Jasnah Kholin
The Alethi king's daughter. Notable by her absence from the feast at the time of the assassination. SA:WoK:Prologue
Presence
appears mentioned absent
Known facts
- scholarThirty-four years old; would already hold the cap of a master scholar were it not for her vocal denunciation of religion.SA:WoK:Ch 3
- heresyShe is the only member of a faithful royal house who openly professes heresy and denounces the devotaries.SA:WoK:Ch 3
- soulcasterShe wears a Soulcaster as a piece of jewelry on her freehand: two rings and a bracelet linked by chains, holding three large cut gems — a smokestone, a diamond, and a ruby — across the back of her hand. Hers is a greater Soulcaster, capable of any transformation, where most are limited to a few.SA:WoK:Ch 5
- appearanceTall and slender, with clear skin, narrow black eyebrows, and thick onyx hair worn partly up around a small scroll-shaped golden ornament with two long hairpins, the rest curled and falling to her shoulders. Squarish face with discriminating pale violet eyes.SA:WoK:Ch 5
- wardship-requestsTwelve young women have asked her for a wardship this year alone; Shallan is the only one who chased her past the first few stops.SA:WoK:Ch 5
- veil-servant-bribeBribes Palanaeum servants to warn her the moment Shallan sets foot back in the Veil — she will not be ambushed in her alcove a second time.SA:WoK:Ch 8
- soulcaster-gloveWears a fingerless black glove over the Soulcaster in public hours, masking the bright gemstones.SA:WoK:Ch 8
- rates-taravangian-highlyTells Shallan never again to call King Taravangian dull. In ancient days a king who brought peace was prized; today the same man is called weak — and the change has been centuries coming. Taravangian reminds her of her uncle Dalinar.SA:WoK:Ch 29
- warns-kabsal-after-soulcasterEnters the alcove unannounced behind Shallan and Kabsal, drives him off with public rudeness, and tells Shallan flatly afterwards that he is not interested in her in any of the ways she thinks — that he will eventually ask her to steal the Soulcaster. She has experience with his type.SA:WoK:Ch 33
- kills-four-muggers-with-soulcasterLeads Shallan in a palanquin late at night through a poor quarter of Kharbranth and gets out alone in an alley to bait four would-be muggers. She Soulcasts all four into smoke, fire, and crystal in the same moment — a deliberate act of removal — and uses the moment as a teaching exercise for her ward: *Am I a monster, or did I just stop four murderers from walking the streets? You will spend the week researching it.*SA:WoK:Ch 36
- soulcasts-shallans-bloodCradles Shallan as the poison takes hold; demands a garnet (the Essence for flesh and blood) and prepares to Soulcast her blood to purify it — an extremely dangerous use of her Soulcaster for which she has no talent. Shallan, slipping under, upends her safepouch — and the golden Soulcaster falls out beside Kabsal's garnet. Jasnah gasps. Something happens. Shallan feels a flash of inner heat and goes black.SA:WoK:Ch 48
- researches-the-true-voidbringersHas spent years compiling references that point to a single conclusion: the Parshendi and the parshmen are descendants of the Voidbringers. A new Desolation is coming.SA:WoK:Ch 71
Appearances
- SA:WoK:Ch 3 (present)
- SA:WoK:Ch 5 (present)
- SA:WoK:Ch 7 Returns to the alcove from the Palanaeum, displeased
- SA:WoK:Ch 8 Rejects, then returns to interrogate the satchel, then accepts the wardship
- SA:WoK:Ch 29 Debates the Almighty with Taravangian; critiques Shallan's sketch and self-censorship
- SA:WoK:Ch 33 Walks into the alcove behind them with a parshman and a basket of books; cuts Kabsal apart in three sentences
- SA:WoK:Ch 36 Soaks in the fabrial-warmed pool while Shallan reads aloud; later kills four men in the alley to teach a lesson; allows Shallan to brush her hair afterwards
- SA:WoK:Ch 42 Permits Shallan a day of her own; smiles when Shallan chooses study
- SA:WoK:Ch 45 Rushes in at the door, calls for help, presses on the wound
- SA:WoK:Ch 48 Tries to save Shallan with a flesh-Soulcasting; sees the device fall and understands the theft
- SA:WoK:Ch 50 Strides into the room and explains the poison and Kabsal's plot in an even, ice-cold voice
- SA:WoK:Ch 51 Delivers the cold accounting of consequences and the morning's passage home
- SA:WoK:Ch 71 Confirms her thesis and acknowledges the threat from the Ghostbloods
- SA:WoK:Ch 72 Re-accepts Shallan; sets the terms
- SA:WoK:Ch 74 Recognises the mark and burns it
Related
- foreshadowsShallan Davar — Shallan has come to Kharbranth chasing Jasnah Kholin for six months, intent on becoming her ward. SA:WoK:Ch 3
- relatedThe Davar Soulcaster — Jasnah's Soulcaster is visually identical to the broken one Shallan and her brothers found in their dead father's coat. SA:WoK:Ch 5
- mentionsKabsal — Has requested an audience with Jasnah several times, hoping to convert her SA:WoK:Ch 7
- relatedShallan Davar — Writes a formal letter of appeal asking Jasnah to reconsider the wardship SA:WoK:Ch 7
- relatedShallan Davar — Accepted as Jasnah's ward at last; will divide her time between her own education and Jasnah's studies SA:WoK:Ch 8
- relatedShallan Davar — The alley killings + research assignment as Shallan's first deep moral lesson SA:WoK:Ch 36
- relatedShallan Davar — Soulcaster falls from Shallan's pouch as Jasnah is about to Soulcast her blood — the theft is exposed mid-rescue SA:WoK:Ch 48
- fulfillsKabsal — Confirmed assassin target — the long-game poisoning of every alcove visit SA:WoK:Ch 50
- relatedShallan Davar — Ends the wardship cold; arranges passage home; reduces her to sas nahn SA:WoK:Ch 51
Thread
- SA:WoK:PrologueintroIntroduced as “Jasnah Kholin”
- SA:WoK:Ch 3edgeforeshadows: Shallan Davar — Shallan has come to Kharbranth chasing Jasnah Kholin for six months, intent on becoming her ward.
- SA:WoK:Ch 3factscholar: Thirty-four years old; would already hold the cap of a master scholar were it not for her vocal denunciation of religion.
- SA:WoK:Ch 3factheresy: She is the only member of a faithful royal house who openly professes heresy and denounces the devotaries.
- SA:WoK:Ch 5edgerelated: The Davar Soulcaster — Jasnah's Soulcaster is visually identical to the broken one Shallan and her brothers found in their dead father's coat.
- SA:WoK:Ch 5factsoulcaster: She wears a Soulcaster as a piece of jewelry on her freehand: two rings and a bracelet linked by chains, holding three large cut gems — a smokestone, a diamond, and a ruby — across the back of her hand. Hers is a greater Soulcaster, capable of any transformation, where most are limited to a few.
- SA:WoK:Ch 5factappearance: Tall and slender, with clear skin, narrow black eyebrows, and thick onyx hair worn partly up around a small scroll-shaped golden ornament with two long hairpins, the rest curled and falling to her shoulders. Squarish face with discriminating pale violet eyes.
- SA:WoK:Ch 5factwardship-requests: Twelve young women have asked her for a wardship this year alone; Shallan is the only one who chased her past the first few stops.
- SA:WoK:Ch 7edgementions: Kabsal — Has requested an audience with Jasnah several times, hoping to convert her
- SA:WoK:Ch 7edgerelated: Shallan Davar — Writes a formal letter of appeal asking Jasnah to reconsider the wardship
- SA:WoK:Ch 8edgerelated: Shallan Davar — Accepted as Jasnah's ward at last; will divide her time between her own education and Jasnah's studies
- SA:WoK:Ch 8factveil-servant-bribe: Bribes Palanaeum servants to warn her the moment Shallan sets foot back in the Veil — she will not be ambushed in her alcove a second time.
- SA:WoK:Ch 8factsoulcaster-glove: Wears a fingerless black glove over the Soulcaster in public hours, masking the bright gemstones.
- SA:WoK:Ch 29factrates-taravangian-highly: Tells Shallan never again to call King Taravangian dull. In ancient days a king who brought peace was prized; today the same man is called weak — and the change has been centuries coming. Taravangian reminds her of her uncle Dalinar.
- SA:WoK:Ch 33factwarns-kabsal-after-soulcaster: Enters the alcove unannounced behind Shallan and Kabsal, drives him off with public rudeness, and tells Shallan flatly afterwards that he is not interested in her in any of the ways she thinks — that he will eventually ask her to steal the Soulcaster. She has experience with his type.
- SA:WoK:Ch 36edgerelated: Shallan Davar — The alley killings + research assignment as Shallan's first deep moral lesson
- SA:WoK:Ch 36factkills-four-muggers-with-soulcaster: Leads Shallan in a palanquin late at night through a poor quarter of Kharbranth and gets out alone in an alley to bait four would-be muggers. She Soulcasts all four into smoke, fire, and crystal in the same moment — a deliberate act of removal — and uses the moment as a teaching exercise for her ward: *Am I a monster, or did I just stop four murderers from walking the streets? You will spend the week researching it.*
- SA:WoK:Ch 48edgerelated: Shallan Davar — Soulcaster falls from Shallan's pouch as Jasnah is about to Soulcast her blood — the theft is exposed mid-rescue
- SA:WoK:Ch 48factsoulcasts-shallans-blood: Cradles Shallan as the poison takes hold; demands a garnet (the Essence for flesh and blood) and prepares to Soulcast her blood to purify it — an extremely dangerous use of her Soulcaster for which she has no talent. Shallan, slipping under, upends her safepouch — and the golden Soulcaster falls out beside Kabsal's garnet. Jasnah gasps. Something happens. Shallan feels a flash of inner heat and goes black.
- SA:WoK:Ch 50edgefulfills: Kabsal — Confirmed assassin target — the long-game poisoning of every alcove visit
- SA:WoK:Ch 51edgerelated: Shallan Davar — Ends the wardship cold; arranges passage home; reduces her to sas nahn
- SA:WoK:Ch 71factresearches-the-true-voidbringers: Has spent years compiling references that point to a single conclusion: the Parshendi and the parshmen are descendants of the Voidbringers. A new Desolation is coming.
Backreferences
- summarySA:WoK:Prologue
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 3
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 5
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 7
- factShallan Davar
- factThe Davar Soulcaster
- factKabsal
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 8
- factShallan Davar
- factSoulcaster
- factThe Passions
- summarySA:WoK:I-2
- factShallan Davar
- factNavani Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 28
- factDalinar Kholin
- factDanlan
- factThe Voidbringer Illustration
- factThe Voidbringer Illustration
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 29
- factShallan Davar
- factShallan Davar
- factThe Assuredness Movement
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 33
- factShallan Davar
- factKabsal
- factAkinah
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 36
- factThe Parshendi
- factShallan Davar
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 39
- factShallan Davar
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 42
- factShallan Davar
- factShallan Davar
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 45
- factShallan Davar
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 48
- factJasnah Kholin
- factShallan Davar
- factKabsal
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 50
- factKabsal
- factBackbreaker Powder
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 51
- factShallan Davar
- factSas Nahn
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 60
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 71
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 72
- factShallan Davar
- factVeristitalian
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 74
- factThe Three-Diamond Faction