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|The [[Awakening#Awakening Commands|Command]] by which Lifeless can be created with a single [[BioChromatic Breath]].{{book ref|wb|21}}
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'''Lifeless''' are a type of magical entity originating on
When an Awakener infuses a skeleton or a corpse (typically human) with a [[Breath]], it becomes animate without becoming fully alive. This creature is then able to follow specific Commands much like any other Awakened creation.
== Appearance ==
A Lifeless has all color drained from it upon its creation, bleeding to grey, the Awakening feeding off the body’s own colors to help fuel the transformation.{{book ref|wb|21}} While their clothing is not drained of color, lifeless, like [[Clod]], are often dressed in muted colors or greys.{{book ref|wb|22}} They do not need to breathe and their muscles do not involuntarily twitch, so they appear as still as a statue when they are not moving. Lifeless came in as many shapes and sizes as people.{{book ref|wb|25}} They do not eat.
== Self-Awareness ==
== History ==
Around 300 years before the [[Pahn Kahl]] rebellion, [[Shashara]] was instrumental in creating a single Breath command to awaken Lifeless. Before that, it was much less efficient.{{book ref|warbreaker|15}} This allowed [[Kalad]] to start the [[Manywar]] when he created a vast army of Lifeless (called [[Kalad's
After Shashara created [[Nightblood]], Kalad realized the horror of an army of near-indestructible Lifeless carrying sentient swords that could kill anything. In an effort to stop this future from happening, he killed her and sent his Phantoms back to Hallandren to retake it and bring peace. It was such a difference in character that the citizens decided that he must have been a different person, and called this "new" Returned [[Peacegiver]].{{book ref|warbreaker|15}}
During the [[Pahn Kahl]] rebellion, the Lifeless army was sent to Idris. This was prevented as Kalad's Phantoms were awakened and sent to hunt them down.
== Cultural Views on Lifeless ==
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In Hallandren, lifeless are seen as emotionless tools.{{book ref|wb|19}} They can be found guarding shops, acting as packmen, and sweeping walkways in the wealthier districts of T'Telir.{{book ref|wb|25}} In wealthier areas, Lifeless aren't plentiful, but they also aren't uncommon and few will take heed of a lifeless performing mundane labor.{{book ref|wb|25}} While they are not uncommon, most people will give them a wide berth.
Within [[Hallandren]] you can pay someone to create a Lifeless, if you provide the body. Families were well paid for recently deceased well-built corpses.{{book ref|warbreaker|19}}
Corpses that have been [[Soulcast]] into stone could be Awakened, however, this will not reanimate the person who died. The existing [[Connection|Spiritual Connection]] of the deceased person, and the shape of the Soulcast stone, however, will make the stone easier to Awaken.{{wob ref|6138}} Unlike [[Kalad's Phantoms]], corpses Soulcast into stone do not need bones imbedded in the rock to be Awakened.{{wob ref|2781}}
A [[spren]] that has had their
Lifeless can tap unsealed metalminds, although some metalminds might cause the Lifeless to stop being a Lifeless.{{wob ref|14925}}
* Around the time he wrote ''Warbreaker'', [[Brandon Sanderson|Brandon]] has hoping to include a Lifeless viewpoint character in the [[Nightblood (book)|''Warbreaker'' sequel]];{{wob ref|7359}} it is unknown whether or not this is still the case.
* An Awakener who is turned into a Lifeless using their own Breath, could theoretically reclaim Breath from objects they had Awakened while alive.{{wob ref|3594}}
* Emotional Allomancy would have more of an affect on a Lifeless than a regular person.
* A body killed with a [[Shardblade]] could be Awakened into a Lifeless.
* A Lifeless Mistborn and/or Feruchemist could not use Allomancy and/or Feruchemy.
* A [[chasmfiend]] could not become a Lifeless using a single Breath, and even if multiple were used it would not retain the [[Nahel Bond]] which allowed it to support its own weight.{{wob ref|16238}}
== Notes ==
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