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=== Assassination ===
The night of his assassination, Gavilar was attending a feast celebrating a treaty with the listeners. He left the feast early to speak with five peopple, including [[Amaram]] and [[Taravangian]]. When he discovered that [[Eshonai]] had seen the meeting, he decided to speak to her about his plans. Gavilar wanted to bring back the listener's gods, the [[Unmade]], and start a new [[Desolation]]. Despite Eshonai's protests to the contrary, he believed this would benefit everyone including the listeners. He then gave Eshonai a [[black sphere]] and asked her to take it to [[The Five]] and tell them what he had told her.{{book ref|sa3|prologue}}
Gavilar expected an attempt on his life, but not by the [[Parshendi]]. His suspects included [[Thaidakar]], [[Restares]], and [[Torol Sadeas]], despite being on apparent good terms with Sadeas at the time. The Parshendi ordered his assassination because he was going to bring back the Parshendi's old gods.{{book ref|sa3|prologue}}▼
Gavilar had a small, strange [[black sphere]] that glowed with [[Voidlight]]; he gave this to Szeth before he died, saying, "You must take this. They must not get it." He wished his brother to know the "most important words a man can say". Szeth then proceeded to write in Alethi those words in Gavilar's blood on a wooden block, which was later deciphered by [[Jasnah Kholin]]. [[Dalinar]] then took this to mean the words of the [[Knights Radiant]].{{book ref|sa1|prologue}}
▲At the end of his life, he believed he was being watched.{{book ref|sa3|prologue}} Gavilar expected an attempt on his life, but not by the [[Parshendi]]. His suspects included [[Thaidakar]], [[Restares]], and [[Torol Sadeas]], despite being on apparent good terms with Sadeas at the time.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} The Parshendi ordered his assassination because he was going to bring back the Parshendi's old gods
At Gavilar's holy interment, he was called by the ardent "Gavilar the Majestic" "First King of Alethkar under the new Kholin Dynasty, thirty-second highprince of the Kholin princedom, heir of the Sunmaker and blessed by the Almighty". His body was soulcasted and turned into a sculpture.{{book ref|sa3|105}}
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