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|spouse=[[Lin Davar|Lin]]
|children=[[Helaran]], [[Balat]], [[Jushu]], [[Wikim]], [[Shallan]]
|died={{RosharanLate date|1167|9|missing-date=y}} to early 1168{{book ref|sa2|10}}
|nation=Jah Keved
|world=Roshar
 
==History==
{{image|Davar family by zoethatcher art.jpg|side=left|width=300px|With her husband and five children}}
 
She was the first wife of [[Lin Davar]], and birthed [[Helaran Davar|Helaran]], [[Balat Davar|Balat]], twins [[Jushu Davar|Jushu]] and [[Wikim Davar|Wikim]], and [[Shallan]].
 
After Shallan began manifesting [[Surgebinding]] abilities at the age of eleven,{{book ref|sa2|10}} her mother and an associate attempted to kill Shallan.{{ref|group=fn|text=The associate is likely a [[Skybreaker]] acolyte with whom Shallan's mother had "intimate contact"{{book ref|sa3|40}} and is possibly named [[Dreder]],{{book ref|sa2|45}} but neither fact has been explicitly confirmed.}} They arrived at the Davar estate and argued with Lin, and Shallan's mother referred to her as "one of them". Lin and the associate scuffled; Lin injured the man with a knife that Shallan's mother then grabbed as the two men grappled.{{book ref|sa2|88}} She attacked Shallan, but Shallan's bonded [[Cryptic]], [[Testament]],{{book ref|sa4|93}} manifested as a [[Shardblade]] that Shallan used in self-defense to kill her mother.{{book ref|sa2|88}}
 
Lin, who had witnessed what happened, locked the Blade in a box{{book ref|sa2|88}} and Shallan later abandoned her spren.{{book ref|sa4|93}} Lin spread rumors that he had killed his wife and her lover in a jealous rage. Keeping the secret of these events in order to protect Shallan presumably contributed to Lin's dangerous instability and the eventual fall of House Davar.{{book ref|sa2|88}} The Davar children also developed mental health issues related to their mother's death and their father's subsequent rage, including Balat's fascination with death{{book ref|sa2|45}} and Jushu's gambling addiction.{{book ref|sa1|i|2}} In particular, Shallan's mental health was strongly affected by the guilt of killing her mother, leading to the suppression of many of her childhood memories.{{book ref|sa2|60}}{{book ref|sa4|93}} When she met [[Hoid]] at the [[Middlefest Fair]] in {{Rosharan date|1170}}, she allowed herself to briefly picture her life if her mother had still been alive, remembering her mother's voice and believing that she would have taught her philosophy and drawing.{{book ref|sa2|45}}
 
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