Editing Unkalaki

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|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
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The '''Horneaters''', or '''Unkalaki'''{{book ref|sa1|14}} as they refer to themselves, are a race of people on the world of [[Roshar]]. They live on the tops of mountains called [[Horneater Peaks]]. They currently have no [[Shardplate]] or [[Shardblade]]s.{{book ref|sa1|23}} They are one of several races on Roshar with [[listener]] blood in their ancestry.{{wob ref|930}} As a result, they have a higher tendency to be asexual than other races without listener ancestors.{{wob ref|3400}} Furthermore, they seem to be able to faintly hear the Rhythms{{book ref|sa3|37}}, although it remains unclear whether they are able to distinguish them or attribute them to certain feelings. Features that are often associated with Horneaters are pale skin, tall stature, and red hair. {{book ref|sa2|69}}

== Culture ==
A Horneater's occupation is determined by birth order. First and second sons obtain food, third sons are craftsmen, and fourth sons are warriors.{{book ref|sa1|49}} If siblings die, the younger ones advance in this order of professions, meaning a son that started training as a warrior would be forced to abandon his career in order to become a craftsman if his older brother died. It is unknown what more fertile families do with the later children, and it is not entirely clear how daughters fit into this system. This regulation reflects the social status of each type of profession in the Horneater culture. Basic functions like gathering food are valued the most while professions related to warfare are seen as least important. Therefore a third son craftsman like [[Rock]] refuses to become a spearman soldier like the rest of [[Bridge Four]] because it would be "beneath him".
{{sidequote
|The nuatoma, they see our lack of Shards as a great shame. They want these weapons very badly. It is believed that the nuatoma who first obtains a Shardblade would become king, a thing we have not had for many years. No peak would fight another peak where a man held one of the blessed Blades.
|[[Rock]] to [[Kaladin]] and [[Teft]]{{book ref|sa1|23}}
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The Unkalaki are organised in clan-like social structures. The leaders of these clans are called [[Nuatoma]]. The relatives of a Nuatoma serve him and act as his household. Nuatomas regularly leave the Horneater homeland in attempts to win [[Shard]]s in duels with Shardbearers. The first Nuatoma who could win a Shardblade would become the king of the Unkalaki.{{book ref|sa1|23}}. This position would now be given to [[Rock]], after he killed [[Meridas Amaram]], a shardbearer, during the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]].

It is unclear if Nuatomas are fourth sons or if their position excludes them from the normal profession system.

Some Horneaters are born with the ability to see normally invisible [[spren]] like [[Sylphrena]]. These individuals are called ''alaii'iku''.{{book ref|twok|21}}

At one point, [[Rock]] tells [[Bridge Four]] about the Unkalaki dueling system, saying that the two men would drink [[mudbeer]] and sing until one of them gives up. The point is that by the end of the duel, no one will recall why they were fighting.{{book ref|sa1|27}}

Unkalaki names are usually entire sentences in the form of poems, this makes them hard to remember for people who are used to [[Alethi]] names. Insults with similar rhyme and structure as the poem name of the insulted party are valued especially high in conflicts among Horneaters. {{book ref|sa1|27}}

Rock wears a beard style called ''humaka'aban'', which he says is the pride of every Unkalaki. Kaladin describes it as long sideburns that curve down to the chin. The chin itself and the area around the lips are cleanly shaven. Rock seems reluctant to the idea that other people besides Horneaters could wear the beard style.{{book ref|sa1|40}}

== Cuisine ==
The Unkalaki received their common name "Horneaters" due to their ability to eat the hard shells of crustaceans. [[Rock]] ascribes this ability to their unusually strong teeth. Unkalaki cuisine utilizes less spices than [[Alethi]] cuisine.{{book ref|sa1|23}}

{{quote
|Your food here, it has so many spices that you cannot taste anything else. Might as well be eating stones powdered with pepper!
|[[Rock]] to [[Kaladin]] and [[Teft]]{{book ref|sa1|23}}
}}

Horneater lager has the reputation to melt teeth and cups. {{book ref|sa2|46}}

== Mythology ==
*The Horneaters have three powerful gods they sought aid from: the Gods of the waters, the Gods of the mountains and the Gods of the trees. {{book ref|sa2|46}} This may refer to Roshar's three Shards.
*[[Spren]] are worshipped by the Unkalaki. Rock offers to build a shrine for [[Sylphrena]] at one point.{{book ref|sa2|9}}
*Naturally heated lakes on the Horneater Peaks are called ''Oceans''. There is an Ocean on each of the Peaks. Underneath the normal water is the so-called ''Water of life''. It is said to be connected to the Gods and Horneaters who swim in the Oceans can sometimes see the ''Place of the Gods'' (most likely the [[Shadesmar]], likely via [[Cultivation]]'s [[Perpendicularity]]). Swimming in the Oceans is said to be lethal to outsiders, though according to [[Sigzil]] this is only because the Unkalaki execute any outsiders who swim in their Oceans.
*''Lunu'anaki'' is the name of the Unkalaki god of ''travel and mischief who cannot hurt man''. Rock saw [[Hoid]] emerge from an Ocean and came to the conclusion that he must be ''Lunu'anaki''.{{book ref|sa2|46}}

=== The Story of the Horneater Peaks ===
Rock tells members of [[Bridge Four]] the story of how the Unkalaki claimed the Horneater Peaks. 

The Unkalaki were at the brink of extinction due to their belligerent nature at that time. They had a leader called ''tana'kai'', who talked to the three most powerful gods on Roshar and asked them for shelter. They were the gods of the trees, the waters and the mountains respectively. 

Both the god of the trees and the god of the waters refuse to give them shelter since they could not guarantee the safety of the Unkalaki. The god of the mountains does not outright decline the request but tells the ''tana'kai'' that his slopes are places only for spirits and they could not sustain life.
The ''tana'kai'' solves the dilemma by asking the god of the waters to place lakes on the peaks of the mountains, the mountain god to heat them with his thermal energy from the deeps of the earth and the god of the forests to bring edible plants to the now habitable areas on the mountain peaks. The gods were pleased with this solution and the Horneaters moved to the peaks.{{book ref|sa2|46}}

== Language ==
The Unkalaki language is part of the Dawnate language family, with distant roots in the [[Dawnchant]]. Though the vocabulary is distinctive, it shares similar grammar with the [[Shin]] and [[Parshendi]] languages.{{wob ref|3977}}

=== Names ===
Typical Unkalaki names are quite long, forming a poem.{{book ref|sa1|27}}
* [[Lunamor|Numuhukumakiaki'aialunamor]] - Rock's real name, shortened to Lunamor, describes a very special rock.{{book ref|sa1|27}}
* Lunu'anaki - The god of travel and mischief who cannot hurt man, probably a name for [[Hoid]].{{book ref|sa2|46}}
* Unulukuak'kina'autu'atai - One of [[Shallan]]'s aliases, meaning yet unknown.{{book ref|sa2|28}}
* [[Tuaka|Tuaka'li'na'calmi'nor]] - Lunamor's wife, shortened to Tuaka, translated as Song.{{book ref|sa3|37}}
* [[Kuma'tiki]] - Lunamor's second daughter, a type of shell found in the Horneater Peaks.{{book ref|sa3|37}}

=== Terms ===
* ''afah'liki''
* ''alaii'iku'' - can see spren {{book ref|sa2|12}}
* ''ali'i'kamura''
{{quote
|With ''ali'i'kamura'' to protect, perhaps it will be safe.
|Rock{{book ref|sa1|49}}
}}
* ''alil’tiki’i''
* ''ana'kai''
{{quote
|You're crazy! You're ''ana'kai'' crazy.
|[[Ur]]{{book ref|sa3|18}}
}}
* ''holetental'' - Likely related to the [[Knights Radiant|Radiants]] or spren.
{{quote
|Is not thing to learn. Is of the ''holetental''. For him only.
|Lunamor on [[Kaladin]]'s [[Surgebinding]]{{book ref|sa1|73}}
}}
* ''humaka'aban'' - A beard style. Long sideburns that curve down to the chin. The chin itself and the area around the lips are cleanly shaven.{{book ref|sa1|40}}
* ''Kali'kalin'da''
* ''kaluk'i'iki'' - Only a woman can be called this title.
{{quote
|When you are able to travel that far without being eaten by [[chasmfiend]] or killed in floods, I shall name you my ''kaluk'i'iki''.
|Rock to [[Kaladin]]{{book ref|sa1|49}}
}}
* ''Kuma'tiki''
* ''Lunu’anaki'' - Likely a name for [[Hoid]]
* ''mafah'liki'' - Unkalaki concept of [[spren]].{{book ref|sa1|21}}
{{quote
|Uma'ami tukuma mafah'liki...
|the beginning of a respectful phrase about spren{{book ref|sa3|37}}
}}
* ''[[nuatoma]]'' - Unkalaki concept of nobility or ruling class, the same as [[Alethi]] [[lighteyes]].{{book ref|sa1|23}}
* ''tana'kai'' - Similar to a king, but has further meanings.{{book ref|sa2|46}}
* ''tuanalikina'' - Fourth son and younger{{book ref|sa3|37}}
* ''tuma'alki'' - Probably means "weak" or "of poor quality".
{{quote
|Spices they have for us to requisition are ''tuma'alki''!
|Rock{{book ref|sa2|9}}
}}
* ''Uli'tekanaki''
{{quote
|I cannot fight. What man could do this thing before the ''Uli'tekanaki''?
|Rock{{book ref|sa1|49}}
}}
* ''umarti'a'' - A cousin of someone.{{book ref|sa1|23}}
{{quote
|Umalakai'ki! Kama mohoray namavau—
|[[Lunamor]]'s exclamation when [[Kaladin]] awakens {{book ref|sa1| 35}}
}}

== Trivia ==
* The Unkalaki peoples are a mixture of Hawaiian, Scottish and Russian cultures.{{wob ref|10503}}
* Because of their Singer heritage, they have extra jaw pieces at the back of their mouths which help them eat shells.{{wob ref|3922}}

== Notes ==
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