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INTRODUCTION So, there’re basically thirteen races (or at least thirteen races so far, if you divide those cultures into more parts) on Roshar: the Alethi, the Vedens, the Unkalaki (aka the Horneaters), the Herdazians, the Thaylens, the Natan, the Makabaki, the Selay, the Iriali, the Shin, the Reshi, the Listeners and the Aimians. Note: Here I used one of my old art created by the Chibi Maker to visualize the descriptions, though there’re still some minor inaccuracies. I really wanted to do a complete graphic chart, but it is still far off. Brandon's comment on this: A LIST OF HUMAN RACES 1. The Alethi (People of Alethkar) 1) Common features: tall stature, tan skin, black hair, lighteyes and darkeyes 2) Inspiration from Earth: Asian-Hawaiian people (You can imagine them as east-Indian people.) [source], Asian-Arab people [source] Kaladin is an Asian-Middle Eastern mix. [source] 3) Brandon's choice: Dave Bautista for Dalinar [source], Alex Landi for Adolin [source] How about the Iriali and Alethi mix we have going on with Adolin and Renarin: 2. The Vedens (People of Jah Keved) 1) Common features: fair skin, red hair, lighteyes and darkeyes 2) Inspiration from Earth: Asian-Caucasian people (supposedly more Asian-like) [source], red-haired Uyghur people [source], Shallan is a half-Irish, half-Japanese mix [source] 3. The Unkalaki (People of the Horneater Peaks) 1) Common features: light tan skin (or just fair skin like the Vedens) (supposedly lighter than the Alethi), red hair, strong back molars to break shells and claws (result of Parshendi hybrids) [source] 2) Inspiration from Earth: Asian-Caucasian people, [source] Mongolian people, Polynesian people, Russian people [source] 4. The Herdazians (People of Herdaz) 1) Common features: deep tan skin (supposedly darker than the Alethi), dark crystalline fingernails (result of Parshendi hybrids) 2) Inspiration from Earth: Hispanic people [source], indigenous Bolivian [source] 5. The Thaylens (People of Thaylenah) 1) Common features: long white eyebrows 2) Inspiration from Earth: unknown 6. The Natan (People of the former Natanatan) 1) Common features: pale bluish skin, wide nose, wool-like white hair [WoK Ch.36] (result of Aimian hybrids) [source] 2) Inspiration from Earth: unknown 7. The Makabaki (People of all the Makabak) 1) Common features: dark brown skin (or just dark skin), black hair [WoK Ch.14] 2) Inspiration from Earth: unknown Notable races: the Azish, the Tashikki, the Emuli and the Tukari (People of Azir, Tashikk, Emul and Tukar) 8. The Selay (People of the former Sela Tales) 1) Common features: skin ripples [WoK Ch.52] 2) Inspiration from Earth: unknown Notable race: the Purelaker (People of the Purelake) 1) Common features: leathery skin, dark hair, long limbs [WoR I-3] 2) Inspiration from Earth: unknown Notable race: the Babath (People of Babatharnam) 1) Common features: [women] patterns of veins beneath the skin [WoK Ch. 46] (result of Aimian hybrids) [source] 2) Inspiration from Earth: unknown 9. The Iriali (People of Iri and perhaps Rira) 1) Common features: yellow eyes, golden skin often painted various colors and patterns, golden hair with metallic sheen [WoK Ch.18, WoR I-2] 2) Inspiration from Earth: unknown Note: There are small differences between the Iriali and the Riran. [source] 10. The Shin (People of Shinovar) - The only race without epicanthic folds 1) Common features: short stature, pale skin, large round eyes, men tending to be bald, no epicanthic folds (but still hardly resemble the Caucasians on Earth) 2) Inspiration from Earth: unknown 11. The Reshi (People of the Reshi Isles) 1) Common features: tan skin, straight black hair, rounded features [WoR I-9] 2) Inspiration from Earth: Hispanic people (or at least for Lift) [source], indigenous Bolivian [source] About the Kharbranthians: The city-state is culturally diverse, so you can find different races there. Last update: Jun 3rd, 2019 (by Botanica) Original post: [x]

If anyone could find the source and provided the link! I've been keeping following Brandon's activities on Reddit these recent months but didn't remember seeing anything like this! I hope it is canon =)

GrumpyKaladin.gif (Time to go back to SA fanart scene XD)

Oh man... Thoses are gold XD Thanks for making this!

Hurt Bleeder; heal Mraize 3. The Lord Ruler- 4 5. Ruin- 12 9. Bleeder- 25 15. Taravangian- 16 19. Mraize- 43 I'm surprised Mraize got so many votes, but I love him He is one of my top favorite characters in Stormlight.

Heal Mraize, Hurt Bloody Tan. 1. Hrathen- 83. The Lord Ruler- 84. Marsh- 55. Ruin- 66. Trell- 57. Miles- 58. Bloody Tan- 39. Bleeder- 610. Denth -1012. Odium- 714. Amaram- 715. Taravangian- 617. Suit -318. Szeth- 919. Mraize- 620. Tyn- 6

My favorite characters: Shallan, Wayne, Spook and Vasher. Hard to choose XD (Hey, I just noticed Hoid is not here!!!)

Heal Shallan, hurt Marsh. 1.Kelsier 20 HP 2. Kaladin 30 HP 3. Vin 9 HP 5. Shallan 22 HP 20. Marsh 19 HP 25. Jasnah 25 HP

Ahhh Raoden/Sarene is still my Cosmere OTP!!! I loved every scene where they had interactions. Raoden impersonating Kaloo just made me laugh so hard. When he finally said to Sarene, "To find you." My heart melted

Hurt Elend, heal Shallan 1. Kelsier 10 HP 2. Kaladin 8 HP 3. Vin 9 HP 4. Elend 7 HP 5. Shallan 11 HP 6. Dalinar 6 HP 9. Adolin 8 HP 11. Sazed 2 HP 14. Marasi 7 HP 15. Wayne 8 HP 16. Sylphrena 10 HP 17. Lightsong 9 HP 20. Marsh 11 HP 24. Hoid 9 HP 25. Jasnah 10 HP

Hurt Marasi (Sorry.), heal Hoid 1. Kelsier 6 HP 2. Kaladin 5 HP 3. Vin 6 HP 4. Elend 6 HP 5. Shallan 5 HP 6. Dalinar 6 HP 7. Vivenna 4 HP 8. Siri 5 HP 9. Adolin 5 HP 10. Spook 4 HP 11. Sazed 6 HP 12. Raoden 6 HP 13. Wax 5 HP 14. Marasi 1 HP 15. Wayne 7 HP 16. Sylphrena 8 HP 17. Lightsong 6 HP 19. Hrathen 4 HP 20. Marsh 6 HP 22. Szeth 3 HP 23. Renarin 5 HP 24. Hoid 9 HP 25. Jasnah 6 HP

Hey Sam! Thanks for mentioning me =) This is really an interesting topic. Honestly, when I first saw Tien as a name, I didn't even notice the association XD And yes, I'm from Chinese mainland, so apart from what Sam said (While he uses traditional Chinese, I'm with simplified Chinese.), I can also add something more here. (BTW Tien is translated into 提安 in mainland version, also a pure transliteration.) Last year, I happened to have answered several questions regarding the translation of Cosmere books via Tumblr (Since I'm the translator of Stormlight and Elantris in mainland.). I figure maybe you will have interest in this? Bellow is my personal experience: Translating the Cosmere [Original post] Here, in order to make fantasy/sci-fi readers understand better, we tend to paraphrase the terms (aka semantic translation), not just transliterate them (or combine both methods). The translator of WoK (who quitted the job out of some conflicts with the publisher, which is a pity) did this, and did quite well, so I must continue that way. Translating The Stormlight Archive [Original post] Perhaps @Sam Script can provide a similar list and give a brief introduction about how the Taiwanese translator does those terms?

It hasn't yet been officially confirmed, but one year ago Brandon said via Twitter that the character would likely be Eshonai: Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/BrandSanderson/status/611385080485810177

Yeah I've once drawn Sarene holding her syre with her right hand and that's only an assumption because there's no description in the book. Though I don't think we can depend on a book's cover art since what the cover art conveys is often not canon.

Definitely Shallan. Or Shai. Artist type is always my favorite XD

Here's the clarification for the pronunciation of letter J: STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE Question: The Rosharans seem to pronounce J as Y? Or is it only limited to Vorin nations? Peter’s answer: So, this is a modern Vorin upper-class thing. But it might appear in some other countries as well…hard to say. Lower-class names like Jost and Jest would still be [dʒ]. Jezrien’s name in the Prelude would be pronounced with [dʒ], but by the modern day Jezerezeh is pronounced with y and Jezrien is also usually pronounced with y. ELANTRIS Question: About the pronunciation of letter J, here’s my understanding: In Fjordell Empire, all J reads Y, like what we do in Jewish language. (Jaddeth, Jaador, Jalla.) While in other places, such as Jindo, it still reads [dʒ]. Is it correct? Peter’s answer: Yes.

@Chaos A friend whose username is DataLoreHD just told me he couldn't login successfully. Would you please help to activate his account? Thanks ahead!