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'''Dalinar's visions''' arewere short episodes [[Dalinar]] experiencesexperienced during [[highstorm]]s.
== Highstorms and visions ==
After he began listenlistening to readings from [[The Way of Kings (in-world)|''The Way of Kings'']] Dalinar begunbegan experiencing strange episodes during each highstorm. HeAs feelseach thestormwall visionshit, asDalinar real.{{booksuddenly ref|sa1|19}}felt Duringas thesethough visionshe Dalinarhad has to bebeen tiedtransported to theanother chair because he raves and thrashes aboutplace.{{book ref|sa1|18}}The Watchingpeople himhe isinteracted unnervingwith anddid [[Renarin]]not tellssee him, thatbut hesomeone speaks gibberish during the visionselse.{{book ref|sa1|52}} Though Dalinar thinks that theThe visions mightfelt havereal beento senthim, from the [[Almighty]]as he waverscould andfeel feels uncertain about thempain. TalkingThe tovisions theoften [[ardent]]sdepicted doesn'tplaces bringhe anyhad solution.never Dalinarbeen, hasnor toheard makeof, aor decisionwere andplaces he doesknew soof when he decidesreferred to abdicateby hisancient positionnames. asHe Highprincealso insaw favorthe offabled [[AdolinKnights Radiant]].{{book ref|sa1|28}} In an argument about this topic Renarin suggests that they try to prove whether the visions are fabrications or contain any real references,alive and theyin decide to ask Navani to write the visions downaction.{{book ref|sa1|52}}He This leads to the discovery by Navani that Dalinar doesn't speak gibberish during his visions: during the first vision she witnesses, he speaks the Dawnchant. They consider this proofsurmised that the visions arewere real, as the Dawnchant is a real,from ancient, but[[Desolation]]s extinct language on Roshar; one which Dalinar would have had no prior knowledge of if his mind were fabricatingduring the visions[[Shadowdays]].{{book ref|sa1|6019}} As a side effect, Navani is sure that thisDalinar could helpnot tosummon translate an old book calledhis [[AnalecticsShardblade]] in a vision.
At first, Dalinar suffered these visions feeling he was going mad. Dalinar eventually volunteered to be tied to a chair, because he raved and thrashed about.{{book ref|sa1|18}} Watching him was unnerving, and [[Renarin]] told him that he spoke gibberish during the visions.{{book ref|sa1|52}} Though Dalinar thought that the visions might have been sent from the [[Almighty]], he wavered and felt uncertain about them. He spoke to the [[ardent]]s, but received no solution. Feeling he was losing his mind, Dalinar decided to abdicate his position as Highprince in favor of [[Adolin]].{{book ref|sa1|28}} In an argument about this topic, Renarin suggested that they try to prove whether the visions were fabrications or contained any real references. They decided to ask [[Navani]] to document the visions.{{book ref|sa1|52}}
This decision led to the discovery by Navani that Dalinar did not speak gibberish during his visions. During the first vision she witnessed, he spoke the [[Dawnchant]]. They considered this proof that the visions were real. The Dawnchant was a real extinct language on [[Roshar]], but there were no known translation keys for modern scholars to study it. Since Dalinar would have had no prior knowledge of the Dawnchant they came to the conclusion that his mind could not be fabricating the visions.{{book ref|sa1|60}} As a side effect, Navani was sure that this discovery would help to translate an old book called [[Analectics]].
== The visions predicate ==
All theseof the visions shareshared the challenge given by an unknown voice.:
{{quote|You must unite them, the strange, booming words had told him. You must prepare. Build of your people a fortress of strength and peace, a wall to resist the winds. Cease squabbling and unite. The Everstorm comes.|Dalinar's memory from one of the visions{{book ref|sa1|12}}}}
From the visions and this shared statement Dalinar drawsdrew the conclusion that he hashad to unite [[Alethkar]]'s [[highprince]]s because only then willwould mankind have a chance to withstand the coming events. The visions led Dalinar to the decision to attempt to refound the Knights Radiant.
== Mentioned and recorded visions ==
One vision iswas mentioned{{book ref|sa1|12}} and four were described in ''[[The Way of Kings]]'', and one in ''[[Words of Radiance]]''.
During this vision Dalinar finds himself in the role of a man, [[Heb]], who lives with his wife and daughter, presumably during the advent of a [[Desolation]]. Heb and his daughter are attacked by [[Midnight Essence]]s but manage to reach Heb's house unharmed. Two more of these beasts follow, and after Heb (Dalinar) fights them off, Heb takes his wife and daughter and flees from the house, only to run into other Midnight Essences. When he and his family think all is lost, two Knights Radiant come. One immediately begins to fight the beasts while the second uses "Regrowth" to heal Heb and his family before joining her companion in fighting the Midnight Essences. Feeling good again after the healing, Heb joins the fight and the three of them fight off the Midnight Essences. The male Knight Radiant, [[Harkaylain]], asks Heb about his strange fighting stances and invites him to come to [[Urithiru]], where the Knights Radiant are centered: because everybody who could fight is needed.{{book ref|sa1|19}} ▼
Dalinar mentions that this is his twelfth vision. ▼
Dalinar is in the role of a soldier (named Leef) at [[Feverstone Keep]], and there witnesses when the Orders of the Windrunners and the Stonewards abandoning their [[Shardplate]] and [[Shardblade]]s, and leave the people. Though Dalinar tries to get an explanation for their abandonment from the leaving former Knights Radiant, he gets none. The voice tells him that "this event will go down in history" and Dalinar assumes that he just saw the [[Day of Recreance]].{{book ref|sa1|52}} ▼
; That Which We Cannot Have ▼▲During thisthe vision Dalinar findsfound himself in the role of a man, [[Heb]], who liveslived with his wife and daughter, presumably during the advent of a [[Desolation ]]. Heb and his daughter arewere attacked by [[Midnight Essence]]s , but managemanaged to reach Heb's house unharmed. Two more of these beasts followfollowed, and after Heb (Dalinar) fightsfought them off with a metal fire poker, Heb takestook his wife and daughter and fleesfled from the house ,. onlyA toshort runtime intolater otherthey were surrounded by Midnight Essences. When he and his family thinkthought all iswas lost, two Knights Radiant comearrive. One immediately beginsbegan to fight the beasts , while the second usesused "[[Regrowth "]] to heal Heb and his family , before joiningshe join her companion in fighting the Midnight Essences. Feeling good again after the healing, Heb joinsjoined the fight , and the three of them fightfought off the Midnight Essences. The male Knight Radiant, [[Harkaylain]], asksasked Heb about his strange fighting stances and invitesinvited him to come to [[Urithiru]], where the Knights Radiant arewere centered : because everybody who could fight iswas needed.{{book ref|sa1|19}}
In this vision Dalinar is shown the aftermath of a Desolation. His role is as a man named Karm, an advisor to a king, probably [[Nohadon]] himself. This king wavers over what to do with the [[Surgebinding|Surgebinders]], and how they could be made to act more honorably. Though this king is younger than Dalinar had imagined Nohadon to be, and refused the idea of writing a book as absurd, Dalinar is sure that he was right about him being Nohadon. Eventually this man decides to unite the people so that they can stand better against future Desolations.{{book ref|sa1|60}} ▼
▲Dalinar mentionsmentioned that this iswas his twelfth vision.
; In the Top Room
This is the last vision recorded in [[The Way of Kings]]. Dalinar finds himself in a place that he recognizes as the place of his very first vision. A man stands beside him, showing him what might happen in the future—though the man admits that [[Cultivation]] is better in seeing the future than he. Then, finally, Dalinar realizes that this voice, this man, has never actually heard him, explaining why he never answered Dalinar's questions. ▼This man then tells Dalinar that he is God, the Almighty and that [[Odium]] has killed him.{{book ref|sa1|75}}
▲;=== A Highway to the Sun ===
▲Dalinar iswas in the role of a soldier (named [[Leef )]], at a fortress called [[Feverstone Keep]] ,. andHe there witnesseswitnessed when the Orders of the [[Windrunners ]] and the [[Stonewards ]] abandoning their [[Shardplate]] and [[Shardblade]]s, andleaving leavetheir duty to the people of Roshar. Though Dalinar triestried to get an explanation for their abandonment from the leaving former Knights Radiant, he getsreceived none. The voice tellstold him that "this event will go down in history" and Dalinar assumesassumed that he just saw the [[Day of Recreance]].{{book ref|sa1|52}}
▲;=== That Which We Cannot Have ===
In [[Words of Radiance]], Dalinar has a vision in which he sees himself as a soldier, marching with several other soldiers through a shallow body of water that he believes to be the [[Purelake]]. They're heading towards a massive fortress, which is not known to exist in the Purelake in modern times, when an evil spren animates a massive piece of stone, which rips itself free of the lakebed to attack them: a [[Thunderclast]]. ▼▲In this vision Dalinar iswas shown the aftermath of a Desolation. His role iswas as a man named [[Karm ]], an advisoradviser to a king, probably [[Nohadon]] himself. This king waverswavered over what to do with the [[Surgebinding|Surgebinders]], and how they could be made to act more honorably. Though this king iswas younger than Dalinar had imagined Nohadon to be, and refused the idea of writing a book as absurd, Dalinar iswas sure that he was right about him being Nohadon . The king mentioned that all of his scribes were killed after [[Yelig-nar]] broke into his chancery. Eventually this man decidesdecided to unite the people so that they cancould stand better against future Desolations.{{book ref|sa1|60}}
=== Oddities duringIn the visionsTop Room == =
▲This is the last vision recorded in ''[[The Way of Kings]] ''. Dalinar findsfound himself in a place that he recognizesrecognized as the place of his very first vision. A man standsstood beside him, showing him what might happen in the future—thoughfuture, though the man admits that [[Cultivation]] is better inat seeing the future than he. Then, finally, Dalinar realizesrealized that this voice, this man, has never actually heard him, explaining why he never answered Dalinar's questions. This man told Dalinar that he is God, the Almighty and that [[Odium]] had killed him.{{book ref|sa1|75}}
Though Dalinar feels the visions as real, he always remembers who he really is. His actions and thoughts are his own, though he can interact with his environment.
▲;=== The Lake Fortress ===
Dalinar cannot summon his Shardblade in a vision.
▲In ''[[Words of Radiance]] '', Dalinar hashad a vision in which he seessaw himself as a soldier, marching with several other soldiers through a shallow body of water that he believesbelieved to be the [[Purelake]]. They 're were heading towards a massive fortress, which iswas not known to exist in the Purelake in modern times, whenand anlooking evilfor a spren animatesacting unusual. They mention that [[Sja-anat]] made spren act odd. Dalinar saw a spren with red eyes, followed shortly by another, larger spren which animated a massive piece of stone, which ripsripped itself free of the lakebed to attack them :. The soldiers mentioned that the beast was a [[Thunderclast]].
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