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'''Ellista''' is an [[ardent]] and scholar at the [[Jokasha Monastery]] in [[Jah Keved]] on [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa3|i|2}} She is part of the [[Vorinism#Devotaries|Devotary of the Mind]].{{book ref|sa3|i|2}} She is a diachronic linguist and one of the scholars involved in the [[Dawnchant]] translation.{{book ref|sa3|i|2}} |
'''Ellista''' is an [[ardent]] and scholar at the [[Jokasha Monastery]] in [[Jah Keved]] on [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa3|i|2}} She is part of the [[Vorinism#Devotaries|Devotary of the Mind]].{{book ref|sa3|i|2}} She is a diachronic linguist and one of the scholars involved in the [[Dawnchant]] translation.{{book ref|sa3|i|2}} |
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== Appearance and Personality == |
== Appearance and Personality == |
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Like most ardents, Ellista has a shaved head. She had never liked dealing with her hair, which leads her parents to joke that she became an ardent just so she could shave it off.{{book ref|sa3|i|2}} |
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|A large swath of trees out there had been flattened by the new storm. But that was no reason for everyone to get upset! |
|A large swath of trees out there had been flattened by the new storm. But that was no reason for everyone to get upset! |
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She dislikes disruption and distraction and generally prefers to be left alone. She has a no-nonsense attitude and can be skeptical and judgmental. When she hears fellow ardents arguing about the [[Everstorm]] or discussing political happenings throughout |
She dislikes disruption and distraction and generally prefers to be left alone. She has a no-nonsense attitude and can be skeptical and judgmental. When she hears fellow ardents arguing about the [[Everstorm]] or discussing political happenings throughout Roshar, she takes no interest. She believes that everyone is overreacting to the Everstorm.{{book ref|sa3|i|2}} |
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She is well-read in her field and seems to be a gifted researcher and linguist, as [[Urv]] calls her "brilliant" and notes that she makes incredible progress in translating Dawnchant fragments collected by [[Bendthel]].{{book ref|sa3|i|2}} |
She is well-read in her field and seems to be a gifted researcher and linguist, as [[Urv]] calls her "brilliant" and notes that she makes incredible progress in translating Dawnchant fragments collected by [[Bendthel]].{{book ref|sa3|i|2}} |
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== History == |
== History == |
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Ellista moved to the |
Ellista moved to the Jokasha Monastery at some point before [[Dalinar Kholin]] began receiving visions during {{Rosharan date|1173}}. She considers herself lucky to have a place in Jokasha, as it is a desirable location for many ardents. Before becoming an ardent, she thought that scholars did not bicker, but has since realized that was a misconception.{{book ref|sa3|i|2}} |
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===Working on the Dawnchant=== |
===Working on the Dawnchant=== |
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| ⚫ | After [[Navani Kholin]] provides the key to the Dawnchant that she recovers through [[Dalinar's visions]], scholars in the monastery, including Ellista, begin to decode the old texts that they had in their possession. Ellista is glad to have Navani's information, but refuses to believe that the visions were real.{{book ref|sa3|i|2}} |
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|Look, there’s easy proof here that the same writing system was once used all across Roshar... Not a diaspora of texts, but real evidence they wrote naturally in the Dawnchant. |
|Look, there’s easy proof here that the same writing system was once used all across Roshar... Not a diaspora of texts, but real evidence they wrote naturally in the Dawnchant. |
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|Ellista to [[Urv]] on the historical use of the [[Dawnchant]]{{book ref|sa3|i|2}} |
|Ellista to [[Urv]] on the historical use of the [[Dawnchant]]{{book ref|sa3|i|2}} |
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| ⚫ | The coming of the Everstorm distracts many ardents from their translation work, but Ellista persists.{{book ref|sa3|i|2}} She believes that she has found evidence that Dawnchant was once used as a unified written language across ancient Roshar, supporting a theory posited by [[Jasnah Kholin]] in ''[[Relic and Monument]]''. She vehemently disagrees with earlier arguments (including those made by [[Fiksin]]) that written Dawnchant texts all originated in a single region. Through her studies, she has also been able to determine that the cataclysmic [[Desolation]]s caused Dawnchant to fall into disuse. Individual nations began to use the Dawnchant to phonetically record their spoken language, and later developed their own glyphs, abandoning Dawnchant altogether.{{book ref|sa3|i|2}} |
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| ⚫ | After |
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| ⚫ | The coming of the |
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===Encounter with Urv=== |
===Encounter with Urv=== |
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While attempting to read ''[[An Accountability of Virtue]]'', Ellista is interrupted by several ardents arguing about the movements of the Everstorm. Hoping for some peace and quiet, she leaves her reading nook in the monastery's library and makes her way to a reading desk in a nearby hallway. Unfortunately, she is again interrupted by discussion of the new storm and is forced to move. After having no luck in the lower buildings, Ellista ventures into the forest where she was at last alone, and could read uninterrupted.{{book ref|sa3|i|2}} |
While attempting to read ''[[An Accountability of Virtue]]'', Ellista is interrupted by several ardents arguing about the movements of the Everstorm. Hoping for some peace and quiet, she leaves her reading nook in the monastery's library and makes her way to a reading desk in a nearby hallway. Unfortunately, she is again interrupted by discussion of the new storm and is forced to move. After having no luck in the lower buildings, Ellista ventures into the forest where she was at last alone, and could read uninterrupted.{{book ref|sa3|i|2}} |
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