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'''Yalb''' is a [[Thaylen]] sailor from [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa1|3}}▼
Yalb
== Personality ==▼
▲'''Yalb''' is a [[Thaylen]] sailor from the ''[[
▲== Appearance and Personality ==
Yalb is a young sailor who usually wears an open-fronted vest and a pair of loose trousers.{{book ref|sa2|1}}
Yalb has a lazy contentedness and a smirk. {{book ref|sa1|7}} He speaks a thick rural Thaylen dialect, has an affable voice{{book ref|sa1|7}} and speaks with the gentle flirtation of a sailor. {{book ref|sa1|3}}
Yalb is probably of a pagan religion as he mentions the “Passions”. {{book ref|sa1|8}}
== History ==
He traveled on ''[[Wind's Pleasure|The Wind's Pleasure]]'' with [[Shallan]] and
When she comes out of the Conclave and lets him know Jasnah rejecter her; he convinces her to try a third time and helps her getting a book merchant. While she was shopping, he bumped in and helped her to get a much better price for the books.{{book ref|sa1|8}}
His crew is selected by Jasnah for taking her and Shallan to the [[Shattered Planes]]. Yalb helps the latter to get underwater to see a santhidyn, which are rare sea animals.{{book ref|sa2|1}}
They later picked up a new member for the crew at Amydlatn. He was actually a member of the [[Ghostbloods]] with the mission of killing Jasnah. Many sailors were killed by him and the rest likely drawned when Shallan set the ship on fire to try to save them. Yalb’s whereabouts are unconfirmed but Shallan considers him dead. {{book ref|sa3|82}}
== Abilities ==
He has a talent to cheat at “game of kabers” and uses it to beat lawmen like the city guards of Kharbranth. {{book ref|sa1|8}}
== Relationships ==
=== Shallan ===
As all sailors, he has a flirting way with Shallan that makes her blush, even though she is a much higher rank than he is. {{book ref|sa1|3}}
He translated the driver’s city information for her and later confronts the driver for wanting to increase the price and split the earnings with him. She treated him as a master servant, and instead of being offended he laughed. She gave him a ruby mark out of gratitude and asked him to wait for her. {{book ref|sa1|3}}
He later convinces her to try one more time to become Jasnah’s ward and helped her get a bookstore and a good price for the. She pays her with a portrait of him with the porter. By the end they do seem to be fond of each other{{book ref|sa1|8}}
She kept a sketch of him and his figure was used by her when creating the army to fight Odium, he was displayed with a glowing Shardspear. {{book ref|sa3|120}}
== Quotes ==
{{quote
|Merchants are like fish. Where you find one, you’ll find others.
| Yalb to Shallan in Kharbranth when looking for a bookstore {{book ref|sa1|8}}
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== Trivia ==
Chapter 8 in WOK is written to make Yalb shine. In another type of story, he'd be one of the main characters. {{wob ref|8801}}
== Notes ==
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