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{{character
|abilities=Ageless; other unspecified abilities{{book ref|
|titles=Emperor of the [[Dynasty]]
|ethnicity=Darksider
|books=[[White Sand]]
}}
'''Skathan''' is the emperor of the [[Dynasty]] on the [[Darkside]] of [[Taldain]].{{book ref|
==Appearance and Personality==
==Attributes and Abilities==
{{quote
|I have seen
|Baon, on Skathan{{book ref|
}}
[[Baon]] tells Khriss that Skathan does not appear to age, and is said to have been alive for hundreds of years.
==History==
According to Baon and Khriss, Skathan resided in the Darkside nation of [[Iiaria]].{{book ref|
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|The Dynasty is
|[[Khriss]], to [[Kenton]]{{book ref|ws|4
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It is not known how Skathan came to power, but by the time of the crisis in the [[Diem]] it was implied that he had held autocratic control over the Dynasty for
Some residents of the Dynasty actively worked to unseat Skathan. [[Loaten]] was his former Chief Minister of Diplomacy, and was rumored to have made an attempt on Skathan's life, although his motives were unclear.
Despite Skathan's suppression of technology, the Dynasty had some of the most advanced technology in the [[cosmere]] during his rule.{{wob ref|12236}}
▲Some residents of the Dynasty actively worked to unseat Skathan. [[Loaten]] was his former Chief Minister of Diplomacy, and was rumored to have made an attempt on Skathan's life, although his motives were unclear.{{book ref|ws1|5}} He was considered a traitor after somehow escaping execution, and Baon nearly shot him on sight.{{book ref|ws1|5}} [[Gevalden]] came to Dayside looking for a weapon to use against Skathan to bring stability to his "troubled" homeland,{{book ref|ws2|prologue}} which Khriss believed to be the [[sand master]]s.{{book ref|ws1|5}} After Gevalden's mysterious disappearance, Khriss traveled to Dayside to seek out the sand masters; she also performed scientific experiments on [[sand (Taldain)|white sand]] and [[sandling]] carapace in the hopes of independently discovering a weapon that Skathan was not familiar with.{{book ref|ws1|6}} Loaten told Khriss that the Dynasty was likely aware of her "secret" mission because it kept close tabs on anyone perceived to be an enemy;{{book ref|ws1|5}} Baon was indeed sent to Dayside by the Dynasty to watch Khriss.{{book ref|ws1|5}}
==Trivia==
*In the [[White Sand (prose)|prose version]], the leader of the Dynasty was known as '''Scythe'''.
== Notes ==
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