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|siblings=[[Eshonai]]
|spouse=[[Demid]]
|abilities=[[stormform]] <small>(formerly)</small>, [[envoyform]], {{tag+|willshaper}}
|bonded=[[Timbre]]
|species=singer
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'''Venli''' is a [[listener]] scholar in [[Narak]]
== Appearance and Personality ==
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Venli is slender, with a thin face and red-and-white marbled skin. She wears her hair long, down to her waist,
In any form she has, Venli seems to tend towards the fatalistic, putting the odds of things like the war ending or her own survival at rather low.{{book ref|sa2|i|1}}{{book ref|sa3|109}} While she wishes she had the power to fight, she does not consider herself to be skilled in this regard, and being on a battlefield distresses her.{{book ref|sa3|i|6}}{{book ref|sa3|115}} On the other hand, she's highly ambitious, and by and large does not care about the plight of her people, so long as she gets what she wants -- power and recognition.{{book ref|sa3|i|11}} To that end, she can be extremely manipulative and deceitful; however, when those goals, and the respect they'd give her, are threatened, she grows angry.{{book ref|sa2|i|4}} She seems jealous of her sister and her position, and tries to take over once the two are both in stormform.{{book ref|sa2|i|11}}
Eshonai's death is a massive catalyst of change in her.{{book ref|sa3|i|1}} Over time, Venli comes to understand how horrid her actions have been and
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=== Early life ===
Venli is the sister of [[Eshonai]], and though her age is unclear, it's implied she's the
=== War of Reckoning ===
| Venli's thoughts of Eshonai{{book ref|sa3|i|11}}
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When nine listeners were chosen by Ulim to receive "new forms", Venli and Demid were among them. In the Everstorm, the [[Fused]] replaced the souls of all of them, possessing their bodies, with Venli being the sole exception. Proteted by [[Odium]] himself, she was instead gifted the [[envoyform]]. After realizing that the others were effectively dead, Venli once more spotted the strange spren, and hid it from the Fused.{{book ref|sa3|i|6}}
Afterwards, Venli became Odium's chief propagandist, first in [[Kholinar]], then in [[Marat]], telling the tragic tale of the listeners who, according to the new narrative, sacrificed themselves to free the [[Parshmen]] of their mindless slavery. During that time, she was kept apart from other singers to maintain her mystique; in lieu of contact with her people, she began chatting at her mute spren, whom she nicknamed [[Timbre]]. At Timbre's urging, she finally admitted that summoning the old gods was a horrible mistake, and that she wished she should be like her sister.{{book ref|sa3|i|7}}{{book ref|sa3|i|9}}{{book ref|sa3|i|11}}
While she
=== Surgebinder ===
During the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], Venli remained mostly out of the
Following the battle, Venli remained on the Thaylen ships. Upon hearing the former [[Parshmen]] note that they have no idea who their people are, she decided to tell them the real story of the [[listener]]s.{{book ref|sa3|121}}
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Venli is a highly skilled scholar and researcher; she has managed to create a functional writing system from scratch
=== Forms ===
As a [[singer]], Venli has a [[gemheart]], and can bond with different [[spren]] to attain different forms.
As a [[nimbleform]], Venli is agile and precise, as well as keen-minded. Assuming [[stormform]] makes her significantly stronger and tougher, almost enough to rival a person wearing [[Shardplate]]. It also lets her shoot red lightning from her hands.{{book ref|sa3|i|11}} Those abilities go away once the [[envoyform]] is thrust upon her, though she grows even taller. Instead of casting lightning, she gains the ability to speak and understand any language, both human and singer, on [[Roshar]]. She also mentions having other, lesser gifts, though those are unspecified.{{book ref|sa3|i|7}}▼
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=== Surgebinding ===
With envoyform being one of the forms of power, Venli has a [[voidspren]] in her gemheart; however, she's also bonded with [[Timbre]], a [[Reacher]], making her a [[Willshaper]]. Though this allows her to breathe in [[Stormlight]], it's uncertain if she has all the abilities that a human Willshaper would. As she has only just said the First Ideal, she
Though the
== Trivia ==
* Venli will be the focus character of ''[[Rhythm of War]]'', although the flashbacks will be split between her and [[Eshonai]].{{wob ref|13302}}
* Brandon has planned to kill off
* At present, Venli is one of only three [[singer]] viewpoint characters in the [[Stormlight Archive]], alongside her sister and [[Rlain]].
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