Lighteyes

A lighteyes is a person with lightly colored eyes, such as blue, green, tan, light yellow, grey or light purple. Lighteyes are the ruling class in former Vorin Kingdoms, such as Alethkar, Jah Keved and Thaylenah.
According to Vorin teachings, lighteyes are chosen at birth by the Heralds and marked for rule. In the Vorin legal code of citizenship, lighteyes are classified by dahn; the lower the dahn, the higher one is ranked. For example, tenth dahn classifies one as being almost as low as a darkeyes. Thaylenah has its own system of ranks.
==Palindromes==
Palindromes are holy in the Alethi language. Nobility will often change one letter to create a child's name to evoke the holy term but also to avoid blasphemy.According to Sanderson
Brightlord and Brightness are lighteyes' honorifics.
Many darkeyes look at lighteyes with disdain.*
==Characteristics==
Lighteyed women are very proficient at working with just their freehand.
That said, proper lighteyed women play instruments that require two hands wearing gloves, if they want to.Wearing gloves ...
There is an entire spectrum of lighteyes, many of whom work common jobs and scramble for money just like ordinary people.
==Mixed Bloods==
Foreign blood amongst lighteyes means stray hairs of another color (for example), like that of Adolin and Ialai. Ironically, mixed-blood is far more common in lighteyes than in darkeyes. Darkeyes rarely marry foreigners, but the Alethi Houses often need alliances or money from the outside.
==Notes==
*According to Kaladin, to be a lighteyes means that one lies. He thinks that they are all the same. That the more noble they look, the more corrupt they are inside. He believes that their actions are all an act. But then, he had been burned too often to trust the flame.
==Q&A with Brandon==
Q. Are the lighteyes descendants of the first people who took the Shards after the Knights Radiant abandoned them?
A. I'm afraid I have to RAFO this too.Q&A with Brandon Sanderson, 17th Shard, 9/24/12
==References==
Category:Culture