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Many of the Pahn Kahl live a difficult life, working under harsh overseers in the dye fields.{{book ref|wb|34}} Some have managed to work their way into high importance but low prestige jobs, such as stewards and servants for the priests and Returned in the [[Court of the Gods]]. This provides a far better life than working in the dye fields. This work is however unstable, anytime a new God King is chosen, all his workers lose their jobs.{{book ref|wb|34}} In addition to this, Pahn Kahl servants have to work harder to gain jobs within the theocracy, and those jobs are often more difficult than the Hallandren servants.{{book ref|wb|34}} They all required to wear brown robes{{book ref|wb|15}}{{book ref|wb|24}} and are forbidden to speak to or touch the God King himself.{{book ref|wb|34}} In fact they are not even permitted to be servants to the God King,{{book ref|wb|36}} although they may be servants for his wife.{{book ref|wb|48}} Pahn Kahl are also not permitted to serve as priests to the gods either.{{book ref|wb|15}}
All these things have led to their rebellious spirit{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=29}} and their desire for revenge and freedom.{{book ref|wb|57}} Consumed by their anger, as well as their desire for independence, the Pahn Kahl have lost much of their cultural identity..{{
=== Religion ===
The Pahn Kahl religion has similarities with the [[Iridescent Tones]], but is more abstract and does not include worship of the [[Returned]].{{
In their theology, the [[Returned]] are those who lived just lives but died lacking in faith. They are forbidden entrance into heaven but are not sent to hell. Instead, they are given a second chance to find the true faith in life by Returning.{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=29}} Many of the Pahn Kahl do not mind the Returned, and accept the God King as monarch.{{book ref|wb|15}} They simply see the Returned as misguided. Since they do not see them as divinities, the only thing the Pahn Kahl find extraordinary about the Returned is the strength of their [[BioChroma]].
Many outsiders consider the Pahn Kahl religion to be simplistic, especially in contrast with the elaborate doctrine of the [[Iridescent Tones]].{{book ref|wb|14}} In fact, many people in Hallandren and beyond have no understanding of the religion or are not even aware that the Pahn Kahl have their own separate religion at all.{{book ref|wb|15}}{{book ref|wb|14}}{{book ref|wb|29}} Unfortunately, some aspects of the Pahn Kahl religion have been forgotten even by its followers, due in part to their single-minded desire for independence from Hallandren.{{
=== Cuisine ===
* Brandon often adds an additional "h" to Pahn Kahl words in order to distinguish them and make them sound "airier".{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=15}}
* One of Brandon's concerns is that he made the Pahn Kahl too forgettable to the reader as well, lessening the impact of their rebellion.{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=54}}
* One of the things that would be explored further in [[Nightblood (book)|Nightblood]], the sequel to [[Warbreaker]] is the Pahn Kahl and their culture.{{
== Notes ==
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