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'''Susebron''' is the [[God King]] of [[Hallandren]] on [[Nalthis]]{{book ref|wb|2}} around 300 years after the [[Manywar]]. He is a [[Returned]] and is given two or more [[Breath]]s every week by his subjects in order to keep him alive.{{book ref|wb|29}} He is the fifth God King in the three hundred years since the Manywar.{{book ref|wb|32}}

He isAs a [[Returned]] and is given two or more [[Breath]]s every week by his subjects in order to keep him alive.{{book ref|wb|29}} He, as a Returned,Susebron looks much younger than he really is, which is around 50 years at the time of the events recorded in [[Warbreaker]].{{book ref|wb|36}} He is described as having dark hair, black eyes, and pale skin, though it is revealed later that he can learn to change his appearance at will.

During the events of Warbreaker, Susebron marries [[Siri]] in order to preserve the peace between Hallandren and [[Idris]]. At first he fears Siri, uncertain why she spends her nights waiting, naked, on his floor. When the two finally begin communicating (him writing on a board, her speaking), his innocence, from growing up in a virtual prison, is revealed, although later he begins to figure out some things for himself. Siri teaches Susebron to read using athe story book of his [[Susebron's mother|mother's]]{{book ref|wb|20}} that he had 'hidden' from his priests.{{annotation ref|Warbreaker|chapter=24}} He had heard the stories so many times and looked at it over the years that he had memorized each symbol, and the morals of the stories in the book were in part the code by which he lived. This meant he was honest and did not eat too many sweets. He and Siri eventually fall in love and she begins to plan how to reveal to the other gods that he has no tongue. She also teaches him other things, ideas such as sarcasm and mockery, and about other places such as Idris, and her own life. Susebron expresses an interest in meeting [[Austre]].