Usuario:Taln Fan/Dalinar Kholin
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{{character
|image=Dalinar.jpg
|family=[[House Kholin]]
|ancestors=[[Sadees]]
|parents=[[Dalinar's father]]
|siblings=[[Gavilar]]
|spouse=[[Evi]] <small>(deceased)</small>, [[Navani]]
|children=[[Adolin]], [[Renarin]]
|relatives=[[Jasnah]], [[Elhokar]], [[Gavinor]]
|born=ca. {{Rosharan date|1120|missing-date=y}}{{wob ref|5569}}
|abilities={{tag+|bondsmith}}, {{tag+|oldmagic}}, {{tag+|Shardbearer}} <small>(formerly)</small>
|bonded=the [[Stormfather]]
|titles={{tag+|Highprince|Alethkar}} <small>(formerly)</small>, [[Highprince of War]] <small>(formerly)</small>,<br />King of [[Urithiru]]{{book ref|sa3.5|1}}{{wob ref|14306}}
|aliases=The Blackthorn
|groups={{tag|Knights Radiant}} <small>([[Order of Bondsmiths|Bondsmiths]])</small>, {{tag+|army|Kholin}}
|residence=Urithiru
|nation=Alethkar
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
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Relationships
Stormfather
House Kholin
Evi
Chapters 26, 36, 66
“Must everything be fighting to you? ”
—Evi[1]
“It’s like you only live when you can fight, when you can kill. Like a blackness from old stories. You live only by taking lives from others. ”
—Evi[1]
“I hate what this does. I see beauty in you, Dalinar Kholin. I see a great man struggling against a terrible one. And sometimes, you get this look in your eyes. A horrible, terrifying nothingness. Like you have become a creature with no heart, feasting upon sounds to fill that void, dragging pain spren in your wake. It haunts me, Dalinar. ”
—Evi[2]
Dalinar often had a strained relationship with Evi, partially because their marriage was political. He did love her, but felt that he was too good for him. Evi hated the way Dalinar killed so many people without mercy, and they often got into fights which often left Evi in tears. Dalinar tries to evade the topic of him killing whenever he can, but his avoiding it just makes it worse. She cares deeply for Dalinar despite her dislike of violence, and burns prayers constantly for both him and those he slays. When he is about to march on the Rift and destroy it, Evi sneaks into the city to try diplomacy. Dalinar killed all the messengers that came from the Rift, and thus didn’t know Evi was in the city. After he burns the city alive, Evi along with it, he realizes what has happened and is racked with guilt and grief, and is haunted by both her screams and the screams of the Rifters. His grief drives him to visit the Nightwatcher, and his curse is to forget Evi and everything about her. He completely forgets her for several years, eventually gaining the memories back.
Gavilar
Ehlokar
Adolin
Though he neglected both of his sons at first Dalinar soon begins to love Adolin dearly. Aolin has always been a born fighter, and as a young boy would participate in Dalniar’s meetings to learn, and Dalinar enjoyed having him around. Dalinar grooms Adolin as his eventual successor, drilling the Codes into him from his youth. They fight side by side on multiple occasions, and rely on each other. When Dalinar starts having visions from the Stormfather, Adolin initially doubts him, but soon believes his father and becomes one of his strong supporters.
Renarin
“And Renarin? Dalinar, you have two sons, in case you have forgotten. Do you even care about this child’s condition? Or is he nothing to you, now that he can’t become a soldier? ”
—Evi[3]
“Don’t forget, part of Dalinar thought. When you were broken on the floor, consumed by your past, this boy held you. Don’t forget who was strong, when you—the Blackthorn—were weak. ”
—Dalinar[4]
“I still think of him as ‘the boy’, Even though he’s now in his twentieth year. ”
—Dalinar[5]
“I know what its like to be a second son, overshadowed by an older brother you love yet envy at the same time. Stormfather, but I do. ”
—Dalinar[5]
From the start, Dalinar usually paid much less attention to Renarin than to Adolin, since because of Renarin’s condition he couldn’t ever be a good fighter. Dalinar often suggests to Renarin that he become a scholar or an ardent. As time goes on, Dalinar grows more loving and supportive, and is encouraging to his son. Dalinar gives Renarin plate and blade, wanting him to be able to defend himself if the need arises. After Renarin becomes a Radiant, Dalinar learns to see his healing abilities as invaluable, and soon treats Renarin and Adolin with equal respect.