Difference between revisions of "Navani Kholin"

|titles=Queen mother of Alethkar<br/>Queen of Urithiru{{book ref|sa3.5|1}}<br>Queen consort of Alethkar (former)</br>The Mother of Machines{{book ref|sa3.5|18}}<br/>Queen Blackthorn{{book ref|sa4|42}}<br/>Voice of Lights{{book ref|sa4|89}}

|booksfirst appeared=[[The StormlightWay of ArchiveKings]]

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During Gavilar’s last days, he had gone strange. As he had grown more and more distracted, Navani herself had worked to keep squabbling lighteyes from sundering the kingdom.{{book ref|sa3|109104}} It is uncertain how much she knew of Gavilar's plans, but she was aware that he had a small gemstone that glowed with a strange light that was somehow dark, similar to the one that Dalinar trapped [[Nergaoul]] in.{{book ref|sa3|121}}

On the night of Gavilar's assassination, Navani was organizing the preparations for the feast that celebrated the Alethi and Parshendi treaty. After speaking with [[Maratham]] about accommodations for the Parshendi and their drums, sheShe encountered Aesudan and two ardents in the palace gardens., Shespeaking recognizedto one of thetwo ardents as Rushur Kris, an accomplished artifabrian. Though she tried to speak with Kris about his discoveries, Aesudan used Navani's presence as an excuse to abruptly endcut the conversation short. Navani then approached the palace steward, who told her that Gavilar was missing from the celebration. Despite her irritation with Gavilar, she dealt with the guests' concerns during the feast, all while making small talk to cover the king's absence.

She eventually excused herself to find Gavilar, whom she discovered in her study. He was, speaking to [[Nale]] and [[Kalak]] there. Navani overheard parts of their conversation and glimpsed an array of violet-black spheres, which Gavilar had arranged on the table. After Gavilar dismissed Nale and Kalak, Navani expressed an interest in the spheres. Gavilar's rebuked her and put the spheres away. Thisrebuke initiated an argument between her and Gavilarthem, where they discussed Jasnah's failed betrothal to Amaram, Gavilar's disregard for her, and his plans for Alethkar. ThoughWhen Navani threatened to tarnish his legacy, Gavilar calledinsulted her aand whore,said questioningshe her past decisions and her identitywas asno atrue scholar. Once he left, an angry Navani inscribed a glyphward praying for his death and burned it. She returned to the feast to fulfill her role as queen.

Following the end of the feast, Navani was visited by a messenger girl, who brought her to the grief-stricken palace steward. The steward told Navaniheard that the Parshendi had assassinated Gavilar. Although Navani didn't believe what happened, the truth sank in when she saw Gavilar's broken body. She felt a pang of guilt over the glyphward. However, butshe soon realized she pitied Gavilar andinstead didn'tof grievegrieving for him at all. Navani vowed to herself that she would bestay thesilent betterand person in this situation. In her estimation, lettinglet Gavilar have his legacy and picking up the pieces after his death was the best thing she could do.{{book ref|sa4|Prologue}}

After Gavilar's death at the hands of [[Szeth]], Navani was left without a defined position in Alethi society as her son assumed the throne.{{book ref|sa1|Prologue}} In retaliation for Gavilar's death, the Alethi started a war against the [[Parshendi]], who claimed responsibility for the assassination. Much of Alethi society moved to the [[Shattered Plains]] to fight them.{{book ref|sa1|Prologue}} Initially, she stayed in Kholinar to aid Elhokar's wife, [[Aesudan Kholin|Aesudan]], in ruling the kingdom.{{book ref|sa1|12}} After some years, she moved to the Shattered Plains, realizing that the seat of power had transferred there as the [[War of Reckoning]] continued.{{book ref|sa2|67}}

Navani's return to the Plains from Alethkar iswas three-fold: she brought word that the [[Veden]]s had perfected the [[half-shard]]s, she wishes her son to be protected, and she needs to speak with Dalinar.{{book ref|sa1|22}} She also realized that leaving the Plains had been a political mistake because the warcamps became the true center of their kingdom. While in [[Kholinar]], she determined that that Aesudan was sufficiently endowed with the requisite skills needed to hold the city. (The very argument that had originally convinced Navani to return to Kholinar was that the Alethi absence from their homeland was dangerous.){{book ref|sa1|22}}

Later, she confessesconfessed to Dalinar that the real reason of her return iswas the feeling of not having a home. ExpectedThe court expected to sit out of important events because her husband iswas dead. LoungePeople believed that she would lounge around, pampered but ignored and, making people uncomfortable with her presence.{{book ref|sa1|61}}

=== Re-uniting the Alethi PrincedomPrincedoms ===

She welcomed everyone and started with an inspirational speech of making history and uniting for a cause. The meeting however went out of control very fast as each kingdom started making requests on territory, trade, half-shards, and war. Navani was able to get them to agree by listening what each Kingdom wanteddid best and giving them tasks that were in line with that. She complimented the Azish´s laws and were given the task to create codes of how kingdoms are to interact and share resources. ThaylenThaylenah was asked to oversee trade and supplies. The Alethi would help the Emuli at securing the remaining territory, but not more. Then, they moved to guessing where they would be attacked next, they decided it would be Jah Keved and support from other kingdom came. Navani had done it.{{book ref|sa3|96}}

When Dalinar was recovering and well enough to join a meeting, he figured out the target would be ThaylenThaylenah and not Jah Keved. This meeting however, was abruptly ended by Taravangian’s treason, who leaked several of Dalinar’s secrets in a targeted way which caused distrust. They were not able to hold the coalition together.{{book ref|sa3|111}}

Navani, Fen and her consort Kmakl were then captured by one of Amaram’s troops who still blamed the Kholins for the killing of [[Torol Sadeas]]. As they were going to execute [[Kmakl]], Navani pulled out her painbrialpainrial and knocked their enemies down.{{book ref|sa3|118}}

After the Thaylen military discovered athe ''[[First Dreams]]'',{{book ref|sa3.5|prologue}} Navani published a request for another ship to investigate a region of Aimia.{{book ref|sa3.5|1}}

{{image|Fourth Bridge by Esther Shrader.jpg|side=right|width=250px|Navani aboard the ''[[Fourth Bridge]]''}}

During the battle between Kaladin and the Fused at [[Hearthstone]], Navani was aboard the ''[[Fourth Bridge]]'', an airship that she designed with her team of engineers. NavaniWhile took pride in the creation of the Fourth Bridge, a feat that involved utilizing conjoined gemstones and fabrical mechanics on a massive scale. For a moment, she felt a pang of grief, thinking how much Elhokar would've liked to see the Fourth Bridge. She spokespeaking with KmaklDalinar about the futuremysterious ofcrystal air transport, then talked with Dalinar about her research on Urithiru. Dalinar told her that he found it impossible to infuse the gemstone pillarspillar at Urithiru. In the middle of their conversation, [[Dieno enne Calah]], the Mink, snuck onto the ''Fourth Bridge''. andDespite interruptedthe DalinarMink's andhostility Navani.towards HeDalinar brought upfor the war between Alethkar and Herdaz, which Dalinar had been responsible for during his days as the Blackthorn. Without asking for Navani's input, Dalinar and the Mink made a deal to let the Mink's remaining forces onto the ''Fourth Bridge. Though this irked Navani, she attributed the deal to Dalinar's directness with political dealings'.{{book ref|sa4|3}}

As the evacuation commenced, Navani collaborated with the crew and engineers to secure the Hearthstone refugees. [[Falilar]] informed her that fifteen people refused to leave Hearthstone, but besides that, the townspeople were safely aboard the Fourth Bridge. She advised Falilar to check the gemstones and his calculations, since he was concerned that the added weight of the refugees would compromise the airship's mechanics. Rushu was similarly worried about the battle tactics between the Windrunners and the Fused, though Navani soothed her concerns. When Dalinar opened a perpendicularity to replenish stormlight, Navani and Rushu made some observations about the nature of Shadesmar. The conversation turned to the subject of Urthiru. Navani, though frustrated about her inability to discover the tower's secrets, told Rushu that their discoveries might help improve future airship designs. While Rushu was writing down her thoughts, she told Navani that she saw a strange man on a hill, standing aside from the battle. Navani recognized the man as [[Moash]]. She alerted the Windrunners to Moash's presence.{{book ref|sa4|6}}

During the Unification of Alethkar, Navani was a good partner to Gavilar., Helpinghelping him with the strategy and creating/executing plots that would help their cause.{{book ref|sa1|19}}

Ever since those years,Though Navani alreadyhad showedbeen passioninterested forin sprenfabrials andher fabrialentire research.life, Gavilar wasshared notwith interestedhis though;brother she’da spokenlack withof suchinterest passionin andthe excitementmechanics, andonly Gavilarcaring hadabout ignoredthe herfunction.{{book ref|sa1|36}}

When Navani returns to the Shattered Plains from Kholinar, she frequently speaks with Dalinar, and later becomes romantically involved with him, which is unusual, because in the eyes of Alethi society, she is now considered to be Dalinar's sister.{{book ref|sa1|22}} Part of what Navani finds intriguing about him is that he's begun to ''be'' the person the others all ''claim'' to be.{{book ref|sa1|28}} She now finds Dalinar's intensity, which frightened her when they both were younger, to be fascinating because he's now wrapped it in emotional armor.{{book ref|sa1|28}}

When she learns of his "death" at the [[Battle of the Tower]], upon receipt of the news of [[Torol Sadeas|Sadeas]]'s betrayal, Navani worried about Dalinar, as he had no daughters and no wife, meaning he had no one to pray for him. So, Navani endeavors to paint a prayer in [[glyph]] format upon the stones of the Plains. She creates a wish out of despair, a plea out of anguish: ''Thath'': Justice.{{book ref|sa1|69}}

Jasnah believes her mother to havehas a tendency toward the overwhelming.{{book ref|sa2|1}} She does not let her mother 'mother' her.{{book ref|sa2|5}} Navani knows it. She would try to get close to her daughter, and there was a ''coldness'', like even being near her mother reminded Jasnah that she had once been a child. She wonders what happened to her little girl, so full of questions.{{book ref|sa2|67}}

* Navani is an orthodox theist.{{wob ref|3860}} She’s a traditionalist, who wants the old religion to really work, who is trying to reconcile this with newer discoveries.{{wob ref|1695}}