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'''Aesudan Kholin''' iswas the queen of [[Alethkar]] and wife of [[Elhokar Kholin]].{{book ref|sa2|prologue}} She managesmanaged the kingdom in her husband's absence, while he wageswaged the [[War of Reckoning]] against the [[Parshendi]] on the [[Shattered Plains]].

Aesudan marriesmarried Elhokar some time before his ascension to the throne of Alethkar. Little of her life prior to that iswas known. As a princess of Alethkar, she attendsattended the treaty signing feast with the Parshendi on the night that King [[Gavilar Kholin]] iswas assassinated by [[Szeth]].{{book ref|sa2|prologue}} On that same night, prior to the king's death, [[Jasnah Kholin]] meetsmet with [[Liss]], an assassin that she had hired as one of Aesudan's maids. For unknown reasons, Jasnah instructsinstructed Liss to observe Aesudan and report back on her actions, but not to assassinate her unless Jasnah ordersordered it. Ultimately Jasnah decidesdecided against that, but her reasoning remains unclear. Elhokar later statesstated that his sister had spoken out against his decision to marry Aesudan in the past, and that she'd claimed Aesudan was too power-hungry. Elhokar, however, just took it for strength.

At some point, Aesudan also givesgave birth to a son, [[Gavinor]], but exactly when this occurs is uncertain.{{book ref|sa2|1}}

When Elhokar ascendsascended to the throne of Alethkar, he iswas immediately forced to leave [[Kholinar]] to fulfill the terms of the [[Vengeance Pact]] in what is to becomebecame known as the [[War of Reckoning]]. This leavesleft Aesudan ruling as regent on the throne of Alethkar.{{book ref|sa1|15}} The king's mother, [[Navani Kholin]], remainsremained behind to advise Aesudan in her duties. However, Navani makesmade the judgement that Aesudan is sufficiently skilled to rule on her own, and leavesleft her for the Shattered Plains.{{book ref|sa1|22}}

However, either Navani makesmade a crucial misjudgment or the Unmade corrupted Aesudan after Navani's departure, because Aesudan inadvertently beginsbegan to turn the populace against herself.{{book ref|sa2|i|12}} She throwsthrew lavish feasts, reveling in excess, and allowsallowed food sent in by starving farmers for the soldiers on the Shattered Plains to simply rot away. She also cancelscanceled the [[Beggar's Feast]]s. This iswas perhaps due in part to her sycophantic [[ardent]]s who simply telltold her that she iswas always on the right path. However, one of the ardents assigned to her retinue, a young woman named [[Pai]], refusesrefused to look past the queen's flaws and performsperformed an act of civil disobedience. She goeswent before the Common Throne of the [[People's Hall]] and inksinked the [[glyphs]] of the [[Ten fools|ten foolish attributes]] before the Throne, as well as a paragraph belowbeside each glyph, explaining how Aesudan exemplifiesexemplified each of these traits, denouncing not only the queen but the government itself. Pai iswas executed, but Kholinar eruptserupted in riots the next day.{{book ref|sa2|interlude|12}}

Following the summoning of the [[Everstorm]] and the rallying of a Voidbringer army, Kholinar iswas surrounded by [[Fused]] and [[Singers]], who useused spren to locate and punish any use of [[fabrial|fabrials]], preventing communication via [[spanreed]]. [[Elhokar]], [[Kaladin]], [[Adolin]] and [[Shallan]] arewere sent by [[Dalinar]] to infiltrate the city and save Aesudan and [[Gavinor Kholin]]. When Elhokar finally getsgot into the palace and speaksspoke with her, she claimsclaimed that Pai the Ardent tried to overthrow her, that her queen's guard arewere all Knights Radiant, and that she hashad figured out how to bond spren. They learnlearned that she iswas under the influence of the [[Unmade]] [[Yelig-nar]] and [[Ashertmarn]].{{book ref|sa3|84}} After part of the infiltration team fleesfled Kholinar via a corrupted [[Oathgate]], Aesudan's fate iswas unknown (Odium sayssaid that "the power consumed her" but it is not clear what he meansmeant by this{{book ref|sa3|118}}) but [[Drehy]] and [[Skar]] are revealed to have saved [[Gavinor]]{{book ref|sa3|122}} and [[Yelig-nar]] findsfound a new vessel in [[Amaram]] during the battle of [[Thaylen City]].{{book ref|sa3|118}}