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|partof=[[True Desolation]] |
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|participants= [[Adolin]], [[Kaladin]], [[Shallan Davar]], [[Elhokar]], [[Azure]], [[Drehy]], [[Skar]], The [[Fused]], [[Moash]], [[Sah]], [[Khen]] |
|participants= [[Adolin]], [[Kaladin]], [[Shallan Davar]], [[Elhokar]], [[Azure]], [[Drehy]], [[Skar]], The [[Fused]], [[Moash]], [[Sah]], [[Khen]] |
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⚫ | The '''Siege of [[Kholinar]]''', and the ensuing battle inside [[Kholinar Palace]], is a major event that occurs during the [[True Desolation]]. The battle resulted in a [[Voidbringer]] victory and occupation of the city, the death of King [[Elhokar]], and several of the modern [[Knights Radiant]] being transported to the [[Cognitive Realm]].{{book ref|sa3|122}}{{book ref|sa3|84}} |
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⚫ | The '''Siege of Kholinar''', and the ensuing battle inside [[Kholinar Palace]], is a major event that occurs during the [[True Desolation |
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== Background == |
== Background == |
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Facing very little opposition from the Alethi military which was occupied in the [[Shattered Plains]], a large |
Facing very little opposition from the Alethi military which was occupied in the [[Shattered Plains]], a large parshman army gathered outside of Kholinar, taking control of nearby villages and forcing the local populace into slavery while waiting for the rest of their hosts to arrive. |
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In the lead-up to the assault, [[Dalinar Kholin]] proposed |
In the lead-up to the assault, [[Dalinar Kholin]] proposed relieving the city by moving his soldiers through the [[Oathgate]] in [[Kholinar]]. He sent a small task force led by [[Elhokar]] which included [[Kaladin]], [[Skar]], [[Drehy]], [[Adolin]], and [[Shallan]], and her espionage group (which included [[Ishnah]], [[Vathah]] and [[Red (Roshar)|Red]]) to activate the Oathgate. |
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=== Siege === |
=== Siege === |
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[[File:Kaladin vs a Voidbringer.jpg|thumb|right|250px|<center><small>by [[Coppermind:Artists/Jules Aguimatang|Jules Aguimatang]]</small></center> [[Kaladin]] killing one of the [[Fused]] attacking the city.]] |
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⚫ | In the siege leading up to the main assault, the Voidbringers used various siege tactics to weaken and test the city's defenses. Upon the arrival of [[Moash]]'s group, refugees were released by the Voidbringers in order to further encumber the besieged city, which was already running low on food. In order to prevent communication with other allied cities, the Voidbringers deployed a variety of Voidspren referred to as Screamers to detect the use of fabrials within the city, particularly spanreeds. These spren detected the use of fabrials and investiture within the city and upon detection emitted their namesake scream to alert nearby scouting Fused, who would then neutralize the source. The Fused were also shown to engage in raids on the city walls in order to gauge the city's defenses, which were primarily maintained by [[Vivenna|Highmarshal Azure]] and her [[Kholinar Wall Guard]]. |
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⚫ | When Dalinar's task force arrived in Kholinar, they hid at the house of Adolin's tailor. The members of the task force split up. Elhokar arranged to meet up with the other remaining lighteyed nobles to attempt to win them over to their cause, and Adolin became his bodyguard. Shallan and most of her espionage group stole food and gave it to the poor (she was later labeled the "Swiftspren") in order to infiltrate the Cult of Moments, a group of fanatics influenced by [[unmade|Ashertmarn]] who had taken control of the oathgate platform. Unfortunately, Shallan later learns that the food she was giving out was being collected by a gang of criminals, who then killed one of the people she was giving food. Shallan suffers a mental breakdown after realizing that the people she was trying to help had been hurt by her actions, but she recovers after [[hoid|wit]] tells her the story of [[The Girl Who Looked Up]]. Kaladin joined the [[Kholinar Wall Guard]] so that he could find out more information about the group (particularly its leader, Highmarshal Azure) and how they were providing food for the city. He is surprised to discover that Highmarshal Azure is female, he then spends several days with the wall guard. Later during a raid on the wall Kaladin kills a fused, Azure then shows him how she is making food, in an underground chamber with aluminum walls used to prevent the Screamers from sensing the soulcaster who were making food. Kaladin then takes the wall guard to help storm the palace with the rest of Dalinar's team. |
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⚫ | In the siege leading up to the main assault, the Voidbringers used various siege tactics to weaken and test the city's defenses. Upon the arrival of [[Moash]]'s group, refugees were released by the Voidbringers in order to further encumber the besieged city, which was already running low on food. In order to prevent communication with other allied cities, the Voidbringers deployed a variety of Voidspren referred to as Screamers to detect the use of fabrials within the city, particularly spanreeds. These spren detected the use of fabrials and |
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⚫ | When Dalinar's task force arrived in Kholinar, they hid at the house of Adolin's tailor |
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== Aftermath == |
== Aftermath == |