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(I don't think suicide is correct here - Kabsal wasn't trying to kill himself, otherwise he wouldn't have brought an antidote and tried to take it. Tillaume deliberately blew himself up to try and kill Wax) |
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Sometime before {{Rosharan date|1174}}, Kabsal joined the [[Ghostbloods]] and went undercover as an [[ardent]] in the [[Palanaeum]]. He pretends to pursue romantic involvement with [[Shallan Davar]] during her time in [[Kharbranth]] with the goal of assassinating her mentor and teacher [[Jasnah Kholin]], a well-known atheist.{{book ref|sa1|70}} Shallan at first suspects he is trying to convert Jasnah, and then later believes he seeks to prevent Shallan from becoming an atheist. He claims to have found proof of the [[Almighty]]'s existence, which he demonstrates through [[cymatics]] by playing notes next to a metal plate with salt on it. As the notes are played the salt takes the shapes of different cities from the [[Silver Kingdoms]]. Jasnah sees the demonstration, knows what Kabsal is doing, and asks him to make the shape of [[Urithiru]]. She is unwelcoming, claiming that is what Kabsal expects, and if she had been welcoming he would have been surprised and suspicious.{{book ref|sa1|33}}
Kabsal visited Shallan often in the Palanaeum where she and Jasnah spent most of their time. He brought poisoned bread for Jasnah on all of his visits. After Shallan expressed a fondness for jam and Jasnah a dislike for it, he started bringing jam that contained an antidote for the poison on each visit.{{book ref|sa1|50}} When he learned that Shallan
While visiting Shallan in the hospital, Kabsal succeeds in getting Jasnah to eat the bread. However, Jasnah [[Soulcasting|soulcasts]] both bread and jam out of caution, causing Kabsal and Shallan to fall ill without the antidote in the jam. Kabsal quickly dies,{{book ref|sa1|48}} but Jasnah is able to save Shallan's life by soulcasting her blood to remove the poison from it.{{book ref|sa1|70}}
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