the Tagarut

The name Nomad's own people gave to the Alethi in their oldest stories — "the breakers," those who leave only death. In a tale he tells Contemplation on the deck of Beacon, the Tagarut came again and again as invaders, a horde out of the east in armour of dark metal, until at last they climbed a mountain in search of the sun's treasure, were dazzled by its light, and returned washed-out of eye and tamer of disposition — the in-world fable his homeland tells to explain why Alethi lighteyes can speak instead of only kill. STD:TSM:Ch 26