The world of Warbreaker, influenced by the Shard Endowment. On Nalthis, every person is born with a single Breath (a unit of Investiture). Breaths can be given away or accumulated, and those with many Breaths gain enhanced senses, perfect pitch, and eventually agelessness. The magic system of Awakening uses Breaths and colour to animate objects. The Returned are individuals who died and came back with a divine Breath, worshipped as gods in the nation of Hallandren.