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Dalinar has difficulty keeping up with his son's tumultuous love life, never being able to keep track of who he is with at any given time.{{book ref|sa1|12}}
Adolin, feels a complex mix of hero-worship and exhaustion with Dalinar. He believed that he was a deeply wise man, and felt ire towards those that mocked him and didn't show him respect.{{book ref|sa1|12}} At the same time, he judges his father's adherence to the Alethi Codes of War, and feels that he fell from the warrior that he once was. Though he still follows these orders without question, despite his feelings on the matter.{{book ref|sa1|12}} Eventually, however, Adolin came to understand the point of the Codes and appreciate his father's adherence to them.{{book ref|sa1|58}}
He blames all of this on his delusions, but he doesn't hate him for them; he simply believes that he is troubled, and was going mad and losing his wits.{{book ref|sa1|12}} One of the reasons for his anger when people insulted him came from his belief that he was losing his mind, unfair and unconscionable to be taking shots at him when he was in such a state.{{book ref|sa1|12}} He was deeply jealous of those that were able to see Dalinar at his prime,{{book ref|sa1|12}} though these feelings likely changed upon learning what he had done as the Blackthorn.{{book ref|sa4|21}}
==== Gavilar ====
He deeply loved and respected his brother, enough so that he refused to allow criticism of him,{{book ref|sa1|61}} and introduced him to people that he felt that he should know.{{book ref|sa1|64}} While he did deeply respect him, he did feel anger at how, in his eyes, he took Navani from him
He blamed himself for his death, feeling that if he followed the Alethi Codes of War he would have been able to be there to protect him.{{book ref|sa1|12}} This guilt was a large motivator in him choosing to finally go to the Nightwatcher, and helped spark his change into a better person.{{book ref|sa3|105}} One of his motivators in being so protective of Elhokar, and trying so hard to guide him to become a better king, is rooted in his guilt, and in him seeing Elhokar as a remaining piece of his brother.{{book ref|sa1|15}}
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