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|aliases=Nazh, the haunted man{{file ref |New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|The New Ascendancy Broadsheetname=nab}}{{wob ref|7415}}

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'''Nazrilof''', who goes by the nickname '''Nazh''',{{wob ref|2502}} is a mysterious [[worldhopper]] from [[Threnody]]{{wob ref|2861}} who gathers documents and creates sketches from different [[Shardworld]]s on behalf of [[Khriss]].{{wob ref|5341}} He is also the man from ''[[theThe New Ascendancy]]'' broadsheet whose gun appears to shoot [[shade]]s.{{articlefile ref|The New Ascendancyname=nab}}{{wob ref|7415}} Nazrilof is his surname; his given name is yet to be revealed.{{17s ref|date=2016-12-31|news|312|Shardkeepers Podcast: Arcanum Unbounded Essays (discussion at 1:05:57 mark)}}

Nazh is a lanky man with a narrow, pinched face, blonde hair and blue eyes.{{msh ref|3|2}}{{file ref|New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|The New Ascendancy Broadsheetname=nab}} He tends to dress to fit in with the locals -- [[skaa]] on [[Scadrial]], or an [[ardent]] on [[Roshar]], even when not among the planet's people.{{msh ref|3|2}}{{book ref|sa2|31}} When not blending in, he speaks with a faint, possibly ThenoditeThrenodite accent. He's rather skittish, and seems to have a hair-trigger temper, going from calm to annoyed in a moment. He's also very prone to swearing.{{wob ref|9555}}{{msh ref|3|2}}

He's often frustrated with tasks he's given, but will always accomplish them to the best of his abilities, even if they appear impossible.{{map ref|Frostlands}} Despite his frequent complaints, he seems to enjoy the worlds he visits, and finds the prospect of their destruction saddening. He can be condescending to others, especially people who aren't [[cosmere]]-aware, and gets annoyed when they're in the way of his missions.{{msh ref|3|2}}{{file ref|Bridge Four tatoos page.jpeg|text=Bridge Four tattoos}}{{wob ref|7415}} To those who know more about the cosmere, he can be snarky, sardonic and occassionallyoccasionally teasing.{{file ref|Alethi Glyphs Page 1.jpg|text=Alethi Glyphs}} However, he doesn't lack empathy, and will help others if it is within his power.{{msh ref|3|2}} He seems fond of [[Khriss]] in particular, calling her "my friend" in almost every annotation he leaves her.{{map ref|Elendel}}

Nazh seems to enjoy drinking, and is familiar with various types of alcohol.{{file ref|Rosharan Wines.jpg|text=Rosharan wines}} He keeps track of what is owed to him fairly strictly.{{map ref|Sea of Lost Lights}}{{file ref|Pattern.jpeg|textname=Pattern}} His favorite food is a fried eggplant-like plant native to Threnody.{{wob ref|8328}}

Like many [[worldhopper]]s, Nazh has some way to slow down or halt his aging. He seems to have some other powers as well, being able to dive to the bottom of the ocean to recover a bunch of drawings.{{file ref|Pattern.jpeg|textname=Pattern}} He might have some sort of ability to either heal himself or withstand superhuman amounts of damage, as he's not afraid of jumping down over a hundred feet.{{file ref|New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|The New Ascendancy Broadsheetname=nab}} He has some skills that make him a natural fit for the scouting and thievery he does for Khriss, but what those are, and if any of them are supernatural, is unknown.{{wob ref|13587}}

He's seen with two weapons. Around the time of [[Preservation]]'s death, he possesses a knife, long enough to almost be called a sword; he is not particularly attached to it, and gives it to Kelsier to aid him with his mission.{{msh ref|3|2}}{{wob ref|13252}} Three hundred years later, he's seen using a gun that appears to be capable of firing shades as projectiles, causing anything it hits to wither and crumble away.{{file ref |New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|The New Ascendancy Broadsheetname=nab}}{{wob ref|7415}}

He or Khriss seemed to have some interest in [[Shallan]] and her journey; he marked where she made landfall on the map of [[Frostlands]], and dove to retrieve some of her old drawings from the bottom of the sea.{{map ref|Frostlands}}{{file ref|Pattern.jpeg|name=Pattern}} He was also apparently interested in [[Kaladin]] on Khriss' behalf. In 1173, he was in the [[Alethi]] warcamps on the [[Shattered Plains]], where he observed the recently-freed [[Bridge Four]] to sketch the glyphs tattooed on their foreheads, as well as their uniform insignia and [[Kaladin]]'s slave brands.{{file ref|Bridge Four tatoos page.jpeg|text=Bridge Four tattoos}} He also tried to enter a meeting of the [[bridgemen]], posing as an [[ardent]], but was escorted out.{{book ref|sa2|31}}

While in the camps, he snatched [[Shallan]]'s symmetrical map of the Plains, though he refused to provide Khriss with a detailed one showing every plateau, as he'd have to create it himself.{{file ref|Shattered Plains WoR map.jpeg|text=Shattered Plains map}} He also gained access to [[Navani's journal]] and reproduced the [[ketek]] on its cover.{{book ref|sa2|endnote}} He might've been present at [[Shallan]] and [[Adolin]]'s wedding, as he also learned the ketek that [[Jasnah]] had composed for the occassionoccasion.{{book ref|sa3|endnote}}

|Nazh to [[Nicelle Sauvage]]{{file ref|New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|The New Ascendancy Broadsheetname=nab}}

Some three and a half hundred years after the [[Catacendre]], and a few years after his trip to Roshar, Nazh returned to [[Scadrial]], now equipped with a gun seemingly capable of firing [[shade]]s and using them as weapons.{{file ref|New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|The New Ascendancy Broadsheetname=nab}}{{wob ref|7415}} He obtained and annotated a map of [[Elendel]] made by the [[Canton of Cartography]], and passed it to Khriss.{{map ref|Elendel}} This time, both of them visited Scadrial's Physical Realm together for at least a short time, and put out an advertisement in ''[[The New Ascendancy]]'' newspaper asking that people hearing talking tools report it to "K and N".{{file ref|New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|The New Ascendancy Broadsheetname=nab}}

Khriss either remained in or travelled to [[New Seran]], eventually meeting [[Wax]] at a ball and questioning him about his abilities.{{book ref|mb6|12}} Nazh, meanwhile, attempted to retrieve a map of [[New Seran]] inherited by [[Nicelle Sauvage]]. For this particular job, he dressed up in a [[mistcloak]] for unknown reasons. Nazh managed to acquire the map, but Nicelle pursued him onto a gondola of a cable train riding above the city. In return, Nazh opened fire from his shade gun, trying to make it seem as though he wanted to kill her so that she'd leave him alone.{{file ref|New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|The New Ascendancy Broadsheetname=nab}}{{wob ref|7415}}

Nicelle, however, managed to use her [[leecher]] abilities to disarm the gun, to Nazh's shock. He managed to reactivate it in a few moments, but Nicelle quickly kicked it out of the gondola altogether and went for the map. The two struggled for it, with Nazh yelling at Nicelle in frustration to let go and Nicelle insisting that one, the map was her inheritance, and two, Nazh could've been much more polite about trying to acquire it. Nazh eventually resolved the situation by slicing the map in half and jumping off the gondola. He himself retained the part showing the city, while Nicelle had the half with a hidden pocket.{{file ref|New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|The New Ascendancy Broadsheetname=nab}} It's unknown which was of greater interest to Nazh, and whether he was even aware of the hidden pocket's existence.

Nazh works for [[Khriss]]; their exact relation is unclear, but he doesn't protest when called her manservant.{{msh ref|3|2}} The two have shared interests, but above all, he's fiercely loyal to her for unknown reasons.{{wob ref|13017}} He travels to the various corners of the [[cosmere]] and visits different places to acquire information -- mostly maps -- for her. He can be caustic and occassionallyoccasionally make fun of her, but he clearly likes her a lot, and always refers to her per "my friend".{{map ref|Elendel}} She, in turn, seems to have a bad habit of abandoning him in inconvenient places, which he doesn't seem to mind too much beyond how it affects his work.{{map ref|Sycla|Sycla/Opelon}}

Though Nazh follows Khriss' commands, he is not blindly obedient; the two get into arguments fairly often.{{wob ref|9565}} When he disagrees with something she does, he will do his own thing, such as giving his knife and information to [[Kelsier]] after Khriss refused to assist the [[Cognitive Shadow]].{{msh ref|3|2}} He's also not above demanding that she compensate him for his losses, or pay him what he's owed from the bets between the two of them, and can sometimes make mild fun of her and her pursuit of secrets.{{map ref|Sea of Lost Lights}}{{file ref|Pattern.jpeg|name=Pattern}}{{file ref|Alethi Glyphs Page 1.jpg|text=Alethi Glyphs}}

Nazh and [[Nicelle Sauvage]], known better under the pen name Nicki Savage, meet when the former tries to steal a map of [[New Seran]] that Nicelle has inherited. The map contains a hidden pocket with information from Nicelle's father, which is why she pursues Nazh and the two end up fighting over it (though, Nazh seems to be under the impression that this is just a regular, if very good map). Though angry with him for his theft and mystified by his odd weapon, Nicelle seems to find Nazh very attractive; she calls the timbre of his voice very enjoyable, and has apparently memorized his exact appearance.{{file ref|New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|The New Ascendancy Broadsheetname=nab}}

Nicelle later dramatizes the story for publishing it in ''[[The New Ascendancy]]'', a [[New Seran]] newspaperbroadsheet.{{file ref|New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|The New Ascendancy Broadsheetname=nab}} This is unlikely to be the last time the two of them cross paths.{{wob ref|13743}}

* Nazh is not the person writing the [[Ars Arcanum|Ars Arcana]]{{wob ref|7026}} (it is in fact [[Khriss]]), or the tattooist who gave the [[bridgemen]] of [[Bridge Four|bridgemen]] their tattoos.{{17s ref|post|101708}}

* Brandon has compared Nazh to a "grumpy [[Wikipedia: James Bond| James Bond]]".{{wob ref|13587}} Isaac, meanwhile, says he's "basically a young [[wikipedia:Peter Capaldi|Peter Capaldi]]".{{wob ref|9555}}

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