Roshar Reader

Chapter 38 · reading

Veden Vorin lighteyes: fairer skin, red hair more common, havah and safehand

culture · VAY-den

Veden

Vedens · people of Jah Keved

Vedens of Jah Keved: , houses, and country estates. The Davars are one such house.
Davar country, Veden houses, the same .
Role
House politics, country , the same gendered arts.
First introduced
Map — Endpaper map & front matter
Most recently in view
Chapter 3 — City of Bells
Last mention
Interlude 2 — Nan Balat
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Look

Pale-to-tan easterners. Red hair is a Veden tell. houses dress like their Alethi peers: , coats, swords for men, covered safehands for women.

As observed

House-proud. Country nurse rank, marriage, and rumor as seriously as kings do.

Where

Veden countryside and estates, including House Davar.

Connected

People of this culture

Named characters from this people at your current reading position.

Shallan Davar in a scholar's havah

Shallan Davar

Ward — and thief of a · Veden

The ward who stole a from Jasnah.

Nan Balat Davar

Nan Balat Davar

Eldest brother at home; acting head of House Davar · Veden

Shallan's brother who kills in the gardens.

Lin Davar

Lin Davar

Patriarch of House Davar (deceased) · Veden

Shallan's dead father.

Helaran Davar

Helaran Davar

Shallan's older brother; absent from home · Veden

Shallan's missing older brother.

Jushu Davar

Asha Jushu Davar

Davar brother; gambler · Veden

The Davar brother who gambles.

Wikim Davar

Tet Wikim Davar

Davar brother; keeps the ledgers · Veden

The Davar brother with the accounts.

Eylita Tavinar

Eylita Tavinar

Betrothed to Nan Balat · Veden

Balat's betrothed.