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== Appearance and Personality ==
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Kabsal is in his early twenties and wears simple gray ardent robes. He has a narrow face, shaven head, and a short squared beard. He has keen blue eyes. He is tall, lean, and "rather handsome." He is described as having a cultured tone, and speaks with a faint Herdazian accent.{{book ref|sa1|7}}
He is quick-witted, able to match intellect with Shallan and crack jokes that appeal to her sense of humor. He is also much more casual than the other ardents Shallan had met, engaging in light-hearted discussions with Shallan as well as theological ones. To Shallan, he appears confident and earnest, although in truth he is a convincing liar. In his undercover identity as an ardent, he is a rather unconventional one, engaging in behavior that ardents should not like swearing and attempting to recruit people to his devotary. Shallan finds these tendencies strange but endearing.
== History ==
Sometime before {{Rosharan date|1174}}, Kabsal joined the [[Ghostbloods]] and went undercover as an [[ardent]] in the [[Palanaeum]]. He
{{Dialogue|Shallan|You're an ardent; you're forbidden to have possessions. What did you bet?|Kabsal|Two deep breaths of a winter rose’s fragrance and the sunlight’s warmth on your skin. We can be rather creative at times. Years spent marinating in a monastery can do that to a man.|attr=Kabsal and Shallan, discussing his lost bet with Brother [[Lhanin]]{{book ref|sa1|7}}}}
Kabsal visited Shallan often in the Palanaeum where she and Jasnah spent most of their time. He brought poisoned bread for Jasnah on all of his visits. After Shallan expressed a fondness for jam and Jasnah a dislike for it, he started bringing jam that contained an antidote for the poison on each visit.{{book ref|sa1|50}} When he learned that Shallan likes [[simberry]] jam he brought a jar of it to share with her.{{book ref|sa1|33}}▼
He pretended to pursue romantic involvement with Shallan during her time in [[Kharbranth]] with the goal of assassinating her mentor and teacher Jasnah Kholin, a well-known atheist.{{book ref|sa1|70}} Shallan at first suspected he was trying to convert Jasnah, and then later believed he sought to prevent Shallan from becoming an atheist, and he encouraged these ideas to distract her from his true purpose. He claimed to have found proof of the [[Almighty]]'s existence, which he demonstrated through [[cymatics]] by playing notes next to a metal plate with salt on it. As the notes were played, the salt took the shapes of different cities from the [[Silver Kingdoms]]. Jasnah saw the demonstration, knew what Kabsal was doing, and asked him if he could make the shape of [[Urithiru]]. She was unwelcoming, claiming that was what Kabsal expected and if she had been welcoming he would have been surprised and suspicious. She asked Shallan if Kabsal had asked her to steal her Soulcaster, and when Shallan expressed shock, Jasnah told her that she was used to men like Kabsal and he would eventually.{{book ref|sa1|33}}
{{image|Secret Picnic by Marie Seeberger.jpg|side=left|width=250px|}}
▲Kabsal visited Shallan often in the Palanaeum where she and Jasnah spent most of their time. He brought poisoned bread for Jasnah on all of his visits. After Shallan expressed a fondness for jam and Jasnah a dislike for it, he started bringing jam that contained an antidote for the poison on each visit.{{book ref|sa1|50}} When he learned that Shallan
While visiting Shallan in the hospital, Kabsal succeeds in getting Jasnah to eat the bread. However, Jasnah [[Soulcasting|soulcasts]] both bread and jam out of caution, causing Kabsal and Shallan to fall ill without the antidote in the jam. Kabsal quickly dies,{{book ref|sa1|48}} but Jasnah is able to save Shallan's life by soulcasting her blood to remove the poison from it.{{book ref|sa1|70}}▼
▲While visiting Shallan in the hospital, Kabsal
After the assassination attempt, Jasnah investigates Kabsal and finds that he is not an ardent, but instead a member of the [[Ghostbloods]].{{book ref|sa1|74}}▼
▲After the assassination attempt, Jasnah
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==Relationships==
===Shallan===
{{quote
|The ardents in her father’s employ had all been crusty men or women in their later years, stern-eyed and impatient with children. She’d never even considered that the devotaries would attract young men like Kabsal. During these last few weeks, she’d found herself thinking of him in ways that would better have been avoided.
|Shallan thinking about Kabsal{{book ref|sa1|33}}
}}
Kabsal and Shallan get along well - they both have a dry and witty sense of humor and enjoy light verbal sparring. Shallan finds Kabsal very attractive, but expresses reservations when he offers to leave the ardentia to be with her. Although she often remarks upon Kabsal's impropriety when he swears or is overly casual, she doesn't mind. She enjoys his intellect and humor and sees him as a potential source of information about Soulcasting.
===Jasnah===
Kabsal uses his relationship with Shallan to get closer to Jasnah, but Jasnah is suspicious of him and is hostile.
==Trivia==
* He knows how to apply lacquer to a painting.{{book ref|sa1|7}}
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