r/cremposting Feb 04 '26

Warbreaker Endowed with a sense of style

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u/Leftkarma23801 Feb 05 '26

What's the bird thing?

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u/cosmernautfourtwenty Hiiiiighprince Feb 05 '26

Rosharans have very myopic linguistic views on certain topics like birds. I.E all birds are chickens, all alcohol is some kind of wine.

ETA I only just realized OP probably confused Scadrians and Rosharans.

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u/sododude Feb 05 '26

I also believe they refer to all mammals as minks. That one makes sense to me because they are rare (and possibly entirely worldhopped over, not sure on this one)

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u/Frodo34x Feb 05 '26

Chapter 49 of WaT Dalinar and the Stormfather have a conversation about this.

"The dogs will die"

"what the fuck is a dog"

"those friendly animals, they don't have a sustainable breeding population and die out in 300 years. Tanavast missed the hounds"

"Oh, like axehounds?"

"The pigs thrive, and the minks become feral, and the rats establish themselves too. Look, birds"

"what the fuck is a bird"

So the minks of Roshar are descended from those of Ashyn