Difference between revisions of "Jezrien"

|titles={{tag+|herald}}, Herald of Kings, Kadasix of Kings, Prime Kadasix, Patron of the [[Order of Windrunners|Windrunners]]

'''Jezrien''' (<small>Alethi pronounciation:</small> [[Wikipedia:Help:IPA|[ˈjɛzɹən]]] [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_key|YEZ-ri-en]]{{wob ref|6737}}), also known as '''Jezerezeh'Elin''', '''Yaezir''' and '''YaezirYaysi''', was one of the ten [[Herald]]s of [[The Almighty]]{{book ref|sa|part=prelude}} and the patron of the [[Order of Windrunners]].{{book ref|sa3|64}} Jezrien fought in multiple Desolations, defending humankind from the [[Voidbringer]]s and returning to [[Damnation]] between Desolations to be tortured.{{book ref|sa3|38}} After centuries of combat, Jezrien abandoned the Oathpact with eight of the other Heralds, pretending the Voidbringers had been defeated once and for all.{{book ref|sa|part=prelude}} He went into hiding, gradually losing his mind,{{book ref|sa3|39}} while the rest of the world revered his memory and he became a figure of legend over the following millennia.{{book ref|sa3|121}}

In [[Azir]] and the other Makabaki kingdoms, Jezrien is known as '''Yaezir, Kadasix of Kings'''.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}} In their religion, Jezrien is worshipped as their only god.{{book ref|sa1|55}} In [[Emul]], they hold that Jezrien named their kingdom as well as its capital, [[Sesemalex Dar]].{{book ref|sa1|55}} The Emuli seem to refer to him as the '''Prime Kadasix'''.{{book ref|sa1|i|7}} In Azir, they believe that each new [[Prime Aqasix]] is chosen by the will of Yaezir, and that he will guide them in their search for the person he has already ordained to be the Prime.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}} The [[Iriali]] and [[Rira (country)|Rirans]] also revere Jezrien on some level, calling him him '''Yaysi'''.{{book ref|sa3|26}}