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+ | '''Taravangian''' was the king of [[Kharbranth]]. |
| + | He was desribed as elderly, with a wispy white beard. He had pale grey eyes and an open, kindly face.{{ref|b|wok|c|5}} |
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| − | He set up a number of hospitals in the city, funded by the entrance fee to the [[Palanaeum]]. |
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| + | He was very popular among darkeyes because he had set up a number of hospitals in the city, funded by the entrance fee to the [[Palanaeum]]. In these hospitals everybody was healed without having to pay for it. He even visits his hospitals once a week.{{ref|b|wok|c|48}} |
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| − | He used some of the hospitals to kill people and extract their {{bref|twok|fragment=/Epigraphs#Death_Delirium_Quotes|text=final words}}. |
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| ⚫ | In general he was considered slow-witted or even dull. Actually, Taravangian once went to go visit the [[Nightwatcher]] and received a curse and boon from the [[Old Magic]]. Now his IQ fluctuates from day to day, sometimes making him idiotic and sometimes a genius. He makes math tests for himself the night before, and if he can't achieve a certain score in the morning his guards have orders to keep him away from important decisions for that day.{{ref|17s|2311|post|21215|Brandon said that Taravangian used the Old Magic, and that he wakes up each day with a different IQ.}} |
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| − | He employed [[Szeth]] to kill many of the world leaders, including [[Hanavanar]], the king of [[Jah Keved]], and [[Dalinar Kholin]]. |
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| + | Taravangian has surprising knowledge of the Shin and the Shin language, which is rare outside of Shinovar. |
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| + | == Secret activity == |
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| ⚫ | Taravangian once went to go visit the [[Nightwatcher]] and received a curse and boon from the [[Old Magic]]. Now his IQ fluctuates from day to day, sometimes making him idiotic and sometimes a genius. He makes math tests for himself the night before, and if he can't achieve a certain score in the morning his guards have orders to keep him away from important decisions for that day.{{ref|17s|2311|post|21215|Brandon said that Taravangian used the Old Magic, and that he wakes up each day with a different IQ.}} |
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| + | Taravangian run a secret hospital hidden in the King's palace. It was build in a large, long room with wide railings on the sides. The room was filled with hundreds of beds. The people in those beds were slowly killed in the way of draining the blood out of them. |
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| + | Taravangian did this because some of the dying spoke in the seconds before their death some cryptic sentences.{{bref|twok|fragment=/Epigraphs#Death_Delirium_Quotes}} In those quotes, Taravangian saw some information about the [[Last Desolation]]. So in order to prepare for it, he began collecting the quotes. |
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| + | Taravangian employed [[Szeth]] to kill many of the world leaders, including [[Hanavanar]], the king of [[Jah Keved]]. Szeth was also ordered to kill [[Dalinar Kholin]] at the end of The Way of Kings. The murders were ordered in the purpose of bringing stability to the world. Taravangian says that stability will be needed when the Last Desolation comes. |
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==Notes== |
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Revision as of 17:03, 10 November 2012
Taravangian was the king of Kharbranth.
He was desribed as elderly, with a wispy white beard. He had pale grey eyes and an open, kindly face.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
He was very popular among darkeyes because he had set up a number of hospitals in the city, funded by the entrance fee to the Palanaeum. In these hospitals everybody was healed without having to pay for it. He even visits his hospitals once a week.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
In general he was considered slow-witted or even dull. Actually, Taravangian once went to go visit the Nightwatcher and received a curse and boon from the Old Magic. Now his IQ fluctuates from day to day, sometimes making him idiotic and sometimes a genius. He makes math tests for himself the night before, and if he can't achieve a certain score in the morning his guards have orders to keep him away from important decisions for that day.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Taravangian has surprising knowledge of the Shin and the Shin language, which is rare outside of Shinovar.
Secret activity
Taravangian run a secret hospital hidden in the King's palace. It was build in a large, long room with wide railings on the sides. The room was filled with hundreds of beds. The people in those beds were slowly killed in the way of draining the blood out of them. Taravangian did this because some of the dying spoke in the seconds before their death some cryptic sentences.Template:Bref In those quotes, Taravangian saw some information about the Last Desolation. So in order to prepare for it, he began collecting the quotes.
Taravangian employed Szeth to kill many of the world leaders, including Hanavanar, the king of Jah Keved. Szeth was also ordered to kill Dalinar Kholin at the end of The Way of Kings. The murders were ordered in the purpose of bringing stability to the world. Taravangian says that stability will be needed when the Last Desolation comes.