Venli

Eshonai and Venli are sisters whose opposing judgments about Venli’s discovery strain their bond. Venli sees stormform as a possible means of saving their people, while Eshonai fears its dangerous power and the return of the old gods.

Venli remembers her love for her mother and the songs Hesina taught her. Hesina’s diligent teaching preserved the listeners’ songs across generations.

Rlain and Venli are listeners and siblings. Their histories and different choices place them on separate paths, but in the crisis they cooperate to guide humans and singers to safety.

Venli is deeply attached to her mother, the keeper of songs, and relies on her for guidance and reassurance. Jaxlim encourages Venli’s talents while cautioning her against distraction and fear of failure.

Dul is part of Venli’s inner circle and helps coordinate her secret plan to lead a group of singers to escape the Fused. They share information, trust, and hope for freedom.

Venli learns that Kaladin is still conscious and, influenced by Timbre, acts to protect his family from the Pursuer’s violence.

Thude is wary of Venli because of her past betrayal, but listens to her and allows her to approach the listeners and her mother.

Timbre is Venli’s Radiant spren, protecting her from the Voidspren’s influence and communicating through rhythms. Timbre guides Venli toward agency and cautions her about the risks of their work.

Venli searches for and attunes to Cultivation’s tone, combining it with Odium’s tone to exercise her stone-related powers and reconnect with her people’s ancient songs.

Venli is assigned to assist a group of Deepest Ones and challenges their proposed search methods while helping them reason about the tower’s shield nodes.

Venli likes Demid because he listens to her and offers compliments; she wishes he were with her while she sneaks through the palace.

Venli pressures Denshil, the head of farming, to divert and cut gemstones for her plan to provide forms of power to the listeners.

Klade is an elder who questions Venli about her discovery of trapping spren and considers its possible uses.

Leshwi is Venli’s mistress and guide among the Fused. Venli serves as her Voice, learns from her, and quietly questions her counsel about singer independence.

Venli permits Lirin to care for the unconscious Radiants and discusses the risks of resistance with him. She recognizes his pragmatic instinct to protect his family by managing his situation.

Mazish belongs to Venli’s trusted group and brings her urgent news that another listener has been found.

Mikaim is one of Venli’s scholars and serves as the listeners’ surgeon; she treats Venli and Eshonai’s mother after her injury.

Nale has Venli released from human custody under his legal authority and gives her information that could justify action against Gavilar. Venli finds him frightening and does not trust him.

The Rider of Storms confronts Venli when she enters the highstorm to use the gemstone, warning that the power will change mortals and addressing her as a child of Odium.

Rothan leads Leshwi’s soldiers and warns Venli not to provoke the Fused. He says he cares about her because Leshwi values her.

Venli recruits Shumin into a group seeking freedom from both Fused oppression and human rule. She tests Shumin’s resolve, explains the group’s aims, and offers the possibility of forms of power that need not surrender her will to Odium.

Venli is an apprentice keeper of songs who seeks the elders’ approval for her experiments with forms. Jaxlim presents Venli’s proposal to them, and they show interest before Eshonai’s discovery interrupts the gathering.

Venli serves the occupying Fused as their Voice but secretly seeks an opportunity to escape with her loyalists.

Ulim encourages Venli’s ambitions, supplies her with promises of forms of power, and manipulates her into accepting a plan to provoke war. Venli depends on him but increasingly distrusts his dismissive behavior.

Varnali is an elder who examines the gemstone Venli presents and discusses the potential usefulness of warform.

Axindweth approaches Venli in secret, exploits her desire to restore listener power and save her mother, and gives her a gemstone that sets Venli on a dangerous path.

Nale tells Venli that Gavilar plans to betray her people. Ulim uses this claim to persuade Venli that the listeners should strike first and provoke a war.

Odium used Venli to inspire the newly freed singers and destroyed the listeners as a people; Venli now keeps secrets from him and seeks to build a separate listener community.

Though Venli serves as a spy rather than confronting Raboniel openly, she fears Raboniel’s schemes and the destruction they may bring to the world.