Editing Highprince

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'''[[Highprince]]''' is the highest title of nobility in the [[Vorin]] kingdoms of [[Alethkar]] and [[Jah Keved]], being directly subordinate to their respective Kings. Highprinces and their heirs are of the second [[dahn]], while their other children are of the third dahn.

== Alethkar ==

=== Origins ===
[[Alethkar]] has had ten highprinces throughout its history.{{book ref|sa1|18}} In the ancient past, when Alethkar was a united kingdom, the ten Alethi highprinces were specialized and each was charged with governing a certain aspect of the entire kingdom.{{book ref|sa1|18}} [[Gavilar Kholin]] believes that this system forced the ten highprinces to work together and accept each other's authority.{{book ref|sa1|18}} Only four of the ten ancient titles are known:

* The '''[[Highprince of Commerce]]''' had authority over all merchants and his troops would patrol the roads across all ten princedoms.{{book ref|sa1|18}}{{book ref|sa2|29}}

* The '''[[Highprince of Information]]''' had authority over criminal investigations and policing across the entire kingdom and appointed judges and magistrates.{{book ref|sa1|22}}{{book ref|sa2|29}} Of particular interest to the Highprince of Information were criminal investigations where the Crown's interest was at stake.{{book ref|sa1|22}} 

* The '''[[Highprince of War]]''' had control over the kingdom's combined military forces (implied to only hold this power in a time of actual war).{{book ref|sa1|22}}{{book ref|sa1|24}}

* The '''[[Highprince of Works]]''' had management of the kingdoms infrastructure, such as sewage disposal, civil services, and potentially stormlight management; with the increase in uses for stormlight since the [[Battle of Narak]].{{book ref|sa3|104}}

* An unnamed highprince was tasked with the administering of the judges and magistrates.{{book ref|sa1|18}} 

=== History ===
Upon [[Sadees| The Sunmaker's]] death, his empire did not last long. He had never bothered to choose an heir, and his ten sons could not decide among themselves who they wished to support.{{book ref|sa3|19}} His sons quickly turned to infighting and the empire collapsed in less than a generation. These ten sons founded the princedoms in Alethkar, crowning themselves the highprinces of a disunified kingdom made up of ten separate princedoms, each highprince being a ''de facto'' king in his own princedom. During this time, Alethkar is effectively a loose coalition of ten separate states, being a unified kingdom in name only.

In approximately {{Rosharan date|1158}}, Highprince [[Gavilar Kholin]] goes to war against the other princedoms and by approximately {{Rosharan date|1163}}, he conquers and unites the ten princedoms once again, establishing himself as King. This reunified kingdom is not as strong as the ancient Alethkar, with the highprinces retaining large amounts of authority and autonomy.{{book ref|sa1|12}}

After Gavilar's death, his son [[Elhokar Kholin|Elhokar]] becomes King of Alethkar while his brother [[Dalinar Kholin|Dalinar]] becomes Highprince of Kholin.{{book ref|sa1|12}} In the year {{Rosharan date|1173}}, King Elhokar, at the demand of Highprince Dalinar, reinstates two of the ancient specialized highprince titles—the Highprinces of Information and War—in an effort to once again create a truly unified kingdom of Alethkar.

=== Members ===
The current ten Alethi highprinces and their titles are:
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* [[Aladar]]
* [[Meridas Amaram]] (Dead)
* [[Bethab]]
* [[Hatham]]
* [[Adolin Kholin]]
* [[Roion]]
* [[Ruthar]]
* [[Turinad Sebarial]]
* [[Thanadal]]
* [[Loradar Vamah]]
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Former Alethi highprinces:
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* [[Kalanor]]
* [[Dalinar Kholin]]
* [[Torol Sadeas]]
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=== Modern day Alethi Highprince Specialization ===
Since the [[Battle of Narak]] the following titles have been established:
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* [[Aladar]]- Current [[Highprince of Information]]
* [[Hatham]]- [[Highprince of Works]]
* [[Dalinar Kholin]]- [[Highprince of War]]
* [[Torol Sadeas]]- ex-[[Highprince of Information]]
* [[Turinad Sebarial]]- [[Highprince of Commerce]]
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== Jah Keved ==
The Veden highprinces include:
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* [[Abrial]]{{book ref|sa2|31}}
* [[Boriar]]{{book ref|sa2|i|14}}
* [[Evinor]]{{book ref|sa2|31}}
* [[Jal Mala]]{{book ref|sa2|31}}
* [[Valam]]
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== Notes ==
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