Yalb

Yalb
Yalb Fan art by Botanicaxu[1]
Biographical information
Ethnicity	Thaylen
Nationality	Thaylen
Gender	Male
Status	Alive
Occupation	Sailor
Appears in	The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, Oathbringer (mentioned), Dawnshard

Yalb was a sailor on the Wind's Pleasure from rural Thaylenah. He accompanied Shallan to the Conclave in Kharbranth, translating the porter's comments for her and refusing a bribe to gouge her on the price. She paid him a fire emerald for his aid and, later painting him, tried to capture the way he had flirted with her. When she returned, he had won eighty chips off guards by cheating them at kabers.

He helped Shallan buy books for a very good price by conning the bookseller Artmyrn into believing that he - Yalb - is an agent of Barmest (i.e., Artmyrn's biggest rival) who can offer the books Shallan needs at a lower price, again showing his skill at deception. She rewarded Yalb for this by giving him her painting of him and the porter.

Yalb later told Shallan that she was good luck as they aboard the Wind's Pleasure hadn't seen a santhid in years.

Yalb was aboard the Wind's Pleasure when the Ghostbloods attacked it and its sailors in an attempt to murder Jasnah. The Wind's Pleasure was then sunk by Shallan - and Pattern - when she convinced the ship it would be doing its crew one last service to save them.

Appearance

He wore an open-fronted vest and a pair of loose trousers.

Character

He practiced fancy words because he thought they would help a fellow obtain reasonable feminine companionship.

Characteristics

When Shallan glanced at him, gloryspren danced around his head. He'd been apparently very proud of a jape he'd made.

Beliefs

He believes in the Passions - a pagan belief - that one wins most when one needs to.

Notes

Brandon brought Yalb back for a quick scene in the prologue of Dawnshard, but intentionally didn't bring him in and put him on the crew that is part of the main story in that novel.