Gavilar Kholin

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Gavilar Kholin
por Grant M. Hansen
Casa Kholin Cónyuge Navani Hijos Elhokar, Jasnah Padres Padre de Dalinar Hermanos Dalinar Parientes Adolin, Renarin Ancestros Sadees Descendientes Gavinor
Fallecido	Tanat 1167, asesinado por Szeth
Capacidades	Portador de esquirlada
Títulos	Rey de Alezkar, Gavilar el Majestuoso
Grupo	Sons of Honor🐱︎
Nacionalidad	de Alezkar
Mundo natal	Roshar
Universo	Cosmere

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“Mi pueblo necesita unirse, y yo necesito un imperio que no se deshaga en luchas intestinas cuando yo no esté. ”

—Gavilar

Gavilar Kholin fue el Rey de Alezkar, una nación de Roshar, que fue asesinado por Szeth bajo las órdenes de los parshendi. Era el hermano de Dalinar Kholin y estaba casado con Navani Kholin, con quien tuvo dos hijos, Elhokar y Jasnah.

Apariencia y personalidad

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“Mi esposo fue un rey excelente, [...] pero no tenía un solo dedo erudito en su mano izquierda. [...] Era un hombre que seguía el ideal masculino clásico. ”

—De la biografía escrita por Navani de Gavilar

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Gavilar tiene un aspecto regio con la barba peinada, gemas brillantes en los dedos y un uniforme de estilo moderno. Tiene rasgos fuertes, una barbilla cuadrada, barba negra con un toque de blanco y ojos verde pálido. Tiene un conjunto de armadura esquirlada de color azul brillante, que suele prestar a los demás para poder llevar un traje moderno, y lleva un circulo de hierro negro como corona.

Es un hombre ambicioso que está obsesionado con el ascenso de la Casa Kholin y con eclipsar al Hacedor de Soles y su legado. Quiere liderar un reino sostenible y no pasa por alto la responsabilidad. Es un gran conocedor de la historia; tiene teorías sobre por qué el reino del Hacedor de Soles no se mantuvo, así como conocimientos sobre la historia de algunas espadas, incluida la de Juramentada, que acabaría siendo la de Dalinar. Es conocido por su habilidad política para hacer alianzas y se inclina más por engañar a sus enemigos para que se vuelvan unos contra otros, aunque no se siente culpable si su estrategia incluye el saqueo o la matanza brutal, como impulsaría su mejor amigo y consejero de confianza Torol Sadeas. Tenía tendencia a utilizar a los que le rodeaban, incluso si se preocupaba por ellos.

Si siguiera vivo, Gavilar estaría orgulloso de algunos aspectos de Dalinar y menos de otros; por ejemplo, pensaría que Dalinar no es lo suficientemente ambicioso.

En su juventud, tenía la costumbre de invocar y desechar su espada cuando se preparaba para una batalla, quizá como forma de aliviar el estrés. Se desconoce si lo conservó en su madurez.

Atrivutos y habilidades

Blandiendo esquirlada

La hoja esquirlada de Gavilar, Tormenta de fuego, tenía un metro ochenta de largo con un diseño a lo largo de la espada que se asemejaba a llamas ardientes que "casi parecían brillar". La armadura de Gavilar está pintada de azul con franjas doradas alrededor del borde de cada parte. El yelmo tiene res hileras de pequeñas alas en forma de cuerno. La gente que ve su armadura la considera hermosa. La habilidad de Gavilar en el uso de la espada y la armadura puede ser igualada por muy poca gente. Las esquirladas de Gavilar se utilizan ahora para entrenar.

Visiones

Para más información, ver visiones de Dalinar.

En algún momento antes de su muerte, Gavilar comienza a recibir visiones del Padre Tormenta durante cada alta tormenta. Estas visiones le parecen reales y las experimenta como si fuera él mismo, pero las otras personas que aparecen en las visiones lo ven como alguien más, no como un extraño. Al final de cada una de ellas, Gavilar oye la voz de Honor hablándole, ordenándole "unirlos". Como las visiones están pregrabadas, Gavilar no puede comunicarse con Honor. Al igual que su hermano, estaba en el camino de convertirse en un Forjador de Vínculos, pero a diferencia de Dalinar, nunca llegó a esa etapa.

Historia

Vida temprana

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Gavilar y Dalinar de jóvenes

Gavilar y Dalinar nacieron en una rama provincial de la familia Kholin. Su madre murió cuando él y su hermano eran pequeños, y su padre se ausentó de su vida y pasó su tiempo batiéndose en duelos. Después de que su padre sufriera una lesión permanente en la cabeza en un duelo, Gavilar asumió un papel paternal para su hermano menor Dalinar, enseñándole cosas como la forma de afeitarse. Gavilar era sólo de cuarto dahn, y no se le consideraba un contendiente serio para el alto príncipe. Conquistó el principado Kholin, matando a algunos de sus parientes y tomando el título de alto príncipe para sí mismo. Desde el principio, Gavilar contó con el apoyo de su hermano. Dalinar solía presentar a Gavilar a personas que creía que debía conocer. Esto provocó cierta confusión cuando Gavilar fue presentado por su hermano Dalinar a Navani. Dalinar los presentó porque deseaba cortejar él mismo a Navani, pero Gavilar creyó que Dalinar pretendía que él fuera quien cortejara a Navani con la presentación.

Unificación de Alezkar

Dalinar Kholin recuerda el comienzo de la guerra como él y Gavilar queriendo "cosas" que otros tenían y luchando para conseguir estas "cosas". Gavilar nunca refutó esa historia al principio, pero, hacia la época de la batalla en Rathalas, miraba más hacia la construcción de un reino que significara algo. Esto parece estar relacionado con el nacimiento de su primera hija Jasnah.

Gavilar, Sadeas y Dalinar dirigieron la guerra. Gavilar reclamó el trono e hizo alianzas; Torol Sadeas se ocupó de los problemas; y Dalinar ganó batallas. Gavilar se inclinaba más por una estrategia que enfrentara a los altos príncipes entre sí. Sadeas, sin embargo, le empujó hacia la brutalidad; no parecía preocuparse si sus tropas saqueaban una ciudad. Se da a entender que la guerra fue muy larga y sangrienta, pero Gavilar acabó ganándola tras derrotar al alto príncipe Kalanor, que fue empujado a la batalla después de que las fuerzas de Gavilar saquearan sus aldeas y mataran a todos los pacificadores.

Hacia el final de la guerra, Gavilar empezó a hablar de los Códigos de Guerra Alezi, probablemente después de que empezara a recibir las visiones del Padre Tormenta.

Gobernando Alezkar

“He is exactly what we need ... Hard enough to lead a war; soft enough to be beloved during peace. He has foresight and wisdom.”

—Sadeas on Gavilar

After winning the war, Gavilar took the throne as King of Alethkar. Gavilar did prove to be a proficient leader; he made sure the vision was towards a unified kingdom, and politics were the main tool for doing so. He wanted to ensure Elhokar would be able to hold it together without need of "putting out fires."

He was not soft, but approached things differently, using propaganda, talking to heirs of the highprinces on civic projects, censuring Dalinar and Sadeas on losing the Rift, and even the initial approach towards rebels, trying to scare them by fighting on the borders. Some highprinces considered this softness or weakness, yet he could be hard; some examples are his disappointment on knowing Dalinar had spared the heir of Tanalan or the way he talked of attacking Herdaz or Jah Keved.

It was during this time that he was most committed to the Codes of War. He talked of the Radiants as truly great when Alethkar was looked up to.

Gavilar and the Listeners (1165 - 1167)

“We live without honor, for your gods once brought ours. Without them, we have no power. This world is trapped, Eshonai! Stuck in a dull, lifeless state of transition. Unite them. I need a threat. Only danger will unite them. ”

—Gavilar to Eshonai

In approximately 1165, Gavilar and Dalinar made an expedition to the south of the Shattered Plains where they discovered the listeners, referred to by the humans as Parshendi. Dalinar, while scouting at a campsite, was the first to meet them. Although the other members of the expedition initially did not believe tales of intelligent parshmen, Eshonai's group came to the camp the next day. At first they couldn't believe parshmen could live on their own, but they found that these parshmen were friendly, curious and learned the Alethi language quite easily. Gavilar's stormwardens began calling them Parshendi. Although Gavilar had never before been scholarly, he grew more and more fascinated by the Parshendi. Despite Dalinar's attempts to return to Alethkar, Gavilar wanted to stay on the Shattered Plains to learn more about the Parshendi. Gavilar's officers thought the Parshendi were savages, but Gavilar thought the Parshendi were "an enclave of memories. A window into the past."

It's unknown why Gavilar made the treaty with the Parshendi. Many people believe it was because he knew the listeners had shardblades, but as a member of the Sons of Honor, Gavilar wished to start a Desolation to return the Heralds. He believed bringing back the Parshendi's old gods would benefit both the Parshendi and the humans, despite Eshonai's insistence that the Parshendi abandoned their gods. Even while witnessing her horror, he believed the Parshendi would be pleased that the Alethi were allies in seeking the return of their old gods.

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Gavilar meeting with Eshonai on the night of his death

Assassination (1167)

Para más información, ver Assassination of Gavilar.

The night of his assassination, Gavilar was attending a feast celebrating a treaty with the listeners. Before the feast he spoke in the lower palace floor with five people, including Amaram and Taravangian; in his conversation with Taravangian, he discussed the visions he had been seeing and warned the other king that a storm was coming. When he discovered that Eshonai had seen the meeting, he decided to speak to her about his plans. Gavilar wanted to bring back the listeners' gods, the Unmade, and start a new Desolation. Despite Eshonai's protests to the contrary, he believed this would benefit everyone, including the listeners. He then gave Eshonai a black sphere and asked her to take it to The Five and tell them what he had told her.

At some point during the feast, Gavilar slipped into the hallway to speak privately with Amaram. It is not known what they discussed. His daughter, Jasnah, found them talking. He rebuked her for her contempt for the party and expressed an interested that she and Amaram become closer acquainted. When Amaram left, Gavilar refused to tell Jasnah what they were discussing and went back into the party.

“Tell…tell my brother…he must find the most important words a man can say….”

—Gavilar's last words

When Gavilar learned that Szeth was in the palace to assassinate him, he put on his shardplate and prepared to act as a bodyguard while Sadeas prepared to act as the fleeing king. Szeth initially fell for it, fighting him and leaving to pursue Sadeas after he temporarily incapacitates Gavilar. When Gavilar does not follow Szeth, however, Szeth realizes the ruse. he returns and continues fighting Gavilar. Gavilar's helm was shattered and his plate was damaged, but he managed to injure Szeth by punching his face. In order to finish the fight, Szeth lured Gavilar onto the balcony and broke it using lashings.

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Gavilar fighting Szeth

A piece of wood gravely injured him by stabbing him in the side where his plate was damaged. As he was dying, Gavilar had a small, strange black sphere that he gave to Szeth and told him not to let some unknown group get it. He wished his brother to know the "most important words a man can say". Szeth then proceeded to write in Alethi those words in Gavilar's blood on a wooden block, which was later deciphered by Jasnah Kholin. Dalinar then took this to mean the words of the Knights Radiant.

At the end of his life, he believed he was being watched. Gavilar expected an attempt on his life, but not by the Parshendi. His suspects included Thaidakar, Restares, and Torol Sadeas, despite being on apparent good terms with Sadeas at the time. The Parshendi ordered his assassination because he was going to bring back their old gods, but he never became aware of this reason.

Legacy

“Gavilar the Majestic, first king of Alethkar in the new Kholin Dynasty, thirty-second highprince of the Kholin princedom, heir of the Sunmaker and blessed of the Almighty. His accomplishments will be lauded by all, and his dominion extends to the hereafter. ”

—Spoken at Gavilar's holy interment

At Gavilar's holy interment, he was lauded by the presiding ardent. His body was Soulcast into a stone sculpture. At the interment, the Alethi highprinces swore the Vengeance Pact and would go on to fight the War of Reckoning to avenge his death.

A number of works about Gavilar's life exist, including "Gavilar's Account", dictated by Gavilar to Jasnah a year before his murder; "Matain's account"; and "King Gavilar Kholin, A Biography" by Navani. Navani's biography crafted Gavilar a selective legacy, leaving out his abusive, dismissive treatment of her and his family so only she would have to bear the burden of who he really was.

Relationships

House Kholin

“You have no fame, accomplishment, or capacity of your own. Everything distinctive about you came from someone else. ”

—Gavilar to Navani

There is not much information on Gavilar's family dynamics, but there are hints of complex relationships. Gavilar feels strong affection for his brother Dalinar, but he tends to use people around him as tools to further his goals. Although he and his wife Navani were once close and plotted the conquest of Alethkar together, when Navani talks with passion on her spren research, Gavilar simply ignores her. Later in life as Gavilar develops larger goals, he stops including Navani in his plans. He leaves her to handle the public-facing duties of the monarchy alone and repeatedly tells her she is worthless. A few suggestions of Gavilar's relationship with his children exist. Dalinar references Gavilar's problems with young Jasnah and what he describes as her lunacy. Jasnah herself mentioned a childhood disease nobody remembered. Jasnah spends a lot of time with Gavilar discussing the Parshendi, and later says it was a rare time when she truly connected with him. Though she seems to respect his opinion, Gavilar often treats Jasnah as part of his legacy rather than a person, ignoring her resistance to marrying Amaram and demanding she follow the Vorin church in spite of her convictions. At this point in his life Gavilar has a low opinion of Elhokar, telling Navani he is not even capable of mediocrity. Many of his dismissive feelings toward his family are likely masked, kept out of his interactions with them. After his death most of the Kholins have remember him positively and even revere him. Dalinar refuses to allow criticism of Gavilar and devotes himself to protecting Elhokar, the remaining piece of his brother. Jasnah takes great interest in the changes near the end of his life. Elhokar remembers him as a perfect king Elhokar will never live up to, so dislikes when Gavilar is mentioned. Only Navani sees the darker side of his character, and she hides it, writing him a legacy of being the ideal Alethi man.

Sadees the Sunmaker

“Hopefully my accomplishments won’t be as ephemeral as his. ”

—Gavilar to Toh in reference to the Sunmaker.

During his conquests and reign, Gavilar looked towards the Sunmaker for guidance. Although the Sunmaker is revered by most in Alethkar for creating a united empire, Gavilar has a more negative view of him. Gavilar blames the destruction of the Sunmaker's empire on his greed and inability to be satisfied with what he conquered. Gavilar hopes that he'll be able to create a longer-lasting empire and overshadow the Sunmaker in the minds of the people. Despite his criticisms of the Sunmaker, Gavilar is willing to use his connection to him to his advantage. For example, Gavilar did not wish to wear a crown because the Sunmaker refused to.

Sons of Honor

Although Gavilar was not in charge of the Sons of Honor, he was an influential member of the group. He was responsible for an expansion in the ranks of members, including bringing in Amaram. He was an important enough member to have access to and knowledge of their plan to return the Voidbringers, including the black spheres. Despite this, Gavilar suspected Restares, leader of the Sons of Honor, of his assassination, indicating that there might have been some conflict or suspicion between the two.

Trivia

• In The Way of Kings Prime, Gavilar went by the name Nolhonarin. Much like Gavilar, Nolhonarin dies before the story proper begins.

Notes

Antecesor Interregnum (Previously Sadees)

King of Alethkar c. 1163 to c. Tanat 1167

Sucesor Elhokar Kholin

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