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| − | '''Khen''' is a [[singer]] freed in [[Alethkar]]. She takes [[Kaladin]] captive when he surrenders to the singers. Later she fights with [[Moash]] in the [[ |
+ | '''Khen''' is a [[singer]] freed in [[Alethkar]]. She takes [[Kaladin]] captive when he surrenders to the singers. Later she fights with [[Moash]] in the [[Siege of Kholinar]]. |
== Appearance & Personality == |
== Appearance & Personality == |
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| − | She is a large, muscular singer with red and white marbled skin. Her only carapace runs along her forearms and juts out at her temples. She wears a slave smock tied at her waist by a belt and leather sandals on her feet. She speaks in a clear |
+ | She is a large, muscular singer with red and white marbled skin. Her only carapace runs along her forearms and juts out at her temples. She wears a slave smock tied at her waist by a belt and leather sandals on her feet. She speaks in a clear Alethi accent.{{book ref|sa3|14}}{{book ref|sa3|31}} |
| − | She is passionate about her freedom and is gets frustrated with being given orders and being continuously oppressed. |
+ | She is passionate about her freedom and is gets frustrated with being given orders and being continuously oppressed by humans and [[Fused]] alike. |
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| I'm just asking, how this is any better. We were slaves under the Alethi. Now we're slaves under the Fused. Great.It does me so much good to know that our misery is now at the hands of our own people. |
| I'm just asking, how this is any better. We were slaves under the Alethi. Now we're slaves under the Fused. Great.It does me so much good to know that our misery is now at the hands of our own people. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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| − | Khen was a slave in |
+ | Khen was a slave in [[Sadeas princedom|Sadeas's princedom]]. During the [[Everstorm]], when her identity is restored and she was freed from slaveform, she escaped. She gathered a group of singers, including [[Sah]], and they traveled to [[Revolar]] under the guidance of [[Yixli]], a [[voidspren]]. Along the way the group took Kaladin captive, when he submitted willingly. Kaladin freed himself from his bonds a few days later but stayed with the group and taught them how to survive while on the run.{{book ref|sa3|14}} |
| − | Once she |
+ | Once she reached Revolar, the group join the Voidbringer army gathering to attack Kholinar. Kaladin left, revealing himself as a human spy, and Khen's group was punished for harboring him and put to work hauling lumber. She met Moash who later vouched for her and her group to [[Leshwi]] and began training them in combat skills in preparation for the assault on Kholinar.{{book ref|sa3|54}} |
| − | In the battle in Kholinar Khen |
+ | In the battle in Kholinar Khen witnessed Sah's death by [[Noromin]] and killed him in turn. She witnessed Moash kill [[Elhohkar]].{{book ref|sa3|84}} |
| − | After the |
+ | After the Voidbringers won the battle, she was put to work rebuilding the city.{{book ref|sa3|122}} |
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== Notes == |
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Revision as of 12:23, 3 July 2018
| Khen | |
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| Species | Singer |
| Homeworld | Roshar |
Khen is a singer freed in Alethkar. She takes Kaladin captive when he surrenders to the singers. Later she fights with Moash in the Siege of Kholinar.
Appearance & Personality
She is a large, muscular singer with red and white marbled skin. Her only carapace runs along her forearms and juts out at her temples. She wears a slave smock tied at her waist by a belt and leather sandals on her feet. She speaks in a clear Alethi accent.[1][2]
She is passionate about her freedom and is gets frustrated with being given orders and being continuously oppressed by humans and Fused alike.
“ I'm just asking, how this is any better. We were slaves under the Alethi. Now we're slaves under the Fused. Great.It does me so much good to know that our misery is now at the hands of our own people. ”
— Khen upon being conscripted by the Fused.[3]
History
Khen was a slave in Sadeas's princedom. During the Everstorm, when her identity is restored and she was freed from slaveform, she escaped. She gathered a group of singers, including Sah, and they traveled to Revolar under the guidance of Yixli, a voidspren. Along the way the group took Kaladin captive, when he submitted willingly. Kaladin freed himself from his bonds a few days later but stayed with the group and taught them how to survive while on the run.[1]
Once she reached Revolar, the group join the Voidbringer army gathering to attack Kholinar. Kaladin left, revealing himself as a human spy, and Khen's group was punished for harboring him and put to work hauling lumber. She met Moash who later vouched for her and her group to Leshwi and began training them in combat skills in preparation for the assault on Kholinar.[3]
In the battle in Kholinar Khen witnessed Sah's death by Noromin and killed him in turn. She witnessed Moash kill Elhohkar.[4]
After the Voidbringers won the battle, she was put to work rebuilding the city.[5]