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==== Monastery Dais ====
The Monastery Dais is a large, almost perfectly circular platform near the main building, and may be technically considered part of the palace complex. As its name indicates, it houses the Kholinar ardentia. Notable features include the King's Chapel and a room, the Circle of Memories, with eleven lanterns. The ardents believe that the lanterns represent the [[Silver Kingdoms]], with the last one marking the [[Tranquiline Halls]].{{book ref|sa2|i|12}}
In actuality, the room is the Kholinar [[Oathgate]] chamber, and the entire dais is the Oathgate platform.{{book ref|sa3|86}}
It is unclear when the palace was built. Prior to the [[Gavilar Kholin]]'s war of Alethi unification, it was held by a different branch of his [[House Kholin|family]]. After he and his brother [[Dalinar]] conquered it, it became their seat of power.{{book ref|sa3|16}} After Gavilar's crowning, the palace became the seat of the government of united [[Alethkar]].
King Gavilar was
At some point after Navani left for the Shattered Plains, the palace came under the influence of the [[Unmade]] [[Ashertmarn]]. This caused the queen to begin acting increasingly erratically, throwing food away to rot, hosting excessively lavish parties and losing interest in ruling Alethkar. The situation came to a peak when ardent [[Pai]] was executed for publicly denouncing this new lifestyle, causing wide-spread riots in the city.{{book ref|sa3|i|12}}
After the riots, the queen recalled her guard into the palace, and appears to have fallen fully under the influence of both Ashertmarn and [[Yelig-
The strike team led by
== Notes ==
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