Shallan Davar

Character from The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson

A Lightweaver who fractured herself into multiple personas to survive — brilliant artist and scholar hiding behind masks she can no longer tell from her true face.

Also known as: Shallan, Shallan Davar, Veil, Radiant, Brightness Davar, Shallan Kholin

What They Know

• Lightweaver bonded to the Cryptic spren Pattern — Surges of Illumination and Transformation
• Created alternate personas Veil and Radiant to cope with trauma, eventually reintegrated them
• Killed her mother as a child in self-defense, later killed her father to end his abuse
• Possesses eidetic memory for anything she sketches — her drawings reveal hidden truths
• Infiltrated the Ghostbloods as a spy, ultimately broke from Mraize's organization
• Studied under Jasnah Kholin as ward and protégée
• Married to Adolin Kholin
• Discovered the Oathgate at the Shattered Plains and helped activate it

Connections

• bonded_to — pattern
• married_to — adolin
• mentored_by — jasnah
• ally_of — dalinar
• enemy_of — mraize
• works_with — navani
• partner_of — adolin
• mentored_by — wit
• has_member — mraize
• mentored_by — mraize
• killed — ialai
• bonded_to — shardblades
• bonded_to — nahel_bond

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