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|world=Threnody
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|books=[[Mistborn (series)|Mistborn]], [[The Stormlight Archive]]
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'''Nazrilof''', who goes by the nickname '''Nazh''',{{wob ref|2502}} is a mysterious [[worldhopper]] from [[Threnody]]{{wob ref|2861}} who gathers documents and creates sketches from different [[Shardworld]]s on behalf of [[Khriss]].{{wob ref|5341}} He is also the man from [[the New Ascendancy]] broadsheet whose gun appears to shoot [[shade]]s.{{article ref|The New Ascendancy}}{{wob ref|7415}}
== Appearance and Personality ==
<gallery caption="Images of Nazh">
Nazh.jpg | Nazh by [[User: Botanicaxu]]
AU Secret History.jpeg | Kelsier finding Khriss and Nazh by [[Ben McSweeney]]
Nazh Khriss.jpg | <center><small>by [[User: Botanicaxu]]</small></center>▼
Khriss Nazh.png |
Nazrilof by Ashley Coad.png |
</gallery>
== Attributes and Abilities ==
Nazh is a capable artist. He can read and draw Rosharan glyphs and has at least basic knowledge of the geography of Elendel.{{ref|name=wor-art}}{{map ref|Elendel}} [[Kaladin]] briefly glimpses him being ushered out of the [[Bridge Four]] barracks by Rock and describes him as "lanky."{{book ref|sa2|31}} Nazh also seems to have some other powers as he rescued one of [[Shallan]]'s sketches from the bottom of the ocean.{{ref|name=wor-art-pattern}} Nazh possesses a gun that appears to be capable of firing shades as projectiles, causing anything it hits to wither and crumble away.{{file ref |New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|The New Ascendancy Broadsheet}}{{wob ref|7415}}
== History ==
=== Scadrial ===
{{quote
|My friend, annotated with locations as per your instructions.
|Nazh
}}
Around the time of the [[Collapse]] and the [[Siege of Luthadel]], Nazh was on Scadrial, where he collected and annotated maps of [[Luthadel]].{{map ref|Luthadel}}
{{quote
|I had to spend hours watching the bridgemen to sketch their stupid forehead glyphs so you could have them, my friend.
|Nazh{{ref|name=wor-art}}
}}
On [[Roshar]] in late {{Rosharan date|1173}}, he observed the freed [[bridgemen]] from [[Bridge Four]] to sketch the [[glyph]]s they had had tattooed on their forehead to indicate their freedom, as well as the insignia on their uniforms and the ''sas nahn'' and ''shash'' glyphs their [[Alethkar#Military|captain]], [[Kaladin]], had, for presumably the same person as the Elendel map.{{ref|
He also drew a map of the Shattered Plains, showing the pattern of plateaus, though he refused to draw the individual plateaus as (presumably) Khriss requested. His use of the term "shadows", a Thredonite curse, in the note for this map is a hint to his origins on Threnody.
Nazh gained access to [[Navani's journal]] and reproduced a copy of a [[ketek]] that is shown on the cover.{{book ref|sa2|endnote}}
He obtained a map of the [[Sea of Lost Lights]] in [[Shadesmar]]{{map ref|sea of lost lights|the Sea of Lost Lights}} and wrote about [[Alethi]] [[glyphs]].{{file ref|Alethi Glyphs Page 1.jpg|Alethi Glyphs Page 1}}
== Trivia ==
* Both pieces of canonical artwork that include Nazh were illustrated by [[Isaac Stewart]], who also gave Nazh his name.{{au ref|sfs}}
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* Nazh is not the person writing the [[Ars Arcanum|Ars Arcana]]{{wob ref|7026}} (it is in fact [[Khriss]]), or the tattooist who gave the [[Bridge Four|bridgemen]] their tattoos.{{17s ref|post|101708}}▼
* [[Peter Ahlstrom]] has confirmed that "Nazrilof" is his surname and that his given name has not been revealed.{{17s ref|date=2016-12-31|news|312|Shardkeepers Podcast: Arcanum Unbounded Essays (discussion at 1:05:57 mark)}}{{wob ref|8957}}
▲* Peter also confirmed that Nazh is not the person writing the [[Ars Arcanum|Ars Arcana]]{{wob ref|7026}} (it is in fact [[Khriss|his employer]])
* His favorite food is a fried eggplant-like plant native to Threnody.{{wob ref|8328}}
* The tattoo he got after getting drunk on Horneater lager was "an embarrassing Rosharan glyph".{{wob ref|11012}}
== Notes ==
{{17s ref|date=2014-02-26|post|101708|Nazh isn't the tattooist|author=Peter Ahlstrom}}
{{map ref|Elendel|post=<br><small>— ''[[Alloy of Law]]'' interior art</small>}}
{{file ref|name=wor-art|Bridge4 Tattoos.svg|Bridge Four tattoos|post=<br><small>— ''[[Words of Radiance]]'' interior art</small>}}
{{file ref|name=wor-art-pattern|Pattern.jpeg|Shallan's sketches of pattern|post=<br><small>— ''[[Words of Radiance]]'' interior art</small>}}
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