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Lancing

Lancing is the magic system in the State of Alornia. It is usable by a single person, Kairominas, the Liveborn emperor of Alornia. When Lancing, Kai's vision enters a state called Lancesight, and he can manipulate energy. While in the Maltese, Sophie uses hacking to allow Lancing to function, but instead of letting Kai manipulate energy, it only lets him absorb heat.
== Powers and Abilities ==
=== In General ===
Lancing allows the practitioner to manipulate energy. Kai channels heat into a cup of tea, creates barriers that he can use to fly, and even controls the weather around the capital city of Alornia with the help of an Aurorastone. Lancing also allows Kai to utilize his Boosts, turning them on or off.
=== Lancesight ===
Lancesight is the term used to describe what Kai sees as he is Lancing. While in Lancesight, the world around Kai dims, with the exception of the Grand Aurora, which is what lights his world while he's in Lancesight. Lancesight also allows Kai to feel warmth from the Grand Aurora on his bare skin, in addition to the Grand Aurora's light piercing through objects, allowing Kai to see it even when indoors. He is able to easily notice abnormalities within his world, such as hacks and Boosts, as well.
=== Barriers ===
Kai's barriers act as magical walls, and Kai can make them invisible if he so chooses. Kai uses these walls not only as shields, but also as platforms to fly.. The barriers can also be used to translate language, allowing Kai to converse with people who speak differently than he does.
== Maltese Alteration ==
While on Maltese, Kai has Sophie hack into the State's coding to enable him to use Lancing, but the result of her hack is inevitably different than what Kai is used to.
=== Lancing ===
When Kai attempts to Lance, he absorbs heat rather than energy in general. He is capable of absorbing at a fast enough rate to turn water into ice near instantly, and even causes atoms to reach 0 Kelvin. After absorbing the heat, though, it simply dissipates from his body, and he is unable to make use of the energy like he could normally.
=== Lancesight ===
Kai's Lancesight has been altered as well, and now he can see heat being released by objects. When looking at Sophie, Kai notes that she looks like a "blazing source of energy." He also notes that he can see the movement of atoms, and as he absorbs heat, they slow and eventually stop moving altogether.
== Notes ==
Languish

Languish is a High Epic that lives in Lux. His power disables the powers of other Epics, which he uses to prevent competing Epics from attacking the city. He also has the ability to detect and disable motivators. His real name is Asher Vidales.
== History ==
=== Early Life ===
Languish and Lifeforce used to work at Target together before Calamity, and were good friends. Vera, who was good friends with both of them, started dating with Lifeforce, and she eventually broke up with him. After they both became Epics and Lifeforce got his revenge on Vera, Languish joined up with his friend. Languish served Lifeforce, ensuring that no Epic could challenge him. Lifeforce began taking some of Languish's blood to give himself the power to dampen other powers, and Languish tried to rebel against Lifeforce. When he tried to dampen him however, it seemed to not work, and Languish deduced that there was too much of his own blood inside Lifeforce. After that he didn't try to rebel again, and served Lifeforce faithfully, and was kept under heavy guard for his own protection.
=== Infiltration of Lux ===
During the Lux infiltration, the assassination attempt on Lifeforce was foiled by Languish, when Languish was able to dampen the mitosis motivator that Jax used. A few days later, Lanugish was kidnapped by the Reckoners and brought to their safe house. Languish remained calm and civil, and told them both his own past and that of Lifeforce. After he gets a message from Lifeforce telling him to come back or face consequences, Languish used Jax's shockwave motivator to break down the wall and escape, and was confronted by Wingflare. Wingflare called him a traitor, then grabbed Languish in her powers and held him immobile. Languish, tired of being a slave to “more powerful” Epics, dampened Wingflare's powers, causing Lux to shake. Jax punched Languish hard in the face, causing his focus to waver and letting Wingflare escape.
Afterward, Languish hid at his house at his lakefront property, and began packing his things. He planned to leave Lux, deciding that he no longer had any allies in the city any more. The Reckoners arrived and stopped him from leaving. Languish stayed with the Reckoners for a while, and was the one who finally figured out how Hershel lost his leg. Soon after, Cloudbreaker summons the frost. Languish leaves, and Jax lets him go. Later, during an intense firefight, Languish joins back up with the Reckoners, deciding that he's safest with them. He joins them on their final assault on Lifeforce's palace, agreeing to help if they help him save Vera.
Languish sneaks them into the palace via a hidden entrance, and they find and free Vera. Jax wanted to kill Vera after reckognizing her as Lovestruck, but both Paige and Languish convinced him to let her go. Lanuish, Paige, and Jax confront Lifeforce, and Languish begins using his powers to dampen Lifeforce. Dampening Lifeforce caused an old wound to kill Languish, and Languish died before he could finish the job.
== Notes ==
Category: Viewpoint characters
Lani

Lani is a relation of a grain merchant on Roshar during the Heraldic Epochs. They are a contemporary of Nohadon and are mentioned in a strange vision or nightmare experienced by Dalinar Kholin.
Nohadon believed that he was overpaying for some exotic grains (although the merchant thought otherwise). Nohadon told the merchant to buy something nice for Lani with the extra spheres.
== Notes ==
Lanna Write

Lanna Write is an operative of the Phone Company and the wife of its chief operative, Jason Write. She often acts as Jason's support operative and manages the Phone Company's Central Operations.
== Appearance & Personality ==
Jason and Lanna have a working relationship that, while very efficient, is very heavy on teasing each other. She frequently refers to him as, "Old Man," to his consternation. In return he complains quite convincingly whenever she is assigned as his support, despite the fact that he is actually the one who does the assigning. Despite always telling Jason that his outlook on the human race's situation was too idealistic, she always wanted to believe that he was right after all.
She has red hair.
== History ==
=== Denise Investigation (2211) ===
Lanna was assigned as Jason's Base Support Operative during his investigation of the case of a missing PC scientist named Denise Carlson.
=== Death & Legacy ===
After Lanna died, Jason created an AI based on her memories and personality. Learning that AIs could develop emotions in the Nowhere, he brought her orb in, in hope to bring sapience to the Lanna-AI. After Jason's death, the recently turned sapient AI returned to the Nowhere, where - unable to cope with Jason's death - she replicated herself thousands of times to create the hive-mind of Delvers; beings opposed to change and greatly despising anything outside of the Nowhere.
== Notes ==
Laqqi

Laqqi is a village in central Emul on Roshar. It lies in a rural area near the country's northern border with Azir.
==History==
Laqqi and the surrounding lands were contested as part of the war in Emul during the True Desolation. Odium's forces took control of most of Emul early in the war, but by early , Azish forces fighting for the coalition of monarchs recaptured the northern half of the country.
After deciding to launch an offensive into Emul, Dalinar set up a warcamp in Laqqi due to its strategic location about a three day march away from the battlefront. A large number of coalition troops, Knights Radiant, and leaders temporarily relocated to the city. New tents and buildings were erected, and the village was fortified against storms and singer attacks. In keeping with cultural norms, the Alethi leaders stayed in austere stone lodging, while the Azish built the Prime Aqasix luxurious quarters. Laqqi served as an effective base, and the offensive into Emul was ultimately successful.
The warcamp in Laqqi was the site of Odium and Dalinar's agreement to hold a contest of champions.
== Notes ==
Laran

Laran is a messenger in Kholin army turned Windrunner of Bridge Four.
At some point in Laran's past, she joined the Kholin army as a messenger. She was quite able in this role; some believed her to be the fastest of the messengers.
She likely tried out for Bridge Four with Lyn and the other female scouts and messengers from House Kholin at Narak in 1174, and may have learned to draw in Stormlight then. After the discovery of the attack on the Bridge Four barracks in Urithiru during the Battle of Thaylen Field, Lyn tasked Laran with running to the guard post and fetching Renarin to heal the wounded. After the battle itself, Lopen told Laran and Lyn an exaggerated version of the story of how he lost his arm. 
In the following year, Laran bonded one of the honorspren that had chosen to help refound the Windrunners and swore her first two Ideals. She accompanied the Fourth Bridge during its evacuation of Hearthstone and fought the shanay-im that confronted them there. Towards the end of the battle, she swore her Third Ideal and her spren manifest as a Blade for the first time. As with many Windrunners, the Third Ideal was difficult for Laran. Following the battle, she presented her spren to Kaladin in Blade form and he congratulated the pair on their accomplishment.
== Notes ==
Laresh

Laresh was a soldier that worked in the Sadeas warcamp on the edge of the Shattered Plains on Roshar.
== Appearance and Personality ==
Laresh is a tall man and has yellow-and-black hair.
He is not particularly sympathetic to the bridgemen's plight. He joined Gaz in mocking the bridgemen and saved the worst of the recruits for Bridge Four.
== History ==
Laresh worked in the duty tent, and brought the bridgemen to replace those killed in the plateau runs. Early in Kaladin's time as a bridgeman, he brought two groups of recruits to reinforce the bridges. He gave the first group, which was composed of smugglers, to a different bridge. Laresh saved the second group, a particularly ragtag looking bunch of men, to reinforce Bridge Four.
== Trivia ==
* In the tenth anniversary leatherbound edition of The Way of Kings, Laresh was removed from the story and his role was given to Lamaril.
== Notes ==
Largo

The Largo is a starfighter used by the DDF. It is a heavy fighter ship that armed with destructors and IMP missiles. It is a bulky ship that is unable to out manoeuvre or outrun Krell ships. The fuselage of a Largo is only a little narrower than that of the two-person Dulo.
Cobb believes that Jorgen would do well flying a Largo.
Spensa trained on a Largo during flight school. She thought it was inferior to M-Bot, and found it to be slow and commonplace.
== Notes ==
Larkian

The Larkians were a people who lived in the State of Alornia. They were originally from a separate country than Kairominas, but their king eventually abdicated to Kai. After this abdication they gave Kai some churnrock as a gift.
== Trivia ==
Separate from the universe of Perfect State, Alcatraz Smedry mentions that a Hushlander would not recognize the difference between a Rounsfield tunic and a Larkian tunic, but then reveals that he made those items up.
== Notes ==
Larmic mucus

Larmic mucus is a substance with antiseptic properties on Roshar. It is less expensive than lister's oil or knobweed sap, but also less effective. It has a foul smell.
When Kaladin tried to acquire antiseptics for Bridge Four on the Shattered Plains, the apothecary suggested larmic mucus instead of the more powerful (and more expensive) antiseptics, but a small jar of mucus still cost ten days pay for a bridgeman. Seeing the high cost of antiseptics inspired Kaladin's plan to harvest knobweed sap so that he could use some of it and sell the surplus.
== Notes ==
Larn (Scadrial)

Larn is a member of a Survivorist congregation in Luthadel on Scadrial.
==Appearance and Personality==
He is around eighteen years old. He is a skaa, and his face and clothing are dirty. He is visibly nervous when he meets Elend Venture, presumably due to Elend's status as an influential noble.
==History==
He has lived in Luthadel his whole life. He is introduced to Elend by Demoux, and tells Elend about an Inquisitor that he spotted slinking around the center of the city. He says that he previously tried to tell King Penrod about it, but was turned away by his guards. Demoux says that he had been hearing other rumors about Inquisitors near Kredik Shaw, but Larn has good eyesight and is trustworthy, which made him take his claim seriously.
== Notes ==
Larskpur

Larskpur is a Pathian missionary from Elendel on Scadrial. He is killed by Paalm so that she could impersonate him and implicate him in the killing of Father Bin, a Survivorist priest.
==Appearance and Personality==
Larskpur is described as a small man who "barely fit his robes". He wears a simple smock in the Pathian style.
==History==
Larskpur tended to show up at community functions to represent Pathism, even though the majority of the people at the events were usually Survivorists.
He showed up at a chapel in Elendel that had around a thousand attendees, and walked up to the dais to give a shocking speech blaspheming the Survivor and his actions. The attendees eventually realized that his hands were covered in blood, and he dropped a curtain to reveal the corpse of Father Bin nailed to the wall with spikes through the eyes. Larskpur slipped away while the crowd was horrified.
As Wax and Marasi investigated the murder, they theorized that the kandra known as "Bleeder" was trying to drive a wedge between the Pathians and Survivorists. Wax later confirmed that Bleeder had posed as Larskpur and committed the murder. After escaping the chapel, Bleeder rode in a coach driven by Chapaou and transformed out of her guise as Larskpur, leaving a pile of bones on the seat. She had presumably killed Larskpur at some point before her appearance in the chapel in order to use his bones to impersonate him.
==Trivia==
* Brandon once interacted with fan and author V. M. Jaskiernia on Reddit after reading a portion of her unpublished novel titled Larkspur, or A Necromancer's Romance. She received positive feedback from Brandon and later published the book, at one point accidentally spelling the title "Larskpur" in a Reddit thread. This interaction occurred before the publication of Shadows of Self, and it is possible that the character name Larskpur was intended as a cameo.
== Notes ==
Larstaism

Larstaism was a religion from Classical Scadrial. The Larsta people were banished from their land, which had held many complex traditions and rules. In response, they made their religion as simple as possible. Mare was a follower of the Larsta faith, converting to it after Sazed had preached it to her. 
Sazed evaluates Larstaism for truth longer than other pre-Ascension religions because it did not seem to have any illogical or contradictory tenets. He uses their descriptions of Scadrial's pre-ascension plants and animals, such as the Marewill flowers, to model new flora. 
== Beliefs ==
Simplicity was a key tenet of the Larsta faith, and it focused on the simple beauty of nature. They believed in "seeking the divine" through art and creation rather than on answering existential questions or discussing the afterlife. Since not everyone could create art, Larsta society donated money to talented monks so that they would be able to paint, sculpt and write poetry which would then benefit the entire society -- they believed art brought them closer to understanding divinity. Flowers were a subject of Larsta poetry. 
Larstaism had a religious hierarchy, and Larsta priests wrote poetry about the world's beauty while they meditated. Prayer materials, scriptures, notes and writings were also used in the religion.
Larsta weddings required only a declaration of love before a local priest, and they did not believe in divorce.
It is discussed in Harmony's Beliefs Reborn. Wax and Steris's wedding ceremony is based on practices of the Larsta faith, as is Vin and Elend's.
== Notes ==
Last Desolation

The Last Desolation, also known as Aharietiam in Vorin tradition and the Day of Glory in Azir, is believed to be the last Desolation, when mankind's hard-won victory over the Voidbringers ended the cycle of Desolations. In reality, nine of the ten Heralds abandoned their Honorblades in an attempt to leave the Oathpact and avoid further torture on Braize. Talenel was the only Herald not to break the Oathpact. Dalinar Kholin visited this Desolation in one of the visions left by Honor.
== History == 
There was less than a year between the last two Desolations.
During the fighting, only one Herald, Taln, who was the only one to have never broken under torture, died. The surviving Heralds were afraid of the torture they would suffer on returning to Braize. Eight of the Heralds, all the survivors except Kalak, met at the appointed meeting place. Rather than return, they drove their blades into the ground and walked in different directions. Jezrien waited for Kalak to arrive and they both left as well. Although they had been warned remaining on Roshar would lead to a new Desolation immediately starting, Ishar believed Taln alone would be enough to uphold the Oathpact. Whether or not this is true was irrelevant to them by this point, as they only wished to avoid more torture. They chose to tell humanity that they had finally won, in hope that it might become true. 
The lie was uncovered 4,500 years later, when Talenel returned to announce the True Desolation.
== Culture == 
According to Vorin tradition, mankind, led by the Heralds and their chosen knights, fought off the Voidbringers ninety and nine times, until finally, Aharietiam came and the Voidbringers were cast back into the Tranquiline Halls. The Heralds followed to force them out of heaven as well, and Roshar's Heraldic Epochs ended. Songs and paintings depict the final conflict as a grand clash between lines of brave soldiers and giant monsters.
== Trivia ==
* The name Aharietiam is based on the hebrew words אחרית הימים (Acharit Hayamim) meaning the end of days or the apocalypse.
== Notes ==
es:Última Desolación
Lastclap

The lastclap is a combat maneuver used on Roshar to "catch" an opponent's Shardblade between the palms. It is used as a last resort by someone unarmored and unarmed when they have no other options. The lastclap can only be performed when the Shardbearer attacks with an overhead swing.
== Users ==
=== Dalinar Kholin ===
During an assassination attempt by Szeth in Elhokar's palace on the Shattered Plains, Dalinar became trapped with no weapons or armor. Szeth attempted to strike an overhead killing blow with his Honorblade, but Dalinar brought the palms of his hands together as the blade fell and caught it. This surprised Szeth and allowed Kaladin to tackle him. Dalinar likely succeeded at catching the blade only because of his exceptional physical prowess.
=== Zahel ===
Kaladin later asked for Zahel's help in fighting a Shardbearer and mentioned that Dalinar was able to catch Szeth's blade. Zahel was familiar with the technique and used the term "lastclap"; he told Kaladin that it was a "stupid maneuver" that only worked when Shardbearers swung straight down with a relatively slow strike. He also said that it usually failed, and then "you're dead." Zahel urged Kaladin to focus on other strategies that worked more often, and Kaladin agreed.
=== Kaladin ===
Although Kaladin did not train in the use of the lastclap, he was forced to use it at the end of the disadvantaged duel between Relis Ruthar and Adolin Kholin. Relis moved to attack Renarin but hesitated, instead swinging at Kaladin, who caught his Blade. This caused Kaladin and Relis to hear the deadeye spren of the Blade screaming in their minds; Relis fled the arena in terror, forfeiting the duel.
== Trivia ==
*The artwork at the top left of the Alethi Codes of War appears to depict someone performing a lastclap, although the aggressor is wielding a normal sword and not a Shardblade.
*During Dragonsteel Nexus's Worldhopper Ball event depicting Adolin and Shallan's wedding, Kaladin performs the last clap against Adolin in a duel, but this is not canon
== Notes ==
Lastport

Lastport is a city on Threnody, one of the Fortress Towns near the Forests of Hell.
Lastport is the most powerful city on its continent. Daggon notes that Lastport resident Lamentation Winebare has a squeaky, noticeable accent.
As a Fortress Town (or "fort"), it is one of the few areas on the continent where people can live without constant fear of attack by shades. The residents of the forts dress fashionably and consider themselves "civilized" compared to the homesteaders that live in the Forests. 
Theopolis has connections in Lastport and travels there when he needs to collect bounties in the name of the White Fox (Silence Montane). Prices of silver are on the rise in both Lastport and Bastion Hill. 
The governor of Lastport was murdered under unknown circumstances by highwayman Chesterton Divide. The city of Lastport offered an enormous bounty for Chesterton, calling him an anarchist, psychopath, and menace; when Chesterton visits Silence's waystop she immediately plans to kill him and his gang, believing that the proceeds will fund her operations for at least a year.
The elite of Lastport have begun to worry about Silence's waystop being owned by someone they did not know, as it was such a crucial waystop.
== Notes ==
es:Último Puerto
Layton

Layton is a professor of mathematics at Armedius Academy.
In one of his classes, he teaches Joel as well as three Rithmatist students: Melody, John, and Luc. 
He is very enthusiastic about mathematics. He initially thinks Joel cheats in his exams, as he frequently forgets to do his homework assignments but gets good scores on the exams. However, when Joel proves able to complete math problems in his head very quickly, Layton realizes Joel's abilities are genuine and attempts to get him to join one of his advanced summer electives.
== Trivia ==
* He was named after one of Brandon's friends, who is also a math teacher.
* Alcatraz Smedry also mentions learning algebra from a Mr. Layton.
== Notes ==
Lee

Lee is a soldier who is in Hershel's squad during the raid on a Russian satellite, when Calamity granted powers to all the Epics. 
== History ==
Along with the rest of his squad, Lee traveled to Siberia to sabotage a Russian satellite facility, dropping in a distance from the target and then closing in on foot. They were delayed by the appearance of Calamity in the sky, and Specialist Jackson having a fit. The next day, they made their approach. When things escalated, Jackson used his newly gained powers and shot off O'Brien's arm. Lee and the other members of the squad were alarmed, and aimed their guns at Jackson. Lee was outraged, and ordered Jackson to get on the ground and interlock his hands behind his head. Jackson told Lee to put down his weapon, and that he was safe with him. Lee refused, and shot Jackson in the chest several times. The bullets didn't harm Jackson, and he was furious at the betrayal. Lee shot the rest of his magazine at Jackson, who proceeded to kill Lee with blasts of energy.
== Notes ==
LeeMar

LeeMar is a kandra on Scadrial.
As of , LeeMar had been impersonating Cassileux on the Elendel constabulary for sixteen months, ever since the latter's death during a raid on the Nomad Gang. LeeMar was one of several kandra infiltrating the constables, and she kept an eye on Marasi, occasionally having lunch with her. During the constables' investigation in the caverns below Elendel, LeeMar discretely recovered a note from the Ghostbloods which Moonlight left for Marasi expressing their interest in her. She gave it to VenDell to pass on to Marasi, at which point he told Marasi about Cassileux's true nature.
== Notes ==