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An archive of the articles that have been featured on [[Coppermind:Welcome|the welcome page]] with the date they were first featured.
  
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|1={{Coppermind:Welcome/Featured Article/Miles Dagouter}}
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|2={{Coppermind:Welcome/Featured Article/Rosharan subastral}}
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|3={{Coppermind:Welcome/Featured Article/Feruchemy}}
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|4={{Coppermind:Welcome/Featured Article/Kalak}}
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|5={{Coppermind:Welcome/Featured Article/Purelake}}
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|6={{Coppermind:Welcome/Featured Article/Ba-Ado-Mishram}}
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|7={{Coppermind:Welcome/Featured Article/Ialai Sadeas}}
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|8={{Coppermind:Welcome/Featured Article/Elantris (city)}}
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|9={{Coppermind:Welcome/Featured Article/Jezrien}}
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|10={{Coppermind:Welcome/Featured Article/Shade}}
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|11={{Coppermind:Welcome/Featured Article/Lasting Integrity}}
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|12={{Coppermind:Welcome/Featured Article/Hudiya}}
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|13={{Coppermind:Welcome/Featured Article/Kharbranth}}
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== Instructions ==
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To add a new article to the rotation of featured articles:
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# Check the list of currently available articles below to determine if the article has been in the rotation before
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## If it has never been in the rotation before, create a new page at <code>Coppermind:Welcome/Featured Article/''Article name''</code> with the text that should appear on the welcome page
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## If it has been in the rotation before, make sure its featured article page is up-to-date
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# Add the article to <span class='plainlinks'>[{{canonicalurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=edit&section=0}} the list stored in this page]</span> and renumber the list appropriately
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# Increase the value of [[Coppermind:Welcome/Featured Article/n]] to match the number of articles now in rotation
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To remove an article from the rotation of featured articles:
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# Remove the article from <span class='plainlinks'>[{{canonicalurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=edit&section=0}} the list stored in this page]</span> and renumber the list appropriately
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# Decrease the value of [[Coppermind:Welcome/Featured Article/n]] to match the number of articles now in rotation
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Currently available articles:
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== Historical Information ==
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Prior to 21 June 2024, the featured article was changed manually. The list of articles that were featured is preserved here.
 
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* [[Warbreaker]] (15 September 2010)
  
* [[Warbreaker]] (15 September 2010)
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* [[Cytoverse]] (24 June 2020)
  
* [[Cytoverse]] (24 June 2020)
 
* [[Lasting Integrity]] (21 November 2021)
  
* [[Lasting Integrity]] (21 November 2021)
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* [[Kalak]] (5 March 2024)
   
 
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Latest revision as of 19:55, 21 June 2024

Featured Article: Kalak[edit]

by Magali Villeneuve
Official depiction of Kalak.

“I am a blur. A smear on the page. A gaunt stretch of ink, made all the more insubstantial with each passing day. ”

—Kalak

Kalak, also known as Kelek'Elin in Vorinism, is one of the ten Heralds of the Almighty on Roshar, and the patron of the Order of Willshapers. Like all Heralds but Taln, he abandoned the Oathpact at Aharietiam. Currently, he lives in the honorspren city of Lasting Integrity, acting as their High Judge. He also leads the Sons of Honor under the name Restares.

Appearance[edit]

Though not from Alethkar, Kalak appears Alethi. He's a short man, with thinning, wispy hair, a round face, and a small nose. When he wishes to appear serious, he puts on a set of violet robes; ordinarily, however, he dresses more casually. Vorin artwork tends to present him as a young man, though in person, he looks more like a city administrator.

Personality[edit]

“They deserve better than you, son. They deserve better than me. I could never judge them for refusing to bond men. How could I?”

—Kalak

Back in the early Desolations, he was known for being decisive and authoritative, and he would often be approached whenever problems appeared for counsel. However, as Desolations wore him down, he became terrified of dying and returning to Braize to be tortured. By Aharietiam, he has vivid, painful memories of the torture that sometimes cause him to briefly lose his grip on reality. When given the choice to abandon the Oathpact, he's aware of and terrified of the consequences. However, by this point his fear of torture far outweighs his sense of duty.

By the True Desolation, this develops into paranoid and erratic behavior. Kalak vacillates often, and finds making even the simplest decisions difficult. He often follows what the crowd wants instead of his own internal moral compass. He seems to have trouble focusing, or at least paying attention to time, even when others are waiting for him. He believes humans are dangerous; he's unsettled by their presence, with Bondsmiths, and people associated with them, seeming to provoke the strongest reaction. A visit into a human city makes him jittery to the point where he runs away at the sight of another person. It's likely that he prefers to live in Lasting Integrity for this reason. Even there, however, unexpected commotion can quickly make him panic. In this state, he is near-insensate, crying, covering his ears and curling on the floor. He recovers extremely quickly, though, and with no outward sign that he's been disturbed.

Read more! · Other exemplary articles

Instructions[edit]

To add a new article to the rotation of featured articles:

  1. Check the list of currently available articles below to determine if the article has been in the rotation before
    1. If it has never been in the rotation before, create a new page at Coppermind:Welcome/Featured Article/Article name with the text that should appear on the welcome page
    2. If it has been in the rotation before, make sure its featured article page is up-to-date
  2. Add the article to the list stored in this page and renumber the list appropriately
  3. Increase the value of Coppermind:Welcome/Featured Article/n to match the number of articles now in rotation

To remove an article from the rotation of featured articles:

  1. Remove the article from the list stored in this page and renumber the list appropriately
  2. Decrease the value of Coppermind:Welcome/Featured Article/n to match the number of articles now in rotation

Currently available articles:

Historical Information[edit]

Prior to 21 June 2024, the featured article was changed manually. The list of articles that were featured is preserved here.

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