Terris

Terris is the mountainous northern region of Scadrial, homeland of the Terris people. Under the Final Empire it is a subject dominance like the rest of the Lord Ruler's realm, and its people are known across the empire chiefly through their stewards: Terrismen trained from childhood to serve noble houses as tutors, administrators, and companions, prized for their learning, their courtesy, and their discretion. The steward Sazed is a Terrisman of exactly this profession and nothing like its stereotype. Terris culture is old, and older still is its religion, remembered now only in scraps under an empire that permits no faith but the Lord Ruler's own.