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|image=Nazh.jpg
|abilities={{tag+|worldhopping}}
|aliases=Nazh, the
|world=Threnody
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|first appeared=[[Words of Radiance]]
}}
{{update|sa4|mb7}}
{{quote
|Politeness. That's not how I work.
|Nazh{{ref|name=nab}}
|Nazh{{file ref|New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|The New Ascendancy Broadsheet}}▼
}}
'''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 [[
== Appearance and Personality ==
{{image|Khriss and Nazh by paintweaver.jpg
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{{quote
|I prefer
|Nazh to [[Khriss]]{{file ref|Alethi Glyphs Page 1.jpg|text=Alethi Glyphs}}
}}
Nazh is a lanky man with a narrow, pinched face, blonde hair and blue eyes.{{msh ref|3|2}}{{
He dislikes being surprised and one-upped by others, and is highly suspicious of strangers.{{msh ref|3|2}} This being said, he seems to enjoy excitement, vastly preferring fighting for his life to quiet study and scholarship. He can still be incredibly patient, and does have the mind to be scholarly, at least for a while, but he dislikes people who speak in riddles and flowery language, preferring that people get to the point.{{file ref|Alethi Glyphs Page 1.jpg|text=Alethi Glyphs}}{{wob ref|13016}}
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
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}}{{
▲Khriss and Nazh by paintweaver.jpg | <center><small>by {{a|paintweaver}}</small></center> With [[Khriss]]
== Attributes and Abilities ==
Nazh is skilled artist, able to read and draw Rosharan [[glyph]]s even from only seeing them on moving people.{{file ref|Bridge Four tatoos page.jpeg|text=Bridge Four tattoos}} He's able to infiltrate the population of various planets without any apparent issues, and can find his way out of even the most inconvenient circumstances and sticky situations, though not always with his dignity intact.{{map ref|Sycla|Sycla/Opelon}}{{map ref|Sea of Lost Lights}} He's an accomplished thief, though he's also familiar with variety of jails, enough so to consider some pleasant. Perhaps related to that is his physical fitness -- he's able to outrun an [[axehound]].{{map ref|Sea of Lost Lights}}{{file ref|Scroll of Stances.jpeg|Scroll of Stances}}▼
▲Nazh is a skilled artist, able to read and draw Rosharan [[glyph]]s
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.{{
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 [[shade|shades]] as projectiles, causing anything it hits to wither and crumble away.{{
== History ==
▲{{image|Nazrilof by Ashley Coad.png|side=right|width=300px|Nazh on [[Threnody]]}}
Nazh is a native [[Threnodite]]. The respect with which he speaks of [[shade]]s suggests he might've lived there prior to [[Evil]]'s coming to the [[Homeland]], but it
▲=== Early worldhopping ===
▲Nazh is a native [[Threnodite]]. The respect with which he speaks of [[shade]]s suggests he might've lived there prior to [[Evil]]'s coming to [[Homeland]], but it's unknown when he left, and what prompted him to start worldhopping.{{msh ref|3|2}}
At some point, he met [[Khriss]], and told her as much as he knew about his homeworld, the shades, and Evil.{{au ref|threnodite}} The two began to travel together, following Khriss' interest in other planets; however, it seems that only Nazh actually traversed the other worlds in the [[Physical Realm]], collecting documents and maps for Khriss. She would often leave him on his own, herself staying at places unknown, seemingly without much care for where she dropped him off.{{map ref|Sycla|Sycla/Opelon}}
Nazh and Khriss arrived on [[Scadrial]] to witness [[Preservation]]'s death.{{msh ref|3|2}} Nazh visited the planet's Physical Realm sometime around the [[Collapse]] and the [[Siege of Luthadel]], collecting and annotating a map of the city.{{map ref|Luthadel}} When on Scadrial, he pretended to be a [[skaa]], and retained the clothes even when he left the planet. He managed to return back to Scadrial's [[subastral]] before [[Kelsier]] destroyed the [[Pits of Hathsin]], which cut off the travel between the two Realms.{{msh ref|3|2}}
Some time afterwards, at [[Preservation]]'s suggestion, [[Kelsier]], now a [[Cognitive Shadow]], located Khriss and Nazh's camp in the Scadrian subastral. His surprise visit shocked Nazh, who remained fidgety and brash towards him throughout the meeting, resenting Kelsier both for surprising him and for briefly stealing his knife. As Kelsier and Khriss talked, Nazh tried -- and failed -- to intimidate the former, and when Kelsier asked to learn more about the greater cosmere, Nazh mocked him for it, suggesting he wasn't ready to learn the truth.{{msh ref|3|2}}
[[Khriss]] eventually decided against helping Kelsier, and declared that the two of them would leave the planet before Preservation died. Nazh initially went with her, leaving Kelsier behind; however, he eventually returned. Expressing his support for Kelsier's cause, he gifted the man his knife and pointed him towards the [[Ire]] base before departing once more.{{msh ref|3|2}} Kelsier would eventually use the knife to smash [[Ire's orb]] and ascend to Preservation.{{msh ref|6|4}} He lost it at some point between then and [[Ruin]]'s death.{{msh ref|6|8}}
=== Roshar ===
{{quote
|I had to spend hours watching the bridgemen to sketch their stupid forehead glyphs so you could have them, my friend.
|Nazh{{file ref|Bridge Four
}}
Nazh travelled to Roshar prior to the year {{Rosharan date|1173}}. At some point, possibly before crossing over to the [[Physical Realm]], he traversed quite extensively the region of [[Shadesmar]] known as the [[Sea of Lost Lights]]. Among others, he stole a map of the area from a creature named [[Smolderbrand]], got himself locked up in a jail in [[Ravizadth]] for fishing for a [[spren]] to do a job for him, and travelled from [[Candlemore]] to [[Celebrant]] on a [[mandra]]. The latter was apparently the result of a bet he had with [[Khriss]], and netted him some silver pieces.{{map ref|Sea of Lost Lights}}{{wob ref|12935}}
He spent a longer while infiltrating the [[Calligraphers Guild]], as Khriss wished to learn its secrets. Though he disliked the work, he eventually managed to find out the mystery, and discovered that the "deep, dark secret" of the guild was that the glyphs could be read phonetically. He ribbed Khriss about it, joking that she likely expected something more esoteric.{{file ref|Alethi Glyphs Page 1.jpg|Alethi Glyphs}} He eventually stole a scroll explaining duelling stances from the Guild and fled, pursued by an [[axehound]].{{file ref|Scroll of Stances.jpeg|Scroll of Stances}} Either before or after that happened, he found the time to experiment with Rosharan alcohols, getting so drunk on [[Horneater white]], he ended up getting a tattoo of an embarrassing [[glyph]].{{wob ref|11012}}
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}}{{
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
Nazh also travelled throughout the [[Sea of Souls]], visiting locations including [[Perpetual Sobriety]], [[Ageless Beauty]], and [[Abiding Light]]. He again seemed to take an interest in Shallan, and marked the path of her and [[Adolin]]'s voyage from [[Nohadon's Stairways]] to [[Nameless]].{{map ref|Sea of Souls}}
=== The Ghastly Gondola incident ===▼
Nazh was sent to embed himself among the [[Stonewards]], and found ways to look at the nature of [[Intent]] as it relates to [[Stoneshaping]].{{book ref|sa4|part=ars}}{{wob ref|15646}}
=== Time on Scadrial ===
▲==== The Ghastly Gondola incident ====
{{quote
|I don't care if [this map]'s the Survivor's bathrobe! '''Just give it to me!'''
|Nazh to [[Nicelle Sauvage]]{{
}}
{{image|Ghastly Gondola.jpg|side=right|width=300px|
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.{{
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.{{
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.{{
==== The Compass of Spirits ====
Over the following six years Nicelle's and Nazh's paths crossed many time until eventually Nicki began to count him as one of her adventuring companions. During this time they each made a promise to the other that they would explore the Cosmere together as their relationship took on a romantic tension.{{file ref|The Two Seasons broadsheet.jpg|''The Two Seasons'' Broadsheet}}
During one adventure they were on a quest to find an item Nicelle called 'The Compass of Spirits' which she claimed sent the bearer to the 'ghostly dimension', supposedly Shadesmar, Nicelle seemed convinced that the fate of Scadrial depended on their quest's success. Eventually the pair managed to collect the Compass of Spirits along with the key needed to open it up only for [[Vila Mecant]] to steal the compass off them, panicked Nicelle told Nazh to run away with the key before Vila could take it as well whilst she went to retrieve the Compass. Nicelle ultimately proved successful in her task and reunited with Nazh, then Nazh moved as if to kiss her but instead pickpocketed the Compass and used it to escape to the ghostly dimension himself, apologizing whilst doing so. Nicelle was devastated with this development and considered her mission failed until the two Kandra alongside her informed her that there existed another means to enter the ghostly dimension.{{file ref|The Two Seasons broadsheet.jpg|''The Two Seasons'' Broadsheet}}
== Relationships ==
{{image|Khriss and Nazh by Elisgardor.jpg|side=right|height=250px|Nazh carrying [[Khriss]]'s things}}
=== Khriss ===
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
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
=== Nicelle Sauvage ===
{{quote
Nazh and [[Nicelle Sauvage]], known better under the pen name Nikki Savage, meet when the former tries to steal a map of [[New Seran]] that Nikki 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, Nikki 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 Broadsheet}} ▼
|"You are entirely disagreeable!"<br/>"Then you're starting to figure me out."
|Conversation between Nazh and Nicelle{{ref|name=nab}}
}}
▲Nazh and [[Nicelle Sauvage]], known better under the pen name
{{sidequote
|You silly man. You'll never get rid of me that easily, it's you and me exploring the Cosmere together forever. Just like we promised.
|Nicki talking to Nazh.{{file ref|The Two Seasons broadsheet.jpg|''The Two Seasons'' Broadsheet}}
|side=right|size=300px
}}
Nicelle later dramatizes the story for publishing it in ''[[The New Ascendancy]]'', a [[New Seran]] broadsheet.{{ref|name=nab}} Over the following six years Nicki and Nazh's paths crossed many times until Nicki began to consider him a companion in her group and they made a promise to each other that they would explore the Cosmere together. Over time their dynamic took on a romantic tension. Ultimately however Nazh was forced to betray Nicki and steal the 'Compass of Spirits' for himself by tricking her into thinking they were about to kiss.{{file ref|The Two Seasons broadsheet.jpg|''The Two Seasons'' Broadsheet}}
== Development ==
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Nazh was created by [[Isaac Stewart]]
There are some plans to create more stories featuring Nazh, including a telling his backstory; so far, the only known detail is that his home town is called
== Trivia ==
* 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
* 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]]"
* Nazh's accent is meant to sound Scottish.{{wob ref|13011}}
* Nazh is Isaac's second
* He likes fried [[Wikipedia: eggplant| eggplant]]s since they remind him of a similar vegetable from Threnody.{{wob ref|13011}}
== Notes ==
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