Navani Kholin
Presence
appears mentioned absent
Known facts
- returns-to-warcampsComes back from Alethkar to the warcamps under the rationale of protecting her son Elhokar, and bluntly tells Dalinar that the king is weak — a thing she would only say to a man whose loyalty she did not doubt. She arranges a private meeting with Dalinar a week out under the cover of reading him from Gavilar's book.SA:WoK:Ch 21
- proves-the-visions-are-realSits down with Dalinar and Adolin and shows them the sheet on which Dalinar has been transcribing — by rote, during his fits — the gibberish words his vision-companions speak around him. It is not gibberish: her scholars believe it is the Dawnchant, a language dead for over four thousand years. There is no other explanation for how a fifty-six-year-old Alethi warlord could speak it. The visions are real.SA:WoK:Ch 60
- kisses-dalinarHours after the Dawnchant revelation, Navani sits comfortably with him to debrief — and ends up kissing him. Dalinar is elated and ashamed at once. *The kiss was yours, Dalinar*, she says. *You seduced me to it. I have never been more open and honest in my life.* *I know — that was the seductive part.*SA:WoK:Ch 61
- walks-with-dalinar-at-palaceWalks with Dalinar around the grounds of Elhokar's raised field palace; presses gently on the unspoken — *I couldn't decide if you were interested or not.* He admits she is getting through to him.SA:WoK:Ch 63
Appearances
- SA:WoK:Ch 21 Returned from Alethkar; sits down across from Dalinar on the king's island and arranges a private meeting
- SA:WoK:Ch 28 Watches the spanreed conversation, then confronts Dalinar in private; he tells her he will abdicate
- SA:WoK:Ch 52 Comes to plead — and is sent away
- SA:WoK:Ch 60 Lays out the Dawnchant transcription and reverses everyone in the room
- SA:WoK:Ch 61 Sits with Dalinar for hours after the Dawnchant evening; kisses him; leaves
- SA:WoK:Ch 63 Confronts him gently about his flirtation-and-retreat
Related
- relatedElhokar Kholin — Mother to the king and to Jasnah; widow of Gavilar SA:WoK:Ch 12
- relatedDalinar Kholin — Old wound — she once played him and Gavilar off each other before choosing Gavilar; now back in front of him as an ally SA:WoK:Ch 21
- relatedDalinar Kholin — First kiss between them; he closes the door knowing the world has become more right by going wrong SA:WoK:Ch 61
Thread
- SA:WoK:Ch 12edgerelated: Elhokar Kholin — Mother to the king and to Jasnah; widow of Gavilar
- SA:WoK:Ch 12introIntroduced as “Navani Kholin”
- SA:WoK:Ch 21edgerelated: Dalinar Kholin — Old wound — she once played him and Gavilar off each other before choosing Gavilar; now back in front of him as an ally
- SA:WoK:Ch 21factreturns-to-warcamps: Comes back from Alethkar to the warcamps under the rationale of protecting her son Elhokar, and bluntly tells Dalinar that the king is weak — a thing she would only say to a man whose loyalty she did not doubt. She arranges a private meeting with Dalinar a week out under the cover of reading him from Gavilar's book.
- SA:WoK:Ch 60factproves-the-visions-are-real: Sits down with Dalinar and Adolin and shows them the sheet on which Dalinar has been transcribing — by rote, during his fits — the gibberish words his vision-companions speak around him. It is not gibberish: her scholars believe it is the Dawnchant, a language dead for over four thousand years. There is no other explanation for how a fifty-six-year-old Alethi warlord could speak it. The visions are real.
- SA:WoK:Ch 61edgerelated: Dalinar Kholin — First kiss between them; he closes the door knowing the world has become more right by going wrong
- SA:WoK:Ch 61factkisses-dalinar: Hours after the Dawnchant revelation, Navani sits comfortably with him to debrief — and ends up kissing him. Dalinar is elated and ashamed at once. *The kiss was yours, Dalinar*, she says. *You seduced me to it. I have never been more open and honest in my life.* *I know — that was the seductive part.*
- SA:WoK:Ch 63factwalks-with-dalinar-at-palace: Walks with Dalinar around the grounds of Elhokar's raised field palace; presses gently on the unspoken — *I couldn't decide if you were interested or not.* He admits she is getting through to him.
Backreferences
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 12
- factGrandbow
- factGrandbow
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 21
- factDalinar Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 28
- factDalinar Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 52
- factDalinar Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 60
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 61
- factNavani Kholin
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 63
- summarySA:WoK:Ch 69