Zhodeän Parmorin

**Zhodeän Parmorin** was a judicial Witness in Amalo.

## Personality

Zhodeän was professional, clear, and diplomatic, but stood up for Thara Celehar against Ediro Zanarin's verbal assault. Zhodeän also stood up for herself. She also had keen insight, or at least, in her words, functional eyesight. Thara noted she was thorough.

## Life

Zhodeän was familiar with Thara prior to the explosion at the Amal-Athamareise Ashenavo Trinciva, but they met there after she began her investigation into it, serving as the Witness for the *Excellence of Umvino*. When Thara arrived, Ediro was patronizing to him about his abilities, and Zhodeän stood up for him, further noting that she would help his investigation in any way she could. She agreed, over Ediro, with Thara's belief that the explosion was an accident. Zhodeän noted this was not the first airship she had witnessed for, and so she was familiar with how these things usually happened. She was in the middle of her own investigation, and did not understand the need for a Witness for the Dead. When Thara said he did not wish to intrude on her investigation, Ediro was further patronizing to both him and Zhodeän, infuriating Zhodeän.

Zhodeän and Ediro fought throughout the investigation, particularly since Ediro doubted Zhodeän's expertise. Zhodeän said that Ediro was chasing shadows, and left Ediro and Thara to continue her own investigation.

The next day, when Ediro's continued insistence on her own investigation led nowhere, Zhodeän noted that there "was a leak in one of the eisonar tanks" and likely a spark set off the explosion, meaning there was no malice, and it was, indeed, an accident, as she and Thara had repeatedly said. When Ediro left, Zhodeän noted that Ediro had known the ultimate conclusion the previous day, and had been too proud to admit it. Zhodeän and Thara went to the Amal'theileian to give depositions before Judiciar Erimar, with Thara's testimony - heavily amassed on Ediro's orders - well supporting Zhodeän's findings.

After the depositions, Zhodeän noted that Ediro had overstepped and misused him, and suggested Thara make a complaint to the Amal'othala. When Thara noted there was no need - Ediro's actions would speak for themselves - Zhodeän noted that maybe *she* would make a complaint, herself. Thara begged her not to, and she acceded, wishing him well.

Zhodeän was later assigned to witness for Esmeän Tativin, and so joined Thara's investigation. She later gave a deposition that, alongside Thara's, led to Esmeän's sentencing to death.

## Skills

Zhodeän appeared to be a good judicial Witness, and seemingly accurately discovered the actual source of the explosion at the Amal-Athamareise Ashenavo Trinciva.

## Relationships

#### Ediro Zanarin

Zhodeän and Ediro disliked each other, in part because Zhodeän stood up for Thara to Ediro, and in part because Ediro was incredibly patronizing to Zhodeän.

#### Thara Celehar

Zhodeän was professional in public and polite and friendly in private to Thara, and defended him to Ediro. They knew each other prior to the explosion investigation, and respected each other's abilities.

## Quotations

* "airship work is dangerous"
* [Thara]: “It is no matter,” I said uncomfortably. “Why?” said Parmorin, with a Witness’s gift for asking the worst possible question. “Because you were the only one suffering?”

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Addison, Katherine. *The Witness for the Dead*, First ed., Tor, 2021.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Addison, Katherine. *The Grief of Stones*, First ed., Tor, 2022.