Eshonai

The Stormlight Archive

First appears in The Way of Kings.

Spoilers are folded away book by book: open only the books you have read. On the map, pick your book and it shows nothing past it.

The Stormlight Archive

Summary spoilers for the whole series

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 1 event, spoilers
  1. As a young scout Eshonai leads expeditions through the wilderness and is the first of her people to make contact with humans. source
The Way of Kings 2 events, spoilers
  1. At the treaty feast in Kholinar Gavilar tells the Five of his plan to release their gods, and the Five send Szeth to kill him. source
  2. Eshonai fights Dalinar at the Tower, salutes his respect for the Parshendi dead, and is left alive when the Alethi withdraw. source
Words of Radiance 3 events, spoilers
  1. Pressed by her soldiers and by Venli, Eshonai agrees to be the first to try the new stormform. source
  2. In stormform Eshonai leads a coup against the Five and gathers the listeners who changed, expecting to deal with those who refused. source
  3. She arranges a meeting believing she will find Dalinar, and meets Adolin in his place. source
Oathbringer 1 event, spoilers
  1. Venli finds Eshonai's lifeless body in a chasm, her Shardblade driven into the rock beside her. source
Connections spoilers

Enemy of

Dalinar Kholin

Travels to

Kholinar

Open Eshonai on the map · All characters · Suggest a correction