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|religion=[[Vorinism]] <small>(Devotary of Purity)</small>{{book ref|sa1|33}}
|groups={{tag|Knights Radiant}} <small>([[Order of Lightweavers|Lightweavers]])</small><br>{{tag|Ghostbloods}}
|born={{Rosharan date|year=1156}}{{17s ref|date=2014-01-25|post|89705|text=Peter Ahlstrom talks about character ages}}
|nation=Jah Keved
|world=Roshar
As a child, Shallan is considered shy, quiet, and delicate, although she has always had a quick wit, and often utters the first retort that comes to mind.{{book ref|sa1|3}}. Her brother [[Balat Davar|Balat]] considers her incapable of handling herself and the family's affairs, having never lived away from the family estates.{{book ref|sa1|i|2}} Indeed, Shallan is initially naive and inexperienced, with little concept of money; for example, while trying to remain inconspicuous, she overpays for some street food by two hundred fifty times.{{book ref|sa2|43}} However, when she leaves the family estates behind, she quickly opens up and gains confidence.
Shallan is bisexual.{{tweet ref|
After arriving at the [[Shattered Plains]] and encountering the [[Ghostbloods]], Shallan takes on the identity of Veil. Shallan changes her appearance using Lightweaving to craft a new appearance for Veil. As Veil, Shallan appears as a slightly older darkeyed woman. Although Veil has the same height and build as Shallan, Veil has long, dark hair and an angular face with a scar across the chin.{{book ref|sa2|42}}
Shallan unfortunately, is sometimes not fully in control, and her other personalities will peak out without her knowing. This is especially common with Veil.
<gallery caption="Images of Shallan">
Havah2.jpg | Shallan wearing havah by [[User: Sheep]]
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<gallery caption="Images of Veil">
==== Stealing the Soulcaster ====
After spending more time with [[Jasnah]], Shallan found that she was enjoying her warship with Jasnah but it was also becoming increasingly harder for to steal her Soulcaster. She later received word from her family in [[Jah Keved]] via [[spanreed]] that the servant in their household who knew how to field the [[fabrial]] had died in their sleep and men were also visiting the house to ask about the whereabouts of their secretly deceased father and the Soulcaster they came to collect. Pressured by the news, Shallan came to the conclusion that she must steal the fabrial soon but was still uneasy about plan.{{book ref|twok|29}} While out for a stoll, Shallan witnessed Jasnah Soulcast four street thugs by turning ones essence into fire, another into pure quartz, and even two into smoke as they attempted to flee the scholar. After the ordeal, Shallan finally mustered the courage to steal the Soulcaster as she felt Jasnah did not deserve such a tool. {{book ref|twok|36}}
Shallan is eventually able to steal Jasnah's Soulcaster{{book ref|twok|36}}, but hesitated to use it due to not knowing hot to use the fabrial. After receiving advice from [[Kabsal]]{{book ref|twok|42}}, an ardent seemingly infatuated with Shallan, she attempted to use the soulcaster after its theft only to find that it does not work. Later, when Kabsal requested that she draw a picture of them together, she found herself plagued with strange shadows that seemed to follow her everywhere she went. When she attempted to flee them, she returned to her room where she found herself plunged into [[Shadesmar]], a dark world filled with strange spheres containing items in the physical world, and accidentally Soulcasted a goblet into blood. Out of fear of being discovered by Jasnah, she cuts herself to make it look like an attempt at suicide to which Jasnah later blames herself for.{{book ref|twok|45}} {{book ref|sa1|48}}
Jasnah and Shallan have taken passage on the ''[[Wind's Pleasure]],'' traveling to the Shattered Plains. Several days into the journey, Shallan spies a santhid - an elusive and ancient dweller of the ocean - moving alongside the ship. She wants to observe the santhid underwater in order to sketch it, but is dissuaded from the dangerous task by Captain Tozbek. Jasnah soon joins her, and detecting her ward's innattention to her reading, explains the nature of Shadesmar and spren to her. Shallan mentions the patterns of lines she has been noticing. Jasnah also details the measures she has taken to help House Davar: sending money to Shallan's brothers, communicating with her mother about the broken Soulcaster, and setting up a causal betrothal with [[Adolin Kholin]]. Finally, Jasnah gives Shallan words of advice on power and how even its illusion can be enough to create authority. Taking these words to heart, Shallan commands the captain to help her go overboard in order to observe the santhid. {{book ref|wor|1}}
One night on the journey, their ship is attacked and Shallan sees Jasnah stabbed in the chest. She smells smoke in the cabin. Using
Arriving on a shore with no sign of any surving members of the ship, Shallan is left helpless with nobody to aid her but Pattern. She attempted to Soulcast a [[Stick]] into fire with Pattern easing her into Shadesmar but to no avail. Tired and injured, Shallan wandered the unfamiliar area until Pattern notified her that there are people who may be able to help her. She encountered two slavers led by a man named [[Tvlakv]]. {{book ref|wor|11}} Adhering to Jasnah's advice, she assumed a confident and haughty attitude in order to assert her domiance over the slavers and rpevent them from enslaving her as well. While in the company of the slavers, Shallan learned how to take in stormlight and heal herself as well as cast minor illusions to change her appearance. {{book ref|wor|15}} Pattern attempts to make Shallan aware that she is Knight Radiant, something Shallan adamantly refuses. While accompanying the slavers' caravan, they observe a pillar of smoke and begin to make their way towards it at Shallan's command. {{book ref|wor|17}}
==== Journey to the Shattered Plains ====
When they arrive at the source of the smoke, Shallan and the slavers encountered [[Tyn]] and [[[Vethat]], the leader of a group of deserters, fleeing from a battle between a group of bandits. After using stormlight to make herself appear more noble, Shallan convinced the deserters to fight, and they eventually win the battle but not without losing a few deserters and [[Bluth]], one of Tvlakv's mercenaries that Shallan had become fond of. {{book ref|wor|20}}{{book ref|wor|21}} She later freed the parshmen that had been enslaved and offered them a job as servants.
Shallan quickly becomes a prominent figure among the deserters and even befriends a few of them, including [[Gaz]] and [[Red]], as they respect her and are grateful for the words of encouragement she gave to them prior to their battle. After receiving a summons from Tyn, the con artist concludes that Shallan is lying about her identity and offers to teach her how to a con artist like herself, something Shallan believes will be useful to her in the future. {{book ref|wor|24}} While accompanying the deserters, they encountered [[Kaladin]] and his group of bridgemen, who demand who they are. Tyn quickly proclaimed that Shallan was a Horneater Princess, forcing Shallan to assume the role and test her skills as a potential con artist. Shallan succeeded in tricking the bridgemen to let them pass and even forced Kaladin to remove his boots as compensation for insulting him. {{book ref|wor|28}}
As Tyn continued to teach Shallan the skills needed to be a con artist, she gave advice to Shallan on how to approach Adolin, believing their marriage arrangement to be a love scam, and tells Shallan that she would like to introduce her to her associates. {{book ref|wor|30}} When Tyn is reading a [[spanreed]] from her associates, she discovered that Shallan is truly who she claimed she was and demanded to know if Jasnah is really dead from the shipwreck, revealing herself to be connected to Jasnah's assassins. Shallan is quickly attacked by Tyn, but [[Pattern]] distracted the con artist long enough to conjure an illusion to catch her by surprise and summon her Shardblade to kill Tyn. When Vathat, Gaz, and the other deserters enter the tent, Shallan revealed her Sharblade and assumed command of the group, telling them to search through Tyn's belongings. While reading the message written from the spanreed, Shallan realizes that Tyn's associates were actually the Ghostbloods and they ask if Tyn is ready for another job which Shallan readily accepts, under the pretense that she is Tyn. {{book ref|wor|34}}
Shallan retrieves clothing and spheres from Tyn belongings while Vathat and the deserters burn Tyn and her boydguards' bodies and their remaining belongings. They finally arrive to the Shattered Plains where they encounter Kaladin who is acting as the bodyguard of Elhokar, the Alethi king. When Shallan attempts to announce her identity and betrothal to Alodin, Kaladin brings up her previous lie where she claimed to be a [[Horneater]] princesss, which Shallan argues she said to remain anonymous. Shallan quickly provided the documents including Jasnah's handwriting and requested for its authenticity to be analyzed by [[Navani Kholin]], Jasnah's mother. Kaladin soon returned and summoned Shallan to enter the palace where Elhokar is in a conference with his uncle,[[Dalinar] Khonlin]. {{book ref|wor|36}}
==== Shallan and her Betrothed ====
When Shallan lays her eyes Adolin, she is almost immediately attracted to the young prince.
=== Urithiru ===
;Transformation:
The Surge of Transformation allows Shallan to use [[Soulcasting]]. She has discovered that she can soulcast without the need of a fabrial by visiting Shadesmar and changing a goblet into blood. She has also learned that the soulcaster she had been determined to steal is a nonfunctional fake, and that Jasnah can also soulcast without one. She used this ability to sink ''[[Wind's Pleasure]]'' by turning the ship into water during
;Illumination:
In Words of Radiance, Shallan discovered the ability to project images into life although incorporeal. Due to a lack of practice and experience, she
=== Memory ===
Shallan had the ability to deliberately memorize a scene (usually involving blinking) after which she could paint or draw that scene with remarkable accuracy. She had a passion for learning and a great talent for drawing. She was never without her sketchbooks and charcoal, so she might draw whatever caught her interest. Shallan frequently drew and made notes on the world around her, in order to promote her [[Calling]] of natural history.{{book ref|sa1|5}} Shallan's ability to memorize scenes and reproduce them accurately seems similar to the ability of a [[Feruchemist]] to store memories in a [[coppermind]], in that both talents involve the removal of a memory from the mind and its replacement in another medium - in Shallan's case, a sketch rather than a coppermind. This ability is affected by the presence of the Unmade.
=== Artistry ===
Shallan has been shown to be quite the skilled artist. With the use of her Memory, Shallan can make complete duplicates of images she has retained in her mind and accurately reproduce those images on paper. Many have commented on her skill and even sought out a picture of themselves for her to draw.
=== Sworsmanship ===
Shallan has begun training as a Knight Radiant with Adolin as her teacher. While not an expert, she has shown to be quite capable while under the control of her other personality, Radiant.
== Relationships ==
=== Wit ===
Shallan first met [[Wit]] at the [[Middlefest Fair]] about three years ago when he comforted her after thinking about the state of her family and the seemingly dark dealings her father was involved in. Since then, Shallan is shown to think highly of the court jester and seems to be the few people able to tolerate him in Roshar. She was even excited to see him again when they encountered one another in the Shattered Plains as seen when she affectionately hugged him much to the surprise of Adolin and Kaladin. {{book ref|wor|55}}
When Shallan began to doubt herself while in Kholinar, Wit comforted her despite his assurance that he is not the kind man she believes him to be. While talking, they discuss the meaning of power, eventually giving Shallan the advice she needed to infiltrate the [[Cult of Moments]]. After this, he leaves her with the bill for the food he ate, much to her displeasure. {{book ref|
== Trivia ==
*Shallan did not exist in [[The Way of Kings Prime]].{{qa ref|531|4|Changes from early draft|date=Sep 13th, 2010}}
*Shallan has been confirmed to be bisexual.
*Shallan is the first person to interact with a Cryptic in centuries.
== See Also ==
== Notes ==
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▲{{ref|name=bi|group=nb|text=Though there is other, textual evidence for this, it was ambiguous until the referenced tweet, where Brandon explicitly says that while he has written her as bisexual, it was something he had included subconsciously. It may be worth noting that in a followup tweet [https://twitter.com/BrandSanderson/status/780556430453510144] that mentioned it, he did not take the opportunity to correct any potential misunderstanding about his confirmation that Shallan is bisexual.}}
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