Eshonai
First appears in The Way of Kings.
The Stormlight Archive
Summary
A Parshendi explorer and cartographer who made first contact with humans and rose to be general of her people and a voice on the Council of Five. She carried the Five's decision to have Gavilar killed, faced Dalinar at the Tower, then drove her people into stormform. Her sister finds her body in a chasm.
Book by book 7 events
Before
- As a young scout Eshonai leads expeditions through the wilderness and is the first of her people to make contact with humans.
The Way of Kings
Words of Radiance
- Pressed by her soldiers and by Venli, Eshonai agrees to be the first to try the new stormform.
- In stormform Eshonai leads a coup against the Five and gathers the listeners who changed, expecting to deal with those who refused.
- She arranges a meeting believing she will find Dalinar, and meets Adolin in his place.
Oathbringer
- Venli finds Eshonai's lifeless body in a chasm, her Shardblade driven into the rock beside her.
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