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'''Navani Kholin''' is aan [[BrightladyAlethi]] of [[Alethkarlighteyes]] living on [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa1|22}} She is the widow of [[Gavilar Kholin]] and the mother of [[Jasnah]] and [[Elhokar Kholin]].{{book ref|sa1|12}} She was the sister-in-law to [[Dalinar Kholin]]{{book ref|sa1|Prologue}} and aunt to [[Adolin]] and [[Renarin Kholin]]{{book ref|sa1|12}} until she was married to Dalinar.{{book ref|sa3|4}} She is also a renowned scholar and [[artifabrian]].{{book ref|sa1|12}}
 
== Appearance and Personality ==
[[File:{{image|Navani.jpg|thumb|width=200px|side=right|<center><small>by {{a|Exmakina}}</small></center>]]
=== Appearance ===
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Navani is describedhas asstately a statelybearing and, in some ways, is the picture of a perfect Vorin woman: lush lips, light violet eyes, silvering black hair in perfect braids, curves accentuated by the tight silk havah.{{book ref|sa3|1}} She has a warm, feminine voice. Dalinar notes that sheShe prefers perfume with a less floral scent than most Alethi women.{{book ref|sa3|1}} Navani often paints her lips red and wears a red dress with rubies in her hair.{{book ref|sa2|4}} Like her daughter, she is known as one of the most beautiful women in Alethkar.{{book ref|sa1|22}}
 
=== Personality ===
 
== Attributes and Abilities ==
[[File:{{image|Navani and ardent.jpg|thumb|side=right|width=300px|Discussing fabrials with an [[ardent]] <small>by {{a|Sheep}}</small> ]]
Navani is a renowned artifabrian. She engineers the creation of fabrials that her team of artisan [[ardent]]s create through fabrial science. She led the research to develop the [[grandbow]]s.{{book ref|sa1|12}} She also had a hand in the construction of a new [[painrial]], and of it, she's particularly proud, though it's only an early model. She thinks it has a lot of potential.{{book ref|sa1|60}} Many of her inventions, such as the [[painrial]], are used in the war against the [[Parshendi]], making her incredibly valuable to the Alethi.
 
 
== History ==
[[File:{{image|Young Jasnah and Navani by Audrey Hotte.jpg|thumb|side=right|width=200px|Younger Navani holding babyyoung [[Jasnah]] <small>by {{a|Audrey Hotte}}</small> ]]
=== Unification of Alethkar and aftermath ===
Prior to her marriage to Gavilar Kholin, Navani wavered between choosing Gavilar and his younger brother, Dalinar. Ultimately, she chose the future king.{{book ref|sa1|22}} With him, she had two children, a daughter, Jasnah and a son, Elhokar.{{book ref|sa1|12}}
War against the [[Parshendi]], who claimed responsibility for the assassination, started in retaliation for it. 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 essentially transferred there.{{book ref|sa2|67}}
 
[[File:{{image|Fervent Prayer by Antti Hakosaari.jpg|thumb|side=left|150pxwidth=250px|Burning a [[glyphward]] during the [[Battle of the Tower]] <small>by {{a|Antti Hakosaari}}</small> ]]
=== Returning to the Shattered Plains ===
Navani's return to the Plains from Alethkar is 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}}
 
=== Recording Dalinar's visions ===
[[File:{{image|Dalinar visions.jpg|thumb|side=right|width=200px|Navani watching over Dalinar during one of his visions <small>by {{a|Sheep}}</small> ]]
Because Navani iswas so exacting in her words and thoughts, as well as the only woman in the warcamps he knew he could trust, Dalinar chooseschose her to record his visions. She scribesscribed expertly, picking out details from him, and knowing when to prod him for more. She iswas business-like and careful.{{book ref|sa1|52}} Sheand recordsrecorded his visions without complaint.{{book ref|sa1|58}}
 
ListeningWhile she listened to Dalinar's visions, she thinksrealized that what he was saying had too much order to be gibberish.{{book ref|sa1|60}} She discoversdiscovered that thea phrase that is infrom the ''[[Analectics]]'' isthat onematched inwhat theDalinar samewas withbabbling theduring his "babble"fits. She saystold him that it's was a line from a song, a chant by the [[Vanrial]], written in the [[Dawnchant]] by the [[Herald]]s. Navani useswas [[Corvana]]able to use Dalinar's ''Analectics''visions toas translatea theguide "babble"to fromhelp Dalinar'sher visionscholars withtranslate [[Nohadon]]the Dawnchant.{{book ref|sa1|60}}{{book ref|sa2|4}}
 
Navani relatesrelated the [[Myth of Parasaphi and Nadris]] to Dalinar in effort to afford some insight into the [[Desolation]]s, with regard to his vision with Nohadon, relevant to the [[Voidbringers]], mankind on Roshar, [[Damnation]], the Heralds, the [[Tranquiline Halls]], and the [[Knights Radiant]].
 
She had kept the secret and was very reliable, however they eventually decide to publish them. Before doing so, she removed the lines where he mentioned sensitive issues, such as the Almighty’s death. She’d also search for historical references to match his descriptions. Navani liked things neat and quantified. She’d prepared a timeline of all of his visions, trying to piece them into a single narrative.{{book ref|sa2|4}}
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