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|family=[[House Kholin]]
|siblings=[[Toh]]
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|introduced=[[Oathbringer]]
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'''Evi Kholin'''
== Appearance and Personality ==
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Evi was an exceptionally tall woman, almost as tall as an Alethi. She was willowy and somewhat frail, with a small chest.{{book ref|sa3|19}} Her hair were pale blonde, though not true [[Iri]]ali gold, and she had matching [[lighteyes|light]] yellow eyes.{{book ref|sa3|24}}▼
▲Evi
Evi was a calm woman, often shying away from conflict. She was dedicated to pacifism, and often strove to convince her husband to behave more peacefully and reject the warlike ways of his kinsmen.{{book ref|sa3|26}} She enjoyed the moments of peace between the two of them, and could be truly happy during that time.{{book ref|sa3|36}} Though peaceful, Evi was dedicated to her convictions. Even shortly before the end of her life, she was still dedicated to convincing Dalinar that violence doesn't always need to be the answer.{{book ref|sa3|71}} ▼
▲Evi
Evi's time among the Alethi left her largely jaded and critical. The contest of wittiness betwen the women made her feel stupid; she critiqued the Alethi's supposed piety, noting that they were only ever devout when it suited their desire to wage war. After her death, Navani would claim that everyone loved her, but Evi's own experiences run contrary to that.{{book ref|sa1|64}}{{book ref|sa3|66}}▼
▲Evi's time among the Alethi
Although she and Dalinar were poorly matched, she nonetheless strove to make their relationship work. She tried to assimilate into the Vorin culture, with mixed results, and endured anything life could throw at her, but did not let her own culture vanish wholly. She also refused to let her frustration with Dalinar's darker nature show to her children, having told them that Dalinar was an excellent man and officer.{{book ref|sa3|94}} Eventually, she seems to have come to truly care for him, although she was keenly aware that he did not reciprocate her feelings to the same extent.{{book ref|sa3|75}} Adolin likely got his emotional sensibility and proclivity to display his feelings from her.{{book ref|sa3|122}}▼
▲Although she and Dalinar
She was a devout follower of [[Iri]] religion, the belief in the One. Though she absorbed many Vorin customs upon her marriage, including the worship of the [[Herald]]s, she continued to treat the One as the highest deity.{{book ref|sa3|26}} She also respected the [[Nightwatcher]] as an aspect of the One, considering it the entity that should be visited to petition him.{{book ref|sa3|36}}▼
▲She
== Attributes and Abilities ==▼
== History ==▼
Evi
[[File:Evi by Botanicaxu.jpg|thumb|right|250px|<center><small>by {{a|botanicaxu}}</small></center> Evi with baby [[Adolin]] and [[Renarin]] ]]▼
▲== History ==
=== Early life and marriage ===▼
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Evi was born in [[Rira (country)|Rira]] sometime around the year {{Rosharan date|1124}}.{{book ref|sa3|19}} She grew up there with her brother, [[Toh]]. At some point, possibly at birth, she was
When she was
=== Sons ===
By the year {{Rosharan date|1150}},
=== War and
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When Adolin was five years old, Evi decided to join Dalinar on his campaigns. This was motivated by several factors, chief among them the fact that all other Alethi wives joined their husbands on the campaign trail, and that Dalinar spent too little time with his children. Although he tried to convince her that the battlefield was no place for her, she insisted on staying.{{book ref|sa3|52}} From then on out, she would spend half of every year with Dalinar -- and, later, Adolin -- in his war camps, and the other half in [[Kholinar]] with Renarin, who was too sickly to take on the road. Her Riran accent began to fade at the time, though she would sometimes switch back to her native language.{{book ref|sa3|66}}
Although outwardly
Unfortunately, this was not to be. Tanalan betrayed Dalinar,
=== Legacy ===
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Evi's body was recovered from the
Dalinar would later begin to hear the voices of all those he
From then on out, Dalinar
Adolin, in contrast,
▲== Attributes and Abilities ==
▲Evi was a fluent speaker of Alethi language, although she had a habit of literally translating her native idioms into Alethi, which sometimes led to them losing their context.{{book ref|sa3|36}} She's implied to have been left-handed, although she re-trained herself to use her right upon marrying [[Dalinar]].{{book ref|sa3|19}} She had some measure of artistic skill, having created the sketches of [[Adolin]]'s [[Shardplate]] for the royal record.{{book ref|sa2|44}}
== Trivia ==
▲Adolin's Shardplate was originally hers; it was the reason why Dalinar married her in the first place.{{book ref|sa3|26}} The queen of [[Iri]] claims that the set belongs to her, although her claim seems week, as she and Evi aren't related.{{book ref|sa3|16}}
* In ''[[The Way of Kings Prime]]'', Dalenar (proto-[[Dalinar]]) likewise has a dead wife, though she is called Kalkanah rather than Evi. Very little is known about her, only that she would be furious if Dalenar were to dirty their house, and Dalenar did not forget her, nor did her death crush him as badly as Evi's crushed Dalinar.{{book ref|wok prime|52}}
* If she had joined the [[Knights Radiant]], she would most likely be an [[Order of Edgedancers|Edgedancer]] or a [[Order of Truthwatchers|Truthwatcher]].{{wob ref|15262}}
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