The Tiste Liosan, Children of Light
Warrens: Kurald Thyrllan
Kurald Liosan?
Description:
-tall
-white, almost luminous skin
-silver hair
-silver eyes
Names
Jorrude
Malachar
Enias
Orenas
L'oric?
Aparal Forge - soletaken
Kadagar Fant - soletaken - Lord of Light
Iparth Erule - soletaken
Uhandahl, who was last to drink, has just died – he – he tore out his own throat!”
NB : Thirteen soletaken as at the start of The Crippled God.
Endest : – as Liosan legions ringed the horizon, soldiers singing that horrifying, haunting song, creating a music of heartbreaking beauty to announce their march to slaughter (TtH)
But I think that Mother Dark and Father Light, in binding themselves to each other, in turn bound their fates. And when she turned away, so did he. He had no choice – they had become forces intertwined, perfect reflections. Father Light abandoned his children and they became a people lost – and lost they remain."(DoD)
Tiste Liosan City
Beyond this terrible vista and facing the vertical ocean of deathless souls as if in mocking madness, rose the White Wall, which hid the decrepit remnants of the Liosan city of Saranas. (TCG)
Relevant Quote(s):
'Riding white, long-limbed horses with wild manes the colour of rust. Ornately armoured in enamel, the warriors were a match for their mounts – pale-skinned and tall, their faces mostly hidden behind slitted visors, cheek and chin guards. Curved scimitars that appeared to have been carved from ivory were held in gauntleted fists. Long silver hair flowed from beneath the helms.'(HoC, UK Trade, p.327)
'features that were startlingly similar to Trull Sengar’s, apart from the white, almost luminous skin. Eyes of cold silver...'(HoC, UK Trade, p.328)
Enias refers to the Tiste Liosan language as 'The Language of Purity'(HoC, UK Trade, p.328)
Osserc: '‘The Liosan worship themselves, L’oric. I happen to be a convenient figurehead.'(HoC, UK Trade, p.609)
Liosan views on the other Tiste races:
Enias: 'Only among the Liosan is the Tiste blood pure. You have crossed paths with our tainted cousins, then. They are little more than vermin...The first!(Tiste Andii) Oh, indeed. And so tragically imperfect. Bereft of Father Light’s purifying blood. They are a most sordid creation. We tolerate the Edur, for they contain something of the Father, but the Andii – death by our hands is the only mercy they deserve.
'(HoC, UK Trade, p.329)
Sacred Text: Osric's Visions
Observed Behavioural Traits:
naturally arrogant
precise and diligent to the point of obsession
idealistic and naive
Pious
Liosan Arms and Armour
'Liosan armour, the white enamel gouged and scarred. A visored helm of the same material, the leather underlining webbed over eyes and cheeks by black iron mail. A light, narrow-bladed longsword, its point long and tapering, scabbarded in pale wood.'(HoC, UK Trade, p.602)