| Shalash | |
|---|---|
 Drawing by Isaac Stewart | |
| Biographical information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Status | Unknown |
| Social Information | |
| Aliases | Ash, Shalash'Elin |
| Title(s) | Herald Of Beauty |
| Occupation | Herald of the Almighty |
| Appears in |
The Way of Kings (mentioned), Words of Radiance (mentioned) |
Shalash is one of the ten Heralds of the Almighty, and the daughter of Jezrien.[1] (He noted that her statue was the only one missing amongst those of the Heralds in the palace in Kholinar.) She is the patron of the Order of Knights Radiant known as Lightweavers.
Shalash'Elin is associated with the number Shash, the essence Blood, and the divine attributes Creativity and Honesty. She is called Ash among her fellows and Shalash'Elin in modern Alethkar.
In the Prologue of The Way of Kings, Szeth passes by statues of the Heralds within the palace in Kholinar, but the image of Shalash is conspicuously missing. In Words of Radiance, during Lift's interlude, Lift notices a painting with one of the Heralds faces scratched out in the Bronze Palace in Azir. (This may or may not be related to Baxil's later experience with his cousin, Av, and his "mistress", who destroys specific art pieces.[2] Might she be Shalash incognito?)
Notes
- Brandon Sanderson confirmed that Shalash appears in The Way of Kings[3] though it's unknown where.
- When asked outright whether Baxil's mistress is, in fact, Shalash, Brandon replied, RAFO.[4]
References
- ↑ Mentioned by Szeth in The Way of Kings Prologue
- ↑ Words of Radiance, Inter9.
- ↑ Confirmed by Brandon Sanderson. Source: www.theoryland.com
- ↑ Shalash?
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