Kaza

Kaza
Kaza Fan art by Danielle Prosperie[1]
Biographical information
Ethnicity	Liaforan
Nationality	Liaforan
Gender	Female
Status	Dead
Occupation	Soulcaster
Appears in	Oathbringer

Kaza was a member of the Liaforan royal family who attempted to visit Akinah in Aimia, on the First Dreams (with a crew of sailors), seeking a cure for her Soulcasting savantism and to uncover the secrets therein.

After the entire crew and Kaza were poisoned by the cook (who described Kaza as being barely human), Kaza slowly gave in to the desire of smoke transcendence while Soulcasting - rather than dying by poison - though she resisted its affects much longer than everyone else on the ship.

Appearance

“

Kaza was, slowly, becoming smoke. ... her hair, her ears, and now parts of her face were disintegrating. There was a hole in her cheek through which you could see her jaw and teeth. Lines of smoke rimmed the hole; the flesh seemed to be burning away. Air passed through it when she spoke, altering her voice, and she had to tip her head all the way back to drink anything. Even then, it dribbled out.

”

Notes

When someone asked Brandon if there were any Lovecraftian influences in his books (because he does enjoy Lovecraft), he thought that the Kaza interlude would be a good one to read for that reason.

Q&A with Brandon

Q. In Kaza's interlude, she pulls out her Soulcaster and kind of describes, what seems like a presence of a spren that's there. Is that similar to the Oathgate spren?

A. Uh, yes. Good job.