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{{character
|image=Kaza Botanicaxu.jpg
|abilities=[[Soulcaster]]
|died=c. {{Rosharan date|1174}}, ''[[First Dreams]]''{{book ref|sa3|i|4}}
|nation=Liafor
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|first appeared=[[Oathbringer]]
}}
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== Appearance and Personality ==
Kaza is
Her condition has also caused her to lose familiarity with aspects of human behavior. When [[Droz]], a sailor on the ship, speaks to her, she has to consciously remind herself of reasons why someone might do such a thing, and ultimately scares him off. She speaks matter-of-factly about her condition and her ability to see into the [[Cognitive Realm]] and is confused about why other people find such discussions disturbing. The sailors of the ''First Dreams'' avoid looking her in the eyes.{{book ref|sa3|i|4}}
She has an independent streak and has long felt controlled by the royal family; she makes her trip to [[Akinah]] in defiance of them and resents the way that they essentially imprisoned her to maintain control of the Soulcaster. She makes it clear to [[Vazrmeb|Captain Vazrmeb]] that she is helping him by choice, and that she is a person and not a thing to be used. Before dying, she chooses to transform herself into smoke as a final assertion of her control over her own destiny.{{book ref|sa3|i|4}}
== Attributes and Abilities ==
Kaza is intimately familiar with the use of a Soulcaster [[fabrial]] that can produce smoke. The Soulcaster has three large gemstones (presumably [[polestone#Smokestone|smokestones]]){{book ref|sa1|part=ars}} and is worn on her hand. She notes that her Soulcaster is the type that only has one "mode"; she can only Soulcast objects into smoke and she cannot return previously Soulcast objects to their original state. She began using the Soulcaster as a youth and continued using it throughout her life, becoming a [[savant]]. She does not wear the Soulcaster all the time, but she keeps it in a pouch on her person. She feels contentment when she puts it on.{{book ref|sa3|i|4}}
===Savantism===
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|...I am no ordinary Soulcaster. I have begun to see the dark sky and the second sun, the creatures that lurk, hidden, around the cities of men
|Kaza{{book ref|sa3|i|4}}
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{{image|Kaza by Eccos.jpg|side=right|width=250px}}
{{for|savant}}
Kaza's lifelong use of her Soulcaster has caused her to become a savant.{{wob ref|1683}} She spent a large amount of time with the fabrial in her youth, learning its secrets. She is able to transform part of an object, which is beyond the skill of most Soulcasters. There are limits to her abilities, as she cannot Soulcast very large objects completely into smoke. She can see, at least partially, into [[Shadesmar]], including the full shapes of [[spren]]. She describes Soulcasting as "connect[ing] to the device, and through it to Roshar".{{book ref|sa3|i|4}}
Her savantism has also affected her mind and her body. In addition to the difficulty that she has relating to other people, she seems to constantly fight back a desire to become smoke herself when she is actively using her Soulcaster. When she transforms something into smoke, she feels joy in her soul, and thinks about the freedom that would come from turning into smoke. Physically, she is slowly disintegrating, and believes that she takes a step towards death each time she uses the Soulcaster; she believes she only has a few years left to live. She barely needs to eat and she can no longer taste food, although she still enjoys its smell. When she drinks, she has to take care not to spill the liquid from the holes in her cheeks. She resists the poison administered by the cook of the ''First Dreams'' much longer than everyone else on the ship, and the cook describes her as "barely human anymore".{{book ref|sa3|i|4}}
== History ==
{{image|Coppermind Kaza.jpg|side=left|width=300px}}
===In Liafor===
Kaza was a cousin of the
===On the ''First Dreams''===
Captain [[Vazrmeb]] of the ''[[First Dreams]]'' somehow learned of Kaza's abilities and realized that she could help him on his quest to navigate to the ancient capital of [[Aimia]], the lost island city of [[Akinah]]. Kaza decided to work for him due to rumors among Soulcasters that Akinah might hold secrets regarding a cure for savanthood; her anger at the royal family also motivated her to leave. She somehow escaped confinement and joined the captain on his journey.{{book ref|sa3|i|4}}
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