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At the first and most prestigious nahn, one is even worthy of marrying into a lighteyed family.{{book ref|sa1|12}} At the second nahn, one could also potentially marry into a lighteyed family.{{book ref|sa1|25}} These two nahns are confirmed to be full citizens with the right of travel.{{book ref|sa1|10}}
 
While those at the lowest level of nahn without the right of travel are essentially serfs tied to the land they are currently on, this is relatively rare. Many more people are at the slightly higher levels of nahn that include the right of travel.{{qawob ref|1068|132782}}
 
=== Protections and privileges ===
There are some protections built into the system of nahn to prevent abuse by lighteyes.
 
The first is the the right of travel, which is assumed to be included with most nahns. To not possess that right would imply that one or one's ancestors had committed some wrongdoing.{{qawob ref|1068|132782}} The right of travel allows a darkeyed person to leave a town being ruled poorly by the citylord.{{qawob ref|1068|132782}} If the town experiences a substantial loss of persons, the citylord may be stripped of his position and be demoted in dahn.{{qawob ref|1068|132782}}
 
The second known protection is exemption from military conscription for those who are of sufficient nahn and provide an essential function to a town.{{book ref|sa1|44}} It is known that a second nahn surgeon and his only apprentice, also of second nahn, are exempt from military conscription.{{book ref|sa1|44}}
 
=== Moving between ranks ===
Moving between ranks is a fairly fluid and common occurrence, except for the very highest ranks, which are harder to attain.{{qawob ref|1068|132782}} The structure of the nahn system pushes people towards "stable ranks," which are ranks in which the child automatically inherits the same rank as their parents.{{qawob ref|1068|132782}}
 
Joining the army is one way to permanently increase the nahn of a person and their children; for example, if a very low-ranked darkeye joins the army, he would most likely receive an immediate one nahn increase.{{qawob ref|1068|132782}} Another way to increase one's nahn is to buy yourself up a rank, although this only works at the lower ranks of nahn.{{qawob ref|1068|132782}}
 
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 method and 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]].
 
=== Inheritance of nahn ===
The nahn of a darkeyed child is influenced by the nahn that his parents hold. Generally, the child's nahn will be equivalent to the highest nahn that either of his parents hold.{{qawob ref|1068|132782}} For example, a child from a union of a fourth nahn husband and fifth nahn wife would be fourth nahn.
 
However, for those of very high nahn, the children might slip down in rank until they hit a stable rank.
== Notes ==
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