Difference between revisions of "Dalinar Kholin"

 

He admits that he is a hypocrite, but believes that sometimes a hypocrite is simply a person in the process of changing, and feels that that interpretation applies to himself.{{book ref|sa3|38}} He believes that he is still going through important growth and change, and has yet to reach his complete self.{{book ref|sa3|38}}

 

 

He follows the Alethi Codes of War with an ardent zeal, due to a variety of reasons; he does not believe that one gains from following the codes, but that it stops oneself from becoming that which they loathe; he also feels a deep guilt for not following them on the night of Gavilar's assassination, and blames his death on himself.{{book ref|sa1|66}} These codes have deeply influence the way that he leads, such as his belief that a leader should never order his followers to do anything that he would not himself do.{{book ref|sa1|65}} His belief in the inherent goodness of the Codes was enough that, once he became the Highprince of War, he attempted to enforce the Codes on all warcamps on the Shattered Plains.{{book ref|sa1|69}}

 

He deeply values human life, far more than anything else. This growing value of human life in his heart led to his taste for battle waning away, with his thirst being redirected into a love for [[greatshell]] hunts.{{book ref|sa1|12}} Due to this belief in the intrinsic value of human life, he traded Oathbringer for a group of darkeyed slaves, and considered it to be a bargain.{{book ref|sa1|69}}{{wob ref|1109}} The value that he ascribes to human life, even to that of darkeyed slaves, has led him to refuse to use bridge crews in his army during the War of Reckoning.{{book ref|sa1|6}} It also leads to the safety of others being one of the first things to cross his mind when danger arises, even before his own well-being.{{book ref|sa1|13}} Despite enjoying the hunt, he feels a great melancholy whenever killing larger and more majestic animals such as chasmfiends, and he believes that there is an intrinsic connection between a man and the beasts he hunts.{{book ref|sa1|15}}