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Herdazians with tan skin and sparkling crystalline fingernails

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Herdazian

Herdazians · people of Herdaz

People of Herdaz. Tan, dark-haired, known in the for crystalline, sparkling fingernails. Lopen of is Herdazian — one-armed, full of cousins.
Sparkling crystal nails — and Lopen's cousins.
Role
A small, proud people; laborers and soldiers turn up in Alethi camps. Lopen is the one the know.
Home
Herdaz
First introduced
Book 1 — End of The Way of Kings
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Book 1 — End of The Way of Kings
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Look

Tan skin, dark hair, . The distinctive mark is fingernails like crystal — hard, sparkling, not ordinary keratin. Lopen is young, one-armed, and grins more than a should.

As observed

Boastful by Alethi stereotype; loyal to an enormous web of cousins by Lopen's account. Humor as armor.

Where

Herdaz at home; Herdazians in the Shattered Plains , including .

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People of this culture

Named characters from this people at your current reading position.

Lopen of Bridge Four

Lopen

member · Herdazian

The one-armed Herdazian who will not stop joking.

Kabsal

Kabsal

Assassin posing as an (deceased) · Herdazian

The assassin in ardent's robes.

Palona

Palona

Mistress of Sebarial · Herdazian

Sebarial's mistress.