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Prologue · reading

Veden Vorin lighteyes: fairer skin, red hair more common, havah and safehand

culture · VAY-den

Veden

Vedens · people of Jah Keved

Vedens of Jah Keved. Their king has been assassinated in his own palace; the kingdom's center has been cut out.
Their king died in white-clothed hands.
Role
A kingdom whose king has just been murdered.
First introduced
Book 2 — End of Words of Radiance
Most recently in view
Book 2 — End of Words of Radiance
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Look

Pale-to-tan easterners. Red hair is a Veden tell. houses dress like their Alethi peers: , coats, swords for men, covered safehands for women.

As observed

House-proud. Country nurse rank, marriage, and rumor as seriously as kings do.

Where

Jah Keved; the royal palace has fallen to an .

Connected

People of this culture

Named characters from this people at your current reading position.

Shallan Davar in a scholar's havah

Shallan Davar

of the · Veden

The scholar who can put on another woman's face.

Nan Balat Davar

Nan Balat Davar

Eldest brother at home; acting head of House Davar · Veden

Shallan's brother who kills in the gardens.

Lin Davar

Lin Davar

Patriarch of House Davar (deceased) · Veden

Shallan's dead father.

Helaran Davar

Helaran Davar

Shallan's older brother; absent from home · Veden

Shallan's missing older brother.

Jushu Davar

Asha Jushu Davar

Davar brother; gambler · Veden

The Davar brother who gambles.

Wikim Davar

Tet Wikim Davar

Davar brother; keeps the ledgers · Veden

The Davar brother with the accounts.

Eylita Tavinar

Eylita Tavinar

Betrothed to Nan Balat · Veden

Balat's betrothed.