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Beard's nickname is strange because he doesn't actually have any type of beard.{{book ref|sa3|73}}. He is somewhat stocky. He tells outrageous stories, most of them involving some heroic action that he supposedly did. Some involve him learning a rare ability, such as his story about learning to [[Soulcast]] from the King of [[Herdaz]]. He is dejected when he learns that [[Kaladin]] actually knew [[Dalinar]] because Beard had several fantasies that involved the Blackthorn.{{book ref|sa3|81}} Beard doesn't believe there is a god, saying that he "Knows a lot about telling which stories have been made up.".{{book ref|sa3|73}} For some reason, however, Beard wears the [[glyphward]] 'Fortune' around his wrist during the [[Siege of Kholinar]].{{book ref|sa3|84}} Beard is of the tenth [[dahn]], the lowest rank of [[lighteyes]]. He views 'middlers', lighteyes who are above the eight dahn, but weren't quite highlords, as useless. During a patrol, he insults [[Adolin]], who was disguised as a middler, mainly mocking the extraordinary amount of color Adolin was wearing.{{book ref|sa3|73}} He also blames [[Kholinar]]'s slow disintegration on Queen [[Aesudan]].