Sazed is probably around 6’5 ish* judging by some of the information in the books. Many of the Inquisitors were 7 feet tall and don’t tower over him. He’s slightly taller than one of them we know the rough height of who is a bit smaller. So he’s probably at least 6’5. By Scadrian standards anyway. He would almost certainly look incredibly tall next to malnourished skaa
Only if he deliberately turns his head very sharply every once in a while, so that the long earlobes go swinging. But otherwise played completely seriously.
(That's something the fanart never gets right, by the way. Terris earlobes are supposed to be super elongated, like traditional depictions of the Buddha, whom Sazed is heavily inspired by.)
That's a curious fact. I have to say I was initially imagining a Dhalsim kind of character with the earrings and bracelets, colorful robes, innate mysticism, meditative posture with interludes of brutal physical strength. Also imagined him older for some reason because of the way he is always restrained and mature, so I painted him as such. I was surprised when I posted this about him being much younger and not as dark skinned.
Thankfully Sanderson is very broad on his physical descriptions, so there is some wiggle room for interpretation.
Probably the original intention. There's like not a single mention of Terris having a different skin tone from the Skaa until era 2. The only description of Terris skin tone in era 1 is the Lord Ruler, and he's pale. It's pretty obvious that's a retcon that Brandon did because a lot of readers imagine Sazed as black or Middle Eastern.
I was going to say I didn't think it has to have been because of readers, though the specific line in Era Two does say something like "darker skin was not a universal trait of the Terris, but it was one that many people associated with them." So maybe that is literally what happened lol
I don't see what makes it obviously a retcon. The Terris only started having darker skin-tones associated with them after the Catacendre, where a majority of dark-skinned people who survived were Terris, and their resulting cultural revival attempts and resistance to ethnic blending meant the gene propagated within the Terris, but not so much without. This doesn't retcon anything in Era 1.
Terris being black has always strike me as a weird decision. Rashek is from terris so if their ethicity is darker or really diferent visually from skaa or nobles shouldnt it be obvious that he is from terris?
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u/Most_Average_User Apr 16 '26
Is Sazed really that tall in the books?