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|It strikes me that religion—in its essence—seeks to take natural events and ascribe supernatural causes to them. I, however, seek to take supernatural events and find the natural meanings behind them. Perhaps that is the final dividing line between science and religion. Opposite sides of a card.
|Jasnah on why she researches [[Voidbringers]]{{book ref|
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=== Personality ===
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|You two are a pair of nails in the same
|[[Navani]] about [[Dalinar]] and [[Jasnah]]{{book ref|sa1|28}}
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Jasnah hesitated in returning to the party after she heard the music in the dining hall stop abruptly. She ran into two "ambassadors from the west": the one with the birthmark on his right cheek was [[Nale|Nalan]],{{book ref|sa2|99}} and his companion is widely believed to be [[Kalak]], deduced after process of elimination.{{url ref|url=https://www.tor.com/2014/06/12/words-of-radiance-reread-prologue/|text=Words of Radiance Reread: Prologue|site=Tor.com|date=2014/6/12}} Jasnah heard sudden screams and ran toward them, fearing for her family's safety. The sounds led to her father's chambers, and the way was littered with corpses with burned eyes and the walls marked by [[Shardblade]] cuts. She eventually reached a balcony and saw her father in his [[Shardplate]], called to him and made him hesitate. The balcony broke beneath Gavilar, and Jasnah saw the servant she'd seen before fall down with her father. The Shin man somehow changed direction in the air, and fell onto the wall, completely ignoring gravity. While crying to herself, Jasnah was approached by three Parshendi, [[Klade]], [[Gangnah]] and [[Varnali]]. They took responsibility for the assassination and told Jasnah they were sorry for her loss but explained that Gavilar had to be stopped from doing something dangerous. It is now known that Gavilar, as a [[Sons of Honor|Son of Honor]], was trying to bring back the Parshendi gods in the hopes that the [[Knights Radiant]] would return, reinstating the dominance of the Vorin church.{{book ref|sa3|prologue}}{{book ref|sa2|88}} Sadeas stumbled in, saw what happened, and ran toward Gavilar's corpse, where they found [[Szeth|Szeth's]] note to Dalinar written in Gavilar's blood, telling him to find the most important [[Immortal Words|words]] a man could say.{{book ref|sa2|prologue}} Jasnah later discovered that this was a direct quote from [[The Way of Kings (in-world)|''The Way of Kings'']] by [[Nohadon]].{{book ref|sa1|15}}
Hours later, they discovered that the admission and the surrender of those three of the [[Council of Five]] covered the escape of the rest of the Parshendi. Dalinar sent several failed
==== Travels ====
Few days later, she found Shallan and the [[Ardent]] [[Kabsal]] in their alcove while he was showing Shallan the [[cymatics|cymatic]] patterns for the four cities of Kholinar, [[Vedenar]], [[Thaylen City|Thaylen]] and [[Akinah]] as a proof of the [[Almighty]]'s existence. Jasnah didn't show surprise by his demonstration, and asked if he could show the cymatic pattern for [[Urithiru]] as well, to which Kabsal answered Urithiru was a fable. She was rude to him, even insulting him and [[ardentia]] in general. Once Kabsal left, she told Shallan that he wasn't really interested in her, and was only getting close to Shallan, in order to turn her against Jasnah, and get her to steal Jasnah's Soulcaster.{{book ref|sa1|33}}
Jasnah first shared parts of her work with Shallan after a conversation about Gavilar and the Parshendi had turned to one about Urithiru and the Voidbringers. Of course, Shallan was not included in all elements of the research until her tentative reconciliation with Jasnah after the attempted theft of the Soulcaster.{{book ref|sa1|72}} Shallan suggested that Urithiru was in the Shattered Plains. Jasnah, however, was convinced it was located in the center of the [[Silver Kingdoms]].
Shallan left for several hours, allegedly retrieving [[Tifandor]]'s biography of Gavilar. She returned with Kabsal, insistent on drawing his portrait. Jasnah, annoyed by the distraction, left the alcove. Jasnah later saw Shallan emerge agitated about another drawing error, headed toward her quarters. Jasnah, concerned for her ward, followed her. When she found Shallan on the ground, bleeding from a cut on her wrist, she assumed it was a suicide attempt and immediately called for help. Shallan was taken to one of Taravangian's hospitals.{{book ref|sa1|45}}
==== The Theft of the Soulcaster ====
[[File:Jasnah Kholin by Lyraina.jpg|thumb|left|<center><small>by {{a|Lyraina|Lyraina}}</small></center>Jasnah Kholin and her Soulcaster]]Jasnah spent the next two days outside Shallan's hospital room. Once she was allowed inside the room, she apologized to Shallan, although she didn't prove to be very proficient at apologizing which Shallan attributed to Jasnah's ineptitude at making mistakes. Becoming serious again, Jasnah claimed she may have done the world a disservice and stolen from it one of the great scholars of the rising generation by overworking Shallan. She gave her an empty book, and called it ''The Book of Endless Pages'', and cautioned her to seek out the [[devotary|Devotary of Sincerity]] of whom the book was the guide. Kabsal joined them, and, as was typical in their interactions, Jasnah was cool and rude to him. He let it slip that Shallan was returning to her home and Jasnah, while initially
Despite what she was told, Shallan came to Jasnah's alcove and claimed that the Soulcaster Jasnah wore was a fake and she could Soulcast without a fabrial. Jasnah initially tried to deny this, but she was shocked to see Shallan reveal a depiction of [[Shadesmar]]. Shallan told Jasnah that she'd stolen the Soulcaster fabrial on the night when Jasnah killed the four footpads and that she could Surgebind as well. When Jasnah didn't believe her, Shallan entered Shadesmar with a dim sphere to prove her claim. Jasnah followed her and brought her back, admonishing her for being an idiot in trying to enter Shadesmar with only a dim sphere. Shallan asked Jasnah to teach her and that she wanted to be a part of Jasnah's studies. Jasnah was reluctant at first, but eventually accepted her with the promise that she would never lie to Jasnah or steal from anyone ever again.{{book ref|sa1|70}} She went on to telling Shallan about Surgebinding, Knights Radiant, and her theory about the Parshendi and the Voidbringers. When Shallan told her that she saw [[cryptic|cryptics]], Jasnah said there were two orders of the Knights Radiants with the ability to Soulcast, and that the two women belonged to different orders. Jasnah showed Shallan her notes regarding the Voidbringers,{{book ref|sa1|72}} and like Jasnah, Shallan came to the conclusion the Parshendi were Voidbringers. Jasnah was pleased to have convinced at least one person. She said that they needed more information, but she had exhausted all that Kharbranth had to offer and that they would leave for the Shattered Plains the next day. Jasnah told her that there were others after this information, and that the [[Ghostbloods]] were one of them. She then showed Shallan the symbol of the Ghostbloods that she had found tattooed on Kabsal. Shallan was horrified to recognize the symbol, and told Jasnah that her father might have had been a member of this group.{{book ref|sa1|74}} Jasnah hired Captain [[Tozbek]] and the ''[[Wind's Pleasure]]'' to take her and Shallan to the Shattered Plains, and the two women departed Kharbranth.{{book ref|sa2|1}}
=== Return to the Physical Realm (1173—) ===
After her travel through the Cognitive Realm,
When she later took notice of Renarin's strange behavior, Jasnah and Ivory realized that her cousin had bonded with a
==== Battle of Thaylen Field and Aftermath (1174) ====
[[File: Jasnah vs Thrill.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Jasnah fighting Thrill
Jasnah took part in the battle and showcased her skills as an Elsecaller. When Shallan began to run out of Stormlight, Jasnah aided her.
It was discovered during the battle that the closer the cognitive and physical realms were, the easier soulcasting became.{{book ref|sa3|11}}
Following the battle, [[House Kholin]] had to decide who would succeed [[Elhokar]] as the Alethi monarch. [[Gavinor]], Elhokar's heir, was too young to rule and the next people in line to the throne, Dalinar and Adolin, both did not want to take the throne. At Shallan's suggestion, Jasnah was then crowned Queen of [[Alethkar]].{{book ref|sa3|122}}
== Quotes ==9
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|Shallan|I have kept a journal since I was a child, in order to practice my writing skills.
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