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====Birth (1150)====
Adolin was born earlier than expected with a full head of blonde and black hair. Dalinar, joyous of having been given a son, named him, using the components "Adoda", meaning "light", and the suffix "lin", meaning "born unto". He hoped that Adolin would have his father's strength and his mother's compassion.{{book ref|sa3|42}} On the same day Gavilar informed Dalinar that he would be put to use in the border skirmishes. Dalinar proceeded to spend much of Adolin's childhood away from Kholinar and his family.{{book ref|sa3|42}}
====Childhood====
Adolin's early sense of morality was instilled in him by his mother{{url ref|url=http://isolde-and-monsters.tumblr.com/post/128107526428/can-you-reveal-something-about-adolin-however|text=Can you reveal something about Adolin, however small, that we don't know yet?|site=tumblr}}.▼
▲Adolin's early sense of morality was instilled in him by his mother{{url ref|url=http://isolde-and-monsters.tumblr.com/post/128107526428/can-you-reveal-something-about-adolin-however|text=Can you reveal something about Adolin, however small, that we don't know yet?|site=tumblr}}. Evi was fond of hugs and physical affection and this translated to Adolin easily reacquainting himself personal displays of affection while betrothed to Shallan with later in life.{{book ref|sa3|77}}
====1155====
Adolin visited Dalinar on the battlefront with his Mother and a very young Renarin. Dalinar had last seen Adolin a little over a year before. Already Adolin was showing an energetic personality, playing with wooden swords, crafting armor from [[rockbud]] shells and string and terrorizing the chulls. When presented to his father he saluted him but quickly shied away afterwards, and had to confirm Dalinar was his father. He told Dalinar that he and his mother offered prayers for him every night so that he would be safe. Adolin showed a desire to please his father even at such a young age. He told his father he didn't want Dalinar to give him a shardblade, he wanted to win one himself.{{book ref|sa3|52}}
====1156====
Adolin started training with the sword at the age of six. Renarin mentions that this makes him different in some way but there is no elaboration.{{book ref|sa2|26}}.
====Adolescence====
He eventually started training with [[Zahel]] after stubbornly refusing to at first{{book ref|sa2|18}} some number of years before the present{{book ref|sa2|35}}. There are indications he was trained by his father in using Shardplate{{book ref|sa2|18}} which he inherited from his mother's side of the family{{book ref|sa2|14}}. When Adolin was young Dalinar also made him serve in a spearman squad for two months with the intention of teaching him what it was like to "serve in the shoes of his men."{{book ref|sa2|41}}
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