Editing Skathan

|abilities=Ageless; other unspecified abilities{{book ref|ws2|5}}

'''Skathan''' is the emperor of the [[Dynasty]] on the [[Darkside]] of [[Taldain]].{{book ref|ws1|5}}

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}}

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}}

|I have seen him do things impossible of any normal man.

|Baon, on Skathan{{book ref|ws2|5}}

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.

[[Baon]] hails from the Darkside nation of [[Iiaria]] and he and Khriss indicate that Skathan resides there.{{book ref|ws2|5}}

It is not known how Skathan came to power, but it is implied that he has had autocratic power over the Dynasty for nearly a century, and perhaps much longer. Khriss notes that Skathan suppresses the spread of new technology (such as pistols) among Darkside nations, successfully doing so for decades at a time.{{book ref|ws1|4}} Darksiders that live in [[Kezare]] on the [[Dayside]] have created an ethnic enclave in the city, but this is not common knowledge because Skathan does not want people to know that there is traffic between the continents.{{book ref|ws1|5}}

|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.

|[[Khriss]], to [[Kenton]]{{book ref|ws1|4}}

Some residents of the Dynasty are actively working to unseat Skathan. [[Loaten]] was his former Chief Minister of Diplomacy, and is rumored to have made an attempt on Skathan's life, for unknown reasons.{{book ref|ws1|5}} He is now considered a traitor after somehow escaping execution, and Baon nearly shoots 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 masters.{{book ref|ws1|5}} After Gevalden's mysterious death, Khriss travels to Dayside to seek out the sand masters; she also performs scientific experiments on white sand and [[sandling]] carapace in the hopes of independently discovering a weapon that Skathan is not familiar with.{{book ref|ws1|6}} Loaten tells Khriss that the Dynasty is likely aware of her "secret" mission because it keeps close tabs on anyone perceived to be an enemy;{{book ref|ws1|5}} Baon was indeed sent to Dayside with Khriss by the Dynasty.{{book ref|ws1|5}}

Despite Skathan's recent suppression of technology, the Dynasty has some of the most advanced technology in the [[cosmere]].{{wob ref|12236}} Skathan maintains a "civilized" society{{book ref|ws1|3}} with a royal court.{{book ref|ws1|5}} Individuals from [[Elis]] have titles such as prince and duchess, indicating that some nations within the Dynasty are allowed to maintain their own caste structures.{{book ref|ws1|3}}

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