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When it comes to trading, and as a result of their humble nature, haggling with the Shin usually involves both parties devaluing their wares to the other, until an agreement can be reached. Warriors are all considered extremely poorly in Shin culture. To a Shin, since warriors exist only to destroy, they are far below the farmers and craftsmen who live to create, and even merchants, who trade in other's goods. All warriors are required to obey totally the person who holds their oathstone, voluntarily subjecting themselves into a state not unlike slavery. While a Shin warrior is able to distinguish his oathstone, it does not appear to be remarkable in any other way--their subjugation appears to be entirely voluntary. As a rule, Shin warriors cannot be given to outsiders, and the rules regarding the trading of oathstones inside Shinovar are unknown. What is known, however, is that any person who picks up a weapon is required to take an oathstone and live the rest of their life as a warrior. A subsection of Shin culture is a sort of "slavery". Every slave has an [[oathstone]], and whoever holds that stone is the master of that slave. Because of this, robbing someone of an oathstone effectively transfers ownership of the slave to that person. Anyone who picks up a weapon in Shin is required to be a warrior, who fall within this sort of slavery. Lower than those who are considered these sort of "slaves" are those who are called the [[truthless]]. What sort of offenses that are required to make one considered a truthless are currently unknown. The Truthless are considered to be completely worthless for trading purposes, and are not desired to be owned by any. Generally, any Shin who receives any sort of payment for a truthless are likely to dispose of the payment without making use of it (such as throwing it in a river). Only the '''truthless''' are considered lower than warriors in the Shin culture. At present, there is only one Shin truthless, and there are not likely to be more in the foreseeable future. Truthless are exiled from Shinovar, and required to live the life of a Shin warrior outside of Shinovar. They are required to have a master, but are not allowed to seek or avoid a particular master, freely sharing information about their servitude to any who asks (assuming that a current master has not given contradictory orders). While the precise nature of the offense that makes one truthless is unknown, it seems likely that claiming a [[shardblade]] is crucially involved, as the only two things that a truthless cannot be commanded to do are to end his own life and give up his shardblade. Shin are known for raising and trading [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken chickens], a species unique to this region of Roshar.▼ ▲Shin are known for raising and trading [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken chickens], a species unique to this region of Roshar. They are also famous for their horses, and many varieties of fruit, such as strawberries, can only grow in the soil of Shinovar. == Notable Characters from Shinovar ==

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