Khen
| Khen | |
|---|---|
| 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 voidbringer assault on 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.
“ 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 Alethkar. During the Everstorm, when her identity is restored and she is freed from slaveform, she escapes. She gathers a group of singers including Sah and they travel to Revolar under the guidence of Yixli, a voidspren. Along the way the group take Kaladin captive (willingly). Kaladin frees himself from his bonds but stays with the group and teaches them how to survive while on the run.[1]
Once she reaches Revolar, the group join the voidbringer army gathering to attack Kholinar. Kaladin leaves, revaling himself as a human spy. Khen's group is punished and put to work hauling lumber. She meets Moash who vouches for her and her group to Leshwi and begins training them combat skills in preparation for the assault on Kholinar.[3]
In the battle in Kholinar Khen witnesses Sah's death by Noromin and kill him in turn. She witnesses Moash kill Elhohkar.[4]
After the voidbringers win the battle, she is put to work rebuilding the city.[5]