Difference between revisions of "Essu"

|abilities={{tag+|Fused}} <small>([[fannahn-im]])</small>

Essu suffers from severe cognitive impairment, as her mind has been broken by the unending cycle of death and rebirth that the Fused experienced during the [[Desolation]]s. Her head flops from side to side, and she often stares off glassy-eyed or giggles to herself;{{book ref|sa4|49}} she is one of the most unhinged Fused that [[Navani Kholin]] hashad ever encountered.{{book ref|sa4|65}} She does not have any physical impairments, but she has a tendency to drool; she has an attendant who dabs it away for her.{{book ref|sa4|97}} Essu often follows and even mimics her mother, [[Raboniel]].{{book ref|sa4|97}} She is capable of speaking and sometimes asks for her mother, but she does not recognize her.{{book ref|sa4|65}} She somehow knows a tune usually sung by humans in taverns, and is able to hum it.{{book ref|sa4|84}}

Although Essu is insane, she retains the inherent powers of a [[Fused]]. She is able to possess a new [[singer]] body during the [[True Desolation]], and she cannot be killed by normal means.{{book ref|sa4|97}} [[Navani]] believes that Essu is the same brand of Fused as [[Raboniel]], a ''[[fannahn-im]]''.{{book ref|sa4|49}}

At some point during the [[Heraldic Epochs]] when [[Fused]] were regularly killed and reborn, Essu went insane. Her mother, [[Raboniel]], had hoped that a mother and daughter serving together would preserve their sanity, but was proven incorrect.{{book ref|sa4|65}} After the [[Last Desolation]], she was trapped on [[Braize]] for millenia with the rest of the Fused, and finally returned to [[Roshar]] during the [[True Desolation]]. A singer family "donated" a body for her to use.{{book ref|sa4|97}}

On Roshar, Essu was in the care of her mother and joined her when she led the singer invasion of [[Urithiru]]. After Raboniel captured [[Navani]] and put her to work researching [[Lights]], Essu was often in the room. She did not pose a danger to Navani, who was mostly confused by her presence.{{book ref|sa4|49}}{{book ref|sa4|61}} Raboniel later revealed to Navani that Essu was her daughter.{{book ref|sa4|65}}

Essu suffered minor injuries when Raboniel caused an explosion by attempting to mix [[Voidlight]] and [[Anti-Voidlight]] using a [[raysium]] dagger. Essu did not seem to notice the explosion. Raboniel immediately constructed another dagger and used Anti-Voidlight to permanently kill Essu; her death was quick, but painful. As Raboniel wept over Essu's corpse, Navani realized that one of Raboniel's primary motivations for her research was to discover a way to free her daughter from the endless cycle of rebirth.{{book ref|sa4|97}}{{wob ref|14628}} Raboniel confirmed that Essu was permanently gone, having consulted with the souls on [[Braize]].{{book ref|sa4|97}}{{book ref|sa4|113}}