Formless
A potential fourth persona stirring inside Shallan that she has told herself she will never let take shape — *Formless wasn't real* — and yet the idea frightens Veil, and what frightens Veil terrifies Shallan. Stress at the Ghostbloods and at the things Shallan cannot bear to remember keeps feeding it. SA:RoW:Ch 9
Events
- SA:RoW:Ch 90 When the count of Shallan's inner voices tips, the persona that speaks aloud to Adolin — telling him the trial is not ruined — is Formless.
- SA:RoW:Ch 93 Walks all the way to the kill, then is dispelled by Veil as the illusion she always was.
- SA:WaT:Ch 65 Whispers in Shallan's ear urging her to kill Mraize and Dalinar both; loses her grip when Shallan refuses.
- SA:WaT:Ch 129 Formless watches eyelessly from the edge as Shallan weathers the visions; for the first time the persona feels seen rather than dominant, and her grip slips.
- SA:WaT:Ch 131 Formless drifts up to Shallan's left during the standoff — face a swirl, hair matching hers — and at the last instant takes the stolen anti-Light knife to the face.
- SA:WaT:Ch 134 The persona's stolen face peels away under the anti-Stormlight blade, revealing Iyatil beneath the Lightweaving she has worn the entire expedition.
Backreferences
- summarySA:RoW:Ch 9
- summarySA:RoW:Ch 13
- summarySA:RoW:Ch 24
- summarySA:RoW:Ch 26
- summarySA:RoW:Ch 30
- summarySA:RoW:Ch 32
- summarySA:RoW:Ch 75
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- summarySA:RoW:Ch 90
- summarySA:RoW:Ch 93
- factBrightness Radiant
- summarySA:WaT:Ch 3
- summarySA:WaT:Ch 7
- summarySA:WaT:Ch 15
- summarySA:WaT:Ch 49
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- factShallan Davar
- summarySA:WaT:Ch 65
- factShallan Davar
- summarySA:WaT:Ch 129
- factShallan Davar
- summarySA:WaT:Ch 131
- factShallan Davar
- summarySA:WaT:Ch 134
- factShallan Davar