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'''Taravangian''' is the king of [[Kharbranth]].{{book ref|b|twok|c|3}}

He is very popular among many darkeyes because he has set up a number of hospitals in the city, funded by the entrance fee to the [[Palanaeum]].{{book ref|b|twok|c|7}} In these hospitals everybody is healed without having to pay for it. He even visits his hospitals once a week.{{book ref|b|wok|c|48}}

He is described as elderly, with a wispy white beard. He has pale grey eyes and an open, kindly face.{{book ref|b|wok|c|5}} He lives with perpetual aches in his body. He has other symptoms of old age although he is supposedly fit for his age.

He was childhood friends with [[Adrotagia]] and his nickname was '''Vargo'''.{{book ref|b|sa2|i|14}}

Taravangian has surprising knowledge of the Shin and the Shin language, which is rare outside of Shinovar.{{book ref|b|twok|c|71}} He also knows women's script. He has also solved Fabrisan's Conundrum.

Taravangian runs a secret hospital hidden in the King's palace. It was built in a large, long room with wide railings on the sides. The room is filled with hundreds of beds, and the people in those beds are slowly killed in the way of draining the blood out of them.{{book ref|b|twok|c|71}} Taravangian does this because some of the dying speak some cryptic sentences in the seconds before their death.{{epigraph ref|twok|Death Delirium Quotes|text=Death Delirium Quotes}} In those quotes, Taravangian saw some information about the [[True Desolation]]. So in order to prepare for it, he began collecting the quotes. The people who collected these quotes were called the '''Silent Gatherers'''.{{book ref|b|twok|endnote}}

Taravangian employs [[Szeth]]{{book ref|b|twok|i|6}} to kill many of the world leaders, including [[Hanavanar]], the king of [[Jah Keved]]. Szeth is also ordered to kill [[Dalinar Kholin]]. The murders are ordered in the purpose of bringing stability to the world. Taravangian says that stability will be needed when the True Desolation comes.{{book ref|b|twok|c|71}} When Szeth dies, he is no longer Truthless and does not have to follow the orders of Taravangian and the Oathstone.