Editing Tyn

'''Tyn''' is a con artist and an associate of the [[Ghostbloods]].{{book ref|sa2|24}} She is the head of the guards for [[Macob]]'s caravan.{{book ref|sa2|21}}

Tyn is [[lighteyed]] and of medium height with a wiry build.{{book ref|sa2|20}} Her hair is black and at least shoulder-length.{{book ref|sa2|28}} She wears trousers and a long coat of good leather that looks almost like a dress, buckled at the waist. She covers her [[safehand]] with a tan glove and speaks [[Alethi]] without an accent.{{book ref|sa2|20}}

Tyn eats the food she likes, whether it's men's or women’s food.{{book ref|sa2|24}} She talks with confidence, relaxed and free.{{book ref|sa2|28}} Shallan is often reminded of her when she sees people whose interactions are a subtle game of one-upping each other.{{book ref|sa3|18}} Tyn enjoys acting above Shallan. She's smart and curious, and always wants to have the upper hand, which is why she investigates Shallan’s [[Jah Keved|homeland]], background, and even the history of her crew.{{book ref|sa2|34}}

|The art of the con, of course. The grand act of pretending to be someone you aren't, then running off with the goods.

|Tyn{{book ref|sa2|24}}

Tyn doesn’t have any magical abilities, nor any particular strength. She is generally resourceful and talented in ways that make her a good con artist.{{book ref|sa2|24}} Her spanreed connection to the Ghostbloods gives her access to important information, like Shallan’s background and the news on Jah Keved.{{book ref|sa2|31}}

{{image|Boots by Marie Seeberger.jpg|side=right|width=300px|Going along with [[Shallan]]'s "Horneater princess" con}}

Tyn’s team was assigned to kill [[Jasnah Kholin]] while the latter was on a ship to the [[Shattered Plains]]. As [[Shallan]] [[Soulcast]] the [[Wind's Pleasure|ship]], the attackers didn’t survive, leaving Tyn stranded.{{book ref|sa2|28}} Alone, Tyn found herself without spheres and subsequently came to [[Macob]]’s caravan to find a safe way into the Shattered Plains. She exaggerated her experience and became the head of the caravan's guards.{{book ref|sa2|24}}

During their journey, the caravan was assaulted by bandits. Shallan's "soldiers" assisted them, helping them avoid complete loss. In return, Shallan asked for the caravan's company on their way to the [[Shattered Plains]].{{book ref|sa2|21}} Impressed, Tyn took Shallan as a con artist apprentice.{{book ref|sa2|24}}

Throughout the trip to the Shattered Planes, Tyn taught Shallan many different things, from accents and passing for a lower class person or foreigner to sleight of hand and interrogating people.{{book ref|sa2|28}}{{book ref|sa4|26}}{{book ref|sa4|87}} It was her "teaching" that caused Shallan’s first encounter with [[Kaladin]] to go so poorly when Shallan tried to bully him by pretending to be [[Horneater]] royalty.{{book ref|sa2|28}}

When they were almost to the warcamps, Tyn invited Shallan to read [[spanreed]] messages together. There, not only did she provide information on her homeland, but she also confessed her intent of selling Shallan's deserters as bounty. Moreover, the spanreed wrote about Tyn's last job. Not only did it confirm that Tyn had been hired to kill Jasnah, but it also gave her information on Jasnah's ward -- Shallan herself. Realizing that she had been fooled, Tyn moved to kill Shallan. Though Tyn did manage to hit her hard, eventually Shallan summoned her [[Shardblade]] and killed her. Meanwhile, [[Pattern]] went to Shallan's deserters for help, asking them to go fetch her. When Tyn's soldiers resisted them, the deserters killed them.{{book ref|sa2|34}}

After Tyn's death, Shallan took over the spanreed communication. Using Tyn's old spanreed letters, Pattern was able to crack the code so Shallan could continue the conversation, agreeing to a meeting with the [[Ghostbloods]]. Shallan also continued her training, and created the Veil persona based on Tyn. In the beginning, Veil used Tyn's clothing and eyedrops.{{book ref|sa2|42}}{{book ref|sa2|37}}

The Ghostbloods initially thought Tyn was either sick or using Veil to avoid confrontation. Eventually they figured out she had been killed by Shallan and offered the latter membership.{{book ref|sa2|52}} Tyn was also responsible for Shallan not moving into the Kholin household in order to avoid indebting herself to them and for instilling the idea of playing "hard to get" with [[Adolin]].{{book ref|sa2|36}}

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|If you’re going to fool people, you’ll need to learn how to act beneath them as well as above them.

|Tyn on becoming a con artist{{book ref|sa2|18}}

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During [[Shallan]]'s time with [[Macob]]’s caravan, Tyn invites her to dinner, whereupon she confesses to having a [[spanreed]] connected to [[Tashikk]], which she has used to inquire about Shallan; with the information she gathers, she decides Shallan is a fellow conwoman, and chooses to take her as an apprentice with the promise of the "goods" she thinks Shallan wants.{{book ref|sa2|24}}

Shallan remembers killing Tyn at multiple points.{{book ref|sa3|30}}{{book ref|sa3|82}} She often compares confident people, like the bar patrons in the [[Breakaway]], to Tyn.{{book ref|sa3|18}} As Veil, she also uses many tricks and pieces of information that she has picked up from Tyn, including spreading a thin layer of powder on a surface to detect if it has been disturbed.{{book ref|sa4|35}} Knowing that Tyn can pick locks, Veil is careful not to rely too fully on locks to keep anyone out of something she wants to keep safe.{{book ref|sa4|26}}

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