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==== Visions ====
{{quote
|"We fought together." <br />
"How else could we have resisted? To fight the Desolation alone would be madness."
|Dalinar to Queen [[Fen]]{{book ref|sa3|34}}▼
|[[Yanagawn]] and [[Dalinar]] in the vision{{book ref|sa3|42}}
}}
Dalinar discovered that the Stormfather could bring others into Honor's visions to meet with him,{{book ref|sa3|28}} resulting in a series of face-to-face interviews with some of the reluctant monarchs. He brought Queen Fen into the [[Dalinar's visions#Starfalls|Starfalls]] vision, and after the action was over, the two of them spoke. Fen explained her mistrust of Dalinar, drawing a parallel to [[Sadees]]. This provoked an outburst from Dalinar; his passion began to convince her in a way that his previous diplomatic efforts had not, and he saw that he was starting to make progress with her.{{book ref|sa3|34}} Indeed, she asked to visit a [[Dalinar's visions#Broken People|vision]] by herself at the next highstorm.{{book ref|sa3|50}}
Dalinar himself went to [[Vedenar]] to take stock of the situation before sending troops to the area but suffered a personal crisis during the visit that drove him to seclude himself another few days.{{book ref|sa3|100}} During this time, the coalition held several more meetings.{{book ref|sa3|107}} On the day the coalition gathered to discuss tactics regarding sending troops to Jah Keved, the other members told Taravangian he was not needed at the meeting. Having gone to sit and think in Dalinar and Navani's sitting room, he met up with Dalinar. Together, they arrived late to the meeting in the [[Urithiru#The Gallery of Maps|Gallery of Maps]]. [[Aladar]] was leading the meeting, so after Queen Fen's comment earned an apology from Dalinar, the highprince explained the plans they had made so far. Dalinar called for a break when Navani showed up, shortly followed by Jasnah. When Highprince [[Ruthar]] started picking a fight with Jasnah, Dalinar's thoughts came together and he realized that they were making a mistake to think Odium's forces would move against Jah Keved. He persuaded the others that the true target was Thaylen City. Fen's son pointed out that they needed their own fleet of ships, not just a force of infantry occupying the city, so they hatched a plan to man extra Veden ships with Tashikki sailors augmented by the best Alethi troops.{{book ref|sa3|107}}
The next meeting convened in the temple of Talenelat in Thaylen City. The group spoke of the status of their fleet of ships and of their other defenses in the city. About an hour into the meeting, a messenger delivered papers to Jasnah and everyone's spanreeds started blinking as they all received news of an unexpected, more violent than usual, [[Everstorm]]. Dalinar called for a break, but soon each group spoke up about some troubling news they had received. There were three pieces of information that had been carefully leaked to the nations by Taravangian and the [[Diagram (group)|Diagram]], each incriminating Dalinar or his mission in forming the coalition in a way that specifically attacked each group's latent suspicions:
*The Alethi and, seemingly, Taravangian's group received a report about the scholars who worked with translating the ancient [[Dawnchant]]; a recently translated section called the [[Eila Stele]] revealed that [[singer]]s were the original inhabitants of Roshar and humans the invaders.
*The Thaylens heard that Elhokar had sworn to Dalinar as his emperor
*The Azish received accounts of two new visions of Dalinar's where he had met
The meeting devolved into chaos, with everyone's trust in Dalinar and the purpose behind the coalition broken.{{book ref|sa3|111}}
== Politics ==
Though most of the nations of Roshar are agreed that they need to fight [[Odium]]'s forces of [[singer]]s and [[Fused]], many initially resist forming a coalition out of distrust of the [[Alethi]] and because of Dalinar's personal [[Dalinar Kholin#The Blackthorn|reputation]].{{book ref|sa3|12}}{{book ref|sa3|34}}{{book ref|sa3|42}} <!-- ?go into detail about Azir's mistrust of surgebinding powers, Fen's suspicion of an Alethi empire; this fits in with both why they were reluctant in the first place and why T's propaganda was so successful. How much could be cut out of history if explained here? -->
=== Taravangian's Propoganda War and Betrayal === <!-- subsection(s)? -->
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Following the guidance of the [[Diagram (literature)|Diagram]], Taravangian realizes that he must take action when it becomes clear that Dalinar will recover from his personal struggles inflicted by his returning memories. His [[Diagram (group)|group]] industriously collects historical research and present day secrets, turning them into incriminating evidence against Dalinar. They use the cultural and personal biases of each member nation to put together a collection of information designed to undermine their trust in Dalinar and the purpose of the coalition.{{book ref|sa3|107}}
[[Elhokar]] approaches Dalinar early on in his efforts to reach out to other nations and swears an oath to him that he will regard Dalinar as his highking. Dalinar reluctantly accepts, knowing it would be best for him to assume the position and cede his role as highprince to [[Adolin]].{{book ref|sa3|12}} He has Elhokar formalize the deal before leaving on his mission to [[Kholinar]] but, especially after the failure of their mission there, decides to wait to announce it until he has news of Elhokar and Adolin again.{{book ref|sa3|58}}{{book ref|sa3|104}} This delay gives Taravangian the opportunity to
An acute worry of the Alethi,
The Azish also fear a repeat of the Recreance, but they have a profound apprehension regarding Dalinar personally as both a descendant of [[Sadees]] and a Surgebinder, fearing that he will destroy their empire and their culture.{{book ref|sa3|56}} At the meeting in [[Thaylen City]], [[Noura]] is disturbed to receive reports of two visions{{book ref|sa3|57}}{{book ref|sa3|109}} that Dalinar had and seemingly kept quiet in which he met with [[Odium]] and was told that he, Dalinar, would destroy the world. This confirms to her and the other [[vizier]]s that Dalinar cannot be trusted, as he is speaking with the enemy behind their backs.{{book ref|sa3|111}}
▲An acute worry of the Alethi is that the resurgence of [[Surgebinding]] will lead to a repeat of the [[Recreance]]. Though they for the most part trust Dalinar and his motives, it is a major blow to them to receive the translation of the [[Eila Stele]] and discover that the original [[Voidbringers]] were, in fact, human. This knowledge casts a shadow over the moral right they thought they had to fight a war against Odium in the first place. It kindles new fears that they could, by their powers, destroy Roshar as they have already destroyed [[Ashyn]].<!-- cite -->
After the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], Taravangian's confession of his role in [[Szeth]]'s assassinations of Azish leaders strains relationships, but
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