Chickification: In-Universe, the Vorin religion has greatly de-emphasized the female Heralds' combat skills in accordance with Alethi gender roles.Charles Atlas Superpower: Their superhuman combat prowess is not directly a result of their powers, but the fruit of millennia of combat coupled with being able to make fatal mistakes and then come back from the dead to learn from them.Thousands of years of being tortured in a place which is for all extents and purposes Hell has shattered the Heralds' sanity, but only Nale and Ishar have betrayed the Almighty so far. Being Tortured Makes You Evil: Downplayed.And during the worst Desolations, they more or less had to train entire civilizations (both in technology and military skills) to fight the Fused. Badass Crew: According to the Stormfather, fighting six Windrunners by themself is something that the average Herald can pull off without a problem.Ambiguously Brown: They're older than most Rosharan ethnicities, if not all of them, and while some of them can be mistaken for modern day Rosharans like Makabaki or Alethi, others are subtly off. A God I Am Not: Though some are worshipped as them.The Ageless: They have some form of this, judging by the fact that they survived four and a half thousand years without aging, but it's not clear if it's an inherent trait of the Heralds or some quirk of the magic system they know how to exploit.Action Girl: The female Heralds certainly didn't stay behind when some Voidbringer-killing was to be done.However, they abandoned their duties after many times having to return to Damnation, shattering the Oathpact. The ten Heralds were warriors of the Almighty, chosen to aid mankind during the Desolations.
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