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'''Susebron''', also known as '''Susebron the Fifth''', is the
==Appearance & Personality==
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As a Returned, Susebron looks about twenty, much younger than his fifty years.{{book ref|wb|
He is naive, having grown up in a virtual prison imposed upon him by his priests. He is highly trusting of them, and refuses to believe that they may wish him harm (though it is worth noting that his faith in them turns out to be well-placed).{{book ref|wb|29}} His main source of knowledge about morality is a book of stories that once belonged to his [[Susebron's mother|mother]], the morals of which he follows from memory.{{book ref|wb|24}} Later, he begins to figure some things out for himself, though he continues to hold to the book's rules, making him honest to a fault.{{book ref|wb|29}}
He
== Attributes and Abilities ==▼
== History ==▼
{{image|Susebron by Caio Santos.jpg|side=right|height=250px|Using [[Awakening]]}}
=== Childhood and Early Life ===▼
Susebron was an infant [[Returned]] fifty years before the [[Pahn Kahl rebellion]]. At the time of his Return, the [[God King]] was unable to produce a child, and so the infant Susebron was given [[Peacegiver's Treasure]] and made the new God King after his predecessor gave up his Divine Breath to cure a plague.{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=44}}{{book ref|wb|27}} At some point either before or after his crowning, his tongue was removed so that he would be unable to use the wealth of Breaths that had been bestowed on him.{{book ref|wb|40}} He was separated from his mother, though he managed to retain a storybook she used to read him. 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.{{annotation ref|Warbreaker|chapter=24}}▼
Throughout most of his life, Susebron resided mostly alone in the black palace of the God Kings in [[T'Telir]]. Despite being the official ruler of Hallandren, he was kept away from its people and other Returned, only coming out briefly on special occasions, to hide the fact that he was mute.{{book ref|wb|40}} At the time, he had not been taught to [[Awakening|Awaken]] with a thought.▼
=== Marriage to Siri ===▼
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To forestall a war between [[Idris]] and Hallandren, Susebron was promised the hand of king [[Dedelin]]'s daughter, [[Vivenna]]. At the last moment, however, she was swapped for her sister, [[Sisirinah]], and Susebron ended up marrying Siri.{{book ref|wb|4}} For a long time, Susebron and Siri met only at night, as the priests wanted them to make a child, but neither acted, as Siri was awaiting Susebron's first move, while Susebron had no idea what was expected of him.{{book ref|wb|24}} Initially, he feared Siri, uncertain as to why she spent her nights waiting, naked, on his floor. After she began to perform her moaning and screaming routine for the priests, he approached her with a book, hoping to start some communication.{{book ref|wb|20}}▼
Siri taught Susebron to read and write using his mother's storybook and they started to converse, him writing on a board, and her speaking. Siri taught Susebron to read using the story book of his mother.{{book ref|wb|20}} As he and Siri planned how to reveal to the other gods that had no tongue, the two began to fall in love. He would spend long hours with her, learning about things like sarcasm and mockery, and about places such as Idris, and Siri's life growing.{{book ref|wb|24}} During one of those conversations, Susebron expressed an interest in meeting [[Austre]].{{book ref|wb|29}} Eventually, he and Siri consummated their marriage.{{book ref|wb|44}}▼
=== The Pahn Kahl Rebellion ===▼
After much convincing from Siri, Susebron decided to finally reveal his true function in the court to the other gods, with the plan for failure being to flee with Siri.{{book ref|wb|48}} However, before either could happen, Siri was taken away by the priests, under the guise of her pregnancy forcing her to stay in seclusion.{{book ref|wb|50}} Almost immediately afterwards, the [[Pahn Kahl]] attacked the [[Court of the Gods]], and imprisoned both Siri and Susebron.{{book ref|wb|55}}▼
The latter found himself in a cell next to [[Lightsong]], who sacrificed his own divine [[BioChromatic Breath|Beath]] to heal him, restoring his tongue. Now able to speak, and armed with enough Breaths to let him instinctively Awaken, Susebron freed his palace from the Pahn Kahl invaders and saved Siri.{{book ref|wb|57}}▼
Throughout most of his life, Susebron was mute and
Soon after the rebellion was quenched, Susebron was approached by [[Vasher]], who gave him the command to the [[Kalad's Phantoms]] strewn about the city.{{book ref|wb|58}} He uses it to send them after the [[Lifeless]] bearing down on Idris. He himself remains in T'Telir along with Siri, now with far more influence on Hallandren politics.{{book ref|wb|epilogue}}▼
▲== Attributes and Abilities ==
▲Throughout most of his life, Susebron was mute and illiterate.{{book ref|wb|20}} Because he wasn't taught how to Awaken mentally, he was unable to use his Breath to Awaken. He eventually manages to learn how to read and write from [[Siri]], and has his tongue restored by [[Lightsong]], immediately gaining the ability to speak.{{book ref|wb|29}}{{book ref|wb|57}}
He has been gifted with [[Peacegiver's Treasure]], a sum of approximately fifty thousand Breaths. Additionally, he receives two to three Breaths every week which causes his hoard of Breath to grow steadily over time. This grants him the Tenth [[Heightening]] and all the abilities of the Heightenings beneath it, including:{{book ref|wb|part=ars}}
* Perfect Color Recognition - allows him to instantly and instinctively determine exact shades of colors and their hue harmonics.
* Perfect Life Sense - allows him to sense people around him.
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* Instinctive Awakening - allows him to know commands necessary for what he desires to do without learning them beforehand.
* Invested Breath Recognition - allows him to recognize the auras of objects, and can tell when something has been Invested with Breath via Awakening.
* Command Breaking - allows him to instinctively override Commands in other Invested objects, including Lifeless. This requires concentration and will leave him exhausted.{{book ref|wb|15}}
* Greater Awakening - allows him to Awaken stone and steel objects.
* Audible Command - allows him to Awaken objects that he is not physically touching, but that are within the sound of his voice.{{book ref|wb|15}}
* Color Distortion - Wherever Susebron goes, white objects in his vicinity break up their colors like a prism, creating further colors. To show this off, he's usually dressed in white for public functions, although he wears black in private, as it is a more powerful color from an Awakening standpoint.{{
* Perfect Invocation - when Awakening he drains objects to white instead of grey.
* Mental Command - this ability, which is difficult to learn, allows him to give Commands and Awaken mentally. Susebron would have been able to Awaken through this ability before having his tongue healed, but was never taught how to do so.{{book ref|wb|58}}
* There are rumors of other powers granted by the Tenth Heightening which are not understood or have not been made known by the God Kings, who have been the only ones to achieve it.
The Peacegiver's Treasure makes Susebron effectively immortal, and even if he were to suddenly be cut off from his weekly supply, he could still live for over nine hundred years feeding off it.{{book ref|wb|48}} This amount of Breath might also make him immune to emotional [[Allomancy]].{{wob ref|11830}} In addition, as the God-King, he's capable of using his divine Breath to heal multiple people instead of just one.{{book ref|wb|24}} Whether this is because he was Returned young or some side-effect of holding Peacegiver's Treasure is uncertain.
Though he is a king, it's uncertain how much in the way of political skill he has, as until very recently, he's been little more than a figurehead of the priesthood.{{book ref|wb|20}}
▲== History ==
▲=== Childhood and Early Life ===
▲Susebron was an infant [[Returned]] fifty years before the [[Pahn Kahl rebellion]]. He was born to a poor family living far to the north in Hallandren, to a merchant and his wife.{{wob ref|7344}} At the time of his Return, the current [[God King]] was unable to produce a child, and so the infant Susebron was given [[Peacegiver's Treasure]] and made the new God King after his predecessor gave up his
▲Throughout most of his life, Susebron resided mostly alone in the black palace of the God Kings in [[T'Telir]]. Despite being the official ruler of Hallandren, he was kept away from its people and other Returned, only coming out briefly on special occasions
▲=== Marriage to Siri ===
{{image|Siri bedroom by Marie Seeberger.jpg |side=right|width=300px|[[Siri]] kneeling before Susebron}}
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▲To forestall a war between [[Idris]] and Hallandren, Susebron was promised the hand of king [[Dedelin]]'s daughter, [[Vivenna]]. At the last moment, however, she was swapped for her sister, [[Sisirinah]], and Susebron ended up marrying Siri.{{book ref|wb|4}} For a long time, Susebron and Siri met only at night, as the priests wanted them to make a child, but neither acted, as Siri was awaiting Susebron's first move
▲Siri taught Susebron to read and write using his mother's storybook, and they started to converse, him writing on a board, and her speaking
▲=== The Pahn Kahl Rebellion ===
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▲After much convincing from Siri, Susebron decided to finally reveal his true function in the court to the other gods, with the plan for failure being to flee with Siri and [[Bluefingers]].{{book ref|wb|48}} However, before either could happen, Siri was taken away by the priests
▲The latter found himself in a cell next to [[Lightsong]], who sacrificed his own divine [[BioChromatic Breath|
▲Soon after the rebellion was quenched, Susebron was approached by [[Vasher]], who gave him the command to the [[Kalad's Phantoms]] strewn about the city.{{book ref|wb|58}} He
== Relationships ==
{{image|Susebron and Siri by Elisgardor.jpg |width=250px|side=right|With [[Siri]]}}
=== Siri ===
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Siri and Susebron are married. Though the purpose of their marriage is to solidify political alliances
== Development ==
Though the Emperor is present for Siri's marriage to him (in contrast to Susebron), his early meetings with her go much the same as they do in ''[[Warbreaker]]''.{{bws ref| warbreaker-prime-mythwalker-chapter-sixteen/|Warbreaker Prime: Mythwalker Chapter Sixteen|date=2011-08-15}} However, as the Siri in Mythwalker possesses powers that would allow her to regrow his tongue, the plot requires the two to remain in that initial state of non-communication for far longer than they do now.{{bws ref| warbreaker-prime-mythwalker-chapter-eighteen/|Warbreaker Prime: Mythwalker Chapter Eighteen|date=2011-08-15}}
Though Brandon never finished ''Mythwalker'', the
== Trivia ==
== Notes ==
<references /><!-- chapters: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 15, 16, 24, 27, 29, 32, 34, 36, 40, 44, 48, 50, 52, 54, 55, 57, 58,
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