Editing Iri

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|map=Locator_Iri.png
|ethnicity=[[Iriali]]
|era=Heraldic Epochs
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
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{{for|Iriali|the people across the cosmere|pre=This article is about the nation on Roshar}}
{{quote
|We are Iriali, and part of the Long Trail, of which this is the Fourth Land. … Eventually, all will be gathered back in—when the Seventh Land is attained—and we will once again become One.
|[[Ym]]{{book ref|sa2|i|2}}
}}

'''Iri''' is a kingdom in northwestern [[Roshar]].{{map ref|Roshar}} Prior to the [[Recreance]], it was one of the [[Silver Kingdoms]].{{map ref|Silver Kingdoms}} People from Iri are called Iriali. Iri is ruled by three monarchs, currently two kings and a queen. The Iriali queen has authority over foreign policy.{{book ref|sa3|16}}

== Geography and Ecology ==
The largest city in Iri is [[Rall Elorim]],{{book ref|twok|i|5}} City of Shadows,{{book ref|twok|16}} followed closely by [[Kasitor]].{{book ref|twok|i|5}} Many people in Kasitor worship [[Cusicesh the Protector]], a giant [[spren]], as a deity. Iri also contains the city of [[Eila]].{{map ref|Roshar}} Due to its northwestern position on Roshar, Iri is warmer than most other nations.{{book ref|twok|i|5}}

== History ==
The Iriali are not native to [[Roshar]].{{wob ref|1516}} They believe that they are part of something they call the "Long Trail," a series of seven Lands which all must be "attained" before they will become One again. Of these, the Fourth Land is Roshar,{{book ref|sa2|i|2}} which they migrated to from somewhere besides [[Ashyn]], separately from the rest of humanity.{{wob ref|9551}} They have had what most would consider to be inhuman ancestry in their past, depending on what is considered human.{{wob ref|11884}}

During the Desolations the [[Silver Kingdom]] of Iri was founded. This Kingdom ruled the current territories of Iri and Rira. At some point the Kingdom collapsed and the eastern part split off, forming Rira.{{map ref|Roshar}} Iri continued to claim Rira as a vassal, but that claim was disputed.{{book ref|sa3|16}}

During the [[True Desolation]], [[Dalinar Kholin]] approached the monarchs of Iri in an attempt to persuade them to join the [[coalition of monarchs]]. Iri claimed both that Dalinar had stolen their [[Shardplate]] and that [[Alethkar]] was no longer relevant as a world power. They gave these as reasons not to side with the coalition, instead joining forces with the [[Fused]], who offered them more power than they felt they could gain by siding with the humans. Furthermore, the Iriali people sought peace. Looking back at their histories, they realized that humans had never tried the tactic of capitulation as a way to avoid a [[Desolation]] and felt an obligation to try it, as it was an experience the [[One]] had not yet explored.{{book ref|sa3|16}}

By the time just after the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], Iri had struck eastward and, with the help of Odium's forces, captured most of the western kingdoms in the region of the Purelake.{{book ref|sa3|27}}{{book ref|sa3|122}} The country became both a stationing ground for troops and the center to which Odium's navy retreated following a defeat by the coalition.{{book ref|sa4|17}}{{book ref|sa4|19}}

== Politics ==
The Iriali are ruled by a triumvirate of rulers. The gender of the ruler is apparently unimportant, though currently they are ruled by two kings and a queen. The Queen currently has responsibilities over foreign policy.{{book ref|sa3|16}} 

== Foreign Policy ==

=== Rira ===
The nation of Iri claims authority over their "sister nation" of Rira, but Rira disputes that claim.{{book ref|sa3|16}} Despite this, Iri does ultimately hold sway over Rira.{{book ref|sa3|12}}{{book ref|sa3|16}} The Iriali desire to strike eastward and take over Iri.{{book ref|sa3|27}}

== Culture ==
The [[Iriali]] have metallic golden-blond skin and hair that breeds true.{{book ref|sa1|i|5}}{{book ref|sa2|i|2}} Many [[Alethi]] consider a lock of the golden hair of the Iriali to be good luck.{{book ref|sa1|18}} The Iriali are particular about chastity laws, and dislike public nudity.{{book ref|twok|i|5}} The men often wear only waist wraps on warmer days. The Iriali also paint their skin with colors and patterns. The Iriali tend to be less quarrelsome and prudish than the [[Vorin]] nations. They mostly have yellow eyes.{{book ref|sa2|20}}

Iri has no [[Soulcaster]]s.{{book ref|sa3|19}}

=== Religion ===
The Iriali worship a god they call "The One". According to this belief, the One knew everything but had experienced nothing. And so the One became Many in order to experience all things. As each experience is different, it brings completeness to the One. Eventually, all will be gathered back in when the sum of land is attained and they will once again become One. Every person is a different mind of a single being experiencing different lives. As Many, they need ignorance. Each fragment of the One’s mind has its own body with different passions and inclinations. They exist in variety to experience all kinds of thought. That means some people must know and others must not. Just like some people must be rich and others poor.

It is likely that this belief is the same one spread by [[Arclo]].{{cite}}

The religion is at least somewhat related to the [[Shattering]] of [[Adonalsium]] with its philosophy of one becoming many.{{wob ref|14397}}

The Iriali religion involves somehow reading portents of the future in the waves of the ocean. Tidereaders look at the waves and use what they see to make pronouncements about the future. The Iriali queen has a tidereader in her court.{{book ref|sa3|16}}

The philosophy behind the One is that the [[Spiritual Realm]] and the [[Beyond]] are the same thing. When a person dies, their soul rejoins the [[Investiture]] of the Spiritual Realm. Most [[cosmere]] philosophers disagree with this belief.{{wob ref|1729}}

== Notable Citizens & Visitors ==
* [[Ym]] is an Iriali cobbler and incipient [[Truthwatcher]] who is killed by [[Nale]].{{book ref|sa2|i|2}}{{wob ref|2507}}
* [[Zu (Roshar)|Zu]] is an Iriali [[Stoneward]] who is bonded to the [[peakspren]] [[Ua'pam]]{{book ref|sa4|22}}
* [[Wyndle]] originally wants to form a bond with a distinguished Iriali matron (who might have been Ym), but the [[Ring]] chooses for him to bond [[Lift]] instead.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}}
* [[Axies the Collector]], an [[Aimian]], visits Iri to look for [[spren]].{{book ref|twok|i|5}}
* [[Rysn]] and her babsk, [[Vstim]], visit Iri, and Rysn manages to offend the Iriali somehow.{{book ref|sa2|i|3}}

== Trivia ==
* The Iriali will have a role to play during the space age of the [[cosmere]].{{wob ref|12793}}

== Notes ==
<references/><!-- chapters:
sa1: 11, 18, I-5
sa2: 20, 21, 24, 31, 54, 68, 87, I-2, I-3, I-9
edge: 14
sa3: 12, 16, 19, 24, 26 27, 66, 92, 96, 100, 107, 111, 122
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