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== Alethkar == |
== Alethkar == |
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| + | [[Alethkar]] has had ten highprinces throughout its history.{{ref|name=HPoW|b|sa1|c|18}} While they were always the highest title of nobility, their authority and scope has fluctuated. |
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| − | === Origins === |
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| − | [[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: |
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| + | 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.{{ref|name=HPoW}} Four such roles have been disclosed so far: one highprince had authority over all merchants and his troops would patrol the roads across all ten princedoms. Another highprince had authority over the judicial system and administered the judges and magistrates. 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{{ref|b|sa1|c|22}}{{ref|b|sa1|c|24}}) and the Highprince of Information conducted criminal investigations across the kingdom, especially where the Crown's interest was at stake{{ref|b|sa1|c|22}}. [[Dalinar Kholin]] believes that this system forced the ten highprinces to work together and accept each other's authority.{{ref|name=HPoW}} |
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| − | * 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}} |
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| + | At some point in time, Alethkar was fractured into ten separate princedoms, with each highprince having total autonomy over his princedom. During this time, Alethkar was effectively a loose coalition of ten separate states, being a unified kingdom in name only. |
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| − | * 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}} |
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| + | Highprince [[Gavilar Kholin]] conquered the ten princedoms and unified them, establishing himself as King and once again creating a united kingdom of [[Alethkar]]. While his force of will and strength led the other highprinces to accept his rule—and even be loyal to him—his reunified kingdom was not as strong as the ancient Alethkar, with the highprinces retaining large amounts of authority and autonomy.{{ref|b|sa1|c|12}} After his death, his son [[Elhokar Kholin]] became King of Alethkar while his brother [[Dalinar Kholin|Dalinar]] became Highprince of Kholin.{{ref|b|sa1|c|12}} Since Elhokar lacked land of his own to rule over, he acted more like a Highprince of Kholin, leeching off of the authority and resources of his uncle. Due to this, the other highprinces only paid token nods to his authority as their overlord. |
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| − | * 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}} |
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| + | Recently, in the year 1173, King Elhokar reinstated the ancient titles of Highprince of Information and Highprince of War in an effort to once again create a truly unified kingdom of Alethkar. |
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| − | * 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}} |
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| − | === History === |
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| − | The modern highprince system dates back to the last monarch (prior to Gavilar Kholin) to unify Alethkar, [[Sadees]] the Sunmaker. Upon his 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}} They quickly turned to infighting, and the empire collapsed in less than a generation. These ten sons founded the ten princedoms of Alethkar, crowning themselves the highprinces of a disunified kingdom, each being a ''de facto'' king in his own lands. During this time, Alethkar was effectively a loose coalition of ten separate states, being a unified kingdom in name only. |
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| − | In approximately {{Rosharan date|1140}}, Highprince [[Gavilar Kholin]] went to war against the other princedoms, and by approximately {{Rosharan date|1145}}, he conquered and united them once again, establishing himself as the King. This reunified kingdom was not as strong as the ancient Alethkar, with the highprinces retaining large amount of authority and autonomy.{{book ref|sa1|12}} |
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| − | After Gavilar's death, his son [[Elhokar Kholin|Elhokar]] became the King of Alethkar, while Gavilar's brother [[Dalinar Kholin|Dalinar]] became the Highprince of Kholin.{{book ref|sa1|12}} In the year {{Rosharan date|1173}}, King Elhokar, at the demand of Highprince Dalinar, reinstated 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.{{book ref|sa1|22}} |
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| − | In the following year, Dalinar reinstated the titles of [[Highprince of Commerce]] and [[Highprince of Works]],{{book ref|sa3|2}}{{book ref|sa3|104}} presumably with Elhokar's blessing. |
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| − | === Members === |
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| − | Currently, the ten Alethi highprinces are: |
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| − | * [[Bethab]]{{book ref|sa4|27}} |
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| − | * [[Hatham]], [[Highprince of Works]]{{book ref|sa3|104}} |
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| − | * [[Adolin Kholin]]{{book ref|sa4|13}} |
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| − | * [[Roion's son]]{{book ref|sa4|27}} |
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| − | * [[Relis Ruthar]]{{book ref|sa4|50}} |
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| − | * [[Turinad Sebarial]], [[Highprince of Commerce]]{{book ref|sa3|2}} |
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| − | * Distant scions of [[Thanadal]], [[Loradar Vamah]], and [[Torol Sadeas]]{{book ref|sa4|27}} |
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| − | + | The current ten Alethi highprinces are: |
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| + | * [[Aladar]] |
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| − | * [[Kalanor]] (succeeded by Loradar, deceased) |
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| + | * [[Bethab]] |
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| − | * [[Yenev]] (succeeded by Aladar, deceased) |
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| + | * [[Hatham]] |
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| − | * [[Roion]] (succeeded by his son, deceased) |
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+ | * [[Dalinar Kholin]] ([[Highprince of War]]) |
| + | * [[Roion]] |
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| − | * [[Meridas Amaram]] (as regent for the [[Sadeas princedom]]; succeeded by a distant scion, deceased) |
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| + | * [[Ruthar]] |
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| − | * [[Dalinar Kholin]] (succeeded by Adolin, abdicated to become King of [[Urithiru]] and leader of the [[Knights Radiant]]) |
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| − | * [[Thanadal]] (succeeded by a distant scion, deceased) |
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| + | * [[Sebarial]] |
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| − | * [[Loradar Vamah]] (succeeded by a distant scion, deceased) |
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| + | * [[Thanadal]] |
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| − | * [[Ruthar]] (succeeded by Relis, stripped of his titles after losing a duel to Queen [[Jasnah Kholin]]) |
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| + | * [[Vamah]] |
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The Veden highprinces include: |
The Veden highprinces include: |
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| − | * [[Abrial]]{{ |
+ | * [[Abrial]]{{ref|b|sa2|c|31}} |
| − | * [[Boriar]]{{ |
+ | * [[Boriar]]{{ref|b|sa2|i|14}} |
| − | * [[Evinor]]{{ |
+ | * [[Evinor]]{{ref|b|sa2|c|31}} |
| − | * [[Jal Mala]]{{ |
+ | * [[Jal Mala]]{{ref|b|sa2|c|31}} |
* [[Valam]] |
* [[Valam]] |
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| − | * [[Urian]]{{book ref|sa3|107}} |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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