Nale

Character from The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson

Herald of the Skybreakers. Has been active on Roshar for centuries, hunting and killing nascent Knights Radiant to prevent a new Desolation. Follows law with absolute, inhuman rigidity. Eventually sides with the Singers.

Also known as: Nalan, Nalan'Elin, Nin, Darkness, Judge

What They Know

• Has been actively hunting and killing nascent Knights Radiant for centuries to prevent Desolations
• Patron Herald of the Skybreakers and leader of the modern Skybreaker order
• Switched allegiance to the Singers when the True Desolation began, believing they have legal claim to Roshar
• Follows law with absolute rigidity — always finds legal justification before killing
• Pursued and nearly killed Lift and Szeth at different points
• His Honorblade grants Skybreaker abilities — gravitational Surges
• His madness manifests as pathological legalism rather than incoherence
• Trained Szeth as a Skybreaker after Szeth's crisis of purpose

Connections

• mentors — szeth
• enemy_of — lift
• ally_of — ishar
• ally_of — taln
• serves — odium
• enemy_of — kaladin
• ally_of — ash
• enemy_of — restares

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