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All darkeyes are not equal, however. There are ten different levels, or 'nahns', of darkeyes. For example, Kaladin's family is considered to be 'of the second nahn'.
A similar system is used to classify lighteyes. Instead of 'nahn', however, they use 'dahn'. A darkeyes of the first nahn can actually be more influential and wealthy than a lighteyes of the tenth dahn, although technically, the lighteyes is of a higher ranking. A darkeyes of one of the higher
It is strongly implied that it is a [[Vorin]] tradition. As such, countries that do not follow Vorinism generally don't have eye colour based classes. [[Sigzil]] points out numerous other systems of governance.{{book ref|twok|46}} Therefore, it stands to reason that it is not a universally recognized racial classification system.
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