Halla

A halla is an Elemental-born child who does not have an Emergence, therefore never getting the magical elemental abilities that are the defining feature of their race. It is impossible for a child to be labelled as a halla before their fourteenth birthday, which is the latest date that Elemental children are capable of having Emergences.

The term is in reference to Halla ya Moso, who in 2000 AF became the first documented case of a child without abilities. Hallas have become known in the United Elemental Nations as dark omens and death-bringers, as any family that does not expel their halla child will be massacred by the Iktsarpok within a week of the child's fourteenth birthday.

It is unknown how the Iktsarpok are able to locate hallas, though there are a number of theories. Additionally, there is no documented accounts of what happens to hallas who are expelled from their homes, as anyone who has attempted to follow the children have either disappeared or been murdered themselves.

However, in 2490 AF, The Diary of Lula ta Lork, supposedly written by a halla-Tarye girl, was found near the abandoned village of Toska, known for the brutal massacre that occurred there in the Early Halla Era. The diary, a mere fifteen pages long, describes the events immediately following Lula's exile from home, though it abruptly cuts off after about two weeks of entries. Despite this, those who believe in the diary's legitimacy cite it as evidence that hallas are not immediately kidnapped or murdered by the Iktsarpok, which had been the prevailing theory of the last 400 years.