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{{culture ~~__FORCETOC__~~ \|image=skaa.png ~~[[Category:Cultures and Ethnicities]][[Category:Mistborn]]~~ \|related=[[Final Empire]] == The Skaa ==▼ \|world=Scadrial \|universe=[[Cosmere]] \|books=[[Mistborn (series)\|Mistborn]], [[The Stormlight Archive]] }} The '''skaa''' are a race of humans on [[Scadrial]]. The ~~Skaa are a race of humans on [[Scadrial]], currently featured in [[Mistborn\|The Mistborn Trilogy]]. The Skaa~~skaa were effectively created by the [[~~The~~ Lord Ruler]] when he forcibly divided the people of the world. Skaa ~~are~~were believed to be descendants of the people who did not support ~~The~~the Lord Ruler during his rise to power, unlike the [[:Category:Nobles\|nobles]].{{book ~~Due~~ref\|tfe\|19}} toHowever, ~~centuries~~it is later revealed that skaa were created during the Lord Ruler's [[Ascension of ~~(mostly)~~the ~~keeping~~Lord Ruler\|Ascension]], when he altered the physiology of people. The majority of the people he changed became skaa; built to ~~themselves~~be shorter, ~~Nobles~~hardier, and ~~Skaa~~more fertile.{{epigraph ref\|mb3\|25}} These physical differences were small, and have ~~basically~~mostly ~~diverged~~been ~~into~~erased ~~two~~by ~~distinct~~noble ~~races~~and skaa interbreeding over the thousand years of ~~humans~~the [[Final Empire]]'s history. All skaa [[~~allomancer\|allomancers~~Allomancer]]s are the result of ~~Noble~~noble and ~~Skaa~~skaa blood mixing during some point in the person's heritage.{{epigraph ref\|mb3\|62}} ~~Physically, the Skaa are of average human traits.~~ == Culture == While not technically [~~http~~[wikipedia:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Slavery \|slaves]], because by law they are not the property of their masters, in practice ~~this~~they isare ~~quite~~treated ~~the~~like cattle and given about as much ~~opposite~~respect. The skaa are the beaten down, oppressed working class, and because of this many are timid in regards to the nobles. Skaa generally keep to themselves, and in the cities, a large number turn to a life of crime to sustain themselves.▼ Those who are not criminals are worked to near death in some situations by their masters. Plantation skaa were especially brutalized and often did not live as long as their city counterparts as they were killed if they were unable to work. Only very skilled skaa were able to have a trade and work as a craftsman, like [[Clubs]], although they were still underpaid and looked down upon by the nobility{{book ref\|mb1\|6}}. ▲While not technically [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery slaves], because by law they are not property of their masters, in practice this is quite the opposite. The skaa are the beaten down, oppressed working class, and because of this many are timid in regards to the nobles. Skaa generally keep to themselves, and a large number turn to a life of crime to sustain themselves. Skaa maintain a fear of the evening [[mist]]s due to ~~folk lore~~folklore and misinformation spread by the nobles, believing those who go out into the mists are killed and turn into [[mistwraith]]s.{{book ref\|mb1\|prologue}}▼ ~~Those who are not criminals are worked to near death in some situations by their masters.~~ Skaa living in the outer dominances, far from the Central Dominance, are allowed to own lands and become rich, but the Lord Ruler does not allow this to become publicly known.{{wob ref\|10052}} ▲Skaa maintain a fear of the evening [[mist]]s due to folk lore and misinformation spread by the nobles. == Notable ~~Skaa~~skaa == {{for\|:Category: Skaa\|a complete list of skaa characters}} [[Breeze]] (Breeze is really a [[Nobles\|nobleman]] living as a Skaa. Most characters are unaware of this) {{columns\| [[Camon]]▼ [[Kelsier]]▼ ▲[[~~Camon~~Vin]] [[~~Mare~~Zane]]▼ [[Clubs]] [[Dockson]] [[~~Reen~~Demoux]]▼ [[Ham]] ▲[[Kelsier]] ▲[[Mare]] ▲[[Reen]] [[Spook]] }} [[Vin]] *[[Yeden]] ▲== ~~The Skaa~~Notes == <references/> {{partial}} {{Mistborn\|Era 1}} [[Category: Skaa\| ]] [[es: Skaa]]