# Aklis — The Shaving of Shagpat character guide

> Aklis in The Shaving of Shagpat by George Meredith.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Sons of Aklis

**First appearance:** 0012-the-palace-of-aklis

## Snapshot

A fabled palace whose beams outshine the sun itself, and whose unseen sons stand as the strange guardians of its mysteries.

## Who they are

Aklis is a place of legend, a palace whose radiance can single out one man from a whole city, making even a sunlit capital seem like darkness beside it. Its sons serve as its guardians, and the name carries the weight of destiny and preordainment, invoked by those who believe themselves ordained to great deeds. For Shibli Bagarag, the beams of Aklis mark him out and set his path in motion, making the palace a distant beacon that draws the plot toward its wonders.

## In the story

### [The Sons of Aklis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_shaving_of_shagpat_se/chapters/the-sons-of-aklis)

The seven sons of Aklis host Shibli, testing him through feasting, judgment, and the hunt, while guiding him toward wisdom.

### [The Sword of Aklis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_shaving_of_shagpat_se/chapters/the-sword-of-aklis)

The seven sons of Aklis administer the trials and restore Gulrevaz to her true form.

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