Difference between revisions of "Venli"

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== Appearance and Personality ==

As a [[singer]], Venli has a [[gemheart]], and can bond with different [[spren]] to attain different forms.

 

 

=== Surgebinding ===

 

Though the voidspren within Venli's gemheart remains there, Timbre has it trapped. This allows Venli to retain her envoyform abilities and switch between red and normal eyes at will, letting her blend in with Odium's forces.{{book ref|sa3|120}}

Venli is the sister of [[Eshonai]], and though her age is unclear, she is younger by a year.{{book ref|sa4|83}} When the two were children, Venli would often stay at home and help their mother, [[Jaxlim]], while Eshonai travelled.{{book ref|sa2|i|4}} Both sisters wore [[workform]] at the time. At some point, Venli and [[Demid]] became mates, and though the relationship did not produce any children, they remained together even after changing into different forms.{{book ref|sa2|i|1}}

 

 

{{image|Venli-Coad.png|In [[stormform]]|side=right|width=250px}}

 

=== War of Reckoning ===

 

Upon succeeding, Venli intended to test the form herself, and was angry when [[The Five]] decided to let Eshonai do it instead. Though they did so out of concern, fearing the loss of Venli and her talent if the form turned out to be defective, she was jealous, and thought that her sister was distrusting her, and trying to steal her discovery.{{book ref|sa3|4}} After Eshonai's thoughts got altered by the stormform and she began to enact the plan to transform all listeners, Venli also reacted badly, believing her strategies to be too aggressive. She intended to seize control from her sister, and suggested killing the listeners who refused to adopt the new form.{{book ref|sa2|i|11}}

When nine listeners were chosen by Ulim to receive "new forms," Venli and Demid were among them. In the Everstorm, the [[Fused]] replaced their souls and possessed their bodies, with the sole exception of Venli. [[Odium]] himself protected her, and she was given [[envoyform]] instead. After realizing that the others were effectively dead, Venli once more spotted [[Timbre|the strange spren]], and hid it from the Fused.{{book ref|sa3|i|6}}

 

 

While she was in Marat, [[Dalinar Kholin]] pulled her into one of his visions, and attempted to negotiate; Venli, however, refused all overtures of peace. The conversation was cut short by [[Odium]] breaking into the vision space, with Dalinar managing to send Venli out just before his arrival.{{book ref|sa3|109}} After that event, Venli boarded one of the ships heading to [[Thaylen City]].{{book ref|sa3|i|12}}

 

=== Surgebinder ===

Venli was brought along with [[Raboniel]] and a scouting troop of ''makay-im'' during the invasion of [[Urithiru]] to serve as her Voice. Upon the initial seizure, she was attacked by a human soldier, and killed him in a panic. Afterwards, both she and Timbre attuned the [[Rhythm|Lost]], although Raboniel merely admonished her to carry a knife in the future.{{book ref|sa4|37}}

 

 

After learning that [[secretspren]] and [[chaosspren]] didn't work, she realized that she could practice her powers as a Willshaper without being caught, and did so in a secluded corner of the tower.{{book ref|sa4|67}}

 

After discovering that [[Rlain]] was still alive, she went to Raboniel to request his freedom. Before she could do so, though, [[Mraize]] entered the room with [[Lift]] in a cage, giving her to Raboniel as a gift in exchange for access to the Oathgates. Venli, discomforted by this, left to fetch Rlain. On her way there, she attempted to swear the Second Ideal of the Willshapers, swearing to free those in bondage, but [[Cultivation]] did not accept them. Upon further reflection, she realized that she couldn't truly swear such an Ideal after having just seen a human child in a cage.{{book ref|sa4|60}}

Venli watched as the humans desperately defended the Radiants against the Pursuer's troops, and at Timbre's urging, revealed her status as a Radiant to Leshwi. Contrary to Venli's expectations, she was overjoyed, and asked Venli if Timbre knew of an honorspren named Riah. Venli relayed the message that most of the old spren were killed in the Recreance, but despite this, the fact that the spren had forgiven the singers was enough to convince Leshwi that the Radiants must be protected, and she joined the humans in fighting Lezian's troops.{{book ref|sa4|107}}{{book ref|sa4|109}} During the fighting, Rlain arrived in the atrium, setting up a triage in the aftermath of the battle. He took command, telling the group that they should head for an Oathgate on the misconception that Venli had a Blade. She quickly disabused him of this notion, and while he was contemplating what to do, Kaladin, having just sworn the [[Knights Radiant#Immortal Words|Fourth Ideal]], arrived and activated the Oathgate to the Shattered Plains for them.{{book ref|sa4|109}}{{book ref|sa4|114}}

 

 

== Trivia ==

* Venli is the focus character of ''[[Rhythm of War]]'', with the flashbacks split between her and [[Eshonai]].

* At present, Venli is one of only three [[singer]] viewpoint characters in the [[Stormlight Archive]], alongside her sister and [[Rlain]].