The Shin
Szeth's people, who hold stone as sacred and walking upon it as profane. Regarded by easterners as docile and harmless servants. SA:WoK:Prologue
Presence
appears mentioned absent
Known facts
- trade-by-undervaluingTrade by undervaluing their wares — both parties to a Shin trade go out of their way to declare what they offer worthless. Try to cheat them and they will know; offer fairly and they will pay well.SA:WoK:I-4
- find-soulcast-metal-miraculousConsider Soulcast scrap metal — the discarded mis-tries of ardents — to be a miracle because it bears no stain of broken rock. They trade chickens, cloth, and exotic dried meats for it readily.SA:WoK:I-4
Thread
- SA:WoK:PrologueintroIntroduced as “The Shin”
- SA:WoK:I-4facttrade-by-undervaluing: Trade by undervaluing their wares — both parties to a Shin trade go out of their way to declare what they offer worthless. Try to cheat them and they will know; offer fairly and they will pay well.
- SA:WoK:I-4factfind-soulcast-metal-miraculous: Consider Soulcast scrap metal — the discarded mis-tries of ardents — to be a miracle because it bears no stain of broken rock. They trade chickens, cloth, and exotic dried meats for it readily.
Backreferences
- summarySA:WoK:I-4
- factThresh-son-Esan
- factStone Shamanism
- summarySA:WoK:I-7