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|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|first appeared=[[Words of Radiance]]
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{{quote
|"I'm a fraud, Timbre. A fake Radiant. I don’t know what I’m doing."<br />
Unlike other Radiant spren, Timbre has shown no ability to speak. Rather, she communicates through pulsing to certain Rhythms, which produces audible vibrations.{{book ref|sa3|115}} She can read Venli's thoughts, and in turn Venli can understand Timbre's pulses as the expression of her words and intents.{{book ref|sa4|11}}
She has formed a [[Nahel
== History ==
=== The First Attempt ===
Timbre's grandfather was one of the [[spren]] who had bonded the [[Knights Radiant]] in the past; however, he was killed, along with many thousand others, in the [[Recreance]]. Despite that, in the late [[Era of Solitude]], Timbre decided to cross over into the [[Physical Realm]] and form a [[Nahel
Her first target was [[Eshonai]], and shortly before the arrival of the [[everstorm]], Timbre began trying to bond with her. She made little headway, as Eshonai was in [[stormform]] at the time and found Timbre's presence annoying. Still, the spren continued to try.{{book ref|sa2|i|11}}
|[[Venli]] to Timbre{{book ref|sa3|i|7}}
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After Eshonai's death, Timbre remained with her corpse until it was found by a search party led by [[Ulim]]. [[Venli]], one of the members of the group, saw Timbre after stripping off Eshonai's [[Shardplate]] and tried to shoo her away.{{book ref|sa3|i|3}} Timbre, however, was not to be so easily dismissed; she followed Venli and accompanied her as the latter took on
From then on out, Timbre would accompany Venli everywhere, carried around in Venli's [[sphere]] pouch and coming out only when there was no-one around to see her.{{book ref|sa3|i|7}} Though initially hostile, Venli continued to hide her from the Fused and eventually gave her her nickname. When the two were on the outskirts of [[Kholinar]], Timbre finally made it clear that she wanted to form a [[Nahel
When [[Dalinar]] brought Venli into a [[highstorm]] vision to speak with her, Timbre somehow entered it after her. She managed to reach Venli as [[Odium]] tore the vision apart, before Dalinar sent them both back out to protect them.{{book ref|sa3|109}} Later, she accompanied Venli at the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], although she remained hidden in her pouch, initially trying to pulse to Peace before growing too scared of Odium to continue.{{book ref|sa3|115}}{{book ref|sa3|118}}
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As Venli assisted Raboniel one day, Raboniel asked her if she hated herself for bringing about the destruction of her people; Timbre warned her to lie, but Venli admitted that she did hate herself. Timbre tried to reassure her as she talked about what she had done, but Venli once again refused the comfort. At the end of their conversation, Raboniel gave Venli a map with a notation from a human scout who had observed a large group of Parshendi in the [[Shattered Plains]].{{book ref|sa4|92}} Rlain, looking for Venli to tell her that Kaladin, Lift, [[Teft]], and he had a plan, discovered Venli later on while she was still crying and astonished at the news that her people might have survived. Timbre prompted Venli to tell Rlain her whole story, and she did so without holding back any of her culpability.{{book ref|sa4|96}}
{{image|Venli and Timbre by Elisgardor.jpg|side=left|width=300px|With [[Venli]]}}
Having decided to abandon the Radiants and escape with her own group of people using Raboniel's writ, Venli alerted her people.{{book ref|sa4|96}} As they stood at the [[Oathgate]] waiting for transfer to [[Kholinar]], however, Timbre conveyed to Venli that she was disappointed in her. Venli argued that she couldn't be of any help to them, but Timbre assured her that she was learning to use her powers. Venli suggested that Timbre find a singer who cared more than she did, but Timbre firmly stated that she wanted Venli, that Venli was a "wonderful mistake." The more Venli complained, the more insistent Timbre became that their bond was right and that Venli would do what was right.{{book ref|sa4|102}}
== Relationships ==
{{image|Venli and Timbre by EccoS.jpg|side=right|width=300px|With [[Venli]]}}
=== Venli ===
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== Trivia ==
* The name Timbre is derived from the English word meaning a distinct quality of a sound or voice.
* Brandon has debunked the idea that Timbre is Eshonai's soul, noting that this is "not how spren work". Nonetheless, it was a theory that was quite popular
== Notes ==
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