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'''Calmseer''' is a [[Returned]] from [[Hallandren]] on [[Nalthis]].{{book ref|wb|7}} She died by giving away her [[divine Breath]]{{wob ref|7354}} some time prior to the marriage between [[Siri]] and [[Susebron]].{{book ref|wb|7}}

== Appearance and Personality ==

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[[Lightsong]] often reflects that Calmseer was the most divine among the recent generations of Hallandren Returned. [[Allmother]] agrees with him.{{book ref|wb|42}} She truly cared about her followers, and even though she did not give up her [[divine Breath]] to solve their problems, she often found other solutions.{{book ref|wb|47}} Allmother emulates this, however it is done out of fear of losing the respect of those who worship her, and not out of authentic concern. Calmseer often spoke to Lightsong of her feelings of guilt at refusing to give her life to grant a petition. He believes it was this guilt that drove her to finally grant a request.{{book ref|wb|47}} This is not true, for she sacrificed her Divine Breath for her daughter, which is the reason for her Returning.

 

== History ==

=== After Returning ===

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She Returned without memories of her previous life or the vision of her daughter's potential death. It would be some time before her daughter caught the disease, and so Calmseer spent several years in the Court of Gods. Her duties included listening to petitions and judging works of art, but she also took Lightsong under her wing and helped him adjust to life as a Returned.{{book ref|wb|47}}

 

Two years before the [[Pahn Kahl rebellion]], she fulfilled her duties as a Returned and sacrificed her divine Breath in order to heal a young girl. She had dinner with Lightsong and Allmother the night before she gave her Breath away.{{book ref|wb|42}} Lightsong believed that after years of listening to and denying petitions, she finally granted one out of guilt. In fact, the request that Calmseer granted was the reason she Returned in the first place: the petitioner was Calmseer's daughter from her first life, asking for healing from the same disease that killed Calmseer herself. When Calmseer saw her daughter in the petitions line, she remembered her previous life and the reason she Returned, and sacrificed herself to heal her daughter.{{wob ref|7354}}

 

== Relationships ==