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When kandra are in their [[kandra Homeland|Homeland]], all subsequent Generations prefer the form of a [[True Body]], which is a set of false, human-shaped bones that are crafted by a kandra artisan. Some True Body forms are quartz, and kandra show off their True Bodies by creating translucent skin that allows the stone to sparkle faintly in the light.{{annotation ref|mb3|page=140}} Kandra have spent ten centuries enslaved to humankind, serving the Contracts in an effort to keep themselves safe. Most kandra hate humans for their situation, but, ironically, most kandra True Bodies are human-shaped, with two arms, two legs, and a face, even while they curse humankind for keeping them enslaved.{{annotation ref|mb3|page=144}} Some Kandra build bodies for combat purposes, these bodies can be made of metal to be stronger and heavier and can have sharp bones to use as knives. Combined with the ability to heal and create stronger muscles, kandra can be extremely powerful warriors though not all of them want to be one.
Kandra form an organ which functions as a brain to think. It doesn't need to be inside the head, and can be placed at a safer place in the Kandra's body.{{
== Culture ==
== Creation ==
While the First Generation were created directly by the Lord Ruler, the First Generation create all subsequent generations of kandra through "Blessings", spikes created using the art of [[Hemalurgy]]. The Lord Ruler provides Hemalurgic metal spikes to the kandra each century, in a number requested, and the kandra use these spikes to convert mistwraiths into full kandra. Two of the same types of spike make up a Blessing, and one Blessing converts a mistwraith into a sentient kandra. Kandra take longer to reach maturity than a human normally would take.{{wob ref|12000}} During the years of the Lord Ruler's reign, there are a total of eleven Generations, with a Twelfth Generation unlikely, as the Father is dead. Without the Lord Ruler, the kandra cannot create new Blessings or new kandra. It is revealed in the ''The Hero of Ages'' that kandra of the First Generation are practically immortal. Kandra do not appear to die of natural causes, but they are not immortal, just incredibly longed lived.{{wob ref|10583}}
== Blessings ==
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