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\|image=Shai by Shuravf.jpg \|groups={{tag\|Ghostbloods}} \|abilities={{tag+\|Forger~~}}, {{tag+\|Elantrian~~}}, {{tag+\|worldhopping}} \|aliases=Shaizan,{{tes ref\|98}} Moonlight, Kim,{{book ref\|mb7\|26}} Shay-I{{book ref\|mb7\|54}} \|nation= MaiPon \|world=Sel \|universe=[[Cosmere]] \|~~books~~first appeared=[[The Emperor's Soul~~]], [[Mistborn Era 2~~]] }} ~~{{spoilers\|mb7}}~~ {{update\|mb7}} '''Wan ShaiLu''', known as '''Shai''', is a [[MaiPon]] woman from [[Sel]]. She has a reputation throughout the [[Rose Empire]] as being one of the best [[Forger]]s alive.{{tes ref\|prologue}} She was imprisoned in her homeland, but escapes after restoring [[Ashravan]]'s health.{{tes ref\|98}} She becomes a [[worldhopper]] and leaves Sel, and is unable to return.{{book ref\|mb7\|47}} == Appearance and Personality == {{for\|/Gallery\|more images}} Shai is small of stature like the rest of the MaiPon people. She has black hair that lays straight and long.{{tes ref\|2}}{{book ref\|mb7\|20}} She wears spectacles because of her bad eyesight.{{tes ref\|2}} She is implied to have epicanthic folds, and has prominent cheekbones.{{book ref\|mb7\|20}} Her arms are layered with shallow cuts from the [[Bloodsealing\|Bloodsealer]] [[Weedfingers]], who needs her blood to keep her imprisoned.{{tes ref\|5}} Her voice is on the deeper end for a woman, and she uses the expression "Nights!" as an expletive.{{book ref\|mb7\|20}} ~~Her voice is on the deeper end for a woman.{{book ref\|mb7\|20}}~~ She loves the thrill, the accomplishment and the wonder of Forgery. However, at times, she is tempted by a simple life where she doesn't have to hide or lie.{{tes ref\|76}} She constantly quotes her '''Uncle Won''' and '''Aunt Sol''' although they don't really exist. They are figments of her imagination created for one of her Essence Marks.{{tes ref\|76}} She believes her Forgeries are works of art and she gets angry when contradicted on that.{{tes ref\|3}} She worships the [[Unknown God]].{{tes ref\|2}} She holds a deep hatred for [[Autonomy]], and by extension [[Bavadin]], due to her ideals and actions. This hatred is enough that it can sometimes cloud her judgement.{{book ref\|mb7\|20}}▼ ~~She worships the [[Unknown God]].{{tes ref\|2}}~~ ▲She holds a deep hatred for [[Autonomy]], and by extension [[Bavadin]], due to her ideals and actions. This hatred is enough that it can sometimes cloud her judgement.{{book ref\|mb7\|20}} === Elantrian === As an Elantrian, she has a very high opinion of herself, seeing herself as a divinity worthy of praise and offerings. In this form, she has the glowing skin of an Elantrian and wears her hair up in a bun.{{book ref\|mb7\|53}} ~~She has the glowing skin of an Elantrian, and has her hair up in a bun.{{book ref\|mb7\|53}}~~ == Attributes and Abilities == === Essence Marks === During her imprisonment in the [[Imperial Seat]], Shai ~~has~~had five [[Essence Mark]]s, which took her over eight years to create.{{tes ref\|76}} As of her time on Scadrial, she has created at least one more.{{book ref\|mb7\|53}} In the decades to centuries between her escape from the Rose Empire, and her work against the Set alongside Marasi, she gained a lot of skill in her use of Essence Marks. She is now able to create Essence Marks that last far longer than the mere day{{tes ref\|30}}{{tes ref\|98}} that her old ones last for, enough so that she believes they could be potentially permanent, even without hemerine reapplication.{{book ref\|mb7\|53}}{{book ref\|mb7\|epilogue\|1}}{{wob ref\|16022}} Therefore bypassing, through unknown means, the limitations posed by the shifting Identity of sentient beings.{{tes ref\|30}} These are not necessarily permanent, and might wear off some day.{{wob ref\|16022}} {{image\|Shai by Connor Chamberlain.jpg\|side=right\|width=250px}} {{anchor\|Shaizan}} ; Shaizan: Shaizan, translated Shai of the Fist,{{tes ref\|76}}, is an extremely skilled warrior who spent the last fifteen years among the [[Teullu]] people, who adopted and trained her in their martial arts. They also gave her the name Shaizan. Gaining access to Teullu training was very difficult. Shaizan was nearly killed a dozen times while training. She has a lean, hard body, short hair, and a scar that stretches from her nose down around her right cheek. Unlike Shai, she doesn't need spectacles. She doesn't know how to create [[soulstamp\|soulstamps]] and doesn't have scholarly inclinations. She also doesn't have the patience for witticisms or gibes. She is a creature of instinct and thrives on a challenge. It took Shai two years to create this Essence Mark.{{tes ref\|98}} {{anchor\|scholar}} {{anchor\|elantrian}} ; Elantrian: This Essence Mark changes her past so her parents moved to [[Arelon]] before she was born, making her an [[Elantrian]]. She refers to herself as Shai (pronounced as in Aonic), blessed of the [[Shaod]]. She regards this Essence Mark as dangerous, as it could become permanent.{{book ref\|mb7\|53}}{{book ref\|mb7\|54}} === Universal Stamps === Shai carries two soulstamps that are designed to work on any object for a limited time. One creates a doorway, and the other repairs broken objects.{{book ref\|mb7\|42}} This is still limited by the feasibility of a Forgery, to a degree. If a Forgery with a Universal Stamp is completely infeasible, the stamp would not properly take. == History == [[Han ShuXen]], an old painter who had tutored Shai as a child, asked her to destroy his masterpiece ''[[Lily of the Spring Pond]]''. ShuXen hated the Rose Empire and didn't want his painting, which he had painted for a woman he once loved, in their hands. He helped Shai create a counterfeit.{{tes ref\|76}} Shai managed to destroy the original painting in the Arbiter [[Frava]]'s office near the [[Imperial Gallery]], replaced it with a fake and planted another lower-quality counterfeit in her room in order to hide the theft.{{tes ref\|30}} With the help of the [[Imperial Fool]], she also broke into the [[Rose Palace]]'s Imperial Gallery by impersonating a noblewoman to steal the [[Moon Scepter]]. However the Fool betrayed her. He stole Shai's copy of the Moon Scepter, swapped it for the original, then escaped after giving Shai up to the palace guards. Shai was captured and ~~charged~~sentenced ~~with~~to public execution for theft.{{tes ref\|2}} {{image\|TES - Shai and Gaotona by Johanna Rupprecht.jpg\|[[Gaotona]] and Shai\|side=left\|height=300px}} As her hundred days pass, Shai was constantly tempted to escape but was driven by the challenge of the task.{{tes ref\|76}} On day ninety-seven, just before she finishes the soulstamp, she enacts her plan to get past the Bloodsealer. The next day, Captain [[Zu (Sel)\|Zu]] tries to kill her, a move she had expected from some of the guards and managed to evade by Forging traps into her room. She escaped and made her way to Ashravan's chambers, desperate to see if she had managed to Forge a soul from nothing. When it succeeds, Gaotona gave her back her Essence Marks and she used them to escape the palace.{{tes ref\|98}} It later turns out that she didn't reForge Ashravan's soul exactly the way it was and made small changes, nudging him on the path to being a better ruler.{{tes ref\|epilogue}} After she escapes, Shai plans to track down the Imperial Fool who betrayed her,{{tes ref\|epilogue}} a task she eventually succeeds at.{{book ref\|mb7\|20}}{{wob ref\|9631}} === Resistance against Trell === {{image\|Moonlight by Caio Santos.png\|side=right\|width=300px\|Turning into an Elantrian}} At some point after her release from the Rose Empire, she became a member of the Ghostbloods and worked on [[Scadrial]] in order to resist the oncoming threat of [[Trell (Trellism) \| Trell]], working under the codename of Moonlight.{{book ref\|mb7\|36}} Six years after the first interaction between the Elendel Basin and the Southern Scadrians, she found [[Marasi Colms]] in a series of underground caverns, crashing a [[Set]] smuggling operation. She secretly gave her a letter, informing her that the Ghostbloods ~~are~~were watching her, and ~~are~~were impressed by her accomplishments.{{book ref\|mb7\|15}} Several days later, she met with Marasi, acting as her driver for a sting operation on the Set smuggling operation in [[Bilming]]. Introducing herself as a member of the Ghostbloods ~~and~~using the code name Moonlight, she explained to ~~her~~Marasi the nature of Trell and [[Autonomy]].{{book ref\|mb7\|20}} Shai assisted Marasi, [[Wax]], and [[Wayne]] in their investigation and pursuit of the Set until being discovered by [[Telsin]], then an avatar of Autonomy.{{book ref\|mb7\|29}}{{book ref\|mb7\|34}} When the group separated, Shai was tricked by Marasi into bringing her back to the Ghostblood hideout in Bilming, which Marasi believed may have been her intention regardless.{{book ref\|mb7\|36}} Shai introduced Marasi to the small crew of Scadrian Ghostbloods—including to Kelsier, via Seon—who believed that Shai had taken on Marasi as her apprentice.{{book ref\|mb7\|39}}{{book ref\|mb7\|40}} ~~{{expand}}~~ With some research, Shai, the Ghostbloods, and Marasi discovered an entrance to the Set's underground [[Wayfarer\|caverns]]. She took TwinSoul with them to infiltrate the complex, and—at Kelsier's request—three large jars of purified Dor, which Shai looked upon with awe.{{book ref\|mb7\|40}} She was forced to use a Stamp to change her past and turn herself into an Elantrian, also changing her personality and giving her the abilities of an Elantrian. She used AonDor in order to create an illusion of Marasi, letting her escape.{{book ref\|mb7\|53}} Following this, she vanished and the Ghostbloods sent out a mission to look for her.{{book ref\|mb7\|epilogue\|1}} ▼ ▲She was forced to use a Stamp to change her past and turn herself into an Elantrian, also changing her personality and giving her the abilities of an Elantrian. She used [[AonDor]] in order to create an illusion of Marasi, letting her escape.{{book ref\|mb7\|53}} Following this, she vanished and the Ghostbloods sent out a mission to look for her.{{book ref\|mb7\|epilogue\|1}} == Relationships == === Prasanva === She works with Prasanva in Bilming.{{book ref\|mb7\|39}} She is willing to try to help him get back to his homeworld, but he rejects her offer, stating that it is too dangerous.{{book ref\|mb7\|42}}{{expand}} === Gaotona === === Hoid === She despises Hoid for deceiving her and running away with the Moon Scepter, replacing it with her forgery.{{tes ref\|2}} After escaping from the Rose Empire, she began to hunt after him to enact her revenge, an act that she eventually succeeded at.{{~~cite~~book ref\|mb7\|20}}{{wob ref\|9631}} Their current relationship is unclear., but she does wonder to herself if she was keeping watch over him, or he over her, but she knows that they are in reality just keeping watch over the same third parties.{{book ref\|mb7\|20}} === Kaise === {{Mistborn\|Era 2}} [[Category: viewpoint characters]] [[es:Wan ShaiLu]]