Highmarshal Stormface

I think it's hilarious that there has never been (to my best knowledge) an introspective moment of Adolin thinking about Kal's hair, yet everybody seems to have an opinion, usually positive (even if begrudgingly), about Adolin's hair. As far as Kal's hair style goes, I figure it went something along these lines: he grew up with it kept short (probably by his mom at the insistence of his dad). When he went into the military, it grew out, and he kept it tied back. But imagine an uncut, untidy growing out of a short haircut. It's messy, and the only way to make it look decent in regards to keeping with his uniform would be to tie it back. After having witnessed my brother do that exact thing, I can say with confidence that with the raggedy split end nightmare that is a perpetual ponytail, the hair will in effect cut itself out of pure fatigue. Then Kal became a slave, and his split ends and lack of grooming would likely have caused his hair to have mats and fray at the ends. That would, in effect, give him a sort of long bangs situation. Once he's able to tend to his hygiene and personal grooming, he'd probably be accustomed to wearing his nappy hair tied back if only because he knows how it moves in battle. Consistency would be preferable, so he sticks with it likely without much regard toward it because he's more focused on important things and values practicality. Aside from that, I figure since most everybody I know has a rude cowlick somewhere, his part is probably to the side. The wispy baby hairs and frayed ends would then sweep to one side, easily obscuring his forehead. ....well, I wasn't intending to write a book about Kal's hair, but eh, welcome to my Ted talk, I guess.

I'm thinking something like: "I will protect myself so that I can protect others"

Silent fan for some years now, though I'm still incredibly green on all the finer secrets of the cosmere. Finally got caught up on most of the major books and am polishing off the arcanum collection presently. Buddy of mine nudged me this direction, and so.... Anyhow, as I'm sure it's cliche by this point, I'm an unpublished writer. I'll be haunting the creator's section of the forum mostly, I suspect. Nice to find a community of fans, though! Up until now, I've been twisting the arms of my family and coworkers, and while my badgering is, incredibly, slowly, paying off, it's good to know there are people I can talk to.