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{{character
|image=Jaxlim by rspixart.jpg
|merge-family=y
|children=[[Eshonai]], [[Venli]]
|species=singer
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|first appeared=[[Words of Radiance]]
}}
== Appearance and Personality ==
At a younger age, Jaxlim projects confidence even when doing something as simple as weaving. Her complex skin pattern of wavy red and black lines is among the most beautiful in the camp--like true marbled stone. She is strong, with a fit and powerful body. There is something amazing about Jaxlim’s voice. It isn’t powerful or bold, but it is like a knife--thin, sharp, almost liquid.{{book ref|sa4|45}} She
At an old age, Jaxlim retains a solid build, although she sometimes seems frail. She has a neat round face and wears her hair strands in a braid tied with a ribbon given to her by [[Eshonai]]. She prefers [[workform]] and stays in that form even as new ones are discovered, believing that her people should not place value on any particular form in order to avoid social stratification. She sings often with her calming, sonorous voice. She had some conflicts with Eshonai while raising her, but Eshonai always respected her.{{book ref|wor|i|4}}
|Jaxlim to Eshonai{{book ref|wor|i|4}}
}}
The old songs recounted by Jaxlim include information about the
== History ==
=== Narak ===
Jaxlim was a Keeper of Songs, possibly the most important job in the family. She was not required to have any other job but learn and pass the knowledge, but she always sought to keep busy. She said working her hands kept her body strong, while going over songs worked her mind. She had trained both her daughters the songs, but [[Eshonai]] had given up and so she focused on [[Venli]]. Jaxlim was the one taking to [[the Five]] the option of finding [[warform]] and spoke on behalf of her daughter to support the research.{{book ref|sa4|45}}
Shortly after the
Eshonai was the one who accompanied Jaxlim into the storm to try the form. Jaxlim couldn’t attune the needed rhythms and was unable to transform, though she did enjoy the experience and was happy for a little while. Eshonai instead accepted the painspren into her gemheart.{{book ref|sa4|68}} But Jaxlim's sickness progressed quickly. As it got worse, she did feel sad and cried for her own loss while Venli was there by her side. She would then suffer from episodes where she would believe Eshonai and Venli were young children.{{book ref|sa4|73}}
=== War of Reckoning (1167 - 1174) ===
Jaxlim could be seen in her shack on the outskirts of [[Narak]] tending to her [[shalebark]] gardens. She appeared to be senile, as she did not always recognize her daughter and sometimes seemed to hallucinate. Eshonai said that she had not heard wise words from her mother in years. Jaxlim could sometimes remember some of the old songs. Eshonai asked her about the listeners leaving the "dark home", and her mother sang a song to a [[Singer#Rhythms|Rhythm of Remembrance]] that revealed tidbits of
=== After the
After the
== Relationships ==
|Venli to Jaxlim after listening to her sing{{book ref|sa4|45}}
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Jaxlim spends many hours helping [[Venli]] to learn all the stanzas of the listeners' songs to perfection. Venli gets annoyed at being corrected, but does respect her mother. Jaxlim also supports her daughter in finding new forms and pushes her when she thinks she is too afraid of failure.{{book ref|sa4|45}} Jaxlim also suggests that Venli learn the human language.{{book ref|sa4|52}}
Venli is with her throughout all the progression of her sickness, and even wearing her new forms, it breaks her heart. She is there by her mother's side right until her transformation to stormform.{{book ref|sa4|73}} When they reunite, Venli feels joy and hope with the thought of her becoming a [[Radiant]] and healing her mind. It is this bond and selflessness that helps Venli reach her next Radiant Ideal.{{book ref|sa4|115}}
=== Eshonai ===
|Jaxlim to Venli about Eshonai{{book ref|sa4|45}}
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When young, Jaxlim teaches [[Eshonai]] the songs of the
== Notes ==
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