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'''Eshonai''' is a [[listener]] [[Shardbearer]]{{book ref|
== Appearance and Personality ==
[[File:Call to Adventure - Eshonai.jpg|thumb|right|300px|<center><small>by {{a|Antti Hakosaari}}</small></center> ''Horizon Seeker'']]
Her skin is a marbled red and black, and she is large of stature, standing seven feet tall in Shardplate. Her Shardplate is silver with a red cape. She speaks [[Alethi]] with a thick accent.{{book ref|twok|68}} She wears [[listener#forms|warform]] due to the conflict with Alethkar.{{book ref|wor|i|1}} When not wearing Shardplate, her uniform consists of a cap and a red cloth that stretches over her warform armor.{{book ref|sa2|i|4}}▼
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As a youth, people were used to Eshonai wandering off in the middle of a task. She has the best spoken Alethi of any of the listeners{{book ref|sa3|prologue}}. ▼
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Her preferred form is [[singer#Forms|workform]] because it is more flexible{{book ref|sa3|prologue}}, limber, rugged, and because the form's aversion to violence forces her to think differently to solve problems. She finds it difficult to tolerate listeners who prefer [[singer#Forms|mateform]] , and has trouble understanding why anyone would want to remain in that form for longer than necessary to produce offspring. Her confusion on this subject at one time extended to humans, when she was baffled by the fact that humans have only a single form that is easily distracted by sexual urges.{{book ref|sa2|i|1}}▼
|Our people are crumbling. (...) We're being weathered away.
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▲As a youth, people were used to Eshonai wandering off in the middle of a task. She has the best spoken Alethi of any of the listeners, though she speaks it with a thick accent.{{book ref|sa1|68}}{{book ref|sa3|prologue}}.
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Though she accepts her duties as a general for her people, she feels trapped and constrained by the role, and by living on the [[Shattered Plains]]. Even her uniform contributes to her emotional discomfort, and the repetitive tasks of military life numb her mind. She blames her uniform for her personal worries. However she never speaks of her discomfort in her role. She enjoys the feeling of strength she gets from wearing Shardplate, and it gives her something reliable in the world.{{book ref|sa2|i|1}}{{book ref|sa2|i|4}}
She believes that she is personally responsible for the War of Reckoning because she was the first to make contact with the Alethi. Despite being fully aware of the dire predicament of her people, she does not blame the Alethi for their pursuit of vengeance. While she fights the Alethi out of necessity, she would prefer to negotiate a peace with them.{{book ref|sa2|i|1}}{{book ref|sa2|i|4}}
== History ==
==== The Everstorm ====
[[File:Eshonai by Casey Fallon.jpg|thumb|<small><center>by {{a|Casey Fallon}}</center></small>Eshonai bonding with a stormspren during a [[highstorm]]]]
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|With enough of us bearing this form together, we could bring it. We could '''bend''' the storms to our will, and could bring bring them down upon our enemies.▼
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Eshonai was the first to adopt [[singer#Forms|Stormform]] after it was rediscovered by her sister Venli, though did so reluctantly. The new form caused Eshonai to become more warlike and destructive, leading her to switch from seeking peace with the Alethi, to desiring their extermination. Her new aggressive personality made her more willing to kill disobedient listeners, including her comrades, friends, and family. Any who refused to obey her orders were rounded up by Eshonai, whose intent was to have them killed.{{book ref|sa2|i|11}}{{book ref|sa2|i|4}}{{book ref|sa2|i|5}}{{book ref|sa2|i|8}}
Later, [[Ulim]] leads Venli and [[Demid]] to Eshonai's body to retrieve her Shards.{{book ref|sa3|i|3}}
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▲|This is progress. (...) Progress is learning to control your world. Put up walls to stop the storms, choose when to become a mate.
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▲|With enough of us bearing this form together, we could bring it. We could '''bend''' the storms to our will, and could bring bring them down upon our enemies.
▲|Eshonai upon returning to Narak in stormform.{{book ref|sa2|i|1}}
▲|Eshonai's plan for winning the War of Reckoning, in stormform.{{book ref|sa2|i|1}}
== Trivia ==
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