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===Destruction of Rathalas (1163)===
After eleventwelve years of failed negotiations between Gavilar and [[Tanalan]], Dalinar and [[Torol Sadeas|Sadeas]] returned to the Rift to end the rebellion. Against his nature and at the behest of his wife, Dalinar offered Tanalan a final chance to submit to the King and save his city.{{book ref|sa3|71}} Tanalan seemingly accepts Dalinar's truce, offering him information in return on the highprince who had supported the rebellion and naming Sadeas as traitor.{{book ref|sa3|71}} Dalinar, believing that one of Sadeas' shardbearers had recently left the city, follows in pursuit only to fall into a trap set by Tanalan, who hoped to seperate Dalinar from the Kholin army and kill him..{{book ref|sa3|75}} Dalinar returns to Rathalas after the attempt on his life fails and orders the city razed to the ground and its people slaughtered, to set an example.{{book ref|sa3|76}}
 
[[Evi]] Kholin is killed during the battle, after secretly travelling to the city to plead with them to surrender.{{book ref|sa3|76}} In order to hide the true nature of her death and as well to justify the destruction of the city, a narrative is constructed that claims Evi was assassinated leading to ensuing slaughter.{{book ref|sa3|76}}
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