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Dalinar is one of Brandon's oldest characters. He appeared in Brandon's first book, written when he was fifteen; there, he was named '''Jared'''. Like Dalinar, Jared was a younger brother to a well-liked king who was eventually assassinated; unlike Dalinar, Jared takes over the reins of the kingdom and takes his time to mold his nephew into a proper ruler, as the proto-[[Elhokar]] character (alongside proto-[[Jasnah]]) is initially kidnapped by the same assassins.{{bws ref|its-here-2|It's Here|post|pre|date=2010-8-31}} While the story itself was canned, Brandon took Jared with him further, into ''[[Dragonsteel Prime|Dragonsteel]]'', where he participated in the [[Shattered Plains]] plot that would eventually be moved to
The next known incarnation of Dalinar is '''Dalenar''', in [[The Way of Kings Prime|''The Way of Kings'' Prime]]. Like Jared before him, Dalenar loses his older brother to assassins, although it seems he doesn't become the next king himself. Dalenar has three sons: Sheneres, Aredor (who would eventually become [[Adolin]]), and [[Renarin]], with Sheneres dying at the start of the book while trying to protect the king.{{book ref|wok'|1}} At the end of the ''Way of Kings'' Prime, Dalenar is forced to kill Elhokar for the greater good (after Elhokar had started a civil war and executed Aredor); Brandon eventually took that out, having decided that Dalenar trying to help his nephew would make the plot more interesting.{{wob ref|11552}}
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