Venli
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| Homeworld | Roshar | ||||||||
Venli is a Parshendi scholar in Narak during the War of Reckoning. She is slender, with a thin face and red and white marbled skin. She wears her hair long, down to her waist, where it is kept tied in three places. Her eyes are dark and glassy like all Listeners, as well as being keen and appearing violet in the right light. She utilises nimbleform as a substitute for the as of yet undiscovered scholarform.[1]
She researches new forms, and believes that she is close to discovering new forms. She deceives Eshonai, leading her to believe that she is trying to discover artform or meditationform when she discovers the stormform, which she later advocates trying, in an attempt to destroy the Alethi and win the war despite the dangers of the form, opting to ignore them.[1][2][3] She identifies the captured stormspren as the spren required to adopt stormform. She quickly grows irritated when Eshonai offers to test stormform, believing that Eshonai is attempting to steal the glory of the discovery from her, and also believes that Eshonai does not trust her.[2] Under stormform, when Eshonai begins to convert the Parshendi people to stormform, Venli reacts badly, believing that the strategy is too aggressive and abrupt to work. She also plans to attempt to seize control from her sister, and is the one to suggest killing the Parshendi who refuse to adopt stormform.[3]
She is Eshonai's sister, and was partners with Demid during their time as both mateform and nimbleform. After the Parshendi first made contact with humans, Venli created a written script for the Parshendi, recognising the value of recording information on paper. She also discovered nimbleform alongside her team of scholars.[1] She often smiles while wearing stormform.[4]