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|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|Gavilar's last words to Dalinar{{book ref|sa1|15}}
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Gavilar somehow rediscovers the Codes towards the end of his rule.{{book ref|sa1|15}} He first mentions them to his brother Dalinar at the feast where [[Evi]] is introduced.{{book ref|sa3|19}} Gavilar was taken by the Codes and reintroduced their use, but his [[Highprince]]s, including [[Torol Sadeas]] and Dalinar, dismissed them as foolish.{{book ref|sa1|15}} [[Elhokar]] and others saw Gavilar's emphasis on the Codes as a symptom of a possible decline in his mental health.{{book ref|sa1|18}}
=== Dalinar's Adoption ===
Dalinar is drunk when [[Assassination of Gavilar|Gavilar is assassinated]] and he realizes that he may have been able to help if he had been following the Codes, which prohibit alcohol.{{book ref|sa1|15}}{{book ref|sa3|114}} At Gavilar's funeral, Dalinar thinks about the Codes and his failures; he later listens to [[Jasnah]] read passages from ''The Way of Kings'', and reaches a turning point in his life.{{book ref|sa3|105}} Dalinar and his children begin strictly adhering to the Codes. Dalinar believes that the Codes help him manage the extreme parts of his personality that he cannot otherwise control.{{book ref|sa1|64}}
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