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The '''Horneaters''', or '''Unkalaki'''{{book ref|sa1|14}} as they refer to themselves, are a race of people on the world of [[Roshar]]. They live on the tops of mountains called [[Horneater Peaks]]. They currently have no [[Shardplate]] or [[Shardblade]]s.{{book ref|sa1|23}} They are one of several races on Roshar with [[Listener]] blood in their ancestry.{{qa ref|1084|9|Horneaters are human/Parshendi hybrids.|date=August 13th, 2014}} As a result, they have a higher tendency to be asexual than other races without Listener ancestors.{{reddit ref|books|2ytg2h|crds34r}} Features that are often associated with Horneaters are pale skin, tall and red hair. {{book ref|sa2|69}}
== Culture ==
== Mythology ==
*The Horneaters have three powerful gods they sought aid from: the Gods of the waters, the Gods of the mountains and the Gods of the trees. {{book ref|sa2|46}} This may refer to Roshar's three Shards.
*[[Spren]] are worshipped by the Unkalaki. Rock offers to build a shrine for [[Sylphrena]] at one point.
*Naturally heated lakes on the Horneater Peaks are called ''Oceans''. There is an Ocean on each of the Peaks. Underneath the normal water is the so-called ''Water of life''. It is said to be connected to the Gods and Horneaters who swim in the Oceans can sometimes see the ''Place of the Gods'' (most likely the [[Shadesmar]]). Swimming in the Oceans is said to be lethal to outsiders.
*''Lunu'anaki'' is the name of the Unkalaki god of ''travel and mischief who cannot hurt man''. Rock saw [[Hoid]] emerge from an Ocean and came to the conclusion that he must be ''Lunu'anaki''.{{book ref|sa2|46}}
=== The Story of the Horneater Peaks ===
Rock tells members of [[Bridge Four]] the story of how the Unkalaki claimed the Horneater Peaks.
The Unkalaki were at the brink of extinction due to their belligerent nature at that time. They had a leader called ''tana’kai'', who talked to the three most powerful gods on Roshar and asked them for shelter. They were the gods of the trees, the waters and the mountains respectively.
Both the god of the trees and the god of the waters refuse to give them shelter since they could not guarantee the safety of the Unkalaki. The god of the mountains does not outright decline the request but tells the ''tana’kai'' that his slopes are places only for spirits and they could not sustain life.
The ''tana’kai'' solves the dilemma by asking the god of the waters to place lakes on the peaks of the mountains, the mountain god to heat them with his thermal energy from the deeps of the earth and the god of the forests to bring edible plants to the now habitable areas on the mountain peaks. The gods were pleased with this solution and the Horneaters moved to the peaks.{{book ref|sa2|46}}
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