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{{lifeform
|image=Chull.jpg
|type=Animal
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
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The '''chull''' is a species of crustacean useful for labor intensive jobs. There are differing breeds of chulls and they come in a variety of shapes and sizes. They are found all across [[Roshar]].{{file ref|chull.jpg}}
== Appearance and Anatomy ==
{{image|Chull Life Cycle.jpeg|A depiction of the five stages of life for a chull: Larva (chull cremling), first Pupation, Adult, second Pupation, and Senescence.|side=left|width=250px}}
Chulls are massive crustaceans with thick legs with large claws and a stone-like shell. Their carapaces are typically red.{{book ref|WoK|4}} Chulls have whiplike antennae and beady fist-size black eyes.{{book ref|WoK|28}}
Chull shells are a light, porous stone created from minerals the chull consumes in its food and water and then excretes.{{url ref|url=http://inkthinker.deviantart.com/art/The-Way-of-Kings-Chulls-179074546|text=Inkthinker's comments on the Chull page from Shallan's Sketchbook|site=Deviant Art}}
== Notes ==▼
Since the shell is not alive, chulls are not hurt when their shells are cracked or shaped. In the wild, there are often plants growing in the crevices of a chull's shell.{{file ref|chull.jpg}} Chulls pull their legs and head into their shell when they sleep, and as a result sleeping chulls look like large boulders or small hills.{{book ref|WoK|23}}
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The [[Reshi]], and likely others, paint their chulls' shells. One can identify what island a Reshi chull handler is from by the colors and patterns on their chulls' shells.{{book ref|WoK|28}}
== Behavior ==
Chulls are generally docile creatures. They have claws that are said to be strong enough to break a man's arm, but it is very unusual for them to behave aggressively.{{book ref|WoK|4}} They tend to move with a slow, lumbering gait and are generally slower than humans.
They are capable of making a wide range of noises, including a gravelly bleating, trumpeting, and snorting.{{book ref|WoK|12}}{{book ref|WoK|21}}{{book ref|WoK|26}}
Chulls are omnivorous creatures. They eat everything from [[rockbud]]s to slugs to smaller crustaceans.{{book ref|WoK|4}} Domestic chulls are often fed grain.{{book ref|WoK|2}}
Chulls are considered less intelligent that horses{{book ref|sa3|10}} and in some cases, stubborn.{{book ref|sa3|18}}
Chulls breed by way of laying eggs.{{book ref|sa3|68}}
== Training ==
There are several different methods of training chull.
* In the rural areas of [[Jah Keved]], chulls are harnessed and controlled with complex leather bridles.{{file ref|chull.jpg}}
* In the coastal region around [[Kharbranth]], chull drivers often sit directly on the chull's shell and direct them by tapping on their antennae with long poles.
* Some chulls are trained to respond to different rhythms tapped out on their shells with a guiding reed. These reeds are often as long as a person is tall and allow the driver to drive from the wagon or cart rather than riding on the chull itself.{{book ref|WoR|17}}
== Use ==
{{image|Chull_Painting.png|width=200px|side=left}}
Chull are highly valued as work animals and are considered to be worth more than the average slave.{{book ref|Wok|46}} Some people maintain chull herds and rent their labor out on a contract basis.{{book ref|WoK|15}}They are slow but strong and are used to pull everything up to and including the large complex bridges [[Dalinar]] uses for chasm crossings.{{book ref|WoK|15}} Since their shells can be carved without harming the animal, some people sand flat places on top of a chull to ride and many carts are hooked to fittings drilled directly into their shells. Shelves and racks can also be carved into or attached directly to chull shells.{{File ref|Chull.jpg}}
Since it is lightweight and durable, chull shell is used as a crafting material. [[Shallan]] had a [[havah]] with chull-shell buttons.{{book ref|WoK|3}}
Chull meat is edible. It can be dried and stored as jerky.{{book ref|WoR|70}} In some cultures, including [[Herdazian]] and [[Unkalaki]], chull head is considered a delicacy.{{book ref|WoR|12}}
[[Dalinar Kholin]] uses them to pull his bridges, rather than put the lives of [[bridgemen]] at risk.{{book ref|sa1|15}}
== Cultural References ==
{{image|ChIsForChull.png|side=right|width=250px}}
There is a tavern in Dalinar's warcamp called the "[[Ornery Chull]]."{{book ref|WoR|46}}
=== Idioms ===
{{quote
|You think I'm scared of a lumbering chull like you?
|[[Teft]]'s nervous retort.{{book ref|WoK|23}}
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{{quote
|Jasnah is inordinately fond of dust, I believe she thrives on it, feeding off the particles like a chull crunching rockbuds.
|[[Shallan Davar]] talking with [[Kabsal]]{{book ref|WoK|33}}
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{{quote
|An army was like a massive chull at times, lumbering along, slow to react
|[[Dalinar]] regarding his army.{{book ref|WoK|56}}
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{{quote
|Everyone has a place. You're out of yours. Like a chull in a dining hall
|[[Kaladin]]'s impression of the lighteyes regard for him and his guards.{{book ref|WoR|44}}
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{{quote
|Storms, he was like a rat gnawing on the toes of a chull
|[[Adolin]]'s inner monologue while battling a Thunderclast.{{book ref|sa3|120}}
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