Roshar Reader

Prologue · reading

Historical Vorin church rule

concept · hy-ER-oh-cra-see

The Hierocracy

war of loss · sunmaker

A centuries-past -rule. claimed holy visions, ran the east, and were broken by the Sunmaker.
Hierocracy: when priests ruled, and their visions were later called lies.
Role
The reason modern own no land and may not govern.
First introduced
Book 2 — End of Words of Radiance
Last mention
Book 2 — End of Words of Radiance