Editing Iri

|ethnicity=[[Iriali]]

{{for|Iriali|the people across the cosmere|pre=This article is about the nation on Roshar}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

* [[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}}