive]].<br /> <br /> == Origin ==<br /> The pact was sworn after the assassination of King Gavilar Kholin of Alethkar. On the very night that Gavilar and the listeners signed a treaty, a listener assassin, Szeth, killed the king. The listeners openly claimed responsibility for the murder, an act that stunned the Alethi court.<br /> <br /> == The pact ==<br /> In response, Gavilar&#039;s brother Dalinar Kholin and the other Alethi highprinces swore the Vengeance Pact, a collective oath to pursue the listeners and avenge the slain king. The Alethi armies marched east and laid siege to the listeners&#039; refuge on the Shattered Plains, beginning a war that would last for years.<br /> <br /> == Consequences ==<br /> The Vengeance Pact transformed Alethi society, drawing the highprinces and their armies into a protracted plateau-by-plateau campaign on the Shattered Plains, driven as much by the contest for chasmfiend gemhearts as by the original vow. The war forms the backdrop for the opening of [[The Stormlight Archive]], and its eventual collapse, as the true threat of [[Odium]] becomes clear, reshapes the alliances of Roshar.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Battle of Narak]]<br /> * [[Parshmen]]<br /> * [[The Stormlight Archive]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:The Stormlight Archive]]<br /> [[Category:Events]]</div>

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