Difference between revisions of "Shallan Davar"

Shallan closely resembles someone with dissociative identity disorder ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder DIDdissociative identity disorder]){{wob ref|9182}} as observed by her struggle to maintain a singular personality. While she initially developed her separate personalities such as Veil and Radiant to fit the various roles she was assigned to, Shallan began to use them as crutches. She repeatedly mentioned that these separate personalities had not experienced the hardships Shallan had dealt with, so she was able to conveniently use her Lightweaving abilities as an escape from her past. While she was able to maneuver through different social situations with these personalities, Shallan soon found that it was becoming increasingly difficult to separate her personas from her original personality. She began to experience blackouts and even failed to differentiate between her three personalities until her allies intervened as seen in the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]]. In addition to this, Shallan is sometimes not in full control of her other personalities as they tend to peek out without her knowing. This is especially common with her first persona, Veil.

Like all Knights Radiant,{{wob ref|3625}} Shallan possesses a [[resonance]]. Shallan has the ability to deliberately Memorize a scene{{book ref|sa1|7}} (a process which usually involves blinking) after which she can paint or draw that sceneit with remarkable accuracy. Shallan's ability to memorize scenes and reproduce them accurately seems similar to the ability of a [[Feruchemist]] to store memories in a [[coppermind]], in that both talents involve the removal of a memory from the mind and its replacement in another medium - in Shallan's case, a sketch rather than a coppermind. This ability is affected by the presence of the Unmade.{{cite}} She is able to reproduce text as well as images.{{book ref|sa2|54}}