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Pahn Kahl joined the coalition of countries named the [[Pahn Unity]], a group of kingdoms united in their desire to defeat Hanald.{{book ref|wb|26}} The Pahn Unity was defeated and the nation of Pahn Kahl was subjugated,{{book ref|wb|57}} its people made into workers and slaves.{{book ref|wb|55}}
Eventually Kalad, then known as Peacegiver, came to regret the bloodshed{{
=== Failed Rebellions ===
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Despite their defeat, the Pahn Kahl were not content to remain subjugated. Approximately three hundred years after the defeat of the Pahn Unity, around the year 321,{{file ref|T-Telir.png|Map of T'Telir}} a Pahn Kahl man named Vahr began to foment rebellion among the Pahn Kahl dye workers{{book ref|wb|prologue}} and dissidents.{{book ref|wb|1}} He convinced many of them to give him their [[Breath]] and began to assemble an army.{{book ref|wb|1}} Little to Vahr's knowledge, a second group of Pahn Kahl, led by the God King [[Susebron]]'s steward, [[Havarseth]], were also independently plotting a rebellion.{{book ref|wb|54}} Havarseth, also known as Bluefingers, felt that Vahr's rebellion was drawing too much attention to the Pahn Kahl people.{{book ref|wb|1}} Bluefingers leaked information about Vahr into the [[Court of the Gods]] resulting in Vahr's capture and the end of his rebellion.{{
Bluefingers's own rebellion was far more subtle than Vahr's. As he did not have his own army,{{book ref|wb|54}} he instead conspired to instigate a war between Hallandren and Idris, hoping that in the fighting Pahn Kahl could declare independence and break away.{{book ref|wb|58}} Due to his high-level position as the God King's steward, Bluefingers was in the perfect position to manipulate events,{{
Bluefingers sneaked Pahn Kahl Awakeners into the Court through tunnels{{
Bluefingers intended to kill both Blushweaver and Lightsong then plant their corpses surrounded by Idrian bodies, making it appear as if Idrian rebels had killed them in retaliation for deploying the Lifeless against Idris.{{book ref|wb|55}} He also intended to kill both Siri and Susebron and make it appear as if the God King had his wife sacrificed on an altar and had been killed by vengeful Idrian assassins.{{book ref|wb|55}}{{book ref|wb|57}}
== Culture ==
=== People and Language ===
The Pahn Kahl are racially different from the dominantly Hallandren population.{{book ref|wb|55}} They have a different skin tone and facial features than the Hallandren. They are also shorter on average than the Hallandren as well. Pahn Kahl also have their own
=== Role in Hallandren Society ===
Within the kingdom of Hallandren, the Pahn Kahl were often ignored{{
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{{
=== Religion ===
The Pahn Kahl religion has similarities with the [[Iridescent Tones]], but is more abstract and does not include worship of the [[Returned]].{{wob ref|6964}} Rather, it involves a kind of nature worship where the storms of the [[Bright Sea]] are revered as manifestations of the unity of their five gods.{{wob ref|6964}} The Pahn Kahl believe that one of these five gods is the Voice that calls the Returned{{wob ref|6964}}. In reality, the Voice is the [[Shard]] [[Endowment]].{{wob ref|5943}}
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.{{
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.{{wob ref|4498}}
== Trivia ==
* Brandon often adds an additional "h" to Pahn Kahl words in order to distinguish them and make them sound "airier".{{
* 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.{{
* One of the things that would be explored further in [[Nightblood (book)|Nightblood]], the sequel to [[Warbreaker]] is the Pahn Kahl and their culture.{{wob ref|4498}}
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