Editing El

|image=El by Irithyllians.jpeg

|titles=Vyre (He Who Quiets) <small>(formerly)</small>{{wob ref|14625}}{{book ref|sa4|116}}

|first appeared=[[Rhythm of War]]

=== Appearance ===

El has horns. At each rebirth, he removes his carapace and replaces it with metal. The metal heals and integrates into his body through a combination of [[Voidlight]] healing and his own, currently unknown, abilities.{{book ref|sa4|116}}

=== Personality ===

{{sidequote|Humans are a poem. A song.<br>For ones so soft, they are somehow strong.<br>For ones so varied, they are somehow intense.<br>For ones so lost, they are somehow determined.<br>For ones so confused, they are somehow brilliant.<br>For ones so tarnished, they are somehow bright.<br>Radiant.

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El expresses an admiration for humans. He considers them strong,{{epigraph ref|sa4|105}} intense,{{epigraph ref|sa4|106}} determined,{{epigraph ref|sa4|107}} brilliant,{{epigraph ref|sa4|108}} and bright.{{epigraph ref|sa4|109}} He studies human art forms, including writing his own [[ketek]].{{epigraph ref|sa4|101}}{{book ref|sa4|endnote}} He looks forward to ruling humans,{{epigraph ref|sa4|98}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|113}} and sees them as effective weapons that channel their Passion.{{epigraph ref|sa4|100}} He at one point believed that humans should not be killed, but rather repurposed to further the goals of the Fused.{{epigraph ref|sa4|99}}

Other [[Fused]], even one as powerful and dangerous as [[Lezian]] the Pursuer, are wary of crossing or complaining to him.{{book ref|sa4|116}} He is willing to kill his own kind simply as a way to experiment with the effectiveness of [[Voidlight|Anti-Voidlight]].{{book ref|sa4|116}} He finds joy in being feared, primarily by humans.{{epigraph ref|sa4|101}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|102}}

At some point in the past, El suggested that humans should not be killed.{{epigraph ref|sa4|99}} He instead wanted to unite all of [[Roshar]] under [[Fused]] rule for a future war.{{epigraph ref|sa4|112}} As punishment, his [[Rhythm]]s and title were stripped from him.{{epigraph ref|sa4|99}} Prior to this point, he had the title Vyre, which translates to He Who Quiets;{{wob ref|14625}}{{book ref|sa3|122}} [[Lezian]] considers it disrespectful that this title was later given to a human, [[Moash]], though El himself does not appear to be bothered by it.{{book ref|sa4|116}}

When El returned during the [[True Desolation]], he began once again studying human art from the time he was on [[Braize]]. He particularly notes the way humans depict Fused as [[Voidbringer]]s in the centuries before the True Desolation.{{epigraph ref|sa4|101}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|102}} He wrote a ketek to celebrate the return of [[the Sibling]].{{book ref|sa4|endnote}} El appears to have increased in favor when [[Taravangian]] killed [[Rayse]] and took up [[Odium]]. He likes that Taravangian was recently one of the humans that he admires.{{epigraph ref|sa4|116}} After Lezian's death in [[Urithiru]], Odium accelerates his return to give El a suitable subject for testing [[anti-Voidlight]]; El confirms its reported properties by using it to permanently kill Lezian.{{book ref|sa4|116}}

== Trivia ==

* His name is derived from the same root as the term "Nahel".{{wob ref|14968}}

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