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Though many Reshi are relaxed and carefree, there are those who prefer fighting to lounging. These soldiers wear armour made from carapace, their armguards are carved into wicked points. {{book ref|wor|i|3}} They also carry spears with tassels on them. They do not have any Shards and are not known to have any soulcasters.
 
In large parts of the Reshi isles the fighting is ritualistic, with more posturing and yelling then actual killing, The eastern Reshi are known for their raids against the Alethi however, so its safe to assume these Reshi fight more like warriors from the mainland. Reshi wars are often short, only a single battle long.{{citebook ref|wor|i|3}}
 
When two Tai-na go to war the people of the islands get into boats and exchange insults and boasts, each starting with their weakest insults first. This would progress into a kind of verbal duel ending with the strongest insults. Afterwards arrows and spears would be exchanged, although this wouldn’t be to violently, with more yelling then actual cutting.{{citebook ref|wor|i|3}}
 
=== Transportation ===
The Reshi travel the [[Reshi Sea]] using catamarans.{{book ref|sa2|i|3}} They also travel on their islands using [[Chull]]s.{{citebook ref|sa1|28}}
 
==Politics==
The Reshi isles are not united by a single government, instead each island has its own king.{{citebook ref|wor|i|3}}
 
== History ==
Like all of the Silver Kingdoms, they were constantly returned back to primitive technological levels by the Desolations, often to the point to making use of stone tools. Though they advanced each time with the help of the Heralds whenever they returned, often helping them to enter into the bronze age, often receiving this assistance from [[Kalak]] and his [[Willshapers]].{{book ref|sa2|i|7}}{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}}{{wob ref|13779}}
 
Eventually at an unknown date the kingdom collapsed and fractured into multiple other nations.{{citemap ref|Roshar}}
 
=== Era of Solitude ===
 
==== The Wastescum Skirmishes ====
The [[Wastescum skirmishes]] are a collection of skirmishes in the northern region of Alethkar which occurred some time before 1166, and some time after the crowning of Gavilar in 1145. The skirmishes were started by Reshi raiders raiding northern Alethkar, seeking to take advantage of the instability of [[Alethkar]] soon after the crowning of Gavilar Kholin. It can be reasonably assumed that the raiders were repelled from Alethkar.{{cite}}
 
This conflict did not fully dissuade the Reshi from engaging in border skirmishes but combined with the destruction of the Akak Reshi it dealt a heavy blow to the nearby Reshi. Nevertheless they are still known to attack Alethkar as late as Kak 1173.{{cite}} However, some Reshi allied with the Alethi military during the [[War of Reckoning]], providing them with Chulls, painted to indicate their origin.{{book ref|sa1|28}}
=== The True Desolation ===
==== The Coalition ====
The Coalition invited the Reshi king Ral-na and his son to [[Urithiru]] to talk and show them around.{{citebook ref|sa3.5|3}}
 
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