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{{character
|profession={{tag+|ardent}}
|died=Executed {{date/sa|year=1173}}{{book ref|sa2|i|12}}
|world=Roshar|residence=Kholinar
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
{{quote
| Pai to [[Lhan]]{{book ref|sa2|i|12}}
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'''Pai''' is an [[ardent]] that is a member of the Devotary of Denial.{{book ref|sa2|i|12}} A Vorin zealot, Pai is very concerned about the Alethi queen's actions and willing to sacrifice anything for her cause. Pai's denouncement of the queen and the [[Alethi]] government led to her own execution and rioting in the streets of [[Kholinar]].
== History ==
=== Early Life ===
Nothing of Pai's early history is known. It is uncertain when she joined the ardentia, but she chose the Devotary of Denial as her sect of Vorinism.{{book ref|sa2|i|12}} She began living a life of asceticism and abnegation around the year 1168, eating only simple meals of boiled [[tallew]] with the occasional piece of fruit on special occasions. Around the year {{date/sa|year=1172}}, Pai began serving as an ardent in the [[Alethi]] capital city, Kholinar. She requested with some persistence to be assigned to be a member of the retinue of the Alethi queen, [[Aesudan Kholin]], and after a year working in the city her request was granted in late {{date/sa|year=1173}}. Pai's superiors were worried that her zeolotry and her principles of self-denial would cause trouble in the court. They asked [[Lhan]], the another ardent already in the queen's retinue, to speak to her.
=== Member of the Queen's Retinue ===
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Pai met Lhan in the morning, at the monastery next to the King's palace in Kholinar.{{book ref|sa2|i|12}} They walked through the [[Circle of Memories]] and into the eastern wing of the palace, conversing about Pai's new position within the queen's retinue. Lhan tried to explain to Pai that a life of luxury was now hers, but Pai was more concerned with the queens recent actions, canceling the [[Beggar's Feast]]s, leaving food to rot while the poor starved, and her general excess and debauchery. Despite Lhan's explanation that the queen gave her ardents easy lives because she feared that the [[Almighty]] was displeased with her, Pai maintained that they were merely sycophants and needed to be honest with the queen.
=== Legacy ===
In the evening of the day that Pai was executed, the citizens of Kholinar began to riot.{{book ref|sa2|i|12}} It is uncertain what precisely set of the riots, or whether it was in support of Pai's denouncement of the government, in anger over her execution or both. It is certain that Pai's actions played a heavy role in causing the rioting, which will indubitably exacerbate the chaos that will occur when the [[Everstorm]] reaches Kholinar.{{book ref|sa2|89}} The riots continued through the end of {{date/sa|year=1173
== Personality and Appearance ==
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| Pai to Lhan{{book ref|sa2|i|12}}
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Pai's appearance is unknown, but she is a young woman.{{book ref|sa2|i|12}} She often speaks softly or in a whisper.
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