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'''Rysn''' is a young woman from [[Thaylenah]] on [[Roshar]]. She currently works in the [[Thaylen Gemstone Reserve]], managing Queen Fen's personal finances. Previously she was an an apprentice merchant under her ''[[babsk]]'' [[Vstim]]. She has a pet [[Larkin]] which she calls [[Chiri-Chiri]].
 
== Appearance and Personality ==
=== Shinovar ===
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| I've heard of the grass. But it's just so '''odd'''.
| Rysn to Vstim{{book ref|twok|i|4}}
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Five months into her apprenticeship to Vstim, Rysn went to [[Shinovar]] with her ''babsk'' to trade [[Soulcast]] metal for chickens, cloths and exotic dried meats. She found Shinovar very strange because of its ecology, lack of [[spren]] and the [[Shin]] culture. After setting up an [[Alerter]] fabrial, they met with their contact [[Thresh|Thresh-son-Esan]]. She was surprised to learn soldiers are the lowliest of men among the Shin while farmers are lavished with attention and respect. Vstim and Thresh started bargaining, each one taking pains to explain how worthless their wares were which Rysn found very uncharacteristic of her ''babsk''. They eventually came to an agreement and Vstim asked Rysn what she learned. She answered that the Shin are a humble people and remarked their haggling. Vstim told Rysn to get a pot of the Shin grass and care for it until she no longer found it odd, saying that would make her a better merchant. She thought the grass was imbecilic.{{book ref|twok|i|4}}
 
Despite what Rysn thought, the goods they bought from the Shin proved to be very profitable. This caused Rysn to name her pot of grass ''[[Tyvnk]]'', meaning "sullen", because she refused to be sullen at being so overtly wrong while Vstim was right so she let her grass be so. They eventually made their way to the [[Reshi Sea]] with a caravan of sixteen longboats laden with people and goods purchased cheaply in lands rimming the [[Purelake]], guided by a Purelaker named [[Gu]]. Rysn acted as the trademaster because of Vstim's sickness.{{book ref|wor|i|2}}
 
=== Reshi Isles ===
 
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| I needed to do something. To prove courage. I thought... I needed to be bold...
| Rysn to Vstim{{book ref|sa2|i|2}}
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=== Thaylen Gemstone Reserve ===
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| This is my consequence—payment for a contract I entered into willingly the moment I climbed down the side of that greatshell.
| Rysn to Vstim{{book ref|sa3|i|13}}
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Rysn was preparing for an important auditor to visit the Thaylen Gemstone Reserves, where she now works after losing her legs in the Reshi Isles. It’s revealed that Vstim got her the job after she graduated from his tutelage. She felt embarrassed by the lack of her legs, and was of the opinion that her career and freedom were over, and she’d had to take down most of the relics of her travels from her office because they reminded her too much of what she’d lost. However, she still kept the Shin grass and looked after Chiri-Chiri the Larkin, which was now slightly longer than Rysn’s palm.
 
== Trivia ==
* The writing process of one of Rysn's chapters in ''[[Words of Radiance]]'' were recorded and released as a series of YouTube videos.{{url ref|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSH_xM-KC3ZviGuhA9pT7ETB481Fw-VEL|text=Brandon's livestream|site=Youtube|date=29 Jun 2014}}
 
== Notes ==
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