Editing Khrissalla

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Duchess '''Khrissalla''', better known as '''Khriss''', is a [[worldhopper]] originally from the country of [[Elis]] on the [[Darkside]] of [[Taldain]].

=== Appearance ===

=== Personality ===

Khriss is one of the most accomplished scholars of [[investiture]] in the cosmere. She knows more about the cosmere and its magic systems than [[Nazh]], her assistant, and even [[Hoid]], who has been alive since before the [[Shattering]].{{wob ref|5623}} She collects her knowledge in the [[Ars Arcanum|Ars Arcana]].{{wob ref|6873}} The most important question she wants answered is what happens in the [[Beyond]], followed by how to get [[Stormlight]] off [[Roshar]].{{wob ref|15029}}

Khriss was engaged for a time to [[Gevalden]]--or Gevin, as he preferred in informal settings{{book ref|ws|5}}--a Prince of Elis. Before their wedding, Gevalden traveled to Dayside in search of the mythical Sand Mages, where he was shot by [[Dynasty]] assassins. His linguist and assistant, [[Wilheln]], wrote to Khriss to report on his death.{{book ref|ws|prologue}}

Khriss, determined to seek out what her fiancé was trying to discover, traveled to Dayside with [[Baon]], [[Allstren Cynder]], and [[Jon Acron]] and some Elisian soldiers.{{book ref|ws|prologue}} They arrived in the [[Kerztian]] port of [[Dosha-Har'Ken]], on the northwest coast of Dayside, and purchased supplies from a merchant that spoke Dynastic, who also offered the services of his nephew [[Daazk]] as a guide to [[Lossand]].{{book ref|ws|prologue}}

==== Crisis in the Diem ====

At an unknown point after the crisis in the Diem, Khriss discovered how to leave Taldain and began to travel the cosmere. Eventually, she came to find [[Silverlight]], where she was involved in the founding of a university.{{wob ref|8342}}

=== The Death of Preservation ===

=== The True Desolation ===

On Roshar, over three centuries after the [[Catacendre]], around and during the [[True Desolation]], she took an interest in various figures and concepts. Including fledgling Radiants, such as [[Kaladin]] and [[Shallan Davar]];{{file ref|Frostlands map.jpeg|Frostlands Map}}{{file ref|Bridge_Four_tattoos_page.jpeg|Bridge Four Tattoos}} in the nature of Vorin [[glyphs]],{{file ref|Alethi Glyphs Page 1.jpg|Alethi Glyphs: Page One}}{{file ref|Alethi Glyphs Page 2.jpg|Alethi Glyphs: Page Two}}{{file ref|Bridge_Four_tattoos_page.jpeg|Bridge Four Tattoos}}{{file ref|Scroll_of_Stances.jpeg|Scroll of Stances}} in the pattern of the [[Shattered Plains]],{{file ref|Shattered Plains WoR map.jpeg| Shattered Plains Map}} and of the Rosharan subastral.{{file ref|Sea_of_Lost_Lights.jpg|Sea of Lost Lights Map}}{{file ref|Sea of Souls.jpg|Sea of Souls Map}}

It is unclear if she travelled to Roshar herself, or if she sent Nazh to the planet alone.

=== New Seran ===

After the True Desolation, she appeared at a party in [[New Seran]] in post-[[Catacendre]] Scadrial, {{date|342|FA}}.{{book ref|mb6|12}} There she stole a dance with [[Waxillium Ladrian]] and asked him questions about his powers and how they related to physics. She was also mentioned in a broadsheet ad, telling people who hear talking tools to contact Khriss and Nazh.{{article ref|The New Ascendancy}}

=== Space Age ===

At some point before the overthrowing of the [[Cinder King]] on [[Canticle]], within a century of the discovery and proliferation of Faster-than-light travel,{{book ref|tsm|20}} her theories regarding Investiture and how it operates became popular, with her Laws becoming widly recognized.{{book ref|tsm|21}}

=== Nazh ===

The mapmaker Nazh is in her employ.{{wob ref|5341}} She commonly sends him out to procure maps, documents and other illustrations for her, particularly in high-risk environments. Although the two argue fairly often, they are good friends and Nazh is fiercely loyal to her.{{wob ref|13017}}

=== Hoid ===

She has some history with Hoid, but the exact nature of her relationship with him is unknown.{{wob ref|16583}} But it is such that she cursed upon learning he stole a bead of [[lerasium]].{{msh ref|3|2}}