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You may know some people who are very easy to shop for, when it comes to buying Christmas presents. Especially people who Collect an Animal. Then there are other people who seem to have no earthly desires. So if you had to buy Christmas presents for the following Cosmere characters, would they be easy people to shop for?

1. Adolin: Easy

Get him a sword or a bottle of wine. Wine is the easiest because the quality Does Not Matter. Canonically, he cannot tell the difference!

2. Shallan: Easy

Shallan is an artist. She can never have too many drawing pads, charcoal pencils, or laquer. You might even get a nice drawing in return!

3. Nikaro: Easy

Nikaro is an artist. He can never have too many paintbrushes, ink, or drawing paper. You might even get a nice drawing in return! It will be of bamboo.

4. Tindwyl: Hard

You think, "Oh I'll get her a lovely biography--she likes biographies." But how sure are you that you'll pick one that she both likes and hasn't read??

5. Marasi: Easy

Chocolate. Mission accomplished.

6. Kaladin: Hard

I think Kaladin is one of those guys who just doesn't want anything. You'll see your present in some secondhand store within months.

7. Breeze: Easy

Wine, of course. Now, it might have to be nice wine, but also, if you're pouring, he might be more generous in his estimation.

8. Jasnah: Hard

I think Jasnah does want things. Books. Nice clothing. Nice makeup. But can you accurately buy an object from any of those categories that meets Jasnah's standards? No.

9. Tress: Easy

Go somewhere. Buy a souvenir cup. Done.

10. Dalinar: Hard

Dalinar is a dad, aka the hardest type of person to shop for. You get him a book to support how he likes reading now and he seems to appreciate it but then after dinner you find him reading Way of Kings. Again.

11. Steris: Easy

You just have to get her something from the list that she herself provided.

12. TenSoon: Hard

If you get something that's good for a human, it's like--what is he supposed to do with that? He's got paws! But if you get him something good for a dog, that just seems offensive, somehow.

13. Ulaam: Hard

It's easy to know what Ulaam wants. But it's hard to actually make the promise that you will gift him a body part postmortem. Just seems a little morbid for Christmas.

14. Lightsong: Hard...?

It's hard to buy gifts for someone who can literally have whatever they want at any time. Actually, scratch that; Lightsong would freaking love an escape room puzzle.

15. Vin: Easy

Tindwyl is one of my absolute favorite Cosmere characters. She gives both Vin and Elend the sort of counsel they need. She is, to me, the incarnation of the phrase "Hard, but fair". There are absolutely issues with how she views and treats Sazed, but I'm willing to put that down as an issue of her horrible upbringing, strict cultural values, and how her particular interest in strong leaders affects her view of a person she deeply feels should be more interested in leading their people. She just seems.. Very wise to me.

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1) Tindwyl