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Ishar is a strong-looking man with the look of a warrior, outfitted in robes and wearing an ardent's beard.{{book ref|sa4|111}} Rosharan artwork typically presents him as looking much older than other Heralds, with a full beard and grey hair.{{file ref|Ishar Endsheet.jpg|Ishar Endsheet}}{{file ref|Ishar.jpg|Ishar capstone}} Modern Rosharans would consider him to look [[Shin]], suggesting he's pale-skinned and lacks the epicanthic folds common to most people on the planet.{{wob ref|11325}}{{book ref|sa4|98}}{{book ref|sa4|111}}

 

He is known to be incredibly charismatic, capable of swaying entire nations to follow him, as well as to convince the other Heralds of his opinions and his sanity.{{book ref|sa3|106}}{{book ref|sa3|64}} He also seems to be scholarly, and deeply interested in the inner working of the [[Oathpact]] and the mechanics surrounding it.{{book ref|sa1|part=prelude}} In addition, Ishar is an excellent duelist, easily defeating five Windrunners of the Third Ideal with minimal use of [[Surgebinding]]. The [[Stormfather]] notes that among the [[Heralds]] he was only average in skill, though he was not a warrior at the beginning of the [[Oathpact]].{{book ref|sa4|111}}

 

This megalomania and charisma together make for a highly dangerous combination, as even now the other Heralds hold Ishar in particularly high esteem. [[Nale]] claims that Ishar has always been the wisest of them all, and [[Shalash]] believes that he would know how to cure [[Taln]]'s madness.{{book ref|sa3|121}} Additionally, Shalash presents him as a confident, eager man; energetic, and more of a battlefield commander than a wise scholar. He is bold rather than crafty, a man who pulled others after him on seemingly crazed ideas that ended up working.{{book ref|sa4|111}}

 

== Attributes and Abilities ==