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|booksfirst appeared=[[Elantris (book)|Elantris]], [[The Stormlight Archive]]

'''Galladon''' is an [[Elantrian]] on [[Sel]]. He is originally a farmer from [[Duladel]].{{book ref|elantris|10}} His [[Galladon's father|father]] was also an Elantrian and most of Galladon's knowledge of [[Elantris (city)|Elantris]] comes from spending time with his father in the city when he was a child.{{book ref|elantris|25}} He is instrumental in creating the New Elantris settlement and fixing [[AonDor]].{{book ref|Elantris|7}}{{book ref|elantris|61}} He later joins the [[Seventeenth Shard]] and is seen on [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa1|i|1}}{{wob ref|7427}}

Galladon is a skilled farmer and takes joy in farming. When the ShoadShaod took Galladon, his transformation was initially incomplete, leaving his body unable to heal. After Elantris was restored his transformation was completed. Now his body heals quickly.{{book ref|Elantris|prologue}} As an Elantrian, Galladon is a practitioner of AonDor. Whether or not he has found out how to adapt AonDor for use on other [[ShardworldCosmere#Planets|Shardworldsplanets]] in the cosmere is currently unknown. He is also a worldhopper, and is likely skilled in this regard as he was able to survive the Selish Cognitive Realm. He can appear off-world looking like a typical Duladen man, not like either an Elantrian with glowing skin nor one withered and weakened like some other Elantrian worldhoppers. Due to his young appearance, Galladon is making use of an unknown technique that slows his aging drastically.{{book ref|sa1|i1}}

[[Galladon's father]] became an Elantrian while Galladon was still very young. Although at that time Elantrians were not required to move to Elantris, it was standard practice for them to live in Elantris to avoid persecution. Galladon lived with his mother and father in Elantris for several years, until his mother died. Following her death, Galladon's father became more and more withdrawn, until he finally died as a result of a heart condition.{{book ref|elantris|25}} It was medically treatable, but he chose to let his life end rather than continue without his wife.

Galladon appearsappeared on [[Roshar]] around the time of the [[True Desolation]] as a member of the [[Seventeenth Shard]].{{wob ref|7427}} [[Purelake]] fisherman [[Ishikk]], callswho believed that Galladon had given him a false name, called him '''Grump'''.{{book ref|sa1|i|1}}{{wob ref|10085}} How he iswas able to move between worlds is unknown. He iswas described as being dark-skinned, like the [[Makabaki]] of Roshar. Unlike the Makabaki, he hashad thick limbs and a completely bald head.; Thisthis iswas very similar to how he iswas described before the Shaod. Since ''The Way of Kings'' takes place after ''Elantris'', it is reasonable to conclude that this is an illusion, either identical or similar to his pre-Elantrian state. Much like in ''Elantris''his home world, he continuescontinued to refer to others as "friend", and frequently followed statements with the interrogative "Understand?". Galladon sayssaid these in the local language rather than his native [[Duladel]] language. At the end of theone Interludepoint, he sayssaid a phrase in Duladen, his native language, repeating the word ''kayana'', meaning "crazy". Galladon's true motives on Roshar are unknown, but he and his two companions, [[Demoux]]{{wob ref|6683}} and [[Baon]], hired Ishikk to look for [[Hoid]]. Ishikk was paid with a pouch of spheres even though he wasn't able to locate Hoid in the five months since the trio hired him.{{book ref|sa1|i|1}} Two years later, the group had given up on finding Hoid and left Roshar.{{wob ref|14949}}