Navani Kholin
| Navani Kholin | |||||||
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| Born | ca. 1113-1123[1] | ||||||
| Profession | Artifabrian | ||||||
| Nationality | Alethi | ||||||
| Homeworld | Roshar | ||||||
Navani Kholin is a Brightlady of Alethkar on Roshar.[1] She is King Gavilar Kholin's widow and the mother of Elhokar and Jasnah.[2] She is also sister-in-law to Dalinar Kholin and aunt to Adolin and Renarin Kholin.[2]
Appearance
Navani is a stately woman. She has violet eyes and black hair streaked with grey.[1] Her scent is that of the sweet floral of her perfumed soap.[3] Navani often wears rubies in her hair, a blood red dress, with her lips painted red.[4]
- Images of Navani
Portrait sketch by User: Sheep
in Vorin havah with fabrial by User: Sheep
demonstrating fabrial by User: Sheep
with Ardent and fabrial by User: Sheep
in Vorin havah by User: Sheep
with Dalinar Kholin during a highstorm by User: Sheep
Personality
Navani challenges Alethi protocol, but one does not reprove Navani Kholin, even if one is king.[1] Much like her daughter, she is a political creature; intrigue makes her blossom like a rockbud in calm wet air.[1] She is loyal to her son.[1]
History
Background
Navani is the widow of King Gavilar Kholin, who was Dalinar's brother. For many years, it was uncertain which of the two brothers she would marry. She played them off one another, fanning each their desires, before finally choosing the elder son. (They'd both known all along that she'd choose Gavilar. It had still hurt Dalinar anyway.)[1] With Gavilar dead, Navani is to be treated as sister to Dalinar.[1] He refers to her as Mathana, the formal Alethi term for an older sister.[1]
She is also the mother of Jasnah Kholin, another renowned scholar, as well as King Elhokar.[2]
She'd remained in Alethkar for many years after most of the nobility had moved to the Shattered Plains, thinking that she would have more influence over the Alethi people and their queen, and in protecting the king's interests that way, thereby fulfilling her duty to them.[2] She later realized that the Alethi government had essentially moved to the Shattered Plains, and did so too.[5]
Relationship with Dalinar
When she returns to the Shattered Plains, she frequently speaks with Dalinar Kholin, and later becomes romantically involved with him. This is unusual among the Alethi, as she was previously married to Dalinar's brother. Navani also discovers that the language which Dalinar speaks during his visions is possibly the Dawnchant, a dead language, which would prove that his visions are accurate and not the product of insanity.[6]
Interactions with Shallan
Navani originally disliked Shallan for bringing the news of Jasnah's death, even though it was certainly not her fault. Adolin her nephew is betrothed to Shallan however, and after giving Adolin helpful advice, comes to like Shallan. She helps Shallan in her research on Urithiru, the city of the Knights Radiant.
Attributes and Abilities
Navani Kholin is a renowned engineer, scholar and artifabrian and is heavily involved in the creation of new fabrials. She is one of the artifabrians who created the Grandbow[2] as well as a type of painrial[6]. Many of her inventions, such as the painrial, are used in the war against the Parshendi, making her incredibly valuable to the Alethi.
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