Cethan

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Cethan is the Ademic word for "mercenary" [1]. It is an honorific title to the Adem that does not carry the same negative commonwealth connotation for sellswords. Adem mercenaries are renowned for their prowess throughout Temerant. They are paid two or three jots a day, twenty times what a normal mercenary gets[2]. Cethan pride themselves on returning a full 80 percent of that pay to their home town [3].

  1. The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 114, "His Sharp and Single Arrow"
  2. The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 87, "The Lethani"
  3. The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 115, "Storm and Stone"