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|parents=[[Brightlord Morakotha]]
|merge-family=y
|image=Danlan.jpg
|titles=Brightness
|profession=Clerk & Scribe
|groups={{tag|Diagram|link=Diagram (group)
|nation=Alethi
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
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Brightness '''Danlan Morakotha''' is an [[Alethi]] woman who courted [[Adolin Kholin]] on the [[Shattered Plains]] of [[Roshar]] during the [[War of Reckoning]].{{book ref|sa1|28}} She is a member of the [[Diagram (group)|Diagram]].{{book ref|sa2|46}}
== Appearance and Personality ==
Danlan is extremely pretty. She has a graceful figure with a long neck, and her hair has more foreign auburn stripes
Danlan is an extremely intelligent woman,{{book ref|sa1|52}} but she often acts less clever than she really is in an attempt at humility, and is annoyed when Adolin points it out.{{book ref|sa1|58}} She is polite and seems well-versed in the traditions of Alethi nobility.{{book ref|sa1|52}} Danlan is also quite fond of [[avramelon]]s{{book ref|sa1|52}} and enjoys drinking wine, often coordinating her [[Roshar#Wines|wine color]] with her outfit. She is seen drinking violet wine, the strongest available.{{book ref|sa1|58}}{{file ref|Rosharan_Wines.jpg|Rosharan wines}}
==Attributes and Abilities==
Danlan is presumably of noble birth; she worked with [[Elhokar]]'s scribes in [[Kholinar]]{{book ref|sa2|46}} and Adolin
She is well informed on the politics among the [[highprince]]s and was able to avidly discuss [[Torol Sadeas]]'s motivations in his interactions with [[Dalinar Kholin]] and whether or not Dalinar should step down as highprince due to [[Dalinar's visions|his visions]]. She felt that Dalinar's enforcement of the [[Alethi Codes of War]] was too restrictive on the men in the warcamps.{{book ref|sa1|58}}
Danlan joined the secret organization known as the [[Diagram (group)|Diagram]] under unknown circumstances. She was considered a middling member of the group before it was disbanded.{{book ref|sa4|i|3}}
== History ==
===Courting Adolin===
Danlan traveled to the Shattered Plains to spend a few months with her father, [[Brightlord Morakotha]]. The day after her arrival, she was already calling on Adolin. He arranged for her to become one of his father's clerks, participating in his spanreed calls and serving as a scribe. She was therefore immediately privy to some of Dalinar's confidential conversations; she was controlling the spanreed when Jasnah called to ask Dalinar about the time he met the [[Parshendi]] and show him a drawing of a "[[Voidbringer]]".{{book ref|
Danlan met with Navani, who liked her and was impressed her with her intelligence; she encouraged Adolin to pursue her.{{book ref|sa1|52}} Adolin took her to an Outer Market wineshop before one of his duels. Danlan participated in the conversation with [[Jakamav]], [[Inkima]], [[Toral]] and [[Eshava]], and she tended to stay on the topic of politics.{{book ref|sa1|58}}
===Graves's Conspiracy===
Danlan was not with Graves or Moash during the final assassination attempt{{book ref|sa2|82}}{{book ref|sa2|83}}{{book ref|sa2|84}}
===Disbanding of the Diagram===
▲Danlan was not with Graves or Moash during the final assassination attempt{{book ref|sa2|82}}{{book ref|sa2|83}}{{book ref|sa2|84}} or when they fled the Shattered Plains,{{book ref|sa2|87}}{{book ref|sa3|43}} and her whereabouts are unknown.
When [[Taravangian]] disbanded the Diagram prior to the betrayal of the [[coalition of monarchs]] in [[Emul]], he recommended that middling members who "knew too much" should not be released back into the general population and should instead be sent on long "secret quests" to distant locations. He specifically recommended that Danlan be assigned such a task.{{book ref|sa4|i|3}}
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