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|image=Allstren_Cynder.jpg
|profession={{cat tag|scholars|Linguist}}
|ethnicity=Darksider
|world=Taldain
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
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'''Allstren Cynder''' is a professor and a linguist from an [[Elis]]ian University on the Darkside of [[Taldain]].{{book ref|ws|prologue}}
== Appearance and Personality ==
Cynder is an older man with dark skin and a bald head. He remains optimistic and frequently shows a sly sense of humor. He frequently squabbles with [[Jon Acron]] over inconsequential matters.
== History ==
Professor Cynder traveled to [[Dayside]] with Duchess [[Khrissalla]], [[Baon]], [[Jon Acron]] and an escort of Elisian soldiers. He and Acron were fascinated with the cultural and linguistic differences of Dayside. Professor Cynder had learned "Dayside language" from five hundred year old texts imported to the Elisian University from Dayside. When they were passing through [[Dosha-Har'Ken]], each time he approached somebody to ask for directions, they would run off without answering. While purchasing supplies from a [[Kerztian]] merchant that spoke [[Dynastic]], he hears a phrase he can understand coming from a speaker in the square. Cynder appraches the [[A'kar]], without realizing he is interrupting a sermon, but when he tries speaking to the A'kar the situation devolves rapidly, and they retreat only having learned they were blasphenomously speaking the "holy language" of the clergy.{{book ref|ws|prologue}}
{{sidequote
|If we can't get directions out of them, then at least we can call them to repentance.
|Cynder (upon discovering he learned the language of the clergy){{book ref|ws|
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After
Upon arriving in [[Kezare]] the group discovered [[Lonzare]], the Darksider section of the city. Cynder was thrilled by the mixing of Darkside and [[Lossand]]in culture. He suspected that a [[Wikipedia:Pidgin| pidgin]] between
▲After losing their guide and running out of water, Cynder and Baon found [[Kenton]] passed out in a tent, dehydrated from his fight with the [[Kerztian]]s, and helped revive him. When he and the travelling party were ambushed by [[Kerzta|Kerztian]] warriors on their way to [[Kezare]], Cynder was shot in the arm by a [[zinkall]] arrow. Kenton showed him how to remove the arrow safely by pouring water on the wound.{{book ref|ws|3|review=yes}}
The lock on Cynder's luggage malfunctioned and was repaired by Khriss as she, unsuccessfully, sought meetings with the [[Taishin]].{{book ref|ws|6
▲Upon arriving in [[Kezare]] the group discovered [[Lonzare]], the Darksider section of the city. Cynder was thrilled by the mixing of Darkside and [[Lossand]]in culture. He suspected that a [[Wikipedia:Pidgin| pidgin]] between [[Dynastic]] and Lossandin could be developing among the people living there.{{book ref|ws|5|review=yes}}
He and Kriss discussed the differences between Dayside [[Sand_(Taldain)|sand]] and [[sandling]] carapace, as well as Dayside sand, sand that had water poured on it, and what he beleived to be Darkside sand when she was doing experiments in her bedroom. Khriss explained that it was not Darkside sand, but sand that had had the lichen digested by sandlings, proving that sand from Dayside and Darkside were fundamentally the same, except for the lichen.{{book ref|ws|11}}
▲The lock on Cynder's luggage malfunctioned and was repaired by Khriss as she, unsuccessfully, sought meetings with the [[Taishin]].{{book ref|ws|6|review=yes}} After her meeting with Kenton Cynder, while playing a game of chess with Acron, suggested that she use her diplomatic skills to help out the Diem.{{book ref|ws|7|review=yes}}
Cynder and Acron, having found more [[Wikipedia:Saltpeter|saltpeter]] for
▲Cynder and Acron, having found more [[Wikipedia:Saltpeter|saltpeter]] for Baon to use, interrupted Khriss and Baon as she was confronting him about the incident with [[Deral]] and his lieutenant. Shocked by what he saw, Cynder dropped the container of saltpeter to the ground where it shattered. Baon then left taking his pistols with him.{{book ref|ws|12|review=yes}}
Acron went with Khriss, Kenton, and [[Delius]] when they went to [[Lraezare]] to find Vey. He helped Khriss revive Kenton when he passed out from [[overmastery]].{{book ref|ws|15}}
▲After Kenton "accepted" Khriss as a trainee [[sand mastery|sand master]], Khriss, Cynder, and Acron moved into the [[Diem]]. After they had arrived, Cynder remarked how strange it was for Baon to have turned out to be a spy,since he was always so loyal. He then suggested that any of them might also be a spy. Acron laughed it off, calling his suggestion "preposterous", and Acron joined him, laughing as well. Khriss gave [[Gevalden]]'s pistol, which she had received from [[Nilto]], to Cynder so he could use it to guard her. He accompanied Khriss when she went with Kento to visit [[Vey]].{{book ref|ws|13|review=yes}}
== Quotes ==
{{quote
|I wonder if they have a mixed language. A Lossandin-Dynastic Hybrid. That would be exciting now, wouldn't it?
}}
▲|Cynder speaking to Acron.{{book ref|ws|5|review=yes}}
{{quote
|well, aren't you the magnanimous one today, Jon?
|Cynder{{book ref|ws|13}}
}}
{{17s ref|name=typo|post|466778|White Sand Volume 1 Typos|date=27 July 2016}}
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