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+ | '''Pahn Kahl''' is a small territory under the control of [[Hallandren]] on [[Nalthis]].{{book ref|wb|55}} The Pahn Kahl form a distinct but often overlooked group within Hallandren, with a separate culture and religion.{{book ref|wb|15}} They were formerly an independent country, but were absorbed into Hallandren after their defeat in the [[Manywar]].{{book ref|wb|57}} Three centuries later, many of the Pahn Kahl still longed for independence.{{book ref|wb|54}} |
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=== Manywar and Subjugation === |
=== Manywar and Subjugation === |
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| + | Years later, Pahn Kahl's neighbor Hanald gave control of its [[Lifeless]] army to a powerful [[Awakener]] named [[Kalad]], who was also Returned.{{book ref|wb|32}} Eventually Kalad wrested control of the nation away from Vo's royal descendants and started a preemptive war against other nations. The Pahn Kahl generally hold that this war was the fault of Hanald's royal family, who they accuse of seeking new [[Awakening]] techniques and [[Lifeless]] without realizing these could be turned against them. |
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| − | Years later, Pahn Kahl's neighbor Hanald gave control of its [[Lifeless]] army to a man named [[Kalad]].{{book ref|wb|32}} When a Returned had a vision of a coming war, the warmonger [[Kalad]] began an aggressive campaign to win the war by attacking first. Eventually Kalad seized control of the nation himself. The Pahn Kahl hold that this is the fault of rulers who worked hard to develop new Awakening techniques and Lifeless, but were surprised to realize they could be turned against them. Pahn Kahl likely joined the coalition of countries named the [[Pahn Unity]], a group of kingdoms united in their desire to defeat Hanald.{{book ref|wb|26}} The Pahn Unity was defeated, and the nation of Pahn Kahl subjugated beneath their control,{{book ref|wb|57}} made into workers and slaves.{{book ref|wb|55}} Eventually Kalad, then known as Peacegiver, came to regret the bloodshed{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=26}} and ended the war,{{book ref|wb|epilogue}} allowing the kingdom of [[Idris]] to break away with the former royal family at its head.{{book ref|wb|32}} Pahn Kahl survived the conflict, however it remained under the control of Hanald, newly renamed Hallandren, which was now under the rule of the Returned. As time passed, Pahn Kahl became heavily associated with the entire nation of Hallandren, with few outside of Pahn Kahl understanding or caring about the difference between the two.{{book ref|wb|15}} |
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| + | Pahn Kahl joined the coalition of countries named the [[Pahn Unity]], a group of kingdoms united in their desire to defeat Hanald.{{book ref|wb|26}} The Pahn Unity was defeated and the nation of Pahn Kahl was subjugated,{{book ref|wb|57}} its people made into workers and slaves.{{book ref|wb|55}} |
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| + | Eventually Kalad, then known as Peacegiver, came to regret the bloodshed{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=26}} and ended the war{{book ref|wb|epilogue}}. The former royal family of Hanald formed a separate kingdom called [[Idris]] in the mountains, and the kingdom of Hanald, now ruled by the Returned, was renamed [[Hallandren]]. Pahn Kahl remained under the control of Hallandren, and over time the Pahn Kahl people became heavily associated with their conquerors, with few outside of Pahn Kahl understanding or caring about the difference between the two peoples.{{book ref|wb|15}} |
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=== Failed Rebellions === |
=== Failed Rebellions === |
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| − | Despite their defeat, the Pahn Kahl were not content to remain subjugated |
+ | Despite their defeat, the Pahn Kahl were not content to remain subjugated. Approximately three hundred years after the defeat of the Pahn Unity, around the year 321,{{file ref|T-Telir.png|Map of T'Telir}} a Pahn Kahl man named Vahr began to foment rebellion among the Pahn Kahl dye workers{{book ref|wb|prologue}} and dissidents.{{book ref|wb|1}} He convinced many of them to give him their [[Breath]] and began to assemble an army.{{book ref|wb|1}} Little to Vahr's knowledge, a second group of Pahn Kahl, led by the God King [[Susebron]]'s steward, [[Haverseth]], were also independently plotting a rebellion.{{book ref|wb|54}} Haverseth, also known as Bluefingers, felt that Vahr's rebellion was drawing too much attention to the Pahn Kahl people.{{book ref|wb|1}} Bluefingers leaked information about Vahr into the [[Court of the Gods]] resulting in Vahr's capture and the end of his rebellion.{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=34}} |
| − | Bluefingers's rebellion was far more subtle. As |
+ | Bluefingers's own rebellion was far more subtle than Vahr's. As he did not have his own army,{{book ref|wb|54}} he instead conspired to instigate a war between Hallandren and Idris, hoping that in the fighting Pahn Kahl could declare independence and break away.{{book ref|wb|58}} Due to his high-level position as the God King's steward, Bluefingers was in the perfect position to manipulate events,{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=11}} and his actions were often overlooked or ignored because his race.{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=11}} |
| + | Bluefingers sneaked Pahn Kahl Awakeners into the Court through tunnels{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=52}} to begin Breaking the [[Lifeless]] in Hallandren's armies.{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=38}} He later used these Lifeless, along with mercenaries and Pahn Kahl scribes disguised as priests to take control of the God King's palace and capture both the God King and his wife, [[Sisirinah]].{{book ref|wb|55}} He also gained control of the rest of Hallandren's forty thousand Lifeless soldiers by forcing the Returned gods [[Lightsong]] and [[Blushweaver]] to reveal their Commands.{{book ref|wb|53}} These Lifeless were then Commanded to march on Idris to start a new war. |
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| + | Bluefingers intended to kill both Blushweaver and Lightsong then plant their corpses surrounded by Idrian bodies, making it appear as if Idrian rebels had killed them in retaliation for deploying the Lifeless against Idris.{{book ref|wb|55}} He also intended to kill both Siri and Susbron and make it appear as if the God King had his wife sacrificed on an altar and had been killed by vengeful Idrian assassins.{{book ref|wb|55}}{{book ref|wb|57}} |
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| ⚫ | However, Lightsong thwarted these plans by healing the God King's maimed tongue with his [[Divine Breath]], allowing Susebron to finally use his [[Heightening#Tenth_Heightening|Tenth Heightening]] to become an extremely powerful Awakener, save Siri, and defeat the Pahn Kahl rebels.{{book ref|wb|57}} Peacegiver, who had been attempting to prevent this conflict on his own in the guise of Vasher, gave Susebron control of his ancient army of Lifeless, [[Kalad's Phantoms]].{{book ref|wb|58}} Susebron used this army to defeat the Lifeless soldiers that were marching on Idris, preventing the war between the two kingdoms and quashing the Pahn Kahl rebellion.{{book ref|wb|prologue}} |
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== Culture == |
== Culture == |
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=== Role in Hallandren Society === |
=== Role in Hallandren Society === |
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| − | Within the kingdom of Hallandren, the Pahn Kahl were often ignored |
+ | Within the kingdom of Hallandren, the Pahn Kahl were often ignored{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=11}}, seen as second class citizens{{book ref|wb|34}} typically less trustworthy than the Hallandren.{{book ref|wb|36}} On the other hand, many not familiar with the Pahn Kahl may struggle to differentiate the Pahn Kahl from the other Hallandren; oftentimes they are not seen as their own distinct people.{{book ref|wb|14}} This confusion is a great annoyance to them. The Pahn Kahl are also indignant at being subjugated by relative newcomers to the region, as they had been there first.{{book ref|wb|54}} |
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| + | Many of the Pahn Kahl live a difficult life, working under harsh overseers in the dye fields.{{book ref|wb|34}} Some have managed to work their way into high importance but low prestige jobs, such as stewards and servants for the priests and Returned in the [[Court of the Gods]]. This provides a far better life than working in the dye fields. This work is however unstable, anytime a new God King is chosen, all his workers lose their jobs.{{book ref|wb|34}} In addition to this, Pahn Kahl servants have to work harder to gain jobs within the theocracy, and those jobs are often more difficult than the Hallandren servants.{{book ref|wb|34}} They all required to wear brown robes{{book ref|wb|15}}{{book ref|wb|24}} and are forbidden to speak to or touch the God King himself.{{book ref|wb|34}} In fact they are not even permitted to be servants to the God King,{{book ref|wb|36}} although they may be servants for his wife.{{book ref|wb|48}} Pahn Kahl are also not permitted to serve as priests to the gods either.{{book ref|wb|15}} |
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| + | All these things have led to their rebellious spirit{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=29}} and desire for revenge and freedom.{{book ref|wb|57}} Consumed by these desires, the Pahn Kahl have lost a lot of their cultural identity.{{qa ref|680|25|What do the Pahn Kahl believe in? All we seem to know is that they are similar to the Iridescent Tones. Any more info?|date=2010-01-18}} |
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=== Religion === |
=== Religion === |
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| − | Those who follow the Pahn Kahl religion practice a form of nature worship.{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=29}} Their pantheon contains five gods, none of which are Returned. The religion focuses on the storms of the [[Bright Sea]], which are seen as a manifestation of their unity of these five gods. One of these gods is the Voice that calls the Returned,{{qa ref|680|25|What do the Pahn Kahl believe in? All we seem to know is that they are similar to the Iridescent Tones. Any more info?|date=2010-01-18}} the [[Shard]] [[Endowment]],{{qa ref|428|59|The only thing I'll confirm (and I don't think I've said this before) is that The Voice is, indeed, one of the Shards of Adonalsium. (Endowment is that Shard's true name, by the way.)|date=2009-07}} |
+ | Those who follow the Pahn Kahl religion practice a form of nature worship.{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=29}} Their pantheon contains five gods, none of which are Returned. The religion focuses on the storms of the [[Bright Sea]], which are seen as a manifestation of their unity of these five gods. One of these gods is the Voice that calls the Returned,{{qa ref|680|25|What do the Pahn Kahl believe in? All we seem to know is that they are similar to the Iridescent Tones. Any more info?|date=2010-01-18}} who in reality is the [[Shard]] [[Endowment]],{{qa ref|428|59|The only thing I'll confirm (and I don't think I've said this before) is that The Voice is, indeed, one of the Shards of Adonalsium. (Endowment is that Shard's true name, by the way.)|date=2009-07}}. It is unknown how much they understand of [[Endowment]]'s nature. |
| − | In their theology, the [[Returned]] are men and women who denied the power of their gods in life and are therefore forbidden entrance into heaven |
+ | In their theology, the [[Returned]] are men and women who denied the power of their gods in life and are therefore forbidden entrance into heaven{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=29}} but are not sinners worthy of hell, so they Return for a second chance to find the true faith in life. Many of the Pahn Kahl do not mind the Returned, and accept the God King as monarch.{{book ref|wb|15}} They simply see the Returned as misguided. Since they do not see them as divinities, the only thing the Pahn Kahl find extraordinary about the Returned is the strength of their [[BioChroma]]. |
| − | Many outsiders consider the Pahn Kahl religion to be simplistic, especially in contrast with the elaborate doctrine of the [[Iridescent Tones]].{{book ref|wb|14}} In fact, many people in Hallandren and beyond have no understanding of the religion or are not even aware that the Pahn Kahl have their own separate religion at all.{{book ref|wb|15}}{{book ref|wb|14}}{{book ref|wb|29}} |
+ | Many outsiders consider the Pahn Kahl religion to be simplistic, especially in contrast with the elaborate doctrine of the [[Iridescent Tones]].{{book ref|wb|14}} In fact, many people in Hallandren and beyond have no understanding of the religion or are not even aware that the Pahn Kahl have their own separate religion at all.{{book ref|wb|15}}{{book ref|wb|14}}{{book ref|wb|29}} Unfortunately, some aspects of the Pahn Kahl religion have been forgotten even by its followers.{{qa ref|680|25|What do the Pahn Kahl believe in? All we seem to know is that they are similar to the Iridescent Tones. Any more info?|date=2010-01-18}} |
=== Cuisine === |
=== Cuisine === |
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| − | Only one example of Pahn Kahl cuisine is currently known. [[Tinkfan]]s are considered to be a delicacy.{{book ref|wb|36}} They are even eaten by the Returned in the Court of the Gods. Tinkfans are traditionally consumed in small bites, with a small piece of bread eaten between each bite as a palate cleanser. |
+ | Only one example of Pahn Kahl cuisine is currently known. The sweet pastry called [[Tinkfan]]s are considered to be a delicacy.{{book ref|wb|36}} They are even eaten by the Returned in the Court of the Gods. Tinkfans are traditionally consumed in small bites, with a small piece of bread eaten between each bite as a palate cleanser. |
== Notable People == |
== Notable People == |
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Revision as of 14:37, 21 December 2016
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| Ethnicity | Pahn Kahl |
| World | Nalthis |
“ But everyone knows the Pahn Kahl are practically Hallandren. ”
Pahn Kahl is a small territory under the control of Hallandren on Nalthis.[2] The Pahn Kahl form a distinct but often overlooked group within Hallandren, with a separate culture and religion.[3] They were formerly an independent country, but were absorbed into Hallandren after their defeat in the Manywar.[4] Three centuries later, many of the Pahn Kahl still longed for independence.[5]
Geography
Pahn Kahl is located on the shores of the Bright Sea, an enclosed ocean within the continent.[6] Originally, only the Pahn Kahl inhabited the valley between two mountain ranges. The land has a perpetually warm climate, and is dominated by tropical jungles and sandy beaches. Delicious fruit grew plentifully, as well as the Tears of Edgli, a flower that can be used to create brilliant dyes. Gradually, other peoples came to the area and founded a second kingdom, gradually restricting Pahn Kahl's territory and autonomy. By the year 321,[7] all that remained of Pahn Kahl's territory is a small province in the south of Hallandren.[2]
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History
Early History
The earliest Pahn Kahl people lived in the jungles and on the shores of the Bright Sea.[6] They were the first people in that region of Nalthis, and they controlled the land,[5] although they had little in the way of a centralized government.[6] Instead, they were a loosely organized group of fishing villages. With the explorations of the people of Chedesh, the Pahn Kahl's homeland became better known. When Vo was Returned, the first in the history of Nalthis, a second kingdom was founded in the valley by Vo's shipmates. They named the kingdom Hanald and crowned Vo's wife queen.
Manywar and Subjugation
Years later, Pahn Kahl's neighbor Hanald gave control of its Lifeless army to a powerful Awakener named Kalad, who was also Returned.[6] Eventually Kalad wrested control of the nation away from Vo's royal descendants and started a preemptive war against other nations. The Pahn Kahl generally hold that this war was the fault of Hanald's royal family, who they accuse of seeking new Awakening techniques and Lifeless without realizing these could be turned against them.
Pahn Kahl joined the coalition of countries named the Pahn Unity, a group of kingdoms united in their desire to defeat Hanald.[8] The Pahn Unity was defeated and the nation of Pahn Kahl was subjugated,[4] its people made into workers and slaves.[2]
Eventually Kalad, then known as Peacegiver, came to regret the bloodshedTemplate:Annotation ref and ended the war[9]. The former royal family of Hanald formed a separate kingdom called Idris in the mountains, and the kingdom of Hanald, now ruled by the Returned, was renamed Hallandren. Pahn Kahl remained under the control of Hallandren, and over time the Pahn Kahl people became heavily associated with their conquerors, with few outside of Pahn Kahl understanding or caring about the difference between the two peoples.[3]
Failed Rebellions
“ You're from Pahn Kahl, yet everyone always just assumes that your people are Hallandren. The Pahn Kahl people were here first, in this land, but it was taken from you. Now you're just another province, part of the kingdom of your conquerors. ”
— Siri to Bluefingers[5]
Despite their defeat, the Pahn Kahl were not content to remain subjugated. Approximately three hundred years after the defeat of the Pahn Unity, around the year 321,[7] a Pahn Kahl man named Vahr began to foment rebellion among the Pahn Kahl dye workers[10] and dissidents.[11] He convinced many of them to give him their Breath and began to assemble an army.[11] Little to Vahr's knowledge, a second group of Pahn Kahl, led by the God King Susebron's steward, Haverseth, were also independently plotting a rebellion.[5] Haverseth, also known as Bluefingers, felt that Vahr's rebellion was drawing too much attention to the Pahn Kahl people.[11] Bluefingers leaked information about Vahr into the Court of the Gods resulting in Vahr's capture and the end of his rebellion.Template:Annotation ref
Bluefingers's own rebellion was far more subtle than Vahr's. As he did not have his own army,[5] he instead conspired to instigate a war between Hallandren and Idris, hoping that in the fighting Pahn Kahl could declare independence and break away.[12] Due to his high-level position as the God King's steward, Bluefingers was in the perfect position to manipulate events,Template:Annotation ref and his actions were often overlooked or ignored because his race.Template:Annotation ref
Bluefingers sneaked Pahn Kahl Awakeners into the Court through tunnelsTemplate:Annotation ref to begin Breaking the Lifeless in Hallandren's armies.Template:Annotation ref He later used these Lifeless, along with mercenaries and Pahn Kahl scribes disguised as priests to take control of the God King's palace and capture both the God King and his wife, Sisirinah.[2] He also gained control of the rest of Hallandren's forty thousand Lifeless soldiers by forcing the Returned gods Lightsong and Blushweaver to reveal their Commands.[13] These Lifeless were then Commanded to march on Idris to start a new war.
Bluefingers intended to kill both Blushweaver and Lightsong then plant their corpses surrounded by Idrian bodies, making it appear as if Idrian rebels had killed them in retaliation for deploying the Lifeless against Idris.[2] He also intended to kill both Siri and Susbron and make it appear as if the God King had his wife sacrificed on an altar and had been killed by vengeful Idrian assassins.[2][4]
However, Lightsong thwarted these plans by healing the God King's maimed tongue with his Divine Breath, allowing Susebron to finally use his Tenth Heightening to become an extremely powerful Awakener, save Siri, and defeat the Pahn Kahl rebels.[4] Peacegiver, who had been attempting to prevent this conflict on his own in the guise of Vasher, gave Susebron control of his ancient army of Lifeless, Kalad's Phantoms.[12] Susebron used this army to defeat the Lifeless soldiers that were marching on Idris, preventing the war between the two kingdoms and quashing the Pahn Kahl rebellion.[10]
Culture
People and Language
The Pahn Kahl are racially different from the dominantly Hallandren population.[2] They have a different skin tone and facial features than the Hallandren. They are also shorter on average than the Hallandren as well. Pahn Kahl also have their own language.Template:Annotation ref Its words are full of airy sounds.
Role in Hallandren Society
Within the kingdom of Hallandren, the Pahn Kahl were often ignoredTemplate:Annotation ref, seen as second class citizens[14] typically less trustworthy than the Hallandren.[15] On the other hand, many not familiar with the Pahn Kahl may struggle to differentiate the Pahn Kahl from the other Hallandren; oftentimes they are not seen as their own distinct people.[1] This confusion is a great annoyance to them. The Pahn Kahl are also indignant at being subjugated by relative newcomers to the region, as they had been there first.[5]
Many of the Pahn Kahl live a difficult life, working under harsh overseers in the dye fields.[14] Some have managed to work their way into high importance but low prestige jobs, such as stewards and servants for the priests and Returned in the Court of the Gods. This provides a far better life than working in the dye fields. This work is however unstable, anytime a new God King is chosen, all his workers lose their jobs.[14] In addition to this, Pahn Kahl servants have to work harder to gain jobs within the theocracy, and those jobs are often more difficult than the Hallandren servants.[14] They all required to wear brown robes[3][16] and are forbidden to speak to or touch the God King himself.[14] In fact they are not even permitted to be servants to the God King,[15] although they may be servants for his wife.[17] Pahn Kahl are also not permitted to serve as priests to the gods either.[3]
All these things have led to their rebellious spiritTemplate:Annotation ref and desire for revenge and freedom.[4] Consumed by these desires, the Pahn Kahl have lost a lot of their cultural identity.[18]
Religion
Those who follow the Pahn Kahl religion practice a form of nature worship.Template:Annotation ref Their pantheon contains five gods, none of which are Returned. The religion focuses on the storms of the Bright Sea, which are seen as a manifestation of their unity of these five gods. One of these gods is the Voice that calls the Returned,[18] who in reality is the Shard Endowment,[19]. It is unknown how much they understand of Endowment's nature.
In their theology, the Returned are men and women who denied the power of their gods in life and are therefore forbidden entrance into heavenTemplate:Annotation ref but are not sinners worthy of hell, so they Return for a second chance to find the true faith in life. Many of the Pahn Kahl do not mind the Returned, and accept the God King as monarch.[3] They simply see the Returned as misguided. Since they do not see them as divinities, the only thing the Pahn Kahl find extraordinary about the Returned is the strength of their BioChroma.
Many outsiders consider the Pahn Kahl religion to be simplistic, especially in contrast with the elaborate doctrine of the Iridescent Tones.[1] In fact, many people in Hallandren and beyond have no understanding of the religion or are not even aware that the Pahn Kahl have their own separate religion at all.[3][1][20] Unfortunately, some aspects of the Pahn Kahl religion have been forgotten even by its followers.[18]
Cuisine
Only one example of Pahn Kahl cuisine is currently known. The sweet pastry called Tinkfans are considered to be a delicacy.[15] They are even eaten by the Returned in the Court of the Gods. Tinkfans are traditionally consumed in small bites, with a small piece of bread eaten between each bite as a palate cleanser.
Notable People
- Vahr: A failed revolutionary who tried to lead the Pahn Kahl to freedom through force.[10]
- Tonk Fah: A mercenary working for Denth.[21]
- Haverseth: Also called Bluefingers, serves as steward to the God King while plotting his own rebellion.[3]
Trivia
- Brandon often adds an additional "h" to Pahn Kahl words in order to distinguish them and make them sound "airier".Template:Annotation ref
- One of Brandon's concerns is that he made the Pahn Kahl too forgettable to the reader as well, lessening the impact of their rebellion.Template:Annotation ref
- One of the things that would be explored further in Nightblood, the sequel to Warbreaker is the Pahn Kahl and their culture.[18]
Notes
- ↑ a b c d Warbreaker chapter 14#
- ↑ a b c d e f g Warbreaker chapter 55#
- ↑ a b c d e f g Warbreaker chapter 15#
- ↑ a b c d e Warbreaker chapter 57#
- ↑ a b c d e f Warbreaker chapter 54#
- ↑ a b c d Warbreaker chapter 32#
- ↑ a b Map of T'Telir
- ↑ Warbreaker chapter 26#
- ↑ Warbreaker epilogue#
- ↑ a b c Warbreaker prologue#
- ↑ a b c Warbreaker chapter 1#
- ↑ a b Warbreaker chapter 58#
- ↑ Warbreaker chapter 53#
- ↑ a b c d e Warbreaker chapter 34#
- ↑ a b c Warbreaker chapter 36#
- ↑ Warbreaker chapter 24#
- ↑ Warbreaker chapter 48#
- ↑ a b c d What do the Pahn Kahl believe in? All we seem to know is that they are similar to the Iridescent Tones. Any more info?
— Theoryland - 2010-01-18# - ↑ The only thing I'll confirm (and I don't think I've said this before) is that The Voice is, indeed, one of the Shards of Adonalsium. (Endowment is that Shard's true name, by the way.)
— Theoryland - 2009-07# - ↑ Warbreaker chapter 29#
- ↑ Warbreaker chapter 56#
