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Herdaz is a coastal nation in the north-east of Roshar, covering approximately one million square kilometres of land.{{url ref| urlname=https://www.17thshard.com/forum/blogs/entry/634-roshar-physical-characteristics-and-areas/|text=Roshar Physical Characteristics And Areas|site=17th Shardblog634}} Most of its jagged coastline lies on the [[Reshi Sea]], while a small part of it faces [[Steamwater Ocean]] and the [[Bay of Elibath]]. From the south, Herdaz borders [[Jah Keved]] on two rivers and [[Alethkar]] on land. Across the sea, it is close to a number of [[Reshi Isles]].{{map ref|Roshar}}{{map ref|Alethkar}} It lies around the same lattitude as Iri and Rira.{{map ref|Roshar}}

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During the [[Silver Kingdoms]] era, Herdaz was part of the kingdom of [[Rishir]], which additionally encompassed modern [[Reshi Isles]] as well as nothernnorthern [[Jah Keved]], [[Alethkar]] and [[Tu Bayla]].{{map ref|Silver Kingdoms}} At some point, the people living in this particular region of Rishir intermingled with [[singer]]s, leading to modern Herdazians having singer ancestry and some of their physical features.{{wob ref|930}} It's uncertain when Herdaz became its own country.

Prior to the [[True Desolation]], it seems the country wasn't doing very well, as numerous Herdazians elected to leave their countryit, with some only coming back from time to time while others never returned.{{book ref|sa2|22}}{{book ref|sa2|41}} However, it appears to have weathered the [[Everstorm]] without much destruction, as the [[Voidbringer]]s focused on bringing down their neighboring countriesstates.{{book ref|sa3|96}} When Dalinar contacted them to get their support for his coalition, they initially believed that he was trying to trick them into letting him invade them.{{book ref|sa3|24}}

Following the fall of Alethkar, a number of Alethi forces withdrew to Herdaz in an attempt to mount an organized resistance, among them forces led by [[Sheler]] and [[Relis Ruthar]].{{book ref|sa3|58}}{{book ref|sa3|96}} While most refugees have been folded under the command of anthe unnamedHerdazian general [[HerdazianDieno generalenne Calah]], at some points the cooperation between the two countriesarmies wascould get heated at times, as brightlord Sheler was captured and put up for execution after assaulting the local women.{{book ref|sa3|i|10}}

Herdaz is ruled by an unnamed king from a new dynasty that has only come into power sometime before the year {{Rosharan date|1150}}.{{book ref|sa3|49}} Little is known about him and his family, other than that he has no daughersdaughters.{{book ref|sa2|41}} The kingdom has a single set of [[Shardblade]] and [[Shardplate]] that are passed down through the royal line.{{book ref|sa1|23}}

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Herdazians are brown-skinned, darker than the [[Alethi]], but paler than the [[Makabak]]i, and brown-haired.{{book ref|sa1|32}}{{book ref|sa2.5|3}} They are most similar in appearance to the [[Reshi]], to the point where they can be mistaken for them.{{book ref|sa2.5|7}} However, they are also one of several races on Roshar with [[singer]] blood{{wob ref|5782}} in their ancestry, though it's not quite as apparent as it is among the [[Unkalaki]].{{wob ref|930}} The most visible sign of their heritage are their crystalline, slate-colored fingernails, which are strong enough to start a fire with a proper tool, and are sometimes described as reminescentreminiscent of carapace.{{book ref|sa1|26}}{{book ref|sa2|43}}{{book ref|sa3|35}} Apart from that, they have a higher tendency to be asexual than other races without singer ancestors.{{wob ref|3400}}

Herdazian cousinecuisine uses mostly a wide variety of shellfood, as well as flatbreatflatbread.{{book ref|sa3|13}} [[Chull]] head is considered a delicacy.{{book ref|sa2|12}} The most famous Herdazian dish is [[chouta]], fried [[Soulcasting|Soulcast]] meat tighlywrapped tightly in flatbread and topped with sauce, though sometimes the meat is replaced with shellfood.{{book ref|sa2|46}}

Herdazian language belongs to the Vorin family, much like Alethi and Veden.{{wob ref|3977}} The language has, according to [[Lopen]], names for all the kinds of cousins. There are numerous words in Herdazian to refer to a person without using their name, like ''gon'', ''mancha'' and ''gancho'', all of which seem to have slightly different meaning. ''Gon'' appears to a generic term; [[Lopen]] uses ''mancha'' exclusively when talking to [[Lunamor]]; and ''gancho'' seems to be a casual way to refer to one's superior.{{book ref|sa1|32}}{{book ref|sa2|12}}{{book ref|sa3|29}}

Almost half of all Herdazians on [[Roshar]] don't actually live in Herdaz, but rather in the surrounding countries.{{book ref|sa2|41}} When a large group of them comes together, they often form their own districts, such as [[Little Herdaz]] in [[highprince]] [[Sebarial]]'s warcamp on the [[Shattered Plains]].{{book ref|sa2|87}} They bring their culture with them wherever they go - among others, [[chouta]] is a Herdazian street food that gained much popularity in the warcamps, and can even be bought in [[Kholinar]].{{book ref|sa2|18}}{{book ref|sa3|68}}

* [[Lopen]], the cheerful, one-armed member of [[Bridge Four]] and a secondthird-Oath [[Windrunner]].

* Lopen's multiple cousins, including [[Punio]], [[Rod (Roshar)|Rod]] and [[Huio]].

* The [[HerdazianDieno generalenne Calah]], inthe chargeHerdazian general ofwho defendingled the countryresistance fromagainst the [[Voidbringer]]s.

* Herdaz's size is roughly similar to that of [[wikipedia: Colombia|Colombia]], or about half of [[wikipedia: Greenland|Greenland]].{{ref|name=blog634}}

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