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== Development ==
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|I will say Dalinar is my oldest character, followed by [[Hoid]]. Those two have been around since I was 15 and so, there is some favoritism for them, perhaps, just in longevity sense.
|Brandon, ''[[Shadows of Self]]'' signing{{wob ref|5246}}
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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 is 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}} 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 Stormlight Archive]]''.{{wob ref|8838}}
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]]
Brandon eventually rewrote the entire story from scratch, creating ''[[The Way of Kings]]'' we have today. It's then that Dalenar became Dalinar, and, according to Brandon, it was then that he finally got the character "right".{{ref|name=we}}
== Trivia ==
* When pressed to give his favourite character, Brandon often points towards Dalinar, although he also notes that this might be because of how long ago he was created.{{wob ref|3851}}{{wob ref|5017}}
* Early on in the writing of ''[[Oathbringer]]'', Brandon intended for it to be [[Szeth]]'s book, with Dalinar's being the fifth. While the two were eventually swapped, ''Stormlight Archive 5'' will also feature a lot of big Dalinar moments.{{wob ref|10951}}
* Dalinar is somewhat based on [[wikipedia:Subutai|Subutai]], a Mongolian strategist famous for a long and illustrious military career in service to [[wikipedia:Genghis Khan|Genghis Khan]] and his son, [[wikipedia:Ögedei Khan|Ögedei Khan]].{{wob ref|8525}}
== See Also ==
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