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|titles=Emperor of the [[Dynasty]] |
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'''Skathan''' is the emperor of the [[Dynasty]] on the [[Darkside]] of [[Taldain]].{{book ref| |
'''Skathan''' is the emperor of the [[Dynasty]] on the [[Darkside]] of [[Taldain]].{{book ref|ws1|5}} |
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==Appearance and Personality== |
==Appearance and Personality== |
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He appears to be in his mid-twenties.{{book ref| |
Like most Darksiders, he has dark skin and dark brown hair.{{book ref|ws2|5}} He has long hair and a goatee.{{book ref|ws2|5}} He appears to be in his mid-twenties.{{book ref|ws2|5}} |
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He is seen wearing a royal blue duster coat over a long red shirt, white pants, and a gold sash, with a teal cape trimmed in gold. He also wears gloves, tall boots and a wide-brimmed hat. He carries an ornate sword, dagger, and pistol.{{book ref|ws2|5}} |
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==Attributes and Abilities== |
==Attributes and Abilities== |
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|I have seen |
|I have seen him do things impossible of any normal man. |
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|Baon, on Skathan{{book ref| |
|Baon, on Skathan{{book ref|ws2|5}} |
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[[Baon]] tells Khriss that Skathan does not appear to age, and is said to have been alive for hundreds of years. He also implies that Skathan has other magical abilities.{{book ref| |
[[Baon]] tells Khriss that Skathan does not appear to age, and is said to have been alive for hundreds of years.{{book ref|ws2|5}} He also implies that Skathan has other magical abilities.{{book ref|ws2|5}} Although the Darkside does have some unknown manifestations of [[Investiture]],{{wob ref|1509}} the source and nature of Skathan's powers is not known. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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According to Baon and Khriss, Skathan resided in the Darkside nation of [[Iiaria]].{{book ref| |
According to Baon and Khriss, Skathan resided in the Darkside nation of [[Iiaria]].{{book ref|ws2|5}} |
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|The Dynasty is |
|The Dynasty is very proficient at keeping new technology from spreading through its provinces. Skathan, the current monarch of the Dynasty, knows how dangerous a little knowledge can be. |
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|[[Khriss]], to [[Kenton]]{{book ref|ws|4}} |
|[[Khriss]], to [[Kenton]]{{book ref|ws|4|review=yes}} |
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It is not known how Skathan came to power, but by the time of the crisis in the [[Diem]] it was implied that he had held autocratic control over the Dynasty for |
It is not known how Skathan came to power, but by the time of the crisis in the [[Diem]] it was implied that he had held autocratic control over the Dynasty for nearly a century, and perhaps much longer. Khriss noted that Skathan suppressed the spread of new technology (such as pistols) among Darkside nations, successfully doing so for decades at a time.{{book ref|ws|4|review=yes}} Darksiders that lived in [[Kezare]] on the [[Dayside]] created an ethnic enclave in the city, but this was not common knowledge because Skathan did not want people to know that there was traffic between the continents.{{book ref|ws1|5}} |
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⚫ | Some residents of the Dynasty actively worked to unseat Skathan. [[Loaten]] was his former Chief Minister of Diplomacy, and was rumored to have made an attempt on Skathan's life, although his motives were unclear. |
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⚫ | Some residents of the Dynasty actively worked to unseat Skathan. [[Loaten]] was his former Chief Minister of Diplomacy, and was rumored to have made an attempt on Skathan's life, although his motives were unclear.{{book ref|ws1|5}} He was considered a traitor after somehow escaping execution, and Baon nearly shot him on sight.{{book ref|ws1|5}} [[Gevalden]] came to Dayside looking for a weapon to use against Skathan to bring stability to his "troubled" homeland,{{book ref|ws2|prologue}} which Khriss believed to be the [[sand master]]s.{{book ref|ws1|5}} After Gevalden's mysterious disappearance, Khriss traveled to Dayside to seek out the sand masters; she also performed scientific experiments on [[sand (Taldain)|white sand]] and [[sandling]] carapace in the hopes of independently discovering a weapon that Skathan was not familiar with.{{book ref|ws1|6}} Loaten told Khriss that the Dynasty was likely aware of her "secret" mission because it kept close tabs on anyone perceived to be an enemy;{{book ref|ws1|5}} Baon was indeed sent to Dayside by the Dynasty to watch Khriss.{{book ref|ws1|5}} |
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Despite Skathan's suppression of technology, the Dynasty had some of the most advanced technology in the [[cosmere]] during his rule.{{wob ref|12236}} |
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Despite Skathan's suppression of technology, the Dynasty had some of the most advanced technology in the [[cosmere]] during his rule.{{wob ref|12236}} Skathan maintained a "civilized" society with a royal court.{{book ref|ws|3|review=yes}} {{book ref|ws1|5}} Individuals from [[Elis]] had titles such as prince and duchess, indicating that some nations within the Dynasty were allowed to maintain their own caste structures.{{book ref|ws|3|review=yes}} |
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==Trivia== |
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*In the [[White Sand (prose)|prose version]], the leader of the Dynasty was known as '''Scythe'''. |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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[[Category: Taldaini]] |
[[Category: Taldaini]] |