Difference between revisions of "Darkeyes"

Since darkeyes are the "commoners" in the Vorin kingdoms, the nahn system is inferior to the dahn system. Holdingand holding any level of nahn would be socially inferior to the lowest level of [[dahn]].{{book ref|sa2|2}} However, there are situations in which practical realitycircumstances makes the social standing between two persons less relevant or even reversed. For example, after [[Kaladin]], a darkeyes, was promoted to captain, he was socially outranked by many lighteyed soldiers, yet still possessed higher military rank and authority than them.{{book ref|sa2|5}} A worker, such as a carriage driver, would treat a wealthy darkeyes as any other master since their wages would be paid by the darkeyed passenger.{{book ref|sa2|63}}

In Azimir specifically, darkeyes are allowed right of protest in which; theyallows them mayto lodge a formal complaint, rejecting an order. At thisthat point, they are awarded a one month period to make their grievances known before being forced to comply.{{book ref|sa3|65}}

Joining the army is one way to permanently increase the nahn of a person and their children; for example, if a very low-ranked darkeyedarkeyes joins the army, he would most likely receive an immediate one nahn increase.{{wob ref|2782}} Another way to increase one's nahn is to buy yourself up a rank, although this only works at the lower ranks of nahn.{{wob ref|2782}}

There is also an extremely rare method to change ranks out of the nahn system and into the dahn system. By becoming a [[Shardbearer]], regardless of how the shard was obtained or whether one is darkeyed or not, one immediately raises his rank to the fourth dahn.{{book ref|sa2|66}} This was accomplished for the first time in generations when [[Moash]] received a full set of shards from [[Kaladin Stormblessed]].