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Partial update to Dalinar's history. More to come, still very incomplete.
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== History ==
=== Early Life and
Dalinar
The Kholins started by conquering their neighbors by force. From the beginning, Dalinar is an unstoppable terror on the battlefield. In some part due to his close connection with the [[Thrill]] and Dalinar’s own callous bloodlust, he quickly created a reputation for being able to win any engagement. Dalinar by himself could clear a battlefield of opponents, losing himself in the ease of killing.
In the early days of the unification war, Dalinar hand-picked his own elite force of soldiers, sometimes even selecting enemy combatants and winning them over. One notable encounter of this was when fighting Brightlord Yezriar, an enemy soldier shot Dalinar with massive black arrows. The wounds were very serious, but Dalinar was so impressed at the distance the archer shot from that he chased him down. This archer was [[Teleb]], and Dalinar recruited him on the spot. Those black arrows with which Teleb shot Dalinar mark the incident that gave Dalinar his famous moniker of The Blackthorn.{{book ref|sa3|4}}
Over the next year, Dalinar won his own Shards. His Plate he won in combat that involved kicking a man off of a cliff. The Plate was still new to him when the war took them to [[Rathalas]], otherwise known as the Rift, where Brightlord Tanalan rules. Dalinar knew that Tanalan had a Shardblade, and in the ensuing battle, he went straight to Tanalan to kill him and win the Blade. He defeated Tanalan but Tanalan’s body was taken away by his men before the Shard appears. Dalinar tracked down the place where Tanalan was taken and found Tanalan’s widow, and Tanalan’s young son holding the Shardblade. Dalinar takes the Blade but can’t find it within himself to kill Tanalan’s family. After the battle, Gavilar tells Dalinar that the Blade he won is [[Oathbringer_(Shardblade)]], the sword that belonged to the legendary Alethi conqueror, [[Sadees]] the Sunmaker.{{book ref|sa3|11}}
A year later, the war had started to slow down and the Kholins were looking for allies. They turned to [[Rira]] and [[Iri]]. They negotiated with [[Toh]] and [[Evi]], a Westerner Brightlord and his sister. During one of their initial meetings, Dalinar impressed them by walking about in a highstorm and stopping an assassin from killing Gavilar in a notably casual manner.{{book ref|sa3|19}}
Two years after that, the war was still on going. Dalinar and Evi were betrothed, not yet married. Dalinar led the attack against Highprince Kalanor, intent on winning the Shards that Kalanor held. While in the battle, Dalinar gets so caught up in the Thrill that he didn’t realize he killed Kholin men during the assault. Dalinar killed Kalanor in single combat, winning his Shards, but the Thrill was so strong in him that when Gavilar approached him afterwards, Dalinar went after his own brother with the intent to kill him. Only when Gavilar took off his helm and smiled at him did Dalinar snap out of it. Deeply ashamed of himself, Dalinar gifted Gavilar the Shards he had just won. He swears to himself that he must never be king.{{book ref|sa3|26}}
After five more years, the war had officially ended but the fighting hadn’t. Evi was pregnant with their first child, but their relationship was strained by the non-stop battlefronts. Dalinar’s bloodthirst and Evi’s horror at it strained their relationship. Gavilar received a demand from [[Rathalas]] telling Dalinar to return the Blade to their heir. Though Gavilar was upset that Dalinar didn’t deal with the Tanalan heir, Evi was happy to find out that Dalinar had spared the Tanalan boy so many years ago. Dalinar was happy both to have pleased Evi and also at the news of a Rift rebellion, for if they were going to rebel, he would have the opportunity to fight.{{book ref|sa3|36}}
But a year later, Dalinar was still safe at home in [[Kholinar]]. His restlessness turned to using [[firemoss]] and permanently maiming people in tavern fights. At a wrestling match, Dalinar was summoned away with the news that Evi was in labor. He ran to see her, and found her afterwards, with his son already born. Dalinar was so overjoyed when he saw his son the first time that he was overtaken with [[gloryspren]]. He named him [[Adolin]], “born unto light”, and spoke a hope for him that he would have his father’s strength, but also his mother’s compassion.{{book ref|sa3|49}}
Gavilar was present at Adolin’s birth, but brought Dalinar some bad news. He’d been unable to contain the situation at Rathalas. He’d decided not to send Dalinar to fight there, however, opting to send him instead to fight the Herdazians and Vedens on Alethkar’s border as a gesture of Kholin strength.{{book ref|sa3|49}} Dalinar fought on the border against the Herdazians for four years, ensuring the security of Alethkar’s border. Unfortunately, for all that time, Rathalas still refused to submit. Evi brought Adolin and their second son, [[Renarin]] to the battlefront. It was the first time Dalinar met Renarin, and he wasn’t pleased to learn the meaningless of Renarin’s chosen name: “Like one who was born unto himself.” Evi reminded Dalinar that he didn’t answer many of her [[spanreed]] messages and he could have had input into Renarin’s name if he’d wanted to. It bothered Dalinar that even so long after battle, even while interacting with his family, that the Thrill takes so long to fade.{{book ref|sa3|52}}
Dalinar spent more years fighting the Vedens. As Adolin grew into his adolescence, Dalinar was pleased to have his oldest accompany him on the years-long campaign. Dalinar was coaching Adolin on battlefield strategy when Evi arrived with a letter from Gavilar. Dalinar guessed the contents before Evi could even finish the letter: Gavilar was sending him to the Rift. The Rathalas rebels were more entrenched than ever, and Gavilar was out of options. Dalinar, pleased to hear the news, suggested that they might never settle in Kholinar again. Evi was distraught to hear it, and cried at the thought that she might never again have a life free from war and death. Both upset at each other, Dalinar promised Evi at least a year in Kholinar after he put down the rebellion at the Rift.{{book ref|sa3|66}}
==== The Rift ====
Dalinar's wife, Evi, passes away in {{date/sa|year=1163}}. Sometime after, he seeks the [[Old Magic]], whose curse wipes away all of his memories of her. Now whenever someone says her name, Dalinar only hears the sound of the wind. If he ever encounters the name in any other manner, he is unable retain it in his mind.{{book ref|sa1|42}}{{book ref|sa1|64}}
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