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| − | The '''Parshendi''' were a race of creatures on the world of [[Roshar]]. |
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| − | They lived in the area of Roshar known as the [[Shattered Plains]] and are more advanced forms of the [[Parshmen]]. The Parshendi were mentally much more intelligent than the Parshmen. Male Parshendi grew beards, which they threaded through beads infused with [[Stormlight]]. Most Parshendi which have interacted with the Alethi were in war form. The Parshendi could communicate their emotions through certain rhythms to each other and could perfectly keep in time with these rhythms even when apart, although the Parshmen did not have this ability. |
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| − | == Anatomy == |
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| − | === Forms === |
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| − | By staying out in a [[highstorm]] with a [[spren]], the Parshendi were capable of bonding with said spren which had the effect of changing their appearance,{{ref|17s|3238|text=Brandon says that Parshendi need a highstorm to change their form.}} physical abilities and mental capabilities. These changes were known as '''forms'''. There are six known forms: |
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| − | ;War Form: War form gave the Parshendi an armor like carapace, it also seemed to give them advanced physical capabilities although it severely hampered artistic ability and was not equipped to handle abstractions. |
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| − | ;Work Form: Work form also endowed significant physical strength, although without the armor of the war form and they had thinner fingers. While in worker form, the Parshendi found it difficult to commit violence and did not like confrontation. |
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| − | ;Mating Form: Mating form was used for reproductive purposes, a few Parshendi maintained mating form constantly although most entered it only briefly in order to reproduce with a partner, if these partners later entered war form they became a warpair. It was a distracting form which made productive work difficult. |
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| − | ;Dull Form: Dull form was an older form which was rarely used after the discovery of the newer forms. Those in dull form were not very intelligent. |
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| − | ;Nimble Form: Nimble form was a form used by the Parshendi scholars because they did not know the correct spren to bond for a scholar form. It did not impede the mind and the fingers were delicate enough for recording their findings. It grew long hair without any carapace to block it and had delicate swirling patterns in their skin along with a thinner facial structure. |
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| − | ;Storm Form: Storm form was a newer form discovered during the [[War of Reckoning]]. Little is known about it. |
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| − | They also made reference to "slave form," which was not a true form, but the lack of a bond with a spren or lack of a form. The creatures known as the parshmen throughout Roshar were actually Parshendi in this "slave form". |
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| − | == History == |
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| − | At some point in the past, the Parshendi were much less unified than they are when seen in [[The Way of Kings]]. They were once split into a number of separate tribes, with raids and assassinations as a relatively frequent occurrence. This is reflected in the Parshendi having enough cultural experience with assassination to have norms as to how an assassinations ought to be carried out.{{ref|?|968|2|Parshendi once dis-unified}} |
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| − | The Parshendi were originally discovered by [[Gavilar|King Gavilar]]'s brother Dalinar during a hunting trip.{{ref|b|twok|c|28}}{{ref|b|twok|c|45}} Dalinar was scouting in a forest which had not been on any maps. In a valley south of the Shattered Plains and about two weeks' march from the [[Drying Sea]], Dalinar saw the first Parshendi camped on the other side of a tributary of the [[Deathbend River]]. They hired [[Szeth]] to assassinate the King of Alethkar, [[Gavilar]], on the eve of a treaty with the Alethkar people in order to stop the Parshendi gods from returning. They instructed him to wear white because it was a Parshendi tradition for assassinations.{{ref|b|twok|prologue}} |
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| − | They had affection for the drum and other rhythmic instruments{{ref|b|twok|prologue}}{{ref|b|twok|c|45}} and sing while fighting.{{ref|b|twok|c|26}} |
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| − | Jasnah believed that the Parshendi and Parshmen are the descendants of the voidbringers which caused the Desolations.{{ref|b|twok|c|74}} |
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| − | == Notable Parshendi == |
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| − | {{for|:Category:Parshendi|a full list of Parshendi|Category: Parshendi}} |
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| − | *[[Eshonai]] |
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| − | *[[Klade]] |
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| − | == Notes == |
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| − | {{Stormlight}} |
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| − | [[Category:Magical Entities]][[Category:Flora and Fauna]] |
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| − | [[Category:Notable Articles]][[Category:Parshendi| ]] |
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