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| name = Jasnah Kholin<br />
| title = Brightness; Princess; Queen of Alethkar<br />
| house = [[Elsecallers]]; [[House Kholin]]<br />
| race = Alethi<br />
| status = Alive<br />
| region = [[Alethkar]]; Kharbranth; [[Urithiru]]<br />
| born = Alethkar<br />
| died =<br />
| weapon = [[Ivory]] (living [[Shardblade]]); [[Soulcaster]]<br />
| fate = Elsecaller of the new [[Knights Radiant]]; Queen of Alethkar<br />
| quote = There is no role for women in the old tales. So I will create a role for myself.<br />
}}<br />
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'''Jasnah Kholin''' is a major character in [[The Stormlight Archive]] by [[Brandon Sanderson]]. The daughter of the late King [[Gavilar Kholin]] and [[Navani Kholin]], and sister to King [[Elhokar Kholin]], Jasnah is the foremost scholar of her age, a famed heretic, and an [[Elsecallers|Elsecaller]] of the [[Knights Radiant]], bonded to the inkspren [[Ivory]].<br />
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Brilliant, ruthlessly rational, and uncompromising, Jasnah is one of the few characters who grasped the true threat to [[Roshar]] long before anyone believed her. She becomes Queen of [[Alethkar]] following [[Elhokar Kholin|Elhokar's]] death.<br />
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== Background ==<br />
Jasnah is a member of the Alethi royal family. Famous throughout the [[Vorin]] world as a heretic for openly rejecting the existence of the Almighty and the authority of the [[Vorinism|Vorin church]], she devoted herself to scholarship -- particularly history and the lost [[Knights Radiant]]. She bonded the inkspren [[Ivory]] in secret, becoming an Elsecaller, and could Soulcast without a fabrial, a fact she concealed behind a fake [[Soulcaster]].<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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=== The Way of Kings ===<br />
In Kharbranth, Jasnah takes [[Shallan Davar]] as her ward, unaware that Shallan intends to steal her Soulcaster. She investigates the ancient enemy of [[Roshar]] -- the [[Voidbringers]] -- believing their return imminent, and demonstrates her power by Soulcasting a group of would-be muggers to crystal and smoke, a chilling display of her pragmatism.<br />
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=== Words of Radiance ===<br />
Jasnah is attacked aboard ship by assassins of the [[Ghostbloods]] and presumed dead, escaping into [[Shadesmar]]. After a long ordeal she returns, reuniting with [[Shallan Davar]] and the Kholin family on the [[Shattered Plains]], her warnings about the coming [[Desolation]] now vindicated.<br />
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=== Oathbringer ===<br />
With [[Elhokar Kholin]] dead in [[Kholinar]], Jasnah is the rightful heir and is crowned Queen of [[Alethkar]]. She navigates the political and theological upheaval of the [[Voidbringers]]' return, balancing cold strategic logic against the moral weight of leadership -- including a controversial willingness to consider extreme measures against the enemy [[Singer]]s.<br />
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=== Rhythm of War and Wind and Truth ===<br />
As Queen and as an Elsecaller, Jasnah engages in scholarly debate (notably with [[Taravangian]]) over ethics and survival, and contributes her formidable mind and power to the war effort from [[Urithiru]] and beyond, including the diplomatic and martial crises of [[Wind and Truth]].<br />
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== Character ==<br />
Jasnah is fiercely intelligent, decisive, and emotionally reserved, valuing reason and results over sentiment or tradition. Her atheism and heresy isolate her socially but free her to think without dogma. Beneath her cold exterior lies genuine care for her family and ward, and a willingness to bear the burden of hard, unpopular decisions for the greater good.<br />
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== Powers and abilities ==<br />
:''Main article: [[Elsecallers]]''<br />
As an Elsecaller, Jasnah wields the Surges of Transformation ([[Soulcasting]]) and Transportation, allowing her to transmute matter and to travel physically into and out of [[Shadesmar]], the [[Cognitive Realm]]. Her bond with the inkspren [[Ivory]] grants her a living [[Shardblade]]. She is among the most powerful and self-controlled Radiants of her era.<br />
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== Relationships ==<br />
* '''[[Ivory]]''' -- her inkspren, an Elsecaller spren and her living Shardblade.<br />
* '''[[Shallan Davar]]''' -- her former ward and protege.<br />
* '''[[Navani Kholin]]''' -- her mother, a fellow scholar.<br />
* '''[[Elhokar Kholin]]''' -- her brother, whose throne she inherits.<br />
* '''[[Hoid]]''' -- a mysterious figure with whom she has guarded dealings.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
<blockquote>''There is no role for women in the old tales. So I will create a role for myself.''</blockquote><br />
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<blockquote>''The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.''</blockquote><br />
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