Editing Skaa

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|related=[[Final Empire]]
|world=Scadrial
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[Mistborn (series)|Mistborn]], [[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
The '''skaa''' were a race of humans on [[Scadrial]].

The skaa were effectively created by the [[Lord Ruler]] when he forcibly divided the people of the world. Skaa were believed to be descendants of the people who did not support the Lord Ruler during his rise to power, unlike the [[:Category:Nobles|nobles]].{{book ref|tfe|19}} However, it is later revealed that skaa were created during the Lord Ruler's [[Ascension of the Lord Ruler|Ascension]], when he altered the physiology of people. The majority of the people he changed became skaa; built to be shorter, hardier, and more fertile.{{epigraph ref|mb3|25}} These physical differences were small, and have mostly been erased by noble and skaa interbreeding over the thousand years of the [[Final Empire]]'s history. All skaa [[Allomancer]]s are the result of noble and skaa blood mixing during some point in the person's heritage.{{epigraph ref|mb3|62}}

== Culture ==
While not technically [[wikipedia:Slavery|slaves]], because by law they are not the property of their masters, in practice they are treated like cattle and given about as much respect. The skaa are the beaten down, oppressed working class, and because of this many are timid in regards to the nobles. Skaa generally keep to themselves, and in the cities, a large number turn to a life of crime to sustain themselves.

Those who are not criminals are worked to near death in some situations by their masters. Plantation skaa were especially brutalized and often did not live as long as their city counterparts as they were killed if they were unable to work. Only very skilled skaa were able to have a trade and work as a craftsman, like [[Clubs]], although they were still underpaid and looked down upon by the nobility{{book ref|mb1|6}}. 

Skaa maintain a fear of the evening [[mist]]s due to folklore and misinformation spread by the nobles, believing those who go out into the mists are killed and turn into [[mistwraith]]s.{{book ref|mb1|prologue}}

Skaa living in the outer dominances, far from the Central Dominance, are allowed to own lands and become rich, but the Lord Ruler does not allow this to become publicly known.{{wob ref|10052}}

== Notable skaa ==
{{for|:Category: Skaa|a complete list of skaa characters}}
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*[[Kelsier]]
*[[Vin]]
*[[Zane]]
*[[Clubs]]
*[[Dockson]]
*[[Demoux]]
*[[Ham]]
*[[Spook]]
}}

== Notes ==
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