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{{character
|image=
|parents=[[Jaxlim]]
|siblings=[[Eshonai]]
|abilities=[[Regal|Forms of Power]], {{tag+|willshaper}}
|bonded=[[Timbre]]
|titles=The Last Listener{{book ref|sa4|11}}<br />Voice of Lady Leshwi{{book ref|sa4|11}}<br />Voice of the Lady of Wishes <small>(former)</small>{{book ref|sa4|104}}<br />Voice of Odium <small>(former)</small>{{book ref|sa4|14}}<br />The Traitor<br />The Broken Sister<br />
|species=singer
|nation=listener
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|first appeared=[[Words of Radiance]]
}}
{{update|sa4}}
}}
'''Venli''' is a [[listener]] scholar in [[Narak]] and [[Eshonai]]'s sister. During the [[True Desolation]], she bonds with [[Timbre]] and becomes a [[Surgebinder]] of the [[Order of Willshapers]].
== Appearance and Personality ==
As a [[singer]], Venli has a [[gemheart]], and can bond with different [[spren]] to attain different forms.
In [[nimbleform]], Venli is agile and precise, as well as keen-minded. Assuming [[stormform]] makes her significantly stronger and tougher, almost enough to rival a person wearing [[Shardplate]]. It also lets her shoot red lightning from her hands.{{book ref|sa3|i|11}} Those abilities go away once the [[envoyform]] is thrust upon her, though she grows even taller. Instead of casting lightning, she gains the ability to speak and understand any language, writing and signals, both human and singer, on [[Roshar]]. She also mentions having other, lesser gifts, though those are unspecified.{{book ref|sa3|i|7}}
=== Surgebinding ===
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}}
Afterwards, Venli became Odium's chief propagandist, first in [[Kholinar]], then in [[Marat]], telling the tragic tale of the listeners who, according to the new narrative, sacrificed themselves to free the [[Parshmen]] of their mindless slavery. During that time, she was kept apart from other singers to maintain her mystique; in lieu of contact with her people, she began chatting
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}}
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