The Stormlight Archive · Character
Yelignar
Also known as Blightwind
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 52
Yelignar enters the imagination through a name steeped in dread, a being from old tales whose voice is said to sound human. Even the silence around its appearance feels haunted by cries.
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 52
- Books
- 1
Known in folklore as Blightwind, Yelignar is described as a creature that could speak like a man, accompanied by the wails of those it consumed. The entity is later associated with a breach into the chancery, bringing an old, terrible name into unsettling proximity with the present. The text leaves its nature and appearance largely undefined.
Description
Yelignar is an entity called Blightwind, but the text supplies no dependable description of its physical form. It is associated in folklore with a humanlike voice and the wails of those it has consumed. No specific shape, size, coloring, face, or clothing is established.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Way of Kings
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