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'''Nu Ralik''' was a deity worshiped by people of the [[Purelake]] on [[Roshar]].▼
|related=[[Purelake]]
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
▲'''Nu Ralik'''
==Beliefs==
[[Rysn]] notes that every Purelaker she has met cares deeply about their gods.{{book ref|sa2|i|3}} The Purelakers believe that Nu Ralik has a great deal of influence on their lives. [[Ishikk]] believes that Nu Ralik is responsible for both the quality of his daily fishing catch and [[Maib]]'s recent finger aches.{{book ref|sa1|i|1}} Ishikk also believes that Nu Ralik holds sway over his destiny, and he often mentally appeals to Nu Ralik regarding potential events in his future.{{book ref|sa1|i|1}}
{{quote
|... Nu Ralik knew that the boundaries of nature were far more important than the boundaries of nations. Ishikk was a Purelaker. First and foremost. By tide and sun he was.
|Ishikk{{book ref|sa1|i|1}}
}}
Nu Ralik has an indeterminate association with the natural world. Ishikk has little regard for kingdoms or borders, believing that Nu Ralik places precedence on natural boundaries.{{book ref|sa1|i|1}}
Purelakers also have a strong penchant for being in the sunlight{{book ref|sa3|92}} and keeping their feet in the water to feel the tides;{{book ref|sa1|i|1}} Ishikk thinks "Nu Ralik forbid!" in regards to wearing a shirt.{{book ref|sa1|i|1}}
==Secrecy==
Although Nu Ralik is the true god of the Purelakers, in public they always swear by [[Vun Makak]], Nu Ralik's jealous and spiteful younger brother.{{book ref|sa1|i|1}} They believe that they must trick Vun Makak into believing that they worship him instead.{{book ref|sa1|i|1}} They do not speak Nu Ralik's name outside of their [[holy grotto]]s,{{book ref|sa1|i|1}} although in one instance a Purelaker invokes Nu Ralik's name when he is about to die.{{book ref|sa3|92}}
{{quote
| Oh, Nu Ralik ... We shouldn't have killed the guard. I just wanted ... wanted to see the sun again ...
| A Purelaker convict paralysed by [[Szeth]]{{book ref|sa3|92}}
}}
Despite the efforts of the Purelakers, their worship of Nu Ralik is not completely secret, as both [[Jasnah Kholin]] and the [[Seventeenth Shard]] are aware that he is their true god.{{book ref|sa2|3}}{{book ref|sa1|i|1}}
== Notes ==
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