Difference between revisions of "Jasnah Kholin"

{{image|Ivory Jasnah by Nozomi.pngjpg|side=right|width=250px|Jasnah andwearing her [[IvoryShardplate]]}}

She has also shown the ability to Soulcast multiple targets from a distance. In this method of Soulcasting, bolts of Stormlight can be seen traveling towards the intended target. When Jasnah used this ability to transform two men into smoke, it caused the [[Polestone#Smokestone|smokestone]] she used to shatter, indicating that this method may use more Stormlight than regular Soulcasting.{{book ref|sa1|36}} This ability may be a specialized version of Soulcasting or a distinct ability resulting from manipulating a combination of the Surges of transformationTransformation and transportationTransportation.

Jasnah can identify Fused based on sight. {{Dawnshardbook ref|sa3.5|10}}

{{image|JasnahTheir Farewell by horizonproblemsMarie Seeberger.jpg|Jasnah and [[Dalinar]] at [[Gavilar]]'s funeral|side=left|height=300px}}

Jasnah hesitated in returning to the party after she heard the music in the dining hall stop abruptly. She ran into Nale and possibly Kalak, two "ambassadors from the west" who had been invited by the king.{{book ref|sa2|99prologue}}{{ref|text=Of the other male Heralds, [[Jezrien]] was already present as the beggar Ahu, [[Talenel]] was still trapped on [[Braize]], and [[Ishar]] is the God-Priest Tezim.}} 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. Gavilar, as a member of the [[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}}

{{image|Jasnah Soulcasting.jpg|width=350px250px|side=right|Jasnah soulcasting street thugs}}

She found out King [[Taravangian]]'s [[Taravangian's granddaughter|granddaughter]] was trapped in one of the palace rooms after ana highstorm caused a boulder to fall down from the walls, blocking the way in. Taravangian asked for Jasnah's help, to free his granddaughter by [[Soulcasting]] the stone. Jasnah accepted to help, in return for free admittance to the [[Palanaeum]]. Shallan Davar, a prospective ward, caught up with her at this point and Jasnah evaluated Shallan's knowledge. Once they reached the boulder that had trapped the king's granddaughter, Jasnah Soulcast the stone into smoke, causing the newly formed smoke to explode because of the difference in density of rock and smoke. After this, she informed Shallan that she wasn't good enough to become her ward. Jasnah left Shallan behind and went to the Palanaeum.{{book ref|sa1|5}} After she collected the books she wanted, she returned to the alcove she'd reserved, and found Shallan there. She was angry to be defied, and told Shallan, not in a kind way, to leave her alone. Shallan, in her embarrassment and disappointment, forgot the [[spheres]] she had used for illumination inside the alcove. Jasnah asked her to return and apologized to her for her rudeness. She found out that Shallan was self-taught and found it remarkable, promising if she filled the gaps in her knowledge, she would accept her as her ward. A few hours later, the servants informed her that Shallan was back and that she had her own alcove, intent on studying while in Kharbranth and applying for wardship again. Jasnah decided that if she could not get rid of Shallan, she might as well make use of her and accepted her as her ward.{{book ref|sa1|8}}

FewA 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 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 surprised, agreed that it was the best for her. Kabsal revealed the strawberry jam and the bread she brought for Shallan. After being insisted by Shallan, Jasnah decided to eat some of it as well, but as her habit while accepting food from someone, she Soulcast the jam and the bread to purify them of any poisons. She was unsuccessful with the jam and the result was a rotten mush that was uneatable. Kabsal ate the jam anyway and tried to get Shallan to eat as well, though when she refused he tried to run out but collapsed before reaching the door. The same happened with Shallan a few seconds later. When Jasnah told her that she had to Soulcast her blood to get the poison out, Shallan revealed Jasnah's fake Soulcaster fabrial, apparently having stolen it. Jasnah healed her and Shallan fell unconscious.{{book ref|sa1|48}}

Jasnah wrote a ketek for Shallan on her wedding day to celebrate the occasion.{{book ref|sa3|epigraphendnote}}

After the events of the Battle of Thaylen Field, Jasnah, as Queen of Alethkar, along with Dalinar, sent communications to various neutral nations in hopes of recruiting new allies for the coalition of Nationsnations. One such letter was sent to the [[Ral-Nana]], King of the [[Reshi Isles]], inviting the Reshi people to UrithuriUrithiru to discuss an alliance. As the war waged on Jasnah and Dalinar suspected the enemy would launch a ground based invasion on [[Jah Keved]] by sailing an invasion force east, through the Reshi Isles. {{Dawnshardbook ref|sa3.5|3}}

Jasnah had direct involvement in monitoring the [[Expedition to Akinah|expedition]] of the Wondersail''[[Wandersail (1174 ship)|Wandersail]]'' to [[Akinah]]. Ardent [[Rushu]] was in communication with Jasnah via [[spanreed]] to report sightings of unusual spren and reported a cluster of [[luckspren]] following the Wondersail''Wandersail'' after [[Cord]] sighted them.{{book ref|sa3.5|7}} After a Santhid[[santhid]] corpse iswas found by the crew of the Wondersail''Wandersail'', and iswas subsequently exposed as a fake, Jasnah iswas contacted by [[Vstim]] on behalf of [[Rysn askingFtori|Rysn]] to ask about the legends of the Aimians[[Aimian]]s. Jasnah recallsrecalled two theories on the nature of the Santhidsanthid that disintegrated into a pile of cremlings.; Thethe first being reports of Aimians being able to take off their arms and legs and reattach them.; Thethe second being an old story about creatures who were living heaps of cremlings. TheIn storythe states thatstories these creatures would hide and grow in the attics of buildings before devouring the occupants below. Jasnah originally overlooked these stories but due to the current events on Roshar at the time, cautioned Rysn against these types of creatures. {{Dawnshardbook ref|sa3.5|9}} When Rysn postulatespostulated that the santhid could have been the work of a Voidbringer[[Fused]] [[Surgebinding#Illumination|Lightweaver]], Jasnah chideschided herself for her own lapse in judgement, citing the newness of lightweavingLightweaving magic as the reason for overlooking it as a possibility. Jasnah drawsdrew athe conclusion from this statement saying that if an enemy lightweaverLightweaver were attempting to stop the expedition, then the voidbringers[[Voidbringer]]s would be taking considerable lengths to prevent them from reaching Akinah, and the secrets there must be more important than first believed. {{Dawnshardbook ref|sa3.5|9}}

* In [[The Way of Kings Prime|''The Way of Kings'' Prime]], Jasnah was a viewpoint character with as many chapters as the other characters. [[Brandon Sanderson]] decided too many viewpoints was too distracting and cut Jasnah's parts in the final version.{{wob ref|10204}}