The Stormlight Archive · Character
Lalai
Also known as Brightness Lalai, Sadeas's cousin
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 32
Lalai enters the reader’s awareness through her responsibilities rather than her appearance: she is the king’s head scribe when the queen is absent. The title suggests a woman accustomed to the quiet weight of words and records, though the text leaves her personal manner and looks unstated.
- Gender
- female
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 32
- Books
- 1
Lalai, also called Brightness Lalai, is identified as Sadeas’s cousin and the king’s head scribe during the queen’s absence. She is mentioned rather than developed as an active presence, and the book provides no further account of her story or fate.
Description
The text gives no physical description of Lalai. She is identified as a woman and as the king’s head scribe in the queen’s absence, but her age, build, complexion, hair, eyes, face, and clothing are unspecified.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Way of Kings
Appearances
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